Inscription: "AGED About 55 years"
The Democrat and Chronicle.
Rochester, New York
Thursday, December 1, 1892
Page 1
TO TELEGRAPH POLES.
A Murderer and His Accomplice Lynched in Louisiana.
Shreveport, La., Nov. 30. - The town of Benton, thirty miles from here, was thrown into excitement this morning by the lynching of two white men, Richard Magee and one Carmichael. They were hanged to telegraph poles, half a mile from the town. When Coroner H. Neeson and a jury arrived on the scene to hold an inquest and the men were cut down, they were still alive.
Living on Phelps Lake, Bossier parish, near the Arkansas line was Mrs. Ellie Lingle, widow of Joseph H. Lingle, an old river steamboat pilot. With her resided an adopted daughter. The girl sometime ago was married to Richard Magee, who worked on Mrs. Lingle's place, but quarrels arose and she returned to her mother's house. Magee armed himself with a shotgun Saturday, and waited outside of Mrs. Lingle's house while Carmichael informed Mrs. Lingle that Magee was stealing her hogs. She went outside to see about it, when Magee emptied both barrels of his gun into the woman's throat, killing her instantly. It is said that Carmichael had agreed with Magee to decoy her out of the house, so that the latter could shoot her. Magee went to Benton Sunday and surrendered to Sheriff Thompson. He alleged that she had tried to shoot him. He was placed in jail. *Carmichael was brought up also, and was sent to the jail. A mob of about 100 men took the two prisoners out and hanged them. The mob disappeared, but six of them were sent to a grocery store to tell what had happened, and to say that Magee had $75 on his person which belonged to Mrs. Lingle. No money was found by the coroner. Magee was 35 years old and Carmichael 30. Both were bad characters.
*The Times-Picayune ran a special from The Shreveport Times that said "A gang of Arkansas toothpickers reached Canton [Benton?] with Carmichael, whose hands were securely tied. The deputy sheriff was about to open the door to the jail to contain his prisoner he was seized by several men, forcibly relieved of his pistol and keys and placed under guard while Magee was secured and marched with Carmichael to the spot where they were hanged." [Thursday, Dec. 1, 1892; pg. 9.]
The Republic.
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, December 1, 1892
Page 1
TWO MEN HANGED.
Indignant Citizens String Them Up to a Telegraph Pole.
SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 1. - Two men were hanged to a telegraph pole near Benton, in North Bossier parish, yesterday morning. Magee and Carmichael were their names, both being about thirty-three years of age. The former, Richard Magee, is the man who shot and killed Mrs. [Ellie Lingle]. The latter assisted in deceiving Mrs. Lingle by telling her that Magee was stealing her hogs, which brought her out into the yard, where Magee shot her.
Both men had surrendered to Sheriff Thompson, but the citizens upon hearing that Mrs. Lingle was the victim of an unprovoked murder, hanged them. Magee was the husband of Mrs. Lingle's adopted daughter, and his intention was to rob her.
The Times-Picayune.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Friday, December 2, 1892
Page 3
The Murder at Benton.
It is reported that Carmichael, the man lynched near Benton yesterday, said Dick Magee offered him $200 to get Mrs. Lingle to go out in the woods by telling her that Magee was there killing her stock. Carmichael offered to go with and protect her. After the murder Magee placed his pistol in the woman's hands, searched her pockets, secured $75.45, kept $75 and replaced 45 cents and left his victim outstretched on the ground.
The Democrat and Chronicle.
Rochester, New York
Thursday, December 1, 1892
Page 1
TO TELEGRAPH POLES.
A Murderer and His Accomplice Lynched in Louisiana.
Shreveport, La., Nov. 30. - The town of Benton, thirty miles from here, was thrown into excitement this morning by the lynching of two white men, Richard Magee and one Carmichael. They were hanged to telegraph poles, half a mile from the town. When Coroner H. Neeson and a jury arrived on the scene to hold an inquest and the men were cut down, they were still alive.
Living on Phelps Lake, Bossier parish, near the Arkansas line was Mrs. Ellie Lingle, widow of Joseph H. Lingle, an old river steamboat pilot. With her resided an adopted daughter. The girl sometime ago was married to Richard Magee, who worked on Mrs. Lingle's place, but quarrels arose and she returned to her mother's house. Magee armed himself with a shotgun Saturday, and waited outside of Mrs. Lingle's house while Carmichael informed Mrs. Lingle that Magee was stealing her hogs. She went outside to see about it, when Magee emptied both barrels of his gun into the woman's throat, killing her instantly. It is said that Carmichael had agreed with Magee to decoy her out of the house, so that the latter could shoot her. Magee went to Benton Sunday and surrendered to Sheriff Thompson. He alleged that she had tried to shoot him. He was placed in jail. *Carmichael was brought up also, and was sent to the jail. A mob of about 100 men took the two prisoners out and hanged them. The mob disappeared, but six of them were sent to a grocery store to tell what had happened, and to say that Magee had $75 on his person which belonged to Mrs. Lingle. No money was found by the coroner. Magee was 35 years old and Carmichael 30. Both were bad characters.
*The Times-Picayune ran a special from The Shreveport Times that said "A gang of Arkansas toothpickers reached Canton [Benton?] with Carmichael, whose hands were securely tied. The deputy sheriff was about to open the door to the jail to contain his prisoner he was seized by several men, forcibly relieved of his pistol and keys and placed under guard while Magee was secured and marched with Carmichael to the spot where they were hanged." [Thursday, Dec. 1, 1892; pg. 9.]
The Republic.
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, December 1, 1892
Page 1
TWO MEN HANGED.
Indignant Citizens String Them Up to a Telegraph Pole.
SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 1. - Two men were hanged to a telegraph pole near Benton, in North Bossier parish, yesterday morning. Magee and Carmichael were their names, both being about thirty-three years of age. The former, Richard Magee, is the man who shot and killed Mrs. [Ellie Lingle]. The latter assisted in deceiving Mrs. Lingle by telling her that Magee was stealing her hogs, which brought her out into the yard, where Magee shot her.
Both men had surrendered to Sheriff Thompson, but the citizens upon hearing that Mrs. Lingle was the victim of an unprovoked murder, hanged them. Magee was the husband of Mrs. Lingle's adopted daughter, and his intention was to rob her.
The Times-Picayune.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Friday, December 2, 1892
Page 3
The Murder at Benton.
It is reported that Carmichael, the man lynched near Benton yesterday, said Dick Magee offered him $200 to get Mrs. Lingle to go out in the woods by telling her that Magee was there killing her stock. Carmichael offered to go with and protect her. After the murder Magee placed his pistol in the woman's hands, searched her pockets, secured $75.45, kept $75 and replaced 45 cents and left his victim outstretched on the ground.
Inscription: "AGED About 55 years"
The Democrat and Chronicle.
Rochester, New York
Thursday, December 1, 1892
Page 1
TO TELEGRAPH POLES.
A Murderer and His Accomplice Lynched in Louisiana.
Shreveport, La., Nov. 30. - The town of Benton, thirty miles from here, was thrown into excitement this morning by the lynching of two white men, Richard Magee and one Carmichael. They were hanged to telegraph poles, half a mile from the town. When Coroner H. Neeson and a jury arrived on the scene to hold an inquest and the men were cut down, they were still alive.
Living on Phelps Lake, Bossier parish, near the Arkansas line was Mrs. Ellie Lingle, widow of Joseph H. Lingle, an old river steamboat pilot. With her resided an adopted daughter. The girl sometime ago was married to Richard Magee, who worked on Mrs. Lingle's place, but quarrels arose and she returned to her mother's house. Magee armed himself with a shotgun Saturday, and waited outside of Mrs. Lingle's house while Carmichael informed Mrs. Lingle that Magee was stealing her hogs. She went outside to see about it, when Magee emptied both barrels of his gun into the woman's throat, killing her instantly. It is said that Carmichael had agreed with Magee to decoy her out of the house, so that the latter could shoot her. Magee went to Benton Sunday and surrendered to Sheriff Thompson. He alleged that she had tried to shoot him. He was placed in jail. *Carmichael was brought up also, and was sent to the jail. A mob of about 100 men took the two prisoners out and hanged them. The mob disappeared, but six of them were sent to a grocery store to tell what had happened, and to say that Magee had $75 on his person which belonged to Mrs. Lingle. No money was found by the coroner. Magee was 35 years old and Carmichael 30. Both were bad characters.
*The Times-Picayune ran a special from The Shreveport Times that said "A gang of Arkansas toothpickers reached Canton [Benton?] with Carmichael, whose hands were securely tied. The deputy sheriff was about to open the door to the jail to contain his prisoner he was seized by several men, forcibly relieved of his pistol and keys and placed under guard while Magee was secured and marched with Carmichael to the spot where they were hanged." [Thursday, Dec. 1, 1892; pg. 9.]
The Republic.
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, December 1, 1892
Page 1
TWO MEN HANGED.
Indignant Citizens String Them Up to a Telegraph Pole.
SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 1. - Two men were hanged to a telegraph pole near Benton, in North Bossier parish, yesterday morning. Magee and Carmichael were their names, both being about thirty-three years of age. The former, Richard Magee, is the man who shot and killed Mrs. [Ellie Lingle]. The latter assisted in deceiving Mrs. Lingle by telling her that Magee was stealing her hogs, which brought her out into the yard, where Magee shot her.
Both men had surrendered to Sheriff Thompson, but the citizens upon hearing that Mrs. Lingle was the victim of an unprovoked murder, hanged them. Magee was the husband of Mrs. Lingle's adopted daughter, and his intention was to rob her.
The Times-Picayune.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Friday, December 2, 1892
Page 3
The Murder at Benton.
It is reported that Carmichael, the man lynched near Benton yesterday, said Dick Magee offered him $200 to get Mrs. Lingle to go out in the woods by telling her that Magee was there killing her stock. Carmichael offered to go with and protect her. After the murder Magee placed his pistol in the woman's hands, searched her pockets, secured $75.45, kept $75 and replaced 45 cents and left his victim outstretched on the ground.
The Democrat and Chronicle.
Rochester, New York
Thursday, December 1, 1892
Page 1
TO TELEGRAPH POLES.
A Murderer and His Accomplice Lynched in Louisiana.
Shreveport, La., Nov. 30. - The town of Benton, thirty miles from here, was thrown into excitement this morning by the lynching of two white men, Richard Magee and one Carmichael. They were hanged to telegraph poles, half a mile from the town. When Coroner H. Neeson and a jury arrived on the scene to hold an inquest and the men were cut down, they were still alive.
Living on Phelps Lake, Bossier parish, near the Arkansas line was Mrs. Ellie Lingle, widow of Joseph H. Lingle, an old river steamboat pilot. With her resided an adopted daughter. The girl sometime ago was married to Richard Magee, who worked on Mrs. Lingle's place, but quarrels arose and she returned to her mother's house. Magee armed himself with a shotgun Saturday, and waited outside of Mrs. Lingle's house while Carmichael informed Mrs. Lingle that Magee was stealing her hogs. She went outside to see about it, when Magee emptied both barrels of his gun into the woman's throat, killing her instantly. It is said that Carmichael had agreed with Magee to decoy her out of the house, so that the latter could shoot her. Magee went to Benton Sunday and surrendered to Sheriff Thompson. He alleged that she had tried to shoot him. He was placed in jail. *Carmichael was brought up also, and was sent to the jail. A mob of about 100 men took the two prisoners out and hanged them. The mob disappeared, but six of them were sent to a grocery store to tell what had happened, and to say that Magee had $75 on his person which belonged to Mrs. Lingle. No money was found by the coroner. Magee was 35 years old and Carmichael 30. Both were bad characters.
*The Times-Picayune ran a special from The Shreveport Times that said "A gang of Arkansas toothpickers reached Canton [Benton?] with Carmichael, whose hands were securely tied. The deputy sheriff was about to open the door to the jail to contain his prisoner he was seized by several men, forcibly relieved of his pistol and keys and placed under guard while Magee was secured and marched with Carmichael to the spot where they were hanged." [Thursday, Dec. 1, 1892; pg. 9.]
The Republic.
Columbus, Indiana
Thursday, December 1, 1892
Page 1
TWO MEN HANGED.
Indignant Citizens String Them Up to a Telegraph Pole.
SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 1. - Two men were hanged to a telegraph pole near Benton, in North Bossier parish, yesterday morning. Magee and Carmichael were their names, both being about thirty-three years of age. The former, Richard Magee, is the man who shot and killed Mrs. [Ellie Lingle]. The latter assisted in deceiving Mrs. Lingle by telling her that Magee was stealing her hogs, which brought her out into the yard, where Magee shot her.
Both men had surrendered to Sheriff Thompson, but the citizens upon hearing that Mrs. Lingle was the victim of an unprovoked murder, hanged them. Magee was the husband of Mrs. Lingle's adopted daughter, and his intention was to rob her.
The Times-Picayune.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Friday, December 2, 1892
Page 3
The Murder at Benton.
It is reported that Carmichael, the man lynched near Benton yesterday, said Dick Magee offered him $200 to get Mrs. Lingle to go out in the woods by telling her that Magee was there killing her stock. Carmichael offered to go with and protect her. After the murder Magee placed his pistol in the woman's hands, searched her pockets, secured $75.45, kept $75 and replaced 45 cents and left his victim outstretched on the ground.
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