Show FOUR MURDERERS LY they killed and robbed two virginia merchants RICHMOND m Va Feb 1 1 following is the particulars of the double and quadruple lynching lunching lyn ching mentioned briefly in these dispatches last night 0 A ratcliff and den ben short bridge country merchants camo came to richmond to buy goods on their return trip they camped with their wagons for the night yesterday morning their bodies were nvere found c co ov vered with blood having evidently been murdered for the pir purpose poso of robbery suspicion fell on four negroes and searching parties at once started out tho the first of iho cho negroes ne groos jorre brown was arrested and after satisfactory evidence of guir guilt was obtained ho he was strung up later in alia day spon cor branch john Joh johnson nEron and sam Ellor sou captured and the officers started by a roundabout way to the court house the neighbors of the murdered men learning of this fact organized overlook thorny them took the prisoners from the officers ceis and swung them to a tro tree the mob is said to bo be pursuing the other two negroes ne groos salt lake lahe heralds herald |