Salt Lake Times | 1890-10-22 | Page 1 | Buzzards Sat in the Trees

BUZZARDS SAT IN THE TREES. The Bodies of Two Negroes Decomposed In s Lonely Bat, Fredericksbubg, Va., Oct. 22. Information In-formation from Spottsylvania county says that in the neighborhood of Peaks a few days ago, a gentleman, while bunting in the backwoods, came near a miserable hut in which it was known lived a family of negroes. The air was filled with a horrible stench; buzzards sat around on the trees. On investigation investiga-tion the bodies of two negro boys in a decomposed state were found in the hut.. They had fought several days previous, and one killed the other, while from the wounds the other received death resulted. A child in the hut had its collar bono broken and was in a critical condition. Another male child who was ill, was so cruelly bandaged by the woman who had been in charge, that the little fellow fel-low is suffering horribly, The negroes in charge of the children were arrested.