Davidson County NcArchives News.....THIRTY MEN ARRESTED,FOR COMPLICITY IN THE LYNCHING OF YOUNG BERRIER IN NORTH CAROLINA November 7, 1889
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The Georgia Enterprise November 7, 1889
     A special from Lexington, N. C., on Monday, says: This section has just 
been thrown into intense excitement on account of the arrest of thirty men 
charged with being implicated in the recent lynching of young ROBERT BERRIER, 
white, who so brutally murdered his mother-in-law near here. Following the 
special instructions of Governor FOWLE, Sheriff R. D. LEONARD, with a posse of 
thirty men, started out with warrants for the arrest of many men, charging them 
with being in the lynching party. Up to Monday night the following had been 
arrested: JOHN WOOD, JOHN CRAVEN, D. R. MYERS, J. A. MYERS, J. N. MYERS, W. A. 
LIVINGWOOD, C. F. SWICEGOOD, J. M. FARABEE, JOHN FARABEE, B. C. GIBBLE, W. B. 
HUNT, W. W. MYERS, A. C. WOOD, C. A. HANES, J. L. WILSON, H. C. FRITTS, 
HENDERSON SHOUFF, HAM SINK, PLUNK DANIELS, DAVID MACK, ALFRED GREEN, JOSEPH 
SOWERS, ROBERT JULIEN-NIFONG, ROYAL SHOUFF, JEFFERSON CRAVER, HENRY MICHAEL, 
JR. All these men were guarded at the courthouse by twelve special officers, 
the jail being unable to accommodate such a number. It is thought that the 
entire week will be consumed in the examination of the prisoners, as a great 
number of witnesses will be introduced on both sides. The greatest interest is 
manifested in the investigation, and public sentiment is strongly in favor of 
allowing the lynches to go unpunished.


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