Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-09
LYNCH LAW IN INDIANA,

The hanging OF young man in Noble county,
Indiana, a few days since, by virtue of the au-
thorlty OF body of Regulators, was terrible
affair Nearly fifteen hundred horsemeu as
selnbled to witness the execution. The cause
OF the excitement which resulted in the assem-
blase OF so formidable body of ci itizens, to un-
lawfully take the life of q man. is thus given
by correspondent Of the Indianapolis Journal:
For several years there has been 0 regularly
organised band Of horse thieves, blacklegs
counterteiters and murderers whose range ex-
tended from Chicago to Toledo. The swamps
and oak barrens of Noble and adjacent coun-
ties have been their head quarters and princi-
pal hiding places. At last their numbers be-
came SO great, and their villainous deeds so
bold and daring, that 1t was unsafe for a
stranger, or any one, who it was supposed had
money, to pass along the public highways with
any degree OF safety. Within the last few
months there have been several highway rob
berries and attempts to commit murder. At
length the better portion Of the citizens in No
bic and adjoining counties organized them
selves into a vigilance committee, horse com
panies. &c, to see if they could ferret out some
Of the leaders. .r -. .- ...... ...
Recently the regulators caught a counter
feiter, who had on hand heavy assortment of
bogus coin He was hanged until he confessed
and exposed the gang with which he was con-
nected. He was then put in jail and arrests
made, some twenty i've persons being taken in
custody and lodged in the jails of Noble, La
Grange, De Kalb and Elkhart counties One
of the leaders of the scoundrels was taken be-
fore the Executive Committee of the Regula-
tors and sentenced to die He had many
aliases, but was best known by the name of
Gregory McDOugal. He was twenty seven
years old, Canadian by birth, and leaves a
wife and child. The correspondent of the
Journal says
Af'er the verdict of the Regulators, about
rvs hun rod hnr L. 80
counties, formed procession. and with their
prisoner in wagon in the lead, slowly and
solemnly proceeded to the place of execution
romantic spot about five miles out from Ligo-
nier, near a small lake. The procession ar
rived at the selected spot about o clock, and
after some preliminary arrangements, the
wagon, containing the prisoner and his coffin.
was driven under an oak tree, from branch
| OF which the fatal rope dsngled. The prisoner
seemed cool and collected; indeed, he evinced
throughout the whole Of the terrible scene the
utmost sang froid and self possession
A"Rev. Mr. Writ made "feeling prayer"
the prisoner made a speech, 90 little thought he
would ever come to this, hoped Z" the Lord
would have mercy on his soul =" and was strung
up and hung until dead. The correspondent
wequote says:
About fifteen hundred h0rsemen from all over
| the country were in town yesterday, and about
1--WE hundred went out to the place of execution
to-day, and formed a circle around the wagon
Not word was spoken after the prayer of the
minister. All was still and quiet, and after
the man was cut down the crowd quietly dis
Persed, each one looking as though he was sorry
that such thing had been done
Two MORE MEN HUNa.-A correspondent at
Fort Wayne writes to us that the X egulators in
| Noble county hung two more men on Saturday,
| at kendalvile. The excitement in Noble and
| adjoining counties continues great The same
Regulators who hung McDougal at Ligonier,
an account of which we published yesterday
hung the two men at Kendanville on Satur
| day.-Indianapoiis journal, Sd.