The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-09-13
Further Particulars.
One Of The Negroes Taken from the Jail
and Hung!

One Of The Negroes Taken from the Jail
and Hung!
The Milwaukee Sentinel, of Monday,
gives the following particulars of the
breaking into the Jail, and the rescue and
hanging of one of the negroes:
The negroes Clark and Sheldon were
arrested Saturday morning and confined
in the county Jail. On Saturday night
about eleven O'Clock, mob of men left
the Third Ward and proceeded to the jail,
with the intention of taking the negroes
therefrom and inhicting summary punish,
ment. -
The first intimation that Mr.. Kendrick,
the Jailor, had of the approach of the mob
was from Beck, Chief of Police, who came
into the passage way Of the prison, and
looking through the wicket, said-"They
are coming up to take the niggers. Fas
ten your doors and get your men ready"
Mr.. Kepdrick was armed with revolver,
ana after hastily calling to his assistants,
he asked Beck if he should shoot the men
through the wicket who came into the
passage. Mr.. Beck made reply that no
one was coming into the passage, except
over his body, and then went to the front
door. In the meantime, the negroes
Clark and Sheldon were taken from the
small cells in which they were confined,
and locked in the large room at the ex-
tremity Of the lower passage-a precau.
tlonary measure, to prevent the escape of
other prisoners, should the mob effect an
entrance. Mr.. Giles. Assistant, Their put
the key of the room in his pocket
Shortly after, the mob appeared in front
Of the house. Beck, who attempted to
reason with them, was struck with stone
on the side of the head and knocked
down, and the ring entered the pas
sage, one of them pushing pistol through
the wicket and pointing it at Kendrick on
the other side of the heavy door, demand
ed the key. The demand not being COM
piled WITH bricks and stones were hurled
against the windows and against the door,
but failed to make any impression on the
latter; the crowd then retired for a few
moments and returned with heavy oak
timber three inches thick, which was used
in the passage as battering RAM With
this the door was forced in aud the crowd
effected an entrance. Giles, who had the
key, was severely handled, being knocked
down and the key taken from him. They
then ransacked tie Jail, even entering the
family apartments of Mr.. Kendrick, up
stairs, and opening the door leading to the
Jail yard. @
They finally found the &egro Clark in
tie large room, and he was instantly drag
ged out into the passage, with cries of
We've got him." "We'ye got the"
no attention seeming to be paid 10 the re-
naming negro, who in the first whirl of
excitement came out along the passage
and escaped into the back yard, through
the door which had been left open. The
moment the victim was seized, his punish
ment commenced-his first footstep from
tthe room into the passage was marked with
blood. They hurled him into the street.
where he was caught up by the crowd out
side, and with blows and all sorts of de
monstrations, hurried away.
The crowd proceeded to the Engine
House of No. Six, and the prisoner was
conducted inside where he remained
about an hour, the mob apparently unde-
clded how to dispose of him. One of the
rlngleaders had provided himself with a
rope-a common clothes line-which he
carried under his coat and exhibited once
or twice on the passage from the Jail to
the engine house. This rope was tied
about the Negroes neck and he was led
forth by it and taken down East Water
street, the crowd continuing TO heap blow