The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-12-17
THE LYNCHING ATNEW AL
BANY.


Statement of an Eye Witness.
PARTICULARS oFTHE HORRIBLE TRAG
EDY.
Special Dispatch 10 the Cincinnati Gazette.
LOUISVILLE, december ID.
Between three and four o'clock
, yesterday morning about seventy
, five armed men wearing scarle
masks visited the Jail in New Albany
and overpowered the guard, shot
Sheriff Fullinlove in the arm, ano
; took possession of the Jail. The
Sheriff refused to believer the keys
which were finally found by the mas
kers, and Simeon, Frank, and will
liam Reno, brothers, and William
Anderson, the notorious Seymour
express robbers, were taken from
their cells and hung.
Henry Clark, a prisoner, in the
jail for killing George Telle, at Sa-
lem, Indiana, was an eye witness OF
the lynching, and makes the follow
ing statement:
The first persons I saw in jail
were two men who had on masks OF
red flannel, or some thing Of the
kind-perhaps red handkerchief.
Heard the men talking to Matthews
the guard, apparently endeavoring
to force him to point out the cells.
Matthews refused to tell them any
thing. Then q voice said some
thing about putting a rope around
his neck, and the order was given
to pull him up. Then heard num-
bers "a, II, and Z distinctly uttered,
and they seemed to have released
Matthews. No. 24H;was Frank Re-
nos cell. Number IL was Charles
Anderson's, and Simeon and Will
liam Reno were in No. 7. Then
heard some one say, ''bring rope,"
and they went to Frank Reno's cell
at first. Frank said nothing, and
heard the words, ''Frank Reno, No.
PAP and then, ''pull him out" He
resisted some, and cried, s'For Gods
sake, gentlemen, what are you go
ing to do p They told him to dry
up, and then tied his hand, and
couple of them grabbed hun by the
throat, pushing him along. AS they
got to the top Of the stairs he clutch
ed at the banisters, but made no
noise. He died very hard
After hanging Frank, the went to
No. Z, where Simeon and VIM. Reno
were. As they opened the door,
some one spoke up and said, "what
do you want here p Then l heard
something fall, and afterward heard
that one Of them had been knocked
down by Simeon, who had seized
the sink lid to defend himself. l
then heard the fall of another body
as they rushed into the cell. Sine
on had been knocked down. Heard
him groan. They then took him
out, carried hin round and hung
him. 1 heard him make no noise.
Then they brought out william,
and [ saw them put rope around
his neck. An order was given for
Nos. 3 and5. Every man seemed tobe
called by a number instead of by
name,to go up and catch the rope.
William said, Il am innocent gentle
men, never done the robbing. Oh
Lord protect my father and sister,"
Two men pulled him up. William
struggled very hard.
When Anderson was taken out of
his cell he asked for time to pray,
but was told to shut his mouth and
that they did not want any thing
out of him. They strung him up,
but the rope broke. 1t was tied
again and he was again pulled up
The Lynchers arrived by the JEFF
fersonville railroad and departed the
same way They are generally sup
posed to be the jackson county Wig
lance Committee. 1t is understood
that Reno and Anderson intended to
apply before Judge Bicknell fol
writs Of ha5eas corpus, saying that
they could show that they were not
concerned in the Marshfield rob
berry, The so-called vigilants prob
ably got wind of this and hence the
terrible tragedy. These four make
ten men who have been lynched in
Indiana, for the robbery of tue
Adams Express Company, Vol
Elliott, Charles Roseberry and
Phillip Clifton having been hanged
near Seymour, on the Goth Of July
last, and short time after Frank
Sparks, John Moore and Henry
Jerrell were captured and hanged
near the same place
Capt. G. J. Sewell, the notorious
Federal guerrilla, died in the City
Hospital to-day, Of wounds received
in his celebrated raid on Shel oyyille,
in May, 1866.
John Spalding, of this city, con-
ductor of q freight train on the
Jeffersonville Railroad, was killed
six miled out of Indianapolis, Sat
urday morning, as the train was
passing under a bridge while he
was on the top of car.
Reunion of Army Officers.
Chicago, December IA.
Our city is already beginning to fill
up with soldiers who come to take
part in the grand reunion to-mor-
row and the day following. The
following are now here Gen. Grant
and staff, Lieut.. Gen. Sherman and
family, Major Generals Negley, Pal