Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-12-17
Lynch LAWN IN DIANA.
Four Express ROBBERS Hung.

| mour Vigilance COmm1Llee NlsiUeu tii'
1 New Albany Jail this morning abou
three O'Clock and hung the Reno broth
ers and Charles Anderson, and lef
town before the alarm was given.
Il CINCINNATI. December 12.-The fol
!; lowing particulars of the hanging OF the
Reno brothers at New Alb my, have
been received by the Cincinnati Times
dated New Albany, December II:
Between three and four O'clock thi:
morning from sixty to seventy Seymour
regulators, masked and heavily armed
arrived here via the Jeffersonviiie Rail.
road. Immediately upon their arrival
they proceeded by direct route TO the
county Jail, placing guards at every
street and alley to guard against surprise
On arriving at the Jail ene of the guards
stationed outside, took fright and at
tempted to raise an alarm but was
| quickly taken in charge and placed
under guard. They then entered the
| Office of the Jail, and after twelve or
/ fifteen had entered; Sheriff FullenlOve
awakened by the disturbance came to
the door, when they demanded the
keys. He attempted to get away by
J dodging in cellar way, and coming out
on the outside of the building. But
here he was commanded to surrender,
I and by some means was shot through
/ the arm. They had now complete pos
session of the Jail, and found the keys
! in the Sheriffs bedroom, when they I'M
mediately proceeded to the cells, and
forced one of the guards to unlock the
cells. They then took Frank Reno,
Simon Reno, Bill Reno and Charles An
! dersou, the express robbers, out anu
hung them to the iron railing or post
supporting the walls around the cells
| The victims were placed on chairs, the
rope adjusted and the chairs Kicked
from under them; Frank ana SIMON
| hanging to one post, Simon IN front an I
Frank behind him, the other brother
hanging at Il corner post, and Anderson
! back ward in the rear of the jail.
/ After being satisfied that their victims
were dead, the bold murderers quietly
/ locked up the Jail and all its occupants.
! taking the keys with them, and taking
! one of the County Commissioners to tile
depot, when, all being ready, they start
! ed away, giving the Commissioner the
KEYS. As soon as possible the alarm
was sounded, but too late. Noone could
| be found, and all that remained to show
their presence was the dead bodies OF
/ the express robbers.
The most intense excitement prevails
| h ere, and it is getting much higher
every moment, the news spreading like
wild fire. Mrs. Frank. Reno and Mrs.
Anderson are in the 0lty. Frank Heno
/ fought the Regulators, knocking three
of them Down, but was overpoWered and
! knocked senseless, his head being badly
bruised and blood running down his
face. The victims presented most
ghastly and horrible spectacle.
. LOUISVILLE, December l2--Addition-
al particulars of the tragedy at New Al
bany have been reeelyed;
About three O'Clock tlils morning Mr..
Luther WhitteI, one af the outside
guards of the Jail, was met at the en-
tranoehy party Of men, who presented
pistols al him demanding silence on
penalty of death Whitten shouted,
| however but was seized knocked dosn,
and informed if another shout was utter
ed he should die. by this time the jail
office was filled with men searching for
the KEYS. Sheriff Fullenlove under
standing the situation came down from
his sleeping apartment, and gained the
door leading to the grounds on the west
side of the Jail. Here he met an armed
force with pistols directed at HIM, and
he exclaimed "Gentlemen, don't shoot
me; am the Sheriff. One OF them,
however, fired, the shot taking effect IN
the right arm, inflicting serious and
painful wound. The keys were demand
ed but he positively refused to surrender
them. About dozen of them then en-
tered Mr. Fullenlove's room where his
wife laid in bed, and demanded the Jail
KEYS of her, which she refused, but they
suece ded in finding then, concealed in a
drawer. 4
Thomas Matthews. one of the inside
guards, was compelled to open the cells
of the men the mob had determined to
hang. Frank and William Reno were
the first victims dragged out, and they
were hung alongside of each other on
the same pillar. Simon Reno was then
brought out, but he fonght the mob
with great desperation, knocking Que or
two of them down before he was over
powered, and left suspended hetween the
ceiling and the floor. Charles Ander-
son. the last victim, was heard TO beg
for the privilege of praying, but this re-
quest was refused, and he was hung at
the southwest corner of the Jail cell.
After more threats of killing the Sher-
iff the mob proceeded to the train, car
rying with them the Jail keys. From
the iail to the train armed men stood
guard to prevent any alarm being gwen.
At four o'clock the train with the entire
party, consisting of from seVenty-iive to
a hundred men, started off. They came
we'll armed and equipped for the work:
They intended to hang man named
Clark, the murderer of George Tile, but
they concluded not to do so, fearing to
remain longer. The Vigilants came
from Seymour Indiana, in car, by
themselves, attached to the regular
train.
Charles Anderson and Frank Reno
were surrendered by the Canadian au-
thorities upon the solemn pledge by the
United States Government that they
should have fair trial, and if found in
nocent be returned to Canada.