St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-12-25
Lynchtng and Hanging In Indi-
ana.
FOUR MEN HUNG BY \ MOE.


last one of Il series oflvnchings and hang
ings by vigilance committee in lndi
ana. This last outrage cxcites more in
tcrest than the two previous ones from
the fact that two of the men hung were
arrested in Canada, and were delivered
up under the extraditon treaty, with the
solemn promise that they should have Il
fair trial. The prisoners were three
Reno brothers and Charles Anderson,
and were confined in Jail at New Albany,
Ind charged with the robbery of Adams
express company. The following is the
account
About three O'Clock. this morning Lu-
thcr Written, one of the outside guards
al the jail WAS met at the entrance by a
party OF men, who presented pistols To
him, demanding his silence or death.
Written shouted, however, but w;,>
seized, knocked down and informed that
II he shouted .ain lie should die. Il,
this time the Jail office WAS filled with
men searching for the keys. Sheriff
Fulenlove understanding the situation.
came down from hi> sieepn2 apartment
II! gained ilic dor leading TO H.,
!roHi'l' ON Tie west siIr "i the JAN.
Here l." met a number "i men arm'd
with pistols, which were directed at him.
lie exclaimed. ''Gcnllcmt'n, don't shoot
me am the sheriff but one at the
b'hI iIr'd oh"'' which TOOK effect IN
inc ShtIilI ; ri-"' arm lilll.c'','2 sci
""' ana if'ihiui W"'i'd- he keys Were
i'ih''"Hrl' hnt lie Positively refused /"
surrender 'hrh- An"ut d"zrh "i 'h'
"ahu th'h entered rui.chl"Vr7 room
/ "hefe ms WI't laH III bed aud demanded
1hr JAN Keys "i hrr' but >hc refused Il"
SURRENDER them lhcy sucret''d IN ind
M t"tih' however eohc'"',d III a draw
er
The remainder of the account purport>
10 b.. uiy,n by Henry Clark. imprlspurI
tnr murJe~ and whnm rho v;r;I,r,. ol.,
;.,.I.I =, ,., ,., ...,c.
'''''e' ana '''' "'''i i"' me slower process
ct the law lie claims to have been al
eve witness:
Th. first nar.,r. I so,v :, ;ou ,,,r.
TWO men who had ON mask. of red d,n-
mel, or something of tine kind-perhnps
red Lamdkcrchict> Heard the men talk
/ in. to Matthews, the guard, apparently
cndcnvoring to force mm to point our
the cells Matthews refused to tell them
ANYTHING. Then "a voice said something
about putting rope round his neck, and
the order was given to pull him up
/ Then heard Nos. II. | | and : distinct,
uttered. and they seemed TO have released
| Matthews No. ~ was Frank Reno,
cell No. / | WAS Charles AnderSon's.
and Simeon and William Reno were in
No. :. Then heard some one say.
..hrIn@ " rope and they went to Frank
memo cen III hiH'. FRANK s'Id nothing,
anu heard Inc words, ''f rank Keno, No.
- ana then' - uil MN cut. lie re-
9ls'eh some ana crled' or 'roi sake,
gentlemen what are yon =oln9 t" do :!
lhcE toid hlih 10 drv up ana Then tied
ms hands, ana couple OF them grabbed
nm ny Inc throat FnSh'i'@ MN along,
As 'i'ey GOT 10 Inc ."P oi me stars he
''"'' "'' at ,"I "'''''I''i', "''' '''''''e ''o
Aiter hanging FRANK tllty went to No.
- where SIMEON ana "i!iIam Keno
were. As ihey opened me door some
one spoke up ana sald, =" hat Ito you
want here linen heard something
la'I' ana a''er"ar"S hearI 'Ilat one OF
a,n ..hn haJ so;zaJ ,La s;nI. nj - IAN, H.
tend himself. | then heard the fall of
another body as they rushed i. to the cell.
Simeon had been knocked down. Heard
him groan. They then took him ont.
carried him around and hung him. Il
heard him make no noise
Then thew Lrouabt ont William ANDY;
saw tLp,n nnt - ron, round his nool
An ordor was o;voo for \ns . mi
every man seemed +, Ina called hv = nnrn
hcr instead If Inv name to on nm and
.ratcb ,be r,.,. William iii ~ au,
inu,rout gentlemen na,.r dam. t,o r,L
h;no n J,rj nr,,n,.. nv. f,t,,an w.,
.;.t.r- T,v, mo, nuIl.I liz, 49,
WitI;,r, .trrr,ri,J ,or,. L.rJ 'f'
"eu -,"uelSo'' was taken OUT OF his