Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-12-23
Lrnchinr at New Albany.

December 13.-Between three and
four O'Clock yesterday morning about
seventy-fve armed men wearing scar
let masks visited the Jail in New
Albany and overpowered the gttard,
shot Sheriff Fullinlove in the arm,
and took possession of the Jail. The
Sheriff refused to deliver the keys,
which were finally found by the
maskers, and Simeon, Frank and
William Reno, brothers, and VIM.
Anderson, the notorious Seymour ex-
press robbers, were taken from their
cells and hung.
Henry Clark, a prisoner, in the Jail
for killing Geo. Telle, at Salem, lndl-
ana, was an eye witness of the lynch
ing, and makes the following
statement:
The first persons 1 saw in jail were
two men who had on masks of red
flannel, or something of the kind
perhaps red handkerchief. Heard
the men talking to Mathews, the
guard, apparently endeavoring to
| force him to point out the cells.
Matthew's efusedtOtellthem anything.
Then a voice said something about
putting 4 rope round his neck, and
the order was given to pull him up.
Then heard numbers p, IL and I
distinctly uttered, and they seemed
to have released Mathews. Number
"a was Frank Reno's cell. Number
II was Charles AndersOn's, and Sim
con and William Reno were in No. q.
Then heard some one say, bring a
rope" and they wentto Frank Reno's
cell (: at first Frank said nothing, and
| heard the words, Frank Reno, No.
"a" and then: "Pull him out" He
resisted some, and cried, "For Gods
sake, gentlemen, what are you going
to do?n They told him to dry up,
and then tied his hands, and 4 couple
| of them grabbed him by the throat,
pushing him along. As they got to
to the top of the stairs he clutched at
/ the bannisters, but made no noise.
He died very hard.
After hanging Frank, they 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 ~ Then / heard some
thing fall, and afterwards heard that
one of them had been knocked down
by Simeon, who had seized the sink
lid TO defend himself. / then heard
the fall of another body as they rush
ed to the cell. Simeon had been
knocked down. Heard him groan.
They then took him out, carried him
around and hung him. / heard him
make no noise.
Then they brought out William.
and / saw them put a rope around his
neck. An order was given for Nos.
and 5. Every man seemed TO be called
by a number instead of by name, tC
go up and catch the rope. William
said, al am innocent, gentlemen
never done the rObbing. Oh Lord
protect my father and sister, Two
men pulled him up. William strug'
gled very hard.
When Anderson was taken out o.
his cell he asked for time to pray, but
he was told to shut his mouth anC
that they did not want anything out
of him. They strung him up, but
the rope broke. 1t was tied agaiI
and he was again pulled up
The lynchers arrived by the Jeffer'
sonville Railroad, and departed the
same way. They are generally sup.
posed to be the Jackson County
Vigilance Committee. It is under
stood that Reno and Anderson
intended to apply before Judge Bick.
nell for writs of ha6edS corpus, saying
that they could show that they wert
not concerned. in the MarshfielC
robbery. The so-called vigilant:
probably got wind of this and hence
terrible tragedy. These four make
ten mel who have been lynched il
Indiana for the robbery of the Adam:
Express Company, Vol Elliot, Charles
ROseberry and Philip Clifton having
been hanged near Seymour on the 20tI
of July last, and q short time aftel
Frank Sparks, John Moore and Henry
Terrell were captured and hanged
near the same place.