The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-12-18
COURIER.
lore Morders by the Seymour Vu'.
lava.

Ledger gives the following account
Of the cowardly outrage:
Thi. morning abou, three O'Clock Luther
Whi,,sn. one Of tho outside guards ut the
i,i', sher making his usual rounds. went into
;.,l flee snd sat down by the fire few mo-
nen,s. lie hid been inside hut lew mo
men,s when a noise was heard outside, aid
approaching the door 10 open II. was met at
the entrance BY q parry OF men, who pre-.
.ented pistols 10 him. demanding silence Oh
pain Of death. Written shouted. however.
bu, he was roughly seized BY several VI the
mob and thrown into = corner and informed
n he uttered another sound HE life would
pay s.forfei'.
By his time the jail tfice was filed with
men, who commenced searching for the keys
to the jail doors. Sheriff FulIenicve. who
was sleeping in q room across the hall from
the .fice, heard Written shout, end opened
the door only to meet q large force Of mel.
Comprt hending the situation at once, he
,ushed down The Sisrs Leading 10 tLe brse-
ment Of the jsll residence. for The pu' pose OF
cisirg the alarm. As he went down the
STARE he .eard several voices say 'shoot
down The stsirs,' -bu. he wss too quick for
grounds, on the west side Of the jail Here
he me, sno'h.r ivrce Of armed men, the jail
beng surrounded by them. ard upon seeing
pistols pointed Ut him. exclaimed, Gentle
men don't shoot me, I sm the Sheriff. Just
~ he sid This. one Of The gahg fired. the
shu, liking feet IN the right arm near the
elbow, INJECTING a very serious sud painful
wound. The Sheriff shouted Murder!
he!p! at the top OF his vocs. but WIS soon
heavy p;stol tie was then taken into inc
lsii hail snG placed under guard. The keys
OF the jsiI aud ceils were demanded Of him.
under . threat OF death IL be refused 10 de-
liver them %, but Fuilenlove, no'withs'snd
ing cooked pistols were pointed al his head
told The mob they might I'LL him before
he would give up The keys. VI aid them 10
any wsv.
All this time, which, however. was bnt OIL
'ew moments. m-n were searching every
part Of the jail residence tor the keys.-l
About n d. zen entered The room where Mrs
t'uiien!uve was in bed. mud demanded Of he,
the wheresbouts OF the keys. Sheriff Fullen.
love. nearing the demand made Of lis wife,
called TO her 10 let them kill her rather than
tell. She did refuse to give them any infor
nation, but they succeeded in fodlng the
otjsct Of their search in wash stand draw
cr in her room.
These in The il possession, no time was
los, in opening the jail doors. Here The
mob had some difficulty. az they could not,
unlock tho cell doors not being acquitted
with the keys. each lock being different.-
They returned TO the hall and dem andea
Fullenlove should 60 with them and open
the ceIl., bu, this he empha,icsily. sl,hoseh
sgain threstened with des'h, refused 10 do.
Al the, some one remarked, "here 10 q
maL"-poiniing 10 Thomas Masthews. one
Of the inslds guards, end several pistols
were pointed Of bis head. Ma,thews drop.
ped to the floor. % though be was shot, bu,
was soon compelled to 90 as he wss directed
open the cells Of the men the mob bad
determined TO hang.
The FIRE. victim dragged from HE cell wss
Frank Reno, whose piteous cries % the mob
placed the fatal moose about HE neck, are
described - mos, heart rending. He was
held up by some Of the mod while the rope
was made fast 10 the iron pillars around the
second ties Of tho cells. William Reno was
the next man brought out, and he was hung
alongside his brother and 10 the same pillar.
Simeon Reno was next brought forth from
HE cell. but he fought the mob with gvea,
despers ton, knocking two OF them down
before he was ovespowered and left sus
pended between the floor aud the ceiling
he was lett hanging al the southwest corner
Of the jill ceIls. HE feet nearly dragging The
foh'. Charles Anderson, the last violin,
wss hear 10 bee for tho privilege OF praying
before the fatal aoose wss adjusted, but he
VS. told By his relentless enemies 10 shu,
W. and soon HE body was hanging from the
pilisre q the southwest corner Of the jsil