Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-12-25

| The Convention then adjourned.
an Eye Observation-Disclosures of the Eior-
rtble Tragedy.
The Cincinnati Gazette contains the fol
lowing dispatch:
Louisville, Dec, 13.-BetWeen three
and four o'clock yesterday morning about
| seventy five armed men, wearing scarlet
masks, visited the Jail in New Albany and
| overpowered the guard, shot sheriff Full:n-
love 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 au1 William
Reno, brothers, and VIM Anderson, the
| notorious Seymour express robbers. were
taken from their cells and hung.
Henry Clarke, prisoner in the Jail for
killing George Telle, at Selma, Indiana,
was an eye witness aud makes the follow
ing statement:
The first persons I saw in jail were two
men who had On masks of red flannel, or
something of the kind-perhaps red hand
kerchiefs. Heard the men talking to Mat
thews the guard, apparently endoavoring
! to force him to point out the cells. Mat
thews refused to tell them any thing
Then voice said something about putting
a robe around his neck, ana the order Was
given to pull him up. Then heard Nos.
"a, IL aud 7 distinctly uttered, and they
seemed to have released Matthew'S No.
"a was Frank Reno's cell. No. IL Was
Charles Anderson's, and Simeon and Will
liam Reno were in No. T. hen heard
some one say, bring arope," and they
went to Frank Reno's cell first. Frank
said nothing. and heard the words Frank
Reno, No. 23;' and then Pull him out"
He resisted some, and cried, "For Gods
sake, gentleman what are you going to do?"
his hands, and couple Of them grabbe..
him by the throat, rnsbiHg him ;4iong-
AS they got to the !, of the stairs ne
clutohed ct the baulsters, but made no
noise. He died very hard.
After hanging Frank. they went to No.
", where Simeon and VIM. Reno were
AS they opened the door, some one spoke
up and said. "What do you want here?"
Then 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 1 then heard
the fall Of another body as they rushed
into the cell. Simeon had been knocked
down. Heard him groan. They then took
him out, carried him around and hung
him. I heard him make no noise.
They then brought out William; I saw
them put rope around his neck. An
order was given for Nos. 3 and every
man seemed to be called by a number ia
stead Of by name) to go up and ,tch the
rope William said, Il am innocent,
gentlemen; never done the robbng. Oh
Lord, protect my father and sister" Two
men pulled him up. William struggled
very hard.
When Anderson was taken out of his
cell lie asked TO: time to pray, but was
told to shut his mouth, aud that they did
lot want anything out Of him. They strung
him up, but the rops broke. Il was tied
again and he was again pulled up.
The lynchers arrived by the Jefferson
railroad and departed the same way. They
are generally supposed to be the jackson
county vigilance committee. It is under-
stood that Reno and Anderson intended
to apply before Judge Bicknell for writs
of habeas corpus, saying that they could
show that they were not concerned in the
Marsefeld robbery. The so-called vigilants
probably got wind of this and hence the
terrible tragedy. These four make ten
men who have been lynched in Indiana
for the robbery of the Adams Express
Company. Vol. Elliott, Charles Rosebery
and Phillip Clifton having been hanged
near Seymour, on the Goth of July last,
and short time after Frank Sparks
John Moore and Henry Terrell were CAP
tured and hanged near the same place.
Captain G. J. Sewell, the notorious
Federal guerrilla, died in the city Hospital
to day, of wounds received in his celebra
ta6 raiS on Sholbuvil1o No. 1000