The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-12-18
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| fore placing the guard around tbo iou e,o -,
six men seized Mr.. Luther Whitten ono ~
the ex.Sheriff Fulleriove's guards Smnio,si vio 81
! to keep watch at night in the isii ward Ear
| him han0 and foot, and carried him into fbe
\ Sheriifs office and placed him In q chair TIE
| committee then secured the other persons In
| the Sherif7S Office, and Immediately went 10
| the room in Thich Sheriff Fullerlove and his
| wife were sleeping. Sheriff f. had been
awakened by the noise, and stepped to the door
luss as the committee were about to enter il.
the committee demanded of the Sheriff the
| Keys to the Jail, and told him if ne made apy
rMolse Mse they would shoot him, at the same
| SbaeSp SbaS pointing their reyolveIs at him. The
| ,han, Soio them to shoot-he would not give
oIorn, S keys; and would also raise the
i a''', us L. 1 SneIh tullerove then opened door
anu idh u""n stairs into tie basement of the
mouse ana climbed out OF the windows AZ
ne dld tnls uozen pistols were pointed ar
nm, ana ne toId the crowd OF yigllants moi
TO fire at him as he was the Sheriff. Gainins
the yard, he attempted to reach The cate eaJs=
ing into the street, but was flied upon. and
severely wounded in the arm just below tbe
elbow, the bullet buTyipg itself in the bone.
Several men then seized him, one of them
striking him in the forehead with the butt of
a pistol, knocking him down. Some one OF
the mob then told the men not to hurt the
Sherln but to carry him into the house, which
was Gone On reaching the house Mrs. F.,
seeing blood upon her husbands clothing,
commenced crying, but she was told by the
mob to stop and keep perfectly quiet or she
would be killed. The Sheriff had no clothing
on except his drawers and shirt Tire mob then
searched the house until they found the ialI
Keys. They then shut up the Sheriff and
guards, and proceeded to unlock the doors of
the Jail. When they reached the inside door
to the cell-room, they encountered Mr.. Mat
thRwG a no frf1f int he
his revolver and threatened TO shoot anv man
that would attempt to unlock the door. The
mob showed him rope, and tod him If he
fired even one shot they would break the
door down and hang him. He then surren-
dered to them under a promise that his life
would be spared The mob. however, were
unable to unlock the door and compelled
Mr.. NJ. 10 unlock 1t for them. They then
seized and tied him, and placed him in the
room with the other captured guards Tbey
had the keys of the cells, and before renew
lnS Matthews from the cellroom they had
forced him TO show them the cells in which
Frank Reno, Charles Anderson, Simeon Reno
aud William Reno were confined. They had
now full possession OF ihe jail and knew
where to find their intended victims, and the
work OF death was commenced and speedi-
ly accomplished, leaving a terrible and sick
eninS memento of its completeness In the
dangling. hteless bodies of its victims. The
first man hung was Simeon Reno. The cell
house is divided into two tiers, under and
lower, and around the upper tier Of cells is
an iron corridor, supported by two iIon pill
lars. From the southwest corner of this cor
ridor Simeon Reno was hung. His arms and
feet were lpinioned, and he was In his bare
feet. He had received blow upon the head,
and thin streak OF blooo stained his lace.
He had ON no clothing except his shirt and
pants. The next victim was Charles Ander-
son. He was hung from the northwest cor.
ner OF the corridor, and his features gave evil
dence OF terrible struggle with his relent-
less executioners. On the south end of the
corridor Frank Reno was hung. Upon his
head, just above the right ear, was a deep
wound, appare.tly made with a slung shot,
and the right side Of his face was besmear-
ed with blood. The face and neck were Ie-
markably white. Immediately in front of
Frank, and touching him, William Reno was
hung. His face was much distorted, and the
flesh was greatly swollen, buIying the rope
from sight. The mob, having completed its
work, lett the jail, locking the door leading
into the cell-room after them, and carving
OF the key. In the best order the vigilance
committee then left the premises for the rail-
road, where train was IN waiting Tor them,
and left the city, the work tor which they
went being accomplished. The mob took
with them ropes with which 20 do their work.
They were OF MANILA rope, hve-eishths OF an
inch III slze,and about ten ieet in length. Each
| rope had regular haI gman's knot upon II.
The mob took FIVE ropes in all, one OF which
they said they intended to use to hang the
guard, IL he resisted. The mob were in the
Jail, Sheriff +. states, not to exceed five min
uteS. He thinks not over three minutes were
occupied IN the terrible work OF sending the
tour victims OF their fury into eternity. Thus
haye ten human beings been compelled to
yield up their lives in violation OF ali law and
ORDER The only one OF the Reno brothers
LETT is John, and he is now serving out sen.
tence OF twenty-five years in the Missouri
Penitentiary, for safe-blowing.