The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-24


quit upon an innocent person His
remarks were very bitter, and as he
pointed to the pitiable, crouching wit
ness. he stigmatized his course IN the
most witheFing language. He closed
by declaring that be dismissed the
prosecution against Mckinney.
The words had hardly been uttered
when the vast copcourse rose to their
feet and gave ore loud and prolonged
cheer. But Immediately was heard
from a hundred voices the startling
words, hang him, hang him, "
which were uttered by excited men,
with clenehed fists, and eyes flashing
FIRE.
Col. Hefren Immediately sprang to
his feet, and called upon the people to
listen, to wiser. counsels, that the man
before them. was but the tool of San
ders, and if anybody was lobe hung,
| let 1T be him. The. poor creature who
had testified before them was merely
the scapegoat of the real sceundrel. He
said that he regretted that the trial had
not been permitted to go on, so as 70
enable him to show the depth of
the guilt of the man Sanders, who, it
would have been proved, had agreed to
give him 1900 for making his affidavit
and appearing at the preliminary ex-
animation. and $1,000 for seing the
| case safe through court. During his
remarks the crowd kept shouting
hang him" hang him, and push
ing their way toward the platform
where Cutsinger was standing Gen.
Spieely and Major Tucker sprang
] H. 81 AL he
| that it could not be done, but their
voices were drowned ID the uproar.
Judge Carlton exhorted the people to
let the law take its course.
All the members of the bar, sher-
/ if, constables and other officers of the
court, formed line in front of the
phrenzied mass. while behind them
sneaked away the mean, contemplate
C1tsiRger, showing more emotion
/ than we thought him capable of, as
he was as pale as death, and trembled
from head to foot with terror.
1t was some time before the appeals
/ of Spicely, Heffren, Tucker and 9TH
ers had any effect upon the mob but
| at length some of the leaders were
induced to go down stairs, where they
again collected, in the hope that Cut
siager would attempt to escape. We
saw clubs, knives and revolvers ready
4 for action, and if there had been a
collision there would doubtless have
been bloody work. adI
/ In the course of a couple of hours
1 the crowd In front of the hall, which
had been barricaded from within, had
somewhat diminished. and the PEG
! xrlo Aoror 20 xaal ;za 4ho4 oe@or a ba
| was only a half-witted, .eowardly
scamp, ready to commit perjury for
money, while the areh-villain and
murderer was Sanders. Had he been
there he would have been hung, in
spite of any effort which might have
IIbeen made to prevent it. 1t was re-
train at Mitchell the night before, aud
were probably at the house of one of
his relatives awaiting the result of the
trial. A number of citizens started
in pursuit Of him, and if he was so
imprudent as to be found, his neck
would pay the penalty at the hands of
the exasperated citizens.
Late in the afternoon we saw Cut
singer and his old bag of a wife, who
is doubtless more guilty than he,
sneaking across the street under the
protection of the Sheriff. He is a
poor, half idiotic vagaboad, with not
enough soul to make a respectable
/ brute.
He said he had been induced tc
make the affidavit against Mckinney
at the instance of Sanders. who had
threatened his life; besides, he ad.
ded, glancing at his mufHed foot, he
had boon disabled from a severe cut
ever since he went to Sullivan County,
and had been led to make the state
| rneuts for money +O-live on