The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-08-07
The Express Robbery-Addltional Tar
tlcu!ar3 Of their Execution.

tlcl!ar3 OF their Execution.
! Seymour correspondent Of the Cincin.
nsi Commercial gives the following rsrlicu
lara oi the hanging of The three Express
robbers near that place:
Inst Monday. by some means nnk nown 10
ouisidrrs. the vigilance committee received
inleliigence that The three mpn. Clifton,
Rossberry. ard Elliot. were to be taken bv
ihs eflirers TO Brownslown. ths, night, and
the Committee. TOO impatient to await the
course oi law, determined 10 tske the re
sponslalli'y upon themselves. aud meie out
justice 10 thr ihrrs vii.sibs as they saw Fl
Ia"' nigh. hey quietly gathered att spot
aoou, two miles west nf Seymour. There
was NJ noiss or confusion about The gather
.ine. ard there was 40 .xcii, men, in town
40 YOU slrendy know, the train was sig
oalied 10 stop, snd. when it had done 40, wa q
entered by numb OF men, who de mand I'd
tbs, tn. three prisoners be gwen 10 them
The gusrts were slow 10 comply. bu, The y
could ff.s DO .feciusl Resistance, and III /.
men were torn rom them ard taken cut
| The criminals though, il a yescue at fret.
hut too soon they saw the stern, revengefui
taces os their rup'ore, and knew the terrible
import OF the moment.
10 The midst Of the darkness, with scores
OF excited, mer.iless men all around them,
they were hurried away. While the irsin was
allowed TO move on, aud taken a few hun =.
dred ie., up narrow lane Here their
herr DOOM WAS proDInced, and a few min
u'es given them 10 prepare to meet their
tate F~w wo'ds-p Assed between The Grim.
finals s,d their exeru'ionefs. Words woui
30 10 good, and hen oil hope had Il ID, the
men, with the exception OF Ciiioo, ss.ume d
= doggrd. determined sir, and neither made
cohfes s-ion ror asked far mercy. Clifton
died ike coward. lie fell on his knees,
wspt like q child, sH ore that he as inn O.
cent Of all crime, and impo.ed them 10
spare his life. Elliot. when asked TO con
fess md disciose The names OF those who
were with him in the robbery, said with n
contemp'uous tDeer: Confess HI; I'll
tell y'u no,hine; you've got me here, .
Thousand Of pou. now do your wore,.'
Ro. cherry said not word. The mob vas
growing imps,ien,. even at moments de-
lay, and clamored Tor their death
A lsrge spreading beech tree was chosen
by the committee. ond, while q score OF
hands we're tying The piIsoners' arms behind
them. low siou, branches were sought for
and found, aad rough ropes Aere quickly
itai.,rd around The nscks OF three men. -
All was IN readiness. end. aa a howl Of ven :
gesnce went up from The mob. VD!nev FL.
hot, Charles Roseberry. mud Freiinghuy
sen Clifton were swung into the sir, ard
is sid they struggled greatly, and died hard.
The verde, OF lynch law executed. the
crowd quietly Dispersed, and lea The bodice
Hanging.
In the morning the German farmer. upon
whose place the deed was done was nearly
lpsraly zsd with terror on seeing the three
llieIess bodies, with blsckened faces and pro-
rudine ,orgues. hanging in the cir. and
had hardly strength enough left 10 bring
the news to town. None outside the Wig
lance committee woe aware Of whs, had
occurred and on his arrival with SO terrible
Ia story he was surrounded by . great
crosse Of startled recple who only visited TO
ibe infososd wh,re the work he'd been done
10 swarm 'hither.
A. II o'clock the Coroner proceeded 10
!,he spot, cut the bodies down. and held sn
inque-si 90 ,hcm. The verde, simply was
that they came 10 their death from s,rsngu-
,la,ion a. he hsnds Of parties unknown
After the very little time oneumed 10 ccm
ing 10 this conclusion. the remains of the
men were given 10 their relatives, and short
Nv after buried in rough coffins 10 the Sey-
mour cemetery.
The WAY TO PEAcE.-0rsnt says he
lwsu,s oesce But there can be no peace