The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-12-23

side OF DIS race was O6stnO2fcu WIT DlOO0
The face and neck were rem tksbly white.
Immediately in front of Frank, and totch.
ing him, William Reno was hung. His
face was much distorted, and the flesh wss
greatly swollen, burying the rope itoth
sight. :. @ "'
The mob having completed its work lett
the Jail, locking the door ieading into the
cell>room after them, and carrying OH the
key. rr..,..s..
In the best order the Vigilance Commit
tee then left the premises for the railroad,
where q train was in waiting for them,
and left the city, the work for which they
went being accomplished.
The mob took with them ropes with
which to do their work. They we're of
MANILA rope, fve-eights of an inch in size,
and about ter, feet, in length. Each rope
had a regular hanginah's knot upon it. The
mob took iive tppes In all, one Of which they
said they Intended to use to hang the guard
! il he resisted. dams a7zaa san,
The mob were in the jail, Sheriff +,
states, not TO exceed fve minttes. lie
thinks not over three mieutes were btcdpicd
in the terrible work of sending the four
victims of their fury into eternity. 5srW
| Thus have ten human beirgs beeh com
PEELED to yeild up their lives In violation ei
| law and order. lIl3 16t g8 si tsa2 s'
! The only one Of the Reno brothers LETT is
John, and he is new serving out sentence
OF twenty. i've years in, the Missouri Peni-
tentiary for safe>blowing. 1850
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
IS LOUISVILLE. December i2.s-Additiohal
particulars OF the tragedy at New ALBANY
have been received. About three o'clock
this morning Mr.. Luther Written. one Of
the outside guards of the Jail, was met at
| the entrance by party of men who present.
! ed pistols 10 him, demanding silence or
death. Whitteh shouted, however, but
was seized, knocked down and informed if
another shout was uttered, he should die.
BY this time the jailofice was filed with
men searching for the keys. Sheriff Full
lcnlbte, understanding tile situation, came
down from. his, sleeping apartment aud
gained tie door leading to The grounds on
the west side Of the Jail. He here met an
arihed fofce with pistols directed at him,
aid exrlaiihedggt 'uetitlethah, don t. shoot
me; am Sheriff. One OF them, however,
fred the shot, taking eifecl. in the night
| arm, inficting serious and painful wound
The keys were demanded of him, but be
positively refused to surrender them, About
dozen of them than entered Mr.. Fullen-
loves room. where his wife laid in bed,
and demanded the jail keys OF her, which
4 she refused but they succeeded in finding
them concealed IN drawer Thos. Mat
thews, one of the inside guards, was then
compelled to op the cells OF the mon the
mob had determined to hang. Frank and
! VIII am Reno were the first victims dragged
out. and they were hung alongside 5f each
other on the same pillar Simon Reno was
then brought cut, but he fought the mob
with great desperation, knocking one or
| two down before he was overpowefed and
left suspended between the ceiling and the
| floor. Charles Anderson the last victim,
was heard to beg for the privilege of pray
| ing. but this request was refused, and he
was hung at the southwest corner of the
| Jail cells.
T After further threats Of killing the Sber.
| iff, the mob then proceeded to the train,
carrying with them the jail keys; from the
Jail to the train armed men stood guard to
prevent any alarm being given. At four
| O'Clock the train with the entire party, con-
sisting OF from seventy to one hundred men,
started off. They came well armed and
equipped for the work. They intended to
hang man named Clark, the murderer Of
George lille. but they concluded not to do
SO, fearing to remain longer. The sigilants
came from Seymour, Indiana, Ii car by
| themselves attached to the regular train
Charles Anderson and Frank Reno were
surrendered by the Canadian authorities
upuh the solemn pledge by the United
States Government that they should have
fair trial, and, if ioand inhocent, be re.
turned to Capada. g., .eg1s