Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-06
The Terrible Trngedy nj IIowling Green
--FulI pnlil 'uiars Of The Attempt to
Lynch the MurdeTer-Ills Rescue by
the sheriff

The Terrible Tragedy nj TIowIing Green
--FuII PnItl 'ulRrs OF The Altempt to
Lynch the MurdeTcr-Iils Rescue by
the sheriff,
Uuder this hoa correspondent OF the Hp-
cock Je6ysoaS,n, ftum Bowling Green, under
date of July q l., furnishes what he claim. 70 be
" fair and truthful statement" written I'd tho
calm that succeeded the storm Of pc ssion. The
writer thinks II woulj have been " very unbop-
ular at, or si,u after the !, to have hintcl that
there were two side N the question" b.
As the substance of portion Of the communi-
eaduu has already been published in tho JprR.
NAL, VIC givethe following as news Ia our renlerc,
Mr.. Phillips at oucc retrcated hastily n the
Office nf Justice U1it, surrrnlcd himself M,
and said whnt he had done was in self driruoo
aud lac was willing ~ abb lc by The law, or some
thing to that cGtct, Tho oilicc ww & ipp thrbng-
ed by an infurlatcd crowd OF mpu and boys, all
crying for the life Of the tern fled man, they
soon went TO violence, dragging lin tu the Aonr,
beating him md tearing his clothes. By super
human cli',rls IN the part of few the crowd
was spelled from the Office, leaving Phblips
covered with blood, hair dishcvcled, clothes torn
pnuis, and n small portion ofn linen coat anl
shirt vm Iiuing. Tho duor anl back uf. Ild Of
flee continued tO be bcSiegcl bY m infurhtc1
and constantly increasing crowd, constintly
CRYING out. "ilaug him! Hang him." Pruiecu-
ting Attorney Brown, Mntnn Lc,sc, and olhers,
addressed tie crowd. but failed 10 entirely pac
ify it In abuut m hour tho door was again
Orcod open aud the office hllcd with mrp.
llnwever M violence was ut The time offered
Phillips the crowd seeming to have become
less clamnruus but more determined. At tls
time, those who wished 10 turn the wrrtclcd
man over IN the officers of the law, gave up all
hopes Of doing So, and Justice Gnit informed
him that ifhe had nytlihe To dr he had better be
ut IT, no his lime was evidently short. Hd adj
vissl him to pray, and II is said, remarked, IN
his Kindness nr heart. that ms timd was very
precious, II thOre was any virtue IN quantity he
w0ull assist hm, and the twn w0nld dispatch
Heaven in rs great quantity as the time
would permit.
Justice q, did not profess to be praying nan,
but, by fnrcc OF imitation. he thought he gould
mdksn pretty good stnggor at IL, strengthened
by tho Thought that" Tho prayers OF the rlght-
enus availuth much" .tr
M further violence was, at the TINA, offered
Phillips u violent rain coming IN aui ooDinu.
ing for some umc,t he crowd gradually dispersed,
dozen Or twenty only remaining. In the mean
time the Marshal aud constable were busy ina
king preparations tn ttkp Phillips 81 JUL When
about to start with him in wagon, tile crowd
ngain cnugregated, In rs great numbers a, DO
fore, and eilsctuauy prevented the officers ruln
disehN,ging thcir duty, dragging Phillips to the
dnr several times aud placing rnpu arIupd his
nerk, but by his terrible resistance and tie as
siSthnce ol number Of more pcaceably Inclined
men, he would escape and roturn to the hflice
Finally he sprang through the bick window vt
the office aud stood for tnumcr: facing the crowd
wheu ne was nc once surrounded, receiving
kuocks and kicks enough 10 have killed the |
inost Of mou. A rope was then procured and
placed arnuhd his mock, aud Ii seemed that there
was no hope (or the wrrtohed man, whose cries
for m'roy were horrible aud piereiag in the ex
trcme. AT this moment Justice Gnit appealed
to the crowd tn dcsiSt MS he had but n few DAYS
before lost litto child, and he hoped that,
through respect for the feelings Of himself and
wife, they would dusist, Or ht loast remove tO
s0nle other pldcj with th,ir work. This had the
effect for the time, uf stopping the work Of death
during which Marshal ChifIrd and Constable,
Blrcland hurried Phillips through tha gate,
mud, before the crowd could recover from the
momentary surprise, placed him in the wagon
aud drive at full speed northward lhro' the
street, the crowd running ailer. When oue-halt
mile north OF town, the wagon was ovor taken
by portion of the crowd, on horseback, stop
ped mud prOceodiugsa at once commenced ~ hRug
Phillips tn n neiehburiug trrc. At this moment
the ShcIiG arrived and presented his pistol in
such determined manner that he was allowed
to proceed to place Phillips IN the old jail at
Perry sburg, which is temporarily uScd-though
unsafe until the new one is completed nj Bow
ling Green, which will be dnuc hy the first ur
ScpcHlucrncN. ~ WIS ln0NeNt, lthf Umct
that Phillips would not recover from his ruagh
treatment, aud snmo express the belief that he
is not yet out ofdanger, Phillips WAS in prs-
porous circumstances, owning n good iarm.
lie has emphy,d j, Il. Strong, OF Norwatk, aud
Reid aud Lease TO 'icnl him.
The affair have attcmpted to describe above,
was IL b. regrttc but It Is past, and | bn-
ieve many already regret the dlsrspcct to iaw
ami Order and Il Is u be hoped that another nc =
currsues U the kind will mover agaia take place.
tf PkpAe oGuE.
The Information above given in regard to the
'oldi at Perrysburf which is tenporaril used,
though nnsa(e," is certainly news to our readers
We have never heard of prisoner making his
escape thrpugh any insecurity Of that bnadmg,
and notwithstanding tho raid made with crow
ba upon the Jail in Iuuo last by Messrs, ST.
JouN, TauRsrtS aul REIp, with no other object
In view than TO make it nsrcure so that the Sher-
III might feel Justified IN remoying the risoners,
this building continues to hold, securely too, all
therein confined.
We have no desire todiscnurago The building
oCa new Jail in Bowling Green. as none, after
reading the above, will doubt thr necessity of
having abWildng of that name in that lncalty,
aud we shall expect in the future to soc il ad =
vertised in calls OF conventions obituary notices.
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