The New York herald., 1871-12-26
JUDGE LYNCH N oHIo.
MtGshan, Lately Acquitted Of Murder, In DAN
ger Of BciOg Summarily Hanged. 1. a
A Firebrand Handbill-A Public Meeting a.
Cover to Vigilance committse-The Resolu- X
tions-McGshan Drivon from His Home

@ emErn CINCINNATI. Dec. rs. 1871.
News OF startling character from Hamilton is
brought Dy late trains tonight II appears tnat
Mcclellan, lately tried for murder and 80 unexpect-
edly acquitted NJ Dayton on Saturday, arrived at
his home in Hamilton this morning. and very wisely
kept the house all day, for he felt tha. public indg-
nation kinded against him.
nn HUNDREDS or HIS FRIENDS
called to congratulate him upon bis escape from The
clutches OF the law and he held sort OF levee all
DAY. In the afternoon an tnnammatory handful
was circulated BY the hundred bearing these
words:- .,.f. i-..s... - r4s.rs r
Corrupt rings aud unscrupulous attorneys pack
Jures anu debauch courts; courts disregard law
Thomas Mcclellan, notorious person. liberated
When the law and the Courts fau society must pro-
deiberatlon at the Court House this Mondayi even
ing, at seven o CLOCK. Come everybody. Come and
let US reason together. December 25. 1871. eastl
When your reporter LEFT on the last train q
crowded Indignation meeting was in progress. and
committee was out drafting resolutions. 1t was
believed py many that ~r~t,Ar .s sn \
r-o H. THE MEETING WAS ONLY A. COVER .r ag,
or ruse to draw od the friends Of McGehan, In
order to facilitate the operations OF O. vigilance
committee determined to take McGehan from MIS-
house and hang him. kilograms are looked for by
railroad line. lseHa 554tf ga5 ta..4a t.4ea uJ
n3 ssDtaaef III. Iat.r. o1i@ ai tea y Z
,4 sai As CIKCNNArl. Dec. 2s-1l :s5 P. N. 81
The meeting at the Court House was attended BY
the best and most prominent citizens or Hamilton,
and was organized by calling DR.. J. r.
Nickel to tine chair. The committee on
resolutions 1wss composed OF men OF wealth,
standing and influence, and Included two medical
DOCTORS two lawyers and several capitalists OF the
Place. Their report was brief, as follows:-
Whereas Thomas Mcclellan has been ACQUITTED
IN the face oil inc0ntrOvertibe evidence OF hrs COM
plicty or actual perpetratiOn OF the murder OF
Thomas j. Myers on the 24th December, 1870; tnere-
fore, ~. ~. ~ N. ~, sS H., II es5 y.
Resolved. m view Of the verdict OF acquittal IN
the case OF the State against Thomas Mcclellan, we
feel that the courts OF justice s0called are failure
and need radical reformation. and we VIII seek
earnestly to secure this object through the coming
constitutional Convention. l@ ..rf Y. .sls,9 I,
Resolved. That as community we consider that
we have o r1ght to demand that the man who is re-
garded almost unanimously as tie leader IN the
midst should no longer remain among US, and we
the citizens Of Hamilton demand that he shall seek
residence elsewhere. rs .'1s',, ...i,', n ..g
This report was adopted unanimously with .
shout OF assent thas SHOOK the windows Ia the court
room, after which the dense crowd quietly dis
persed, muttering low words expressive OF pent-up
wrath. reconnoiterng party, armed TO the teeth,
had already called at McGehanH house. bat II was
soon ascertained that 1870 Iso'sa .s9.. cal
~aE X @',A. THE BIRD HAD FLOWN .s,e. +
ana now the news comes that Mcclellan ned Ut dusk
and In a swhtconveyanec caught an Eastern bound
train OF the Atlantic and Great western Railway.
which he boarded at Q way station, and Is now Tar
away nom Hamilton and Judge Lynch's new
halter. s.,s. e .N,ss tsF, INV