Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-07-15
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The HANGING OF Two CRIMINALS Ri 4 NOR
Tie Cinclnpad CelasaeTet1. contains the par
t.eulars OF the hanging OF two crimineis il
Celina, Ohio, which the telegraph mentioned on
Tuesday. 7 heir names were Alexander Mcleod
end Absalon h lIlElei twG o: the men charged
with the murder CT Belle Secore, OF Liberty
township, Merce- county" II had been noised
abroad thai the cTiEiE ais would DE lynched on
Monday, and ea-ly in the dss people from far
and near locked 70 TIE town until thousands
had assemble At 10 O'Clock an organized
band OF some three hundred horsemen, with G
Captain and har yiag committee of twenty Eve,
IN wagons, who also had a chaplain, arrived.
They held meeting on the fair grounds, after
Hl.ch tAey went 10 tie iaii, caught the SAel1f,
and took the keys from his pockets and opened
the cells. The two KinRlel brothers sad
Mel cod were brought out and put in the wagons
With the committee OF twenty-five, and tie
had leen murdered, wL-eh is some eleven miss
nom Cel1nR- Thousands of persons followed,
forming procession niles in length.
- 3 ater was tUTniEIef from barrels, tubs ana
pals along the route showing that the most
ample preparations had been made for the ter
rib.e work Arriving IT the field where the
t4oroeC had been ccEm tied, the owner of the
fzTI1 objected tc having tie execution take place
OF n. premises. The captain CO the lynchers
taeu n-GeTeG that the hanging be done in d field
IN .To~t Of TIE old man EiysrSel's house When
I.-aI cane in !ght OF the house the cid nan was
sseD running across field and was soon hidden
- t2e woods Mrs. EiuGe, Eeil il sIqs!l, and
-0s been Frustrated ever s.,.Ce. = tree which
io-hed so-le twenty feet above the ground was
selected a. part of the esffolC. Poles were
cT and placed on end. erC t-crn tHasa to the
tree pole was Fastened. over tuls pcIe ropsS
we're thrown, and the vagcr containing tie
doomed Ken was drawn Is hard Il : point di-
fecuy Under the ropes. The captain fastened
tue r9pt around the necks Of : hsal0nl Eimrnel
anc mcleod, when Il brother q; the murdered
~ got ift- The WACO aid prevailed cn the
ccicTH.-tcc tc snare tn life CT the younger Kim
mel vlo = skSaen years cid, o., &scou7st Of h.
age. The acDG 20 men were the- uCt'HaJ That
thel END was 1car, and given az Opportunity II
speak
''kininel coEfcssedhis guilt 5pt LIcIIeodsa.d.
i an 20. guilty Nou are shedding ; Z Innocent
mans hiGod.' The committee OF .Ecut~-fve
were oTCorcd To 90 their work, Sgf bVt one nan
responded. Volunteers were called for. ard
promptly came forward and pulledor She ropef,
drawing the 1nUTdeTeTs upward III! e. cir heads
touched the pole over which the repes were sus-
pended. They died from stranguiatioE, and i'll
hiteGn minutes we've believed Il lie dead, hut
were allow ed, however, - hang for nearly
t1ai hour, E-mnelE Jaw cropped aid his
tongue ran out, AZ Ii Gi-eOd's features remained
perfectly natural The bodies were given to
physicians at Fort Recovery and Sn0neyille
Tl.3 younger KiEE.nel vas sent back TO Jail, and
al the kimme'S Lave been notified to leave the
comfy within sixty days. The only disturbance
was caused BIZ one Ct the committee proposing
three cheers for Jeff. Davis during tie hanging.
The crowd dispersed withOxt an incident WORTHY
O. notice, AID thUs ended one Of the darhes.
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