The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-18

The Cincinnati commercial contains The
particulars Of the hanging of two criminal.
in Cclina, Ohio, which the telegraph nIcr-
toned on Tuesday. Their names were Al.
cxander Mcleod and Absalom kimmc, two
of the men charged with the murder o!
Belle Secorc in Liberty township, Mercer
county:
1T bad been noiScd abroad that the criIni
nails would be lynchcd on Monday, and early
in the day people from far and near ilocked
to the town, until thousands had assembled.
At 10 o'clock an organized band of some
three hundred horScmcn, with captain, and
Il hanging committee of twenty-five in
wagons. who also had Il chaplain, arrived.
They held meeting on the fair grounds, after
which they went to the Jail, caught the
sheriff and took the keys from his pocket
and opened the cells. The two KimmeI
brothers and Mcleod were brought out and
put in the wagons with the committee OF
twenty-five, and the procession started for
the place where the girl had been murdered.
which is some eleven miles from Cclna.
Thousands Of pcrS, rs followed, forming
procession miles in length.
"Watcr was furnished from barrels. tubs,
and pals along the route, showing that the
most ample preparations had been made for
the terrible work. Arriving at the field
where the murder had been committed, the
owner of the farm objected to having the
execution take place OH his premises. The
captain of the lynchcrs then ordered that the
hangin" be done in II field in front of the old
nun kimmcl's house.
when they cane in sight Of the house
the old man was seen running across field,
and WAS soon hidden in the woods. Mrs.
hlinncl fell III Il Spa>m, and has been pros
trated ever since. y tree which fOrkcd some
twenty feet above the ground was selected as
Il part Of the sc;liIold. Poles were cut and
placed on end, and from these to the tree u
pole was f>.cncd. Over this pole ropes
were thrown. and the wagon containing the
doomed men WAS drawn by hand to Il point
directly under the ropes. The captain fastened
the ropes around the ncckS of .tb>al0m Kim
mel and Mcleod. when Il brother of the mul-
dcrcd girl s,ot into The wagon and prevailed
on the committee 10 spare the life ol the
younger kimmcl. who is sixteen years old
on account Of his ace.
The doomed men were then notified that
their end was near and given III opportunity
TO speak.
"kimmcl confessed his guilt but Mcleod
Slid. ! am not guilty. You are Shcddinga an
innocent mans blood
The committee OF twenty-five were or
dcrcd to do their work. and but one man re-
spondcd. Volunteers were called for. and
promptly came forward and pulled on the
r,pc>. DRAWN" the murdcrcrs upward till
their heals touched the pole over which the
ropes were suspended.
"Thcy died from strlngulation, and in fit.
teen minutes were believed to he dead. bul
were allowed. however. TO hang for nearly
hmll-honr. kimlnrr> jaw dropped and his
tongue ran out. but McLcoG's features IT.
main"d perfectly natural.
"Tl" bodies were given t. physicians at
Fort Rccov' ry and >lIoncyill,.
The Younger kmnrl was sent back TO
jnl, and all the kimmrls have lccn notified
tu leave tn" county within sixty days.
"Thr crowd dispersed without an incident
worthy "f notice, and thus ended one Of the
darkest crimes on rccurd.H