The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-05
THE KENTUCKY LYNCHING
Further Particulars OF the Mob
Executions at New Castle.


Executions at New Castle.
Special to the star.
NEW CASTLE, VIA EMINENCE, Sept. g.
so secret and eX ,euItiOus were the
movements of the masked band that
enacted the horrible tragedy in this
town yesterday morning, that there
liLtle to be adued to the account has thy
sent you yesterday.
The four victims now lie stiff and
ghastly in the very room where they
we're arralgned at the bar Of justice one
week ago. Some time tc-'ay the re-
mains Of the three GoOurlches will be
taken to L"ckport for burial.
Jim SimMOns, the lat. King jim, will
be buried at the public s expense. His
wife and two sons flel the county last
evening, going TO illinois. Carter and
James are over i'll the river hills, and
were not inter upted. Fears ol rescue
Of the prisoners precipitated their sum-
mary execution.
The Sheriff gives the following ac
cUuAt OF Wnat ne saw: about o'cl OK
[ was awakened by lou Rocking at
the door and calls OF Where is The
jalel? l hurriedly went down, and
was coptronteu by body or about
fifteen or twenty men.
"They pointed pisi OILS and guns at me
and told me to get the Key OF the j,il
and g. with them. When we reached
the Ill they commanded me to open the
dour. They were joined by other m IL
on the way to The jail, and when We got
there some forty or fifty men rushed into
tue jail and at once LOOK possession OF
the prisoner, and tied ropes around
their necks and led them out.
"On the way out Sam. and Joe Good.
rich said, Il am innocent; no blood OF
any man is on our hands,
"fAe mob said in response. III Won
want to pray, getat it, Sam. then said,
'Will you allow ma TO sena some money
10 my motherp They said Yes.' He
then handed me about $40. Tney then
proceeded out OF The uoor and down the
street."
Going to the jail, your correspondent
interviewed The prisoner, Marshal
Roberts, WHO was in The Jail when the
mob entered. He saiI: "rhe mob, co m .
ing in, took possession OF me and tied IL. =.
by ropes TO the bed. 1 told them
tnat tuey were mistaken; that
was not who hey were looking for.
They took candles and looked in my
lace, aud SAID: This is Roberts, They
left me tied and went alter the otner
pris ,ners. On their way out Sam,
Goodrich saiu: ON, Lord, have mercy on
me.'n
VIM. O'Brien, merchant Of the town,
sail that about o'clock he was
awakened by knocks at tho door, aud on
going to it he found four masked men
with pistols in their hands, which
they presented at him, saying,
"GO with u.s." He went with them,
they going to his store. They there told
him that they wanted one hundred feet
of the best rope that had. measured
it of. They paid for 1t aud left, sayisg,
"You go home; you have seen enough"
The mob then proceeded quietly
through the streets to the western edge
Of the town, where stone bridge about
fourteen feet high, with a single arch,
spans small stream. On top of the
bridge on either side are wooden banis-
ters or ratings for the lublic safety.
To this woodwork tuey lied the
ropes, two upon each side, and from
the top OF the bridge dropped the unfor-
tunate men into eternity. The rope to
which Il. Goodrich was attached broke,
giving him II terrible fall, cutting his
head and bruising his face cons lderably,
buL he was quickly gathered UP and