The sun., 1878-10-13
THE INDIANA NON.
Women Assaulted and nm Crcer shot-Tcrri-
bile Vengeance ON fIve Nesroe..


CINCINNATI, Oct. a. Iuunt Vernon, Ind,
is in the widest stntc Of excitement over sories
Of most revolving crimes and tragic revcnges.
On Monday night at II o'clock party OF seven
or eight negroes. lawlcss and drunk went to u
notorious house on the outskirts Of the town
and knocked for admit,anco. There werc three
white girls in the house. and upon their inquir-
ing what was wanted. they were told that
messenger with mote was waiting. One Of the
girls opened the door, and a gigantic fellow
with a cooked revolver entered. and ordered
the girls into ono room. The negroes then ram
snckcd the house for plunder. and after secur-
ing all the yaluabes. they zach in turn assault
cd tho women. Next morning. in spite of the
election. there was great excitement in the
town. The officers quietly arrested Jim Good.
Jefr Hopkins. Ed Warner. and William Cham
oers. At night Deputy sheriff O. $. Thomns
went to the house Of Dan Harris. negro. GO
years old. with q warrant for his son. lie was
refused admittauce. Thomas thrn wont 20 q
side window to parey. and double bhrrrlied
shotgun was pushed out and discharged within
three feet Of him. eiEhtcon buckshot striking
MIN IN tie iars nnd breaSt, ana cutting MS juE,
uar vein. Ho staggered 4 few feet. and iell
dead without struggle. The officers assisting
him rushed into the house Snd secured he old
man. but the son was not there. Harris was
locked up with the others.
A mob gathered about the Jail Friday morn
inc and demanded the prisoners. but were re-:
fused and the mob concluded 10 wait until
night tFriday). A coored man. who was in the
mob. and talked freely in defcnge Of the no
groes. was shot and wounded in the neck. lie
will recover. Early IN the day kilograms were
sent to Evansville. whore many leading citizens
were attending tho United States Court, and II
was ruiuDr"d that Gov. Williams had deter
mined To- send the tynnsyille kiIrs nnd llsht
Guard. and the militia. This news put the mob
| in a frenzy of excitement Two hundred men.
well armed were stationed at the depot 70 pre-
| cannon wns brought out by tho rest of the mch
| ana pianked in front OF the Court House, iacing
| the street to the depot. The militia did NO,
| sided. though the armed MOB Kept lis position
in front Of the Jail all day
| AT 10 o'clock last evening one hundred masked
| men marched u the rear Of the Court House
In spite of their wish to do their work as
quietly as nossI bic. shots were fired both 10y the
| mob and the ringing crowd. Tue squad guard
| consisting Of WIN. hoeuuer. Edward Hayes
| Matthew Nelson. Charles Baser. Frank Wright
and Charles Schoe.ah. wore speedily overppw'
cred. Hayes being the only one who resisted
| Several ot the niaskers then VunSed inside
| but were compelled to hammer with sled.es fol
nearly an hour a; Tho cell doors before they go
at their victims. tho latter. III III" mean time
praying aud singing most earnestly, The old
! sheriff IN Jmaa was shot. was lying upon !
| pallet apparently Indifferent TO his end. one
| OF the masked men seized him by the throa
| and plunged knife into his heart
Al II O'Clock the Tour negr2es were drHggeI
outside the prism walls tightly eouad: :,,alS nn[
| was formed on each side, and the prisoners
1 were marched to the south faso OF the sduhr'
| adjacent to the prison. Chambers ana Gooe
were rapidly strung up on a tree. and Hopkins
| and Warren were as speedily strung from an
| other. The limb upon which Chambers wai
| suspended, however. suddenly hroke. ana h'
| fell ewoonng 10 the ground. amid the cneeTi
| and execrations Ok the excited mob. A rus
| was Instantly made for Chambers, and, more
| than three-quHrters dead tramplct upon aus
showed about by the. pitiless crowd, he wa
| asked to make q full confession. He mad
some rambling remarks. bearing upon anothe
| subject. and finally protested hls Innocence
| The rope wns again slung over tho ilnb oi
| tree, and he was once more run up, this tim
| to die.
After fifteen minutes had passed. tn police
as distinguished from the mob, wer allowe
10 cross to where the bodies hung. There wa
some m.scellancous firing, during vii. h Alex
ander Crunk, Nh" Sheriff elect \. b. Or INK, hi
brother. and John Crunk his nephew. ~ q Joh
Patterson were wounded. The sheriff lso los
an eye. The chief desire Of tho mob. b, wever
seemed 10 be 90 d.~pnrse quietly, and ,Qst d
them continued TO slip away and los" them
selves amid tho excited populare.
Jim Good one oi the negroes. was pal done
| out Of the pententlary three months &C, nite
serving sentence for rape. VIM Che NIB r
| had been acquitted Of the murder Of L atTic
| Mullen four days previously.