The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-06

who is said to have been connected with
numerous attempts at robbing in that
vicinity. Wednesday night about half-past
twelve o'clock six men entered his house at
Owensville, and took him from bed and
carried him to the Public Square, where
there were fifty others on horseback. He
was carried near the outskirts of the town
and riddled with probably a hundred
bullets. The mob dispersed Immediately,
and the body was found on the ground
dead. Compagnion is of French descent,
and had formerly been a Deputy Sheriff of
Knox County and a policeman of Evans
vile; had lived for four or five years in
Ownsville, following the trade Of carpenter.
A few nights since, at Springfield, Ill,
Mrs. Thompson, a widow of about fifty
years, deliberately killed her daughter while
she lay sleeping in bed and then killed her.
self. The weapon used was a razor. Mrs.
Lawson, an elder daughter, occupied rooms
adjacent, and hearing strange sounds in her
mothers room, fastened hither, to find the
mother and daughter weltering in their
blood. An alarm was given, but both vic
Tins were beyond human aid before it could
reach them. The cause of the terrible
tragedy is a mystery.
The body of John Scott Harrison recently
deceased, son of President Harrison, and at
one time distinguished himself in political
circles, was found byhis son in the disseet-
ing room of the Ohio Medical College at
| Cincinnati. The son was at the time in
search Of the dead body of a friend whose
tomb had been robbed by the "human
hyenas." The janitor of the building was
arrested as accessory to the terrible outrage.
The venerable poet William Cullen
Bryant, in a fit of syncope, fell down the
stone steps of a friends mansion in New
York, and was severely, if not dangerously
injured. The physicians expressed fears of
conclusion of the brain.
Edward Webb was hanged at Mansfield,
Ohio, on May 81, for murder. The crowd
present was very disorderly, and broke
dc.Fn the Enclosure, to see the execution. At
2:2O p. m, the doomed man appeared
walking between Sheriff Richie and Sheriff
Gay, of Knox County, and preceded by his
spiritual advisers. Webb had his arms
pinioned behind him, and as he emerged
from the Jail, he looked up and around at
the assembled multitude, and a broad smile
overspread his features. This look
changed to one of logged defiance after he
had assembled the scaffold. He was placed
over the drop. and Sheriff Richie adjusted
the moose about his neck, while
Sheriff Gay pinioned his ankles,
Sheriff Richie then said, edward Webb
have you anything to say? If $50, now is tbs
time" Webb did not move a muscle, but
continued to look steadily before him, and
said not a word. Sheriff Richie, after Civ
ing him ample time to speak, then remarked
"Silence is understood to mean you have
nothing to say" and proceeded to adjusttht
flap of the black cap oyer his face. Rev
Mr.. Bray then read a short portion of Scrip
ture, and Rev. Mr.. Russell offered a briel
prayer, at the close of which Sheriff Richie
sprung the drop, and Webb fell with g
heavy thud a distance of about -four feet
A sharp cracking noise was heard by those
nearest him, indicating that the neck wa,
dislocated.