The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-17

rapidly stretch out over the WhDie
country. 1t charges only - cents for
ten words between New York and
Philadelphia. The great six-days
walking match for lie champion Beet
| Of Professionalism, was won by O'Learv.
who walked 403 miles in that time.
Hughes his competitor made only 81
miles. He was so broken down to-
wards the last that sensitive persons
| could not look at him, As he shutfled
| around the saw dust ring. without
shudiering. occr &l7, 900 was taken in
at the gate for entrance fees. \ terri
bic tale comes from Indiana. Eight
negroes. after being made drunk by
free treating of certain candidates.
the night before election, went to a
house where our women were with
out protection Gaining admittance
by a plea for assistance for a sick man.
they seized the women, and brutallv
used them fOr hours. Early next day,
the excitement ran high, but probably
the fiends would have escaped by some
legal delay, had not the father Of one
of them, killed a member of the sheritfs
posse in resistance Of arrest. Then
ensued "a remarkable scene The
whole town thronged the streets. and
the sheriff had great difficulty in get
| ting the negroes safely in Jail.
Owing to the determined resistance
of the officers, however. the enraged
people gradually quoted until eight
o'c,ock, when it became rumored that
Governor Williams had been called on
to send the Evansville Rifles and Light
Guard militia. This rumor put the
mob into a perfect frenzy of excite
ment. Two hundred men. armed
with guns and pistols, were ordered to
the depot to await the coming of the
train and prevent the militia from
| getting oil the cars. \ mo WAS
| got out OF the militia quarters and.
under the charge of the remainder of
the crowd, hauled to the Court House
and planted III front ofthe building.
commanding the street leading TO the
depot, and a determination was eX-
| pressed to keep the troops of il every
mar died. Thirty of the depot corps
| advanced up the railroad track a mile,
and as the passenger train approached,
formed across the track. and with
presented weapons compelled the en-
gineer to stop. The men had secured
two railroad engineers, who We're to
he put on the engine to back the train
to Evansville under an armed escort if
the militia were on board. 1t was 4
false rumor, however. as the Cover
nor had not been called upon.
DECIDING THE FATE OF PRISONERS.
This counter excitement diverted
the rage of the people from the priso-
ners. and, acting under cooler coun-
sells, it was decided to wait till night
and lynch the prisoners quietly at all
hazards Armed men patrOled the
jail and Court House all day, and the
streets were filled with them, though
there was no demonstration and no
difficulty occurred. In the afternoon
funeral notices of the murdered
Thomas was circulated and the excite
ment was intensified. though IL vas
subdued again at three o'clock. When
the Herald correspondent arrived on
the spot groups of people were on the
streets and messengers Were hurrylng
about with secret information. The
II under guard of ten men. was
still i'll position. and an armed guard
patrolling the Court House yard. The
Court House occupies the centre of a
beautiful square, fringed with heavy
locust trees, and on the left side Of the
costly building was the jail, "a small
brick house. thirty feet square. and
apparently a very weak structure. On
entering the door there are six cages
or cells of iron, surrounded by a wide
corridor. Four of the prisoners were
confined in one cell nearest to the en-
trance. and old Iiorrir lay on a pallet
in the corridor weak and sick, his bed
covered with blood.
At the first surge OF the mob the
prisoners began to pray in allow, sing
song tune, which was kept up all day
without intermission. Although food
was furnished they ate none. Thus
the afternoon passed.
4 ALI TO ARMS.
At eight o'clock last evening groups
of men on the street were startled by
the sound of a long roll of a drum,
and in a moment the quiet crowds be
gan to separate. Voices called out
commands and people crowded to the
Court House square. \ tall man
with a bald head. who was under til
influence Of liquor, took his stand near
the cannon and began an address TO
the crowd, urging the immediate
death of the prisoners for the safety
of their wives and all other women
OF the town. He was interrupted by
citizens. and Colonel. Nelson warned
him to cease such tax and permit jus
tice to be done. Then there We're
cries of to the woods" and by a pre-
concerted signal hundreds Of men
started out of Main street TO the APP
pointed rendezvous, which was half
IA mile down the railroad track. At a
| grove in the hollow they were met by
a man with two large bundles of black
masks. falling from the forehead TO