The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-12
Third El!t!!o.
Horror Upon Horror.
An Awful Chapter of Outrage,
Murder and Lynching at
Mt. Vernon, Ind.
Special to the Star.

Special to the Star.
MT. VERNON, IND, Oct. 12-Last Monday
| night eight colored scoundrels forced their
way into q house of ill-fame in the outskirts
of this town and rifled it of what valuables
they could find. They then huddled the
three white girls, who occupied the house
at the time into a small room, where for an
hour they forced them to submit to their
beastly desires, outraging their persons in a
shocking manner, and leaving them sick
and exhausted. On Wednesday four of the
villains, Jim Good, jeff. Hopkins Ed. War
ner and William Chambers were arrested
and locked up very quietly to avoid excite
ment.
Yesterday morning at o'clock Deputy
Sheriff o. S. Thomas, with other aid, went
to the house of Dan. Harris ST., to arrest
his son DAN, who was one of the ravishers.
While parleying at the side of the house,
some one discharged shotgun from the
window, and almost the entire load of buck
shot entered the body of Deputy Sheriff
Thomas, killing him instantly. The party
then charged on the house and arrested the
old man, but the son escaped.
Early in the morning the news spread,
and The excitement among the citizens was
intense although no riotous demonstrations
were made more than to shoot one colored
man, who talked too freely, in the back
Undisguised preparations were made, how
ever, to lynch the prisoners at 10 o'clock
last night, and it was looked for with as
much certainty as though the law was be-
ing duly executed in the case.
At the appointed time, when night came
on, a band of two hundred men, completely
masked, marched to the Jail yard, which
was well guarded by Hayes, the Marshal,
and number of assistants. These were
soon overpowered however, and the mob
man Harris, and like infuriated demons
plunged knives into his body, severed his
windpipe, and literally cut him up like a
hog. They then seized upon the other four
prisoners bound them securely, and led
them away to their place of execution, un-
der the locust trees in the Courthouse
yard. Here they were swung up rapidly as
possible, while an Immense crowd lined the
pavement and looked on. 1t was all over
in q few minutes, and the masked men
moved away, disappearing like shadows.
Within four months there have been four
murders and as many rapes committed in
Mt Vernon, and the patience of the citi-
zens was exhausted, as it seemed that no
criminal could be convicted.
DARING DEvILTRY OF TRAMPs.
National Associated Press to the Star
Boston, Mo-, Oct. 12.-The barn of Mr. L.
B. White, about mile from town, on the
Midway Road, was totally destroyed by fire
yesterday morning, together with its con-
tents. Mr. White, on going to his barn, as
usual to feed his cattle, found tramps
who had lodged there over night and who
for some reason attacked him. inhicting Sc
we're injuries on his head and body with
club. The fire must have either been
caused by the lantern getting broken in the
fight, or it was set on fire by the tramps.
Mr.. White is in dangerous condition and
unable to give any account of the affair.
The house, which is near by, was saved by
the prompt action of the Hook and Ladder
Company The barn, which was new, con-
tanned 10 tons of hay, $50 bushels of rye,
horse, 10 cows, IL hogs, 1S barrels of vine
gar wagons, farming tools, &C., only
cows and hog being saved by the fireman,
whom White managed to call. His best
horses and carriage were away at the time
with part of the family The seectment
of the town sent constables to all the ad-
joining towns to look for the tramps.
HE REVERSED THE RULE
New YoRK, Oct. ia morning paper
says that the original savage, when desir-
ing to make love, first clubbed the object Of