The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-23
He was too much frightened TO speak, except
at rare intervals, and trudged on In stoop-
Ing, guilty posture, with bis head drawn
down as far as possible Into his coat

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lance from the road on an elevated piece OF
ground. 1t commands an extended and pie
ttiresane view. Half mile distant Is the
broad Ohio, and further to the east the course
of the Little Miami river can be plainly
traced. The window OF the room III which
Mrs. Truesdell was outraged overloeks the
field IN which the body Of the suicide Maekey,
| of Brooklyn N Y, was found half deeom-
posed some years ago. It was In this same
| field, though some distance from the spot at
which Maekey was found, that the hanging
| was done.
| The crowd surged into the yard Of the
Truesdell house, filling every available inch
of space for many rods In all directions. Mrs.
Truesdell was lying ON bed at the time,
from which she has been unable to rise IN
| aided since the outrage was committed, on
Friday week ago. Her husband sat at her
bedside attending to her wants Kline was
pushed through the door aud into her pres
ence. A dozen men stood by, eager to catch
| every word that passed. Kline stood before
Mrs. Truesdell, white with fright, with his
chin dropped upon his breast.
"Is this the man p asked one of the
Highlanders of Mrs. Truesdell.
HE knows about that, was the somewhat
tmld reply.
"Hod up your head,' said one OF the by
ISLANDERS roughly to the culprit.
az did not do It," replied the frightened
man; walt till morning and you will know
l didn't"
"Oh that's the voice." exclaimed Mrs.
Truesdell- and the mans doom was sealed.
Dr. Demeron and Mr.. Adams, OF Newport,
who were In the room at the time, state that
harm should be done Kline until he had been
fully and fairly identified but that after his
voice had been recognized by Mrs. Truesdell
no power could have saved him.
THE HANGING.
Kline was taken from bis room immediate
ly after the half involuntary exclamation of
Mrs. Truesdell-his death sentenee-and
pushed through the excited crowd In waiting
outside, to the road The mob then, as II by
preeoneocted plan, went back along the Day
ton pike to the intersection with the Reser-
voir road wheh latter was then followed In
the direction Of Mr. Southgate's residence,
shown in the diagram. After crossing the
hollow some dispute arose as TO what tree the
man should be hung to. One wing OF the
crowd among whom was man carrying the
rope took across the fieid-a past,lre-toa
sycamore tree. The great bulk Of the mob,
with Kline In their possession, had IN the
meantime reached an elm tree with wide
spreading branches, about two hundred yards
from Mr. Southgates house While the crowd
were thus divided, the gentleman owning
the field on which the sycamore tree stands
appeared on the scene, and, stating that he
| should very much dislike to have anything so
horrible happen on his premises, requested
the men there gathered to give up their pur
pose and go over where the greater part of
Of the crowd had gathered to do the jon.
The request was complied with, and three
thousand men were soon crowded about the
elm tree by the roadside. One OF the branches
Of the tree reaches out over the road. An old
| wagon had been secured, which 1t was In
| tended should be driven under this limb and
the loop placed about the doomed mani neck
| when the team was to be driven on and the
man left dangling In the air. Il was found,
however that the wagon mentioned was In
the outskirts or the crowd, and to have got
IL to the proper place would have been impOs-
sible. spring wagon that had CHANGED
to bring up very near the desired place was
Int
was pushed back sufficiently to permit the
| wagon to be backed few feet TO the proper
, position, when the doomed man was lifted Into
IL and speedily surrounded bya dozen men.
| The rope which was twelve feet i'm length.
was thrown over the projecting limb On the
other end of the rope a moose was quickly
. made and adjusted on the neck Of the euprit
by Edward Helm, young man of good fam
ily. living near Dayton. The wagon was then
driven from beneath the limb, and X line left
| swinging In the air
In three minutes he was dead DR. Dame
ron, who had pressed his way to the tree,
; stepped forward q moment after the wagon
was driven out, to examine the pulse of the
dying man. At that instant violent con
tortion passed over the dangling body, and
DR.. Cameron was struck quite violent blow
In the stomach by ono OF the feet. At the
end of three minutes second attempt was
made to examine the pulse, when the man
was found to be quite dead. Edward Helm,
In joeular way, then proclaimed himself to
Campbell county. The hanging occurred at
9 o'clock.
} AFTER SCENES.
When life was proclaimed extinct the crowd
began TO separate. but five hundred or so re-
manned. swinging the limp. ghostly body to
and fro, Laughing Mt the motions of the legs
and arms, and finging taunts at the despsed
| carcass. The snow formed q shroud about
him, and his swollen eyeballs glared with
feroeity.
/ En- Lo t,to,
the mob, after the horsemen had left, to rid
die the body with bullets and rumored that
afterward it would be brought to the city and
buried.
men that they would prefer letting him hang
for the action of the coroner but those re-
naming were wild, many intoxicated and
perfectly uncontrolable and announced their
intention OF remaining all night to prevent
Cincinnati physicians, who were said to be on
the ground. from stealing the body for stissec-
tion. Ii the coroner got him, they said, the
county would be under the necessity Of bury
ing him, and they had resolved his burial
should cost nothing either to the city or
county. There were threats made Of mutt
lating his person.
Those leaving the scene of the execution
first reached the city about 10 O'Clock, and
were set upon by persons unable to leave
home or procure vehicles for Information
There seemed no disposition on the part of
any TO conceal the fact that they had wit
| tilb dlIHIT, anu III every corner a
group OF excited listeners and REALTORS.
Mayor Harton and Chief Cottingham sat
quietly at the police headquarters during the
evening awaiting information, the mayor
with his check covered with adhesive plaster.
and thH chief swearing vengeance of1 tire Hr1
with the shotgun, If he ever found out his
name or whereabouts. They looked upon the
affair as deserved, but rash, as do all the other
city officers.
After The removal of Kline number re-
turned to the jail for the announced purpose
OF llberating the prisoners, but the presence
OF the police with revolvers forced them back
A number were arrested.
| TALK WITH THE RELATIVES.
At o'clock this morning Commercial re-
porter found Adam Painter and his wife isis
ter OF the lynched man In their humble
| home, between Providence street and the
canal, near Liberty street. Adam Painter
promptly responded to the call Of the Olive
street district officers, who accompanied the