Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-02
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
BORDER JUSTICE,
Western Lynchers Fighting
For Their Prey.
SOLDIERS ATTACKED BY THE MOB.
Their Fire Returned With Disas-
trous Results.
Dickson Parged of Contempt.
The Rule Discharged Ira
His Case.
THE WEST.
Kentucky.

The Ashland Murder Case-A Desperate
Mob Fighting For the Prtsonerx-The
Soldiers Fired Upon-Thsy Return the
Fire With Telling ERect-A Number
Killed and Wounded.
CATLETrsBURG Nov. 1.-The mob in search
of the Ashland murderers, William Neal and
Ellis Graft; arrived here at 1 o'clock to day
five hundred strong and heavily armed.
Their leader at once approached Major Allen,
commander of the State troops, and de.
manded the prisoners. Allen replied: "We
meet, sir, friends, but we part as enc
mics. I shall lose every man under my COM
mand before I will give up my prisoners"
The leader of the mob retired, saying he
would have Neal and Graft at all hazards.
The train bearing the mob returned to Ash
land at 2:2O, and the boat with the military
and prisoners left the wharf ten minutes
the boat arrives. The mob has gathered
there in force and with the plainly avowed
determination of taking and hanging the
prisoners.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 1.-Great excitement ex-
lists here and in Lexington. Frankfort and
militia, a company of which was sent from
each of the towns named to attend the trial
of Neal and Craft of Cattlettsburg, KY.
They had been arraigned for outraging two
girls and killing them together with help
less boy at Ashland last December. A sup
posed accomplish of the prisoners named
ellis sentenced to the penitentiary last
spring for life, but before he could
be taken from the Jail he was
hanged by a mob. Neal and Craft
were sentenced to be hanged, but succeeded
in getting a new trial which was to have
/ taken place yesterday. Violence was feared
when the prisoners should be taken into
court and the Governor had ordered out two
hundred State troops with battalion of ar
tillery with field pieces to protect the prison
ers if necessary. Judge Brown decided that
| it was unsafe to try the prisoners at Catletts-
| burg and granted change of venue to Gray
| son in an adjoining county. Last night
great excitement prevailed at Catlettsburg
/ and the troops kept watch all night.
! News came from Ashland, where the
the rolling mills had been deserted by
/ the employees and that they were moving upon
| Catlettsburg in body to lynch the prisoners.
| The railroad was torn up for some distance
| to prevent the prisoners being taken away.
| This afternoon the prisoners were put on O
| boat under guard of the militia and started for
| uaysville where they will take train for
| Lexington, there to be retained for safe
| keeping until their trial. The mob
made no attempt to capture the prisoners at
the time of their embarkation, but when the
| boat reached Ashland, few miles below, G
| crowd five hundred strong boarded a boat
and gave chase. They fired upon the militia,
wounding two. The soldiers returned the
| tire, setting the mobs boat ablaze and
rounding a number of men. A special to
the Commercial from a correspondent on the
militia boat says the trouble is now thought
| to be over.
Further particulars show that the mob
seized the engine and train at Ashland and
1 vent in pursuit The militia hearing CT the
/ approach of the mob took the prisoners on
the steamer Granite State and started up the
river. The disappointed mob doubled
on their track and beat the Gran
te State in race to Ashland,
where they seized a ferryhoat, and with
revolvers at the captains head made him put
1 out into the stream to intercept their prey,
who were now approaching. When the
| boats we're near the shore small boy in the
mob fred shot. The militia at once replied
with volley after volley of musketry. One
bullet knocked off bolt of the steam chest
and the scalding steam was added to the rain
of bullets. The soldiers now diverted thel,
tire to the bank, which was crowded with
men, women and children, who had been
gathered by curiosity to the scene. The list
of killed and wounded on the boat and bank
of both sexes, includes eight killed and be
| tween thirty and forty wounded