The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-11-17

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oral KILLED anI Many Others Wounded
10th sides % the story.
Iao>ro>. q. November I.
william " Al an I ELS Crnff wv convict "A
some months axo IL the .ailrtss nrr liiori
County. ky.l Circuit Court. OF the murder ~
Robert md Fannie Gibbons ana Emma car
ricr. They were granted a nrw tr|.i by the
Snprpme Court. George Eiii-. am re nmF llco.
who confess a and was sentcncNd a. impti*nn-
mens for life. was hanged ~ 4 muns a, Ash
lani. last summer.
on Monday Last Neal AMI Crafy. guarded ~
two hundred and twenty strife troops. win
one section o. ARTILLERY. arrived VI litlstt--
burg frsn IGxinr on. wAcrs they have been
hell for @xfe-krepins. ~ stand uial II was
learned AZ Ashland. 10 some mysterious way,
that Judge urswn was going to grant a chanre
o. Venue. and the cxc.tmcnt there became H.
tense. About eleven o'eiDck ms morning
word ws> teIcGraphcd fram taat place "a
Caflcft<burs that most ~ The men ha qulf
work in the iron works. anil thar the nal fac
tory hal closed DOWN All the mNs. ~ tho
| dispatch said. were marching tn Caflettshurr.
In an hour or = nearly one hun ircd ana MY
OF them did arrive. and a hard. deter,sinet-
looking crowd they we're. They carried no
arms about them, bur were said - have
weapons conceal a ont riIe Of town. A. they
44t@A&U**4 <AAt|t-< ||t~ - saw = ~ 4AI4II<
Of coming truuble increased.
Al one o'clock the COURTHOUSE yard We
, Tac<ei with . dense mass of men. most o.
whom SCENE q have come from tue AdJoin-
fnx countice Tue c0ur house was packed
when the soldiers marched IA with the prison
err. The soldiers went INSIDE the bar. sur
rounded the chai " Or the prls ,f,ers. and pre-
pared % defend them % the last. The evids nee
Tor q change OF venue was overwhelming.
Judge brown said ~ was sorry - -ay. Tor The
honor OF his old home. that lloyd Comfy could
NOT give the accused men q fair trial. and he
would have % grant q chsnge or venue. and IN
compliance with the law he would have 70
select an adjacent county. Ne selected Carter
County. and the trial would he set forihe thlri
day ~ the Carter County Circuit Court. which
begins on the first Monday IN February.
"A few moments later the solciers AZ ain gath
cred about the prisoners AMI marched them
back 70 the jail. the nom just above The court
room.
Soon there were but : rev men IN the yard
or near the building, and the da~nscrouslock-
ing crowd had melted away. They could Be
seen IN groups about the street corners de-
nouncing Neai and Crsfs. and uftcring threats
or violence. Strange 20 say. His Excellcncy,
Governor l. r.. blackburn. VA abused almdst
- much - those two
This afternoon q ESQ sheriff kountz. with
the state troops and prisosers. boadei the
steamboat Granite state fvr AAfs<liie. intend-
ing 70 70 thence ~ raii - Lexington 20 the
Jail. % connne the PRISONERS until trial.
After the Granite Stnte. with fhe -o'd ers
ana returned % Ashland, which i NE miles
below tetiett-purx. arriving : few minutes
ahead o. the b04t They discubarkei. and
about thirty Or forty mostly MILD ppys. rrar1-
Granite State, which ua< hurry iur BY near tno
Ohio Shore The ferry had rrarned m.d-ri.cr
- the Granite state pa<<rd her. rne had d.
rcgariei the fcrr,-boaf-s signal 70 land. and
about This time some one on the boat do
charged > revolver. , military op~nei |.
murieruns firc. piercing two steam pipts ana
the boiler manhfad There wa> no further ~
ply from the dieab I'd f~erry-hoat several q
the mob had been wounded but none killed.