The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-10-19
4 MOB'S FURY.
Summary Justice Administered to
an Indiana Wife Murderer.
A Hot Fight with tho Authorities.
One Of the Lynchers Killed.

After desperate resistance by the Sheriff
and his deputies and the officers OF the city,
Hume Rcdman, who murdered his wife at
Mount Vernon, Ind, was taken from the
Evansville Jail BY mob, and In the battle
that ensued was shot dead David Murphy, q
relative Of the murdered woman, was also
killed. Dispatches from Evansville furnish
the following particulars Of the ly'.chng:
The first ir!irnatiun Of the disturbance which
resulted in 1,cdman's death was re-
ceived by Night Turnkey Hatlnacher
ut the jail at 2:l0 this morning At
that hour communication was received
By him through the telephone from Ullmer's
brewery that q masked mob had passed up
the street. The turnkey Immediately noti-
fed hewitt. who hastcned To the Jail Hat
macher, after notifying hewitt, went to the
shcritr's residence tu sisr tho alatm Sheriff
Kcrth and Deputies Mauntel and Martin and
Tom Kerth Jr., were on the alert, prepared
to defend the Jail and the prisoner. hewitt
soon arrived and went into the Clerks office
to telephone for assistance. He heard the
up the bowldered streets, ana hurried hack
into the jail. Sheriff Kerth was at the front
door of the Court House when the mob ar
rived The mob dismounted, picketed their
animals, left guard to cover their retreat
anl captured all the citizens who happened
to be aftr lcted to the scene, while a portion
OF the mob ma e dive for the jail. Kerth
fired at them, but they did not faltcr. They
took him !. prisoner and were into the fail
yard Ina jifff. Tws blows were sufficient
to break iii the outside woodeii door. ard
the mob was in the Jail hall hewitt Martini
and Tom Kerth, Jr, opened up a brisk fire.
which was responded to by the mob. who
~ II
and sledge- e-hammers were Sa0n brought and
willing hands ". mt to work, and in a twink
ling the jail door was orcn. hewitt ran back
to Rcdman'a cell and sa 4 to him: L have
done ali could FOR tou. they will yet you =
And ne replied: Give me revolver and /
will kill some of them
When the Jail door was opened the mob
rushed through the corridor to Redman's
Gel, and in minute it vas opened and Red
man in their hands They tied his han Is
with strong rope m led him out The
officers all this time were trying to escape
frcm jail and get assistance 50 rs TO capt
,ire the mob. or some OF them hewitt
managei tn get into the She riffs resiltn q
and run upstairs to the front window. which
he opened, and blew his whistle. Then the
mob followed him and threw him down
stairs. When he git M the mob were bring
ing Relman out of the front door. They
were ordered to halt. when their leader re-
came after Redman, and we arc going to
have him.
An alarm of fire having been given out in
the city. the chemical engine came II; idly
UP the street, and. silk IL. tho buggy into
which the NIB had placed lie Imam. over
turned il. This threw the mob into me
di disorder. when one If the leaders said:
Put him on horseba X This order was
ouuntermanded. an ord rs were given
to kill hlm on the slot. One OF the
band seized siedge- hammer and deali
kedman powerful bow on the head,
Telling him to the gr und. At thi point
Chief of Police pritchell arrived on the
scene. One of the mob ran up to him and
said: Go away from here pritrhel; we
don't want to kill you.' at the same time
swapping a revolver in his face, hut his hand
was Knocked up in III" :ir fore the weapon
was discharged BY this time several oifi-
GERS We're on the ground, who. without the
orders of their superiors, opened fire on
the rapidly rctrcating mob. Tho mob fired
as they retrcatcd They We're well
armed A regular pitched battle waa
fought on Third street Bullets whistied in
every direction. Chief Pritchcll and De-
tcctivc hewitt. who led the fight against
them, made an effort to capture some ol
them. but the firing was 40 hot they were
compelled to lie HAT On the ground to escape
death. The result oil tho battle was that
Redman was killed where he was stricken
down with the scdse- hammer. Over two
dozen balls entered his body.
II was ut that place that David Murphy, a
brother in-law OF the III rdcred woman. met
his death. The moo vas So intent on killing
Redman tiat they firsd helt r-sssst' =
through thor own ranks. 1t aaS then that
Murphy found his death lha officers ar
rested several If tn mob
dispatch from Mount Vernon SAYS that
David Murphy, one of the mob who was
killed in Evansville. was buried in that city.
Five hundred people attended his funeral
Aft,r the funeral a fund OF SlU was RI sed
for monument. large sum was also sub
scrbeu for the ben, fit of his three orphan
children Great indignation was expressed
BY Posey county people on account OF hi