The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-04
MARYLAND MOB law.
A Ban-Bumer Taken From Jail
and Hanged to a Bridge
ON THE B. & P, RAILROAD,
He Had Burped a Number OF Build
ings In Revenge for Treatment
His Father Had Received at
the Hands of White Caps,

UPPER MARLBORO, ND, Dec, ,s,-Abou
2;SO o'clock this morning, a band o
masked men came to the Jail, overpow
cred the keeper aud broke open the eel
Of Joe Vermillon, and took him out ant
lynChed him ou the bridge leading "a
this village. As soon asJ A, Ridgeway
the jail keeper, opened the door two
men grabbed him and covered him with
pistols. They then went up stairs, broke
open the cell, cut the leg irons from the
floor, leaving them on the prisoner, and
put a rope about his neck, They then
dragged him to the bridge and imme.
dIately executed their work,
On the night Of November %, John
Vermilion, who lived near Hall's Sta
tlon, Baltimore & Potomac Railroad,
and who was well known to the couri
officials OF Prince Georges county, was
fOrcibly taken from his home aud tied
10 a tree, The unknown visitors then
removed his furniture aud set are to his
log cab. He had several sons, A num-
Der ut young men living near Halls anu
OovIngton were arrested on November
2S and tried before Judge Ryan, who
ordered them to bs released. On Mon.
day, November %, considerable excite
msnt prevailed near Mulliken's Station,
on the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad,
because OF the burning Of two large
barns aud q tenement house, which
were ared by incendiaries.
The Saturday night before, almost at
the same hour, buildings were seen
burning In different parts OF Queen
Anne's district, Thomas Black, who
lives near Mil!iken's Station, suffered
the greatest loss. In his barn were
stored 10000 pounds Of tobacco, and his
entire crop Of hay and fodder. At 0:25
o'clock a barn on thu farm Of General
Horn, tenanted by Walter Pyan, the
magistrate who acquitted the young men
brought before him for assaulting YER
million, which contained this years
crops, together with farming imple.
ments, WAS seen 10 be on fire, and though
every assistance was rendered, II soon
succumbed TO the flames. A small, un.
occupied house belonging to James
Hamilton, was also burned. On the
theory that the buildings were set on
FIRE out Of revenge for his decision and
for his treatment Of Joe Vermilion, IL
was determined to arrest the whole fam.
lily ot Vermilions who had taken up
their residence ut Benning's Station. 4
tramp, giving his name as William
Wright, was also arrested as an aCCessc,.
ry. ConStables from Upper Marlsboro.
went to the home Of verlnllior. At Ben.
nlng's Station, and arrested Edward.
George, John, Jr., Lloyd and Joseph
Vermilion, all grown men, ard the iath.
srs OF large families, Charles Bell, AL
Dtotherin:law OF the VermiIions, was
also taken into custody.
Jehn VermiliOn, Jr, told the officers
that his brother Joe was the cause OF the
trouble. John said that GU Saturday
night, November 2S, about $3.50 O'Clock,
Joseph, who had been living In the
woods, came to his house and threatened
q get even with those who would not
give his father justice in the affair Of the
night before friday, when the elder
Vermilion's house was burned by band
oi men who tied him tU n tree and only
on the promise to leave the
Both the father, who
was In Johns house, aud John himself,
flied TO persuade Joe irOm carrying out
his threat, whereupon he left. About
Il $50 Joe returned 10 the house. and
isked to be admitted, carrying in his
hand coal oil can. He told JOnn that
lie had q little fire OF his own. He i'm
nediately left and nothing was known
D his whereabouts until liz was arrested.
The lynChing this morning Is the result
ot It all.