The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-21
len. and the work was done a. we'll. II not
better, than the Sheriff could have done

en-. euu the WORK was none - wei. ~ uot
better, than the Sheriff could have done
II.
By order OF the Sheriff the bodies
were removed 10 room near the Court
House and the Coroner announced that
he would make an investigation. Most
OF the people who heard the Coroner
SAY they thought he was only joking.
\ Sheriff Shuck says he does At know
any Of the parties. He did not think
the regulators would como or he would
have had the prisoners taken TO the yef-
fersonville prison for safe keeping. The
Sheriff was prevented from interfering
with the regulators this morning be-
cause they stood guard over him. MI.
.Shuck. however, IL not wearing any
mourning on his hat on account Q! thel
hanging. All Of his constituents have
decided scntiments on matters OF this
/. kind, aud they think the regulators
, should not have been interfered with.
The Coroner Of Harrison county held
an inquest on the bodies of Deavin and
Tennyson this morning. The jury re-
! turned verdict that the men came TO-
8 their death at the hands Of mob no
member Of which was known.
The bodies of the two dead crimtnale
are laid out In an undertakers's shop
!. The father OF Tennyson was telcgraphed
y by the town authorities to come and get
Q bis sons body II he wanted It. Old
0 man Tcnnyson lives At the hamlet o.
: Tennyson, near Evansville. Deavine
+ wife, who lives in New Albany, ar
r rived IN Corydon shortly after the body
: of her husband had been cut down She
= will take his remains back to New AL
4 bany for burial.
's Ola man Bsttorf. who was beaten
out OF $4,000 week ago near Charleston
J. Ind, by confidence men, came down "a
:. Corydon this morning with the sherifl
!. of his county.
II lie viewed the bodies and was Of the
" opinion that Deavin and Tennyson were
the men who robbed him.
The mob last night worked very rap
relidy. They were not two hours at tn
job. Ne morning paper stated, but on',
xtIthirty minutes. Only few OF then
r wore masks or any sort Of disguise. In
ls report that none Of them were itentine'
I'd is hocus. The fact Is nobody wanted Z
ut Identify them.
n The crime for which Deavin and Ter
Ok nyson were hung IL familiar to the read
erlers. About eight miles northeast
lCorydon, lives an aged farmer name
y--lJames Lemay. On last Friday evenin
ed two men called At his house and pretend
oiled that they wanted to buy stock. u
tolmsy entertained them At supper and giv
ng. them lodging during the night. Short
albefore bedtime the two men simuItsn
be- ouslv drew rcvoIvers upon him and q
er- manded his money. He resisted mai
ny fully and successfully for an old ma
nf He drew his revolver and shot at u
men. wounding ono Of them, and the
zen fled, bu, not before they had shot him m
hisl his niece, who was ringing the farm be
th' for help. 1t was not their fault that o.
ln- man Lemay and his family were ~
armurdered. The outrage was 90 Dol
&c. that the people Of Harrison county we'
lhe aroused and rewards were onered q
1v-I Itha apprehension Of the highwaymel
ID On last Sunday morning Jas. Deevl
wn aud Chas. Tennyson were captured
or New Albany. They were iakcn befo'
put old man Lemsv aud identified and ate
rm ward lodged In jail. They were ate
IN ward identified - the two men W.
herlentered the house Of man near Lane
re. vile, Harrison county, and robbed
oc- Mrs. Zsbei, OF Louisville, Of $500 IN ca
An and lot Of securities. The robbery
ca- Mrs. label was perpetrated under simil
circumstances to that OF the attempt up'
rly Mr. Lemay. Other robberies committ'
the lon the highways In Harrison coun
lit we're traced to these men.
ouf Jim Deavin was well.known IN Ne
CHI Albany. where he was ra'sed. tie servI
ad lone term in the Jeffersonville penitentl
n ry and one st Frankfort. His father y
)n'elsaid TO have committed suicide IN |
vin own orchrrd Ia New Albany many yes
ago, and il was thought ut the time N
tch. Deavin killed him. His partner, Tee
W.T. -lnyson, was also . jail-bird aud served
ave time in Jefferaonville. Both were gu
Ime bad characters that their loss will not
men felt in the community where they live
ties They were also accused OF being engs
lac. ed II counterfeiting. and did some wo
cen In New Albany and Louisville Of q
leir character.
or In 1859 De.vin was arrested while
work on the X. q 4 bridge. by Ofice
heISmith wich and Fein, Of New Alban
Ion on charge os stealing horse 1t Lane
on willie, Harrison county, Ind. lie sold I
animal 10 Lum Simons. Of this city, 81
> 70 was brought to Louisville for trial.
ere 1.-The trial he pleaded guilty, but ma
.sk- such strong appeal 10 the jury that IN
hey Recommended him for pardon. after gi
ing him two years. Within ninete
VT. Idavs the Governor psrdoned Deavin.
sI1885 Deavin robbed IN old farmer
All the Corydon road. near New Albat
orc named Philip Judd, OF $3.50. He v
dis tried ard cent to the prison at Jefferso
,uil vile for term Of four years.
'es. After his term expired he made oc'
3 si0nal trips on towboats with Char
his Tennyson, his companion IN GRIN
nd Three years ago the wife Of Deavin, ~
niz- has three children and still lives 10 NJ
Albany, secured = divorce. She Il y
leir man OF good repute and maintains h'
70 self by honest labor
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