Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-03
STORMED THE JAIL.
An indianapolis Mob Seeks tie
Life Of a Brute.
Il WeaEens, However, When the oo-
lice Oppose 1t, After Gathering
Down the Jail Doors.
A xIoHr OF EXCITEMENT.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. An an
CRY mob broke down the Jail door Mon!
day night in an effort to lynch Charles
Bisso, who brutally assaulted Blanche
Station on Friday night. and nearly
wreaked summary vengeance on the
villain. The most intense excitement
prevailed throughout the northeastern
part of the city over Bisso's crime, and
an angry crowd was present in the po-
lice court Monday when Bisso pleaded
guilty and was remanded to jail to
await the grand jury's action.
Aob Ereathes Vengeance.
As he was taken from the court
house he was followed by the crowd
but the presence of a large body of
| officers prevented an effort to take the
prisoner. and the crowd vented its
anger in thr ats and impreca-
tions. The crowd followed the
prisoner to the doors Of the
Jail, and as he was admitted
behind IN iron grating several shook
their fists at nina and promised to see
him before morning This was re-
garded by the police as an idle threat,
but the sequel proved that the threat
was made in earnest and that there
was more than mere braggadocio
in it.
Surrounded the Jail.
At II o'clock Monday night several
persons were seen lounging about the
East market, just opposite the jail
and wv arrivals every moment soon
increased the number to a crowd The
foil off aI,aa,, - Of
danger and telephoned the police, but
before the officers arrived the crowd
had taken possession of the approaches
to the jail and when the officers came
up they were met with determined
commands not to approach nearer.
The situation became more exciting
every moment, and the police soon re-
allied that all the approaches to the
Jail were in possession of determined
mob and it would be hazardous to rein
force the officers inside. In
the meantime the mob grew in
numbers and by midnight some
800 persons were about the jail some
being on top of the one-story addition
in which prisoners are confined, some
surrounding the doors at the east en-
trance to the sheriff's residence and
large number in 'front.' of the iron door
at the NORTH entrance, through which
prisoners are conveyed.
Battered Down the Door.
The latter demanded admission but
no answer was given. and after three
calls to the sheriff without reponses a
man began to hammer down the door.
The hammer was a small one and made
but little impression upon the
heavy wire grating of the door,
and the guards only laughed at
the efforts to break it down. The ham
mering suddenly ceased and four men
advanced with heavy crowbar, which
was placed between the door and the
wall. Twenty hands secured a hold
upon it and with one tremendous ef-
fort the heavy iron door was thrown
from its hinges and fell with a crash
upon the stone floor of the en-
trance A few well-directed blows
with the bar broke the lock from the
wooden door and the mob rushed into
the Jail office. In an instant the turn
key was overpowered and the keys to
the large room, in which prisoners
spend the day, were taken from him
and the mob entered, only to find that
Bisso was confined in a separate cell
in the second tier and to which they
had no key.
Officers to the Rescue.
When the announcement was made