The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-05-27
Buckeyes Prepared to Raid
Into Hoosierdom.
Troops Under Arms to Protect
the Murderers.
Some Damaging Evidence Is
Given Against Holland.
The Dead Girl Well Knew Where She
Was Going.

brought here and jailed, charged with out
raging and numbering Miss Daisy Rey-
nolds of Wiltshire, o. She taught school
in colored settlement just over the line
in Ohio. but her body was found in an old
howell near New Corydon, this side of the
line, in Indiana. There could not have
been more horrible place for onelike her
to die than the place where she did. The
country round about is dreary, desolate
and uninhabited for many miles.
1t is some miles from a railroad station,
are three men, two colored and one
white. who live near the old
hut where Miss Reynolds body was
found. These men say that the girl came
there sick, and that they cared for her as
best they could, but their story is not be-
lieved. For an examination of Miss
Reynolds remains show conclusively that
she had been made the victim of a GRIM
insl assault, and that she had beyond
doubt died from the effects of the attack,
owing to her feeble condition in just re-
covering from serious spell OF illness.
The next question which arises is how did
she come TO the place where her dead
body was found unless she was abducted
and taken there by force and for GRIM
insl purposes. She ieit home In the even
ing. and it is thought that she was fol-
lowed End when she alIghted ut the station
waa taken and hustled 10 the out-of the
way I ace, where she was forced to sub
nit 10 the beastly desires OF the negroes
until death relieved her mental and bodily
suffering The funeral services over the
poor girls remains were held Yesterday.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney j. Fred
France of Decatur Ind, in whose county
the crime took place, took the matter in
charge and caused the arrest OF Iige Hol-
land and Andy PIckem on the charge of
numbering Miss Reynolds. Ii was III the
novel where these men lived that the inn
prisonment and death OF Miss REYNOLDS
occurred. Holland is a gigantic colored
man, while Pickem is a depraved
white. The arrests were made by
Deputy Sheriff Daniel Erwin, Ex-
Marshal Heistand and several depu-
ties, and Holland fought desperately,
and it took the united efforts offour men to
overpower and handcUff him. During the
scuffle he called to his wife to bring the
AK and cut the officers to pieces. He was
finally subGued, and together with
Pickem, their wives, and white girl
named Alice Ray, about fifteen years of
age, was taken 10 Decatur and placed In
Jail TO await preliminary hearing Friday.
They acknowledge that the Reynolds girl
was there, but will say nothing more.
Pickems vile is a white woman, SEEM
ingly with more than ordinary intelli-
gence. The body OF Daisy will be taken
up and a careful pOst-mortem examination
made, with the hope of developing some
thing new in regard to the case, as the
remains were buried without any exami-
nation on the part of the coroner.
DECATUR. Ind, May 23.-[Special. "A mob
is hourly expected here from Wiltshire o., 10
t&ke Li2e Holland and Andy Pickering out
of jail aud hang them. There is much excite
ment on the streets tonight and the Ohio peo-
pie are out in force. Ii they had a leader
there would be bloody work before morning.
The authorities are watchful and Capt. Beyers
and Company are in their armory awaiting
orders.
Ike Holland and Pickering had their pre-.
lminary trial today. The testimony shows
that a dreadful crime had been committed and
they were held for trial. The court placed
their bonds at $1,000 each. The testimony was
as follows:
John II. vannetta testified that he saw
Daisy Reynolds on May at Lige Hollands,
dead, and prepared her for burial; that Hoi-
land could give no account of what caused her
death.
DR.. Boyer, the surgeon who made the
autopsy, testified that an abortion had been
produced by the use of a short instrument and
that death was caused by hemOrrhage from the
wound; that the work was the worst Of butch
cry. Ii bad been done about one week before
death.
Clara Jay'testifed the was eleven years old
and lived with Lge Holland; that Daisy came
there four weeks ago; that she saw Lige give
Daisy medicine and that she was very sick;
that she was up when she died; that they told
her not to say anything about her death, not to
tell any one how she died or the cause Of her
trouble and that Lge went TO New Gordon
and got medicine for Daisy On Thursday be-
fore she died another negro had been there to
see them.
DIR. Rawlston of New Corydon testified that
Lige Holland came to him on Thursday aud
said that a white girl at his house was sick; had
pains like a woman who had labor pains and
that she was wasting. He got the medicine and
left.
J. W. Buck testified that about three weeks
before her death he took Daisy from Geneva
20 Lige Hollands. and that she did not know
him when they got there. She asked IL this
where Lige Holland lived, and then said
that she had been sent there. Mrs. Holland
did not know her but seemed to understand
who she was.
Clara Jay, re-examined, said Daisy had a
bundle OF clothes when she came there. Lige
and Jose would lift her up and turn her over,
when she wanted anything; they told me
must not tell anything.
Daniel Erwin, deputy sheria, testified that he
was Ct Liges house, cabin 10 by 30 feet; that he
found Lige in the clearing when he went to ar
rest him; that he resisted arrest and called for
the women 10 bring the az and kill him and
the rest of them; that he afterward searched
the house and found medicine and lot Of let
ters.