The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-08
BOB LEWIS'S LlNCHERS.
IT rs phRY UIED monk TO lDEN-
yIEY .fNr or JREN.
Policemen and Others Looked on. but 'nnt
Exactly sny WAC DID the UanGinR-'rho
Inquest ILkciy to Last u Wcek-A Mnn
WHO Snw III. ys,urtnr Goes Crazy.

Poiic cmcn and Others Looked on. nut 'nnt
Exactly Say WAC Did the H"nGlng-The
Inquest Likely to Last u Ncek-A M"n
WHO SAW the Hanging Goes Crazy.
1oRT JERvrs. Juno 7.-Coroncr Harding con-
tinued tho inquest to-day on Bob Lewis. tho
lynched negro. No further evidence was given
to fastcn tho responsibility for tho lynching
upon the mon whom Policeman naples mem
toned yesterday.
Curiously, nearly nll tie witnesses on tho
stand to-day recognized only those men in tho
crowd who were trying to prevent tho lynch
ing while those who had u share in IL wero
all well known to them. Ii looks now as II tho
inquest would 10 continued for week Mt
least. and it Is question then whether rNi-
dence enough will DO obtained to warrant an
Indictment against any one AZ responsible Tor
the death of Lewis. All of the men implicated
by Policeman Salley said to-day that they had
/ no part in the lynching. One man asserts that
he was trying to help the policemen. whlle an
other insists that the rope only got into ms
hands by accident Raymond Carr. tho son OF
Lawyer Carr. admitted to-day that he was tho
man whom Judge Crane saw light match in
the face of tho PROSTATE negro. but he says
now that he had no intention of melting tho
crowd when ho shouted that 1t was Bob Lewis
they had
John Doty. one of Lcwiss cartors told tho
story again OF the way the negro was brought
into town and captured BY the mob. Police
man Patrick Salley couldn't remember tho
names OF any ono he saw in tho crowd at tho
Jail. He tried to get whore tho negro was. but
he was showed back every time. Snlley ac-
knowlcdgod that he didn'ttry to arrest any ono.
although lie knew it was his duty to do 50. He
didn't see the strugEl. at tho tree. he said. be-
cause he had started for tho McMahon house.
IA nd = poip ~ 70 st nj Ip M thprp.
Sacy calmly toll. Lawyer Cuddcnback that
he didn't use his club because he saw no signs
OF violence. He had his club raised. but he
wGT warn W MT to use it. os III, FIRST witnoss
He was In the mciGc on Main street, but he
failed TO recognize any Of his fellow t"wnsmon1
Policeman Naples. These, were all irving to
save tho mars life. Wood saw thee hands on
the rope. but he was on tho edge OF the crowd
and couldn't see any faces.
BENJAMIN II. Ryall. the superintendent Of the
M%ntreilo branch Of the EriS; saw John Mn In.
j" test fled that kinsiln tried to quiet the mob.
instead OF sharing IN its work. as Policeman
lnplcs testified. Tho inquest goes on to-
morrow.
.NEwNuRGH Juno 7.;-At a meeting of the
resolutions were adopted expressing indiFnn-
ton at tho treatment of Bob Lewis ut Port
JERKS to the eEhorr r; n;
nj MS TnH '''@ '$ T.. June z-on Sunday
young stranger. who was roaming through tho
PRINCIPAL streets. wringing his hands iran
tically and shouting:
I'm innocent: don't lynch me-"
ION examination he gave his nnme as Hor-
man Sartram; which name was found on tag
attachc ! to key ring in his pocket. /. is story
was. that he was from St .ouis. whore his
mother keeps dry goods and millinery store
at 3lS Walnut street. lie had wandered from
home to Port J"rvis. where he had recently
found employment rs n brake man on The Eric
Railroad. He had witnessed the lynching there
Oh Thursday night last of Bob Lewis. and had
inhibited the idea that tho mob were in pursuit
of hmse elf for completely in the Negroes crime.
He is n German american and speaks Ger
man uently. and is evidently a,wcll educated
young man. He committed t. the unity
ulmshouse at Goshen Yesterday and will I'M
doubtcdly be transferred to the state liompo-
uathic Asylum here for treatment. He admits
that he has before been an inmate OF asy-
lum for the treatment OF mental disorders ut
81. Louis. His mother has been notified Of his
condition.