New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01
THE VENGEANCE OF A MOB.
NEGRO TAKEN FROM JAIL IN NASHVILLE
AND HANGED.
\ NIGHT ATTACK FRUSTRATED BY THE SHERIFF
AND GOVERNOR gCCHANANS PERsONAL
EFFORTS-A SECOND ATTEMPT
MEETS No RESI- .TANCE.
MEETS 80 RESI- .TANCE.

MEETS NO RESI- STANCE.
Nashville, Tenn, April 3O.-The citizens Of Good
LOUISVILLE near this city, are not cOntentcd to per-
mt the brutal assault perpctratcd by two negroes
on TWO helpless young women near that little
village Thursday night to be expiatcd with the
hanging of only one of the bruteS 4 desperate
attempt made by mob Of 200 men last night to
break open the Jail in this city and secure Eph7
Grizzard the other negro implicated in the crime
was frustrated by the watchfulness of the sheriff
and the personal efforts Of Governor Buchanan
At 10 o'clock an unusually large number
OF men from the country were in the city.
The jailcr, Wilson, sent for Sheriff IIill who ar
rived about II 10 a. m. As the clock struck
two significant whistles were heard. At | :OJ a
loud yell heard from up the street Two or
three hundred men were seen coming. Chief
CIack Immediately detailed all his available men
to come to the Jail
As soon as the head of the mob reached the
Jail gate an imperative ring Of the bell sounded
but admittancc was refused The lock of the gate
was broken. The crowd then surged in. One
man had a rope in his hand, another a sledgc-
hammer. Shcrn Hill was told that the crowd
wanted to get at least Of those negroes. Il
can't lot you have any of thcm." said the Sheriff
We'll, lIill we don't want 10 hurt you, but we
will have that negro
ask you not TO take him. said the Sheriff
If you won't give him TO us there is way
We get him will break the door down
We shall have to get tools to do it with. but it's
only question OF time.
The man with hammer then began to batter
on the outside door to the cell The blows made
no more impression than if they were beating
with sand-bag. and at 80 the grew tired
Of their work The Jail officers stood or walked
about. but the iailcr conspicuously abscnt
and il is thought he had the keys in his possession
II was the common opinion that the policemen
could have scattered the crowd in two minutes
Al o'clock the doors were shut and the jail
was quiet.
At / :l5 Governor Buchanan and Adiutant-Gen-
cral Norman. who had been awakened. made their
way into the Jail The Governor mounted the
stcrs and called the mob 10 order. He unable
To make himself heard. and he then pressed his
way into the the excited tlrong around the door
He attempted TO speak. but his voice was drowned
The Governor said promise you that the law
shall bc vindcaicdT
The law il too slow. We won't walt We
must Lave Eph Grizzard tonight
"Gcutcmen, said the Governor, there il none
more anxious TO vindicate the law than |.
pledge you my word that justice shall be done
The words Of the Governor were useless. man
with a crowbar arrived. IL was applied To the
iron door and half a dozen men grasped IT, Gov
crnor buchanan seized the crowbar and by NAN
strength held it back for a moment, but was over
powered He then retired into another room
The mob was not successful, however. AT 3:2o
il was reinforced, and bcMn battrring with axes,
cIuiS etc The police then stood firm ana beat
them back with clubs. Then shot was hred
from without This was returned by the oihcrs
no one inside was hurt. though several sho's
prazed the clothes Of officers. man named
< T. Guthric came to the door and said ne was
,youndcd and wanted 10 he taken in lie WAs
admitted He had been shot through the LETT
lung. He fingered until o'clock this morning
when he died. A., ., 60
dcsist giving them his word hc would sec tlao
ms,ice yvos given out. As it was growing early
The mob decided Ia depart. hut not untiI ti'y
avo,ycd their intention OF returning and hanging
- lcost one Of the prisoners When asked II me
attoclt would bc before after the trial oi tlf
n,isoncrs they said they would not answer that,
hut that they would surely hang Eph sooner or
later During the firing Charles Rear was also
snot His wound is serious
To-day however, the work OF the mon was
,,o,c successful At > o'clock they assembled
nm tbc snuarc They marched to the Jall' az"
apparently without interference on the part oi .he
n,liccrs secured the negro i.ph rrHAaiu. Put
rnnc around his neck and started III Il horlhe'so
direction with him. . an, %
They hanged Eph Grzzard at the cast cnd or
the bridge across the Cumhrrhnd kiEcr IN me me
heart of the city. after which they flided MS
body with bullets.