The Worthington advance., 1893-08-10

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WOuLD-BE LYNCHERs SLAIN.
a Mob Undertakes to Hang Two Blotl.-
ers Accused of killing Their Eathar
Near Corylion, Ind.-The Hunted Hes
Fire On Their Asssllants, killing Foar
ii and Fatally Wounding Another-Thcy
y Escape. S
Gordon. Ind, Aug. Boone town
ship, not far from here, was the scene
Of q terrible tragedy early Sunday
morning, four men being killed and one
fatally wounded. The dead are all
farmers, as follows: Edward Houston,
Isaac Howe, John Timberlake and VIII
ham Wiseman. William May, also .
farmer, was fatally injured. 5.
Four months ago Samuel and William
Conrad, farmers, aged % and 81, living
in Boone, township with their mother
and sister, were suspected of killing
their father, who was found in field
with his head crushed and bloody
club lying near by. After short time
the boys were arrested and charged
with the crime, the supposition
being that they put their father out Of
the way in order to get his property,
the old man being pretty well of.
There was good deal of excitement at
the trial, the court room being crowded
at every sitting, but the state could get
no proof and the prisoners were dis
charged. This angered the farmers in
the community where the Conrads lived
and it was determined to raise body
of men and try the young fellows in
the court of Judge Lynch. s.
But the neighbors had misjudged the
metal of the suspected brothers. The
latter said nothing when they heard
that o mob was proposed, but quietly
loaded up their shotguns and waited.
About midnight Saturday 100 men
or more assembled at small school
house not far from the home of the
Conrads and marched to the house,
reaching there about 1 o'clock in the
morning. Some of the members of the
mob we're masked and others made no
attempt at concealment.
After the Conrads had received warm
ing of the visit they hid themselves
under a porch on the front part of the
house. They had made several auger
holes in the flooring of the porch,
through which the muzzles of the guns
could be thrust and fred at close range
with deadly execution. When the gang
approached the house and stepped on
the porch they demanded admlttance.
At that moment the Conrads fired The
contents found lodgment in the bodies
of the mob and two men fell dead on
the porch. Two others were found sew.
eral hours later q few hundred yards
from the house stone dead, 1t is also
reported that Mrs. Conrad was injured
in the fight.
Finding it impossible to dislodge the
brothers the mob withdrew to the
woods and held consultation. The
lynchers hadn't expected such de-
termined resistance and didn't know
exactly what to do. 1t was final.
ly decided to wait till daylight
and then make another attack.
When the dawn came and it was clear
daylight another advance was made
upon the house, but everything was
still and the house appeared deserted.
The mob approached the place unmo-
Tested and meeting with no resistance
broken open the front door. No
one was in the lower part of the
house and search was made
of the upper story. Some
h1ool 4
was evident that one or both of the
brothers had been wounded. A search
OF the stable showed that the two horses
were gone. The brothers had fled:
As soon as word reached this CITY o1
The killing the sheriff and several dep
uties, accompanied by the coroner, sci
out for Boone township to make an in
vestigation. lnquests upon the bodies
of the dead men will be held to-day. II
is probable there will be five bodies tc
sit upon. The -hnclAhot with. which
the shotguns were loaded tore a great
hole in William Mays left breast anc
almost severed his left arm from the
shoulder.
Word has been sent to New Albany
Jeffersonville, Louisville and Other
towns on the river to be on the look
out for the Conrad brothers. Should
they be caught and brought back here
their fate would soon be sealed, as thu
farmers of Boone township are deter
mined to hang them. The sheriff ant
a posse are now searching the country
between Boone township and the Ohio
river.
At the preliminary trial of the Con
rad boys for numbering their father il
was said that while out in the woods
chopping dispute arose among them
in which the old man was killed by hi.
sons. The brothers testified at the tria
that the old man fell agains
the stove in their house and sus
tanned injuries which caused hi.
death. Mrs. Sonrad's testimony wa.
in favor Of the boys story, ant
while it was generally believed they
were guilty the justice could do moth
ing under the circumstances but dis
charge them. The Conrad boys always
had borne a good reputation prior tt
the murder of their father, and b,
many of the best people in their neigh
borhood the suspicion of guilt for tina
deed was not entertained. Both me1
are unmarried.
The country around here is frequent
ly the scene of white cap visitat;ons
1t is known that some of the men whe
took part in the mob of this morning
belonged to the white cap order, bu
how many has not yet been ascertained
In the main, however, the mob wa!
composed of farmers living in thu
isneighborhood who thought the Conrad
brothers were guilty of the murder O.
their father and that the best thing tx
do was to hang them.
KILLED IN A PRIZE FIGHT.
"Bobby" Taylor Dies ut Denver After
Mill with Kid" Robinson.
! DENVER, Col, Aug. 5.-sSailor Kid,
or ''Robby" Taylor, died Friday after
noon. A blood vessel was ruptured a.
! the base of the brain "A the result a.