The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-17

BEDFORD. May 14.-LSpecial. THE town
has quietsd down again tonight after the
early morning tragedy. Turkeys body
was cut down soon alter daylight, and the
coroner returned verdict to the effect
that the dead man had been hanged by
parties unknown TO the coroner.
The account published in the second
edition OF this mornings SENTINEL is SUBJ
stantially correct. The mob came from
Jackson county on the Evansville & Rich
mOnd railroad The train consisted of
locomotive and three fiat cars used for
construction work.
Alter marching up town the crowd
halted within block of the Jail. Pickets
were then placed on all the streets lead
ing to the Jail, and no one was allowed to
pass within the prescribed limits and no
one knew what took place after Turley
was taken from the Jail except the men
who did the work Sheriff Holmes was
awakened at , 10 a. m. by knock on the
door, and in answer 20 his question
"Who's there ?" the leader replied: "a
prisoner" There had been several arrests
during the day snd night for drunkenness.
and the sheriff thought he recognized the
voice OF Night Watchman Harris, and he
opened the door. Instantly he found him
self face to face with several ugly looking
revolvers, and he was commanded to
throw up his hands. lie finally complied
with the request and his KEYS captured by
one OF the mob. After showing several
selected men where Turkeys cell was he
seemed to vanish out Of sight.
Accounts vary as to Just what happened
at this time. Some say the leaders told
Turley that they would give him twenty
minutes to pray and make his peace with
heaven. but that he never uttered a soil
tary word nor made plea Tor mercy.
Another account is that Turley struggled
against the mob and the trembling wretch
begged for mercy, crying at the feet OF his
executioners and screaming at the top of
his voice from fright. The executioners
were either dumb to his appeals or cursed
him roundly. 4 strong rope was thrown
over the murderer's head and he was soon
dangling from limb of stout jail-yard
tree The lynching was conducted in a
most orderly fashion, Turkeys cries being
the only sound heard. 4 guard was left
near the body 10 prevent II being cut
down before daylight. The body hung in
full view of toe trains which pass the jail
yard, and all the trainmen gazed on the
dangling body as they passed.
Fortv-thres men took part in the hang
ing. ell of them being masked. Fifty
others stood guard a. different points over
the city.
Turley in a cowardly manner, as.
sassinated Conductor L. T. Price at
Mitchell Saturday. It seems that Tur-
lev offered the conductor an old
pess. 1t was, Of course, refused and,
after an alteration. Turkeys father. a
wealthy stockman of Lawrence county,
paid his son'E fare. Price was then stand
ing in the doorway OF the car with his
back toward TuTley. The latter had fol-
lowed Price. aud when a few feet of him
fired two shots. Both bullets went into
the conductors kidneys and came through
the stomach. Price fingered but few
hours. From the time Turley was placed
in Jail here there has been great excite
ment, the talk of lynching growing louder
hourly.
SEYMOUR. May 15.-ISpecisl. The news
of the lynching of John Turley reached
here in copies of the late edition OF THE
SENTINEL.
No sympathy is expressed for Turley,
but citizens generally denounce mob
law. Louis Price, Turkeys victim, lived
here and was very popular. Follow
ing so soon upon the assassination
of Henry Fesdler BY Lou Trenck OF In
dianapolis, the dastardly murder of Price
occasionad the widest excitement. and
late Saturday night Prices friends would
have executed summary vengeance upon
his murderer could he have been reached.
Prices remains were returned 70 this city
via special train. and arrangements were
made for the burial. which will he had
tomorrow afternoon under the auspices OF
the o. K. C.. OF which he was president
and the Pythian fraternity.
The presence of the body added fuel TO
the flames, and yesterday afternoon the
friends of the murdered man prepared for
swift vengeance. Shortly before 9 o'clock
last night groups OF masked men were OBJ
served gathering near the tracks of the
Evansville & Richmond railway, and
within an hour nearly two hundred were
TendezVoused az a given point. No one
seemed 70 know from whence they came,
but their silence indicated the deadliness
of their purpose.
An engine was ready to pull out for
Westport, but "a the engineer was in the
act Of applying steam he found himself
confronted by cooked revolvers, and both
he and his fireman were ordered 10 dis
mount. The engine was then manned by
the mob and was backed on a side-track
and coupling made 10 three fat-cars
which were speedily filed by the lynch
ers. The train then pulled out for Bed
ford.
Mitchell, Nav 15.-[Special. 1.-The re-
mains of John Turley, who was lynched
al Bedford early this morning. wers
brought to Mitchell by relatives at 80
p. m. today. aud prepared for burial by
the undertaken.
The funeral will take place tomorrow at