Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-05
DEPUTIES DEFEND THE VICTIM
A Pitched Battle Is tho Result, and
Many Persons are Slain
rurrY.rIyE LIVES Lo,r.
m. Facts which Led M 90 the Ter
rIbie ARRAY. 8rIcny
stated.

BAI,rEsviLLT, n. C., Jan. 4.-Las'
night mob OF 800 masked men en-
tered the Jail, took Calvin snipes, a
murderer, TO the forest mile away
and lynched him. Eleven Of the
sherin's posse, In their efforts to
plotect the prisoner and twenty-scven
meuibets OF tho mob were killed.
Among the dead and wounded are
.ome Of the most prominent men In
the county.
The names OF the members OF the
sherlf's posse killed follow: J. n.
Williams, H.. n. Jones, Il. u. Same,
n. Il. Johnson, William Reed, Il. N.
Becker, J. w. Laws, ). +. Pannoil, q.
n. Halliiield, Tom Hall, unknown
man.
The following lynchers were killed:
John Work, William Osbornr, Il. q.
Bainil, William Perry, Johu Osborne,
Pull Grower, Jim Nance, Win Butler,
Hager Bird, owen Thomas, Jack
Phillips, George Thomas, Henry
Vance, George Brady, Thomas Black,
Charles Henry, Charles Patrick, Ben
Horton, Alexander sams, Thomas
Jones, Abraham jackson, Thomas
Hatfield. Six other men names un.
known.
Al least thirty others were wounded,
some OF them will die, but II 10 i'm
possible ~ obtain the names tonight.
The facts which led up to the terri
bio lynchlng ARRAY arc rs follows:
Aaron Wisennn and Calvin Snipes
were partners In nm Illicit distillery In
Mitchell county, n. c., and told VIM.
UsboTne and Isaac Osborne, two
brothers, where the distiIieEy was
situated. William sbOrnc reported
10 the officials and helped them des.
troy II. Wiseman aud Snipes sus-
pected Isaac Osborne NJ the reporter.
On the night OF August 81, 1892,
armed with WinchesteIs they went TO
Isaac Osborne and calling him 10 the
door opened fire, almost Kidding him
with bullets. Nlseuan aud 5nipes
were arrested, but sufficient evidence
could not be obtained against Wieeman
and he was released. Snipes was bound
over 10 the superior court on purely
crcumsinntiai evidence. He was
placed ia JUL, anu after being confined
about two weeks, confessed TO the kill.
Ing In the manner above related.
the country. Ever since the murder
the bIothers have been uptirlng In
their efforts TO arouse tho public 10 ven.
gcGnce. For several days the sheriff
has kept fully informed and hes elected
twenty OF the most determine men
In the county 10 assist him In guard.
ing the prlaonor IN charge. A small
Iafty attempted to storm the iail
NHL AZ
beaten back by tho sheriff and his
posie. Osborne rcuoublei his efforts
Tuesday, and by courlsTn succeeded
In getting q mob OF nearly 400 men
near the city. This Sheriff knowing
Ter OF guatds, saw their arms in perfect
order and took every precaution to
Leaf of an attack.
II wasaiter midnight whom the mob
was ready to move upon the jail. Tho
frlng commenced soon AFTER anu "a
pitched battle followed Immediately
between the mob aud the deputies. |
Almost nj the frat vollcy William |
Ohborne, who led tho altnck, was
BILLED. In u fow minutes John |
Osborne also fell dead. The
baltic ragged until eleven, near
=
mad fallen dead and several Others |
were badly wounded. Then tbs mob, |
with a yell OF Triumph, entered the |
jail, battered down the cell door and |
led tho unhappy Snlpes away to, hls |
doom. He was given no chance 10 say |
q word, but was riddled with bullets |
rom hundred weapons.
The mob Is still under arms, but In
spite OF the Intense excitement IL IL |
not believed there will DO any more |
Dlooushed, unless call be made on the
government for troops. II troopa are
summoned, overy mountlin moon. |
SINNER for miles around will assemble
70 fepulse them, as the people have but |
,l1Ie respect for anything but local |
Jaw, anu Will resent outside attempts |
70 i0fce them into submission. As lar
Us ihey are concerned, the case A
ciosed, as both the sheriii's posse and |
W. mob are regarded as having done
on." ''" ''oN
DEPUTIES FOUGHT 10 A FINISH.
NEW YORK, Jan. "A special dis.
ts'oh gives additional details VI the |
aeisViile riot. II says about sun. |
i"n he hrht attack was made. AT |
, ro' QUO armed men marched up the |
aoau and then, with howl, broke on |
p. iun ior the jail. The garrison was |
suy iot them aud seventy.fiye rifles |
ts'ud uifelul hall Of bullets into the |
SSe.rtInineed lynchers. They waverod
J wuleht ns score Of them went
so"n nut with the steadiness OF veter.
f,, u'oseu up their ranks aud rushed
'N"'u again under the leadsrshin of
S'sanuc mountaineer, who urged
Se. forward with the old rebel Veil. |
on, ,n W. rifles Of the besieged rang
SSS S', anu THIS time they were answered |
INA concentrated SIl, FIRE from the mob.
Of ~ uln was deadly. Every window
enn uo sSposed side Of the bu lidinps oc.
Sng ' 90 by the defenders was shot out,
Ths puVheh mon fell wounded or killed.
w s,a hampored the deputies who
eloe un,hnsrned, and only few could
moh he windows before IN.
st N.Y. was on them. There WINS n shnrt
NsSie, but what were seventv.tiys