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A Terrible Lynching Affair
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Gallant Defense of the Jail BY the
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Tho Officers Finally Overpowsrei and
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Before About Fifty Men
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BY the Associated Press. ----'-7f
BAKERsyILLE, N. O., Jan. Last
night a mob Of 500 masked men entered
the Jail, took Calvin Snipes, a murderer,
to forest half mile away, and, d,lynched
him. Seven of the sheriff's posse were
killed in their effort to defend the priB-
oner. About 25 of the mob were XII lied. !.
Among the dead and wounded are some
of the most prominent men in the
county. jlt i.. lm 'sA ~R
-, ~ DETAILS OF THE AFFAIR.
Johnson Cry, Tenn, Jan. 4 The
facts which led up to the terrible lynch
ing affray in Bakersville, N. O., are as
follows: Aaron Wiseman and Calvin
Snipes were partners sin an illicit dis-
tillery in Mitchell. county, N. e., and
told William Osborne and Isaac Osborne.
two brothers, where their distillsry was
81 tuated. William Osborne reported
to the officials and helped
them to destroy it. Wiseman
and Snipes suspected Isaac Osborne as
the reporter, On the night Of August
27, 1892, armed with Winchesters, they
went to Isaac Osborne's house and,
calling him to the door, opened fire..
almost riddling him with bullets, Wise-
man and Snipes were arrested, but eufh-
cient evidence could not be obtained
against Wiseman and he was released.
Snipes was bound over to the superior
court on purelyicncumstant:al evidence
He was placed in Jail and after being
confined about two weeks confessed to
the killing in the manner above related.
When Wissman heard this he left the
country. Ever since the murder the
brothers -of-the dead man have been
untiring in their efforts to arouse the
public to vengeance. For several days
the sheriff was kept fully informed. and
he selected 20 of the most determined
men in the. countyFto1 assiat him in
guarding the prisoner in his charge. A
email party attempted to storm the Jail
Monday night, but they were eaeily
beaten back by the sheriff and posse.
The. Osbornes redoubled their effo ~ on
Tuesday, and by couriers eucceededNin
getting a mob,~of nearly 400 men to-
gether near the little city. The sheriff,
knowing what was coming, dou bled the
number OF guards, saw that their arms
were Id perfect order, and took every
precaution TO beat off the attack.
: 1t was after midnight when the mob
was ready to move upon the jail. Fir
ing commenced soon after, and pitched
battle followed Immediately between
the mob and the deputies. Almost at
the first vclfey William Osborne, who
led the attack, was killed. In. few
John Osborne also fell dead
The battle ragged until II O'Clock, nearly
half the number of deputies had fallen
dead and several others. were badly
wounded. Then tho mob, with a-yell OF
triumph, entered the Jail, battered down
the cell door and led the unhappy Snipes
away to his doom. sths.is .'e''
He was given no chance tosay word,
but was riddled with bullets from hun
dred weapons. ista a' lf'.ist '.'l-
Members of the sheriff q posse were
killed as follows: J. N. Williams, E IN.
Jones, p. B. .Sams, r. E. johnson, VIM.
Reed, T. N Becker, j. w. Laws, H. r.
Panneil, q. N. Hallifield, Tom Hall. "a
The names of those of the mob who
were killed are: John Work, William
Osborne, T, g. Bailiff, Will Perry, John
Osborne. Phil Crewer, Jim Nance, Will
Butler, *. Hagey aDird, Oven Thomas.
Jack Phillips and several others whose
names are not known at present.
,LATER-Fo Following is a further list Of
the killed: George Thomas, Henry
Vance, George Brady, Thomas Black,
Charles Henry, Charles Patrick, Ben
Norton, q Alexander Sams,N Thomas
Jones, A braham jackson, Thomas Hat
field. Sss q ssas J55A taf ia ~
Six others are dead whose names are
unknown. AT least 80 others are
wounded, some of whom will die, but it
is impossible to obtain the names to-
night. ss lEa,
The mob is still under arms, but in
spite of the intense excitement, it is
not believed there will be any more
bloodshed unless call is made upon
the governor for troops. If troops are
summoned every mountain moonshiner
for miles around will assemble to re-
pulse them, as the people have little re-
spectfor anything but local law, but
will resent outside attempts to force
them into submission. So far as they
are concerned the case is closed, as both
the sherifPs posse and the mob are re-
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dying with their boots on. 4i
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
New YORK, Jan. A special dis
patch gives additional details of the
Bakersville riot. 1t says about sum
down the first attack was made. At
least 500 armed men marched solidly up
the road, and then with howl broke on
run for the Jail. The garrison was
ready for them, and 75 rifles poured a
direct and fanking hail of bullets into
the determined lynchers. They wavered
moment as score of them went down,
but with. the steadiness of veterans
closed up and rushed forward again,
under the leadership of gigantic
mountaineer who urged them forward
with the old rebel yell. Again the rifles
Of the besieged rang out and this time
they were answered by concentrated
fire from the mob. The aim was deadly.
Every window on the exposed side of
the building occupied by thu defenders
was shot out,i and a dozen men fell
wounded or killed. Their bodies ham,
pered the deputies who were unharmed
and only few could close up to the
windows and return the volIey before
the mob was upon them. There was q
short struggle but what were 70 against