Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-01-12
THIRTY MEN SHOT DEAD.
Can't ct Mt a north Carolina Jail-MoD
and Officers Fight.

Conf ct Mt north Carolina Jail-MoD
and Officers Fight.
MARION, N. c., Jan. ga desperate
battle has been fought between mob
of 500 men and rs guards at the
Jail ct Bakcrsville, Mitchell County.
Over thirty men were killed before the
jail was forced. Then Calvin swipes
and the Whitesons were dragged from
their cells and hanged.
The mountaineers of Mitchell, Nc
Dowell and Yancey counties assem-
bled in the little mountain hamlet
of Bakersville, until the population OF
the afternoon formal demand was
made upon Sheriff Moomaws Tor. SWlpes
and the two Whitsons by 8 messenger
from the mob, who approached the jail
under a flag OF truce TO this the garrl..
son responded: eve will die first
Then they knew there would be fight.
The little company Of defenders split
up into three. parts, one remaining III
the jail, the other two occupying the
sherif's house and barn near the main
building. Winchesters were loaded,
and the wait for the final struggle be-
gan. The men were not long In sus-
pense. The night would be bright
with moonlight, and it was useless
for the mob to wait foA darkness.
About shutdown the first attack was
made. At least 500 men marched up
the road and then with q howl broke on
a run TO the jail. The garrison was
ready for them.
"Hat or Pll give the order to fire."
rang out Sheriff Moomaws' voice. No
attention was paid to the warning;
''Fire - rang out the order, and
seventy-fve rifles poured direct
and thanking hail OF bullets
into the determined lynchers. They
wavered moment as q score OF
them went down, but with the steadi-
ness of veterans closed up their ranks
and rushed forward again, under the
leadership of gigantic mountalneer,
who urged them forward with the old
"repel YELL" Again tie 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 sides of the buildings
occupied by the defenders was snot out
and II dozen men tell wounded or killed.
Their bodies hampered the deputies who
close up to tho windows and return the
volley before the mob was upon them.
There was short struggle. What were
rs men against 500? A few
revolver shots, 100 dubbed rifles and
all was over. The deputies, with their
leader, Sheriff Moomaws, morta ly
wounded, were in the hands of the
mob, and everyone of them was look
ing down the muzzle of at least three
Winchesters There was no hope III
further resistance and the fate or the
three murderers was sealed.
Without waiting to pick up the dead
or care tor the wounded, the mob made
a rush at tho door OF the jail, and 1t
went down before the shoulders of
score of stalwart men. The prison
ers were reached. They were
the only ones in the Jail and
the mob had no trouble in break.
ing down the frail cells. Half dead
with fear the culprlts were dragged out
into the open air, where ropes were
placed around their necks, with 100
men, mad with the thirst for blood, at
the end of each, and they were swung
up.
After the lynching the mob returned
to look tor the dead and wounded. In
the little Enclosure and ON the roadbed
in front of the jail twenty-five bodies
were found, and in tho three buildings
eight more were rigid IN death. About
thirty others were wounded, some of
them fatally, among these being gallant
Sheriff Moomaws, who was shot twice
through the chest and three times
through the abdomen.
Sr. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. ga special from
Johnson City to-day to the Post Dis
patch gives the following revised list
of the dead ut the Bakersville lynching.
Sheritt's posse killed:
TOM HALL.
j. N. WILLIAMS.
ID. f. RITCHIE.
r. N. JONES.
p. b. SANS.
r. +. JOHNSON.
WILLIAM REED.
II. N. BECKNER.
j. w. LAWS.
N. r. PANNELL.
G. N. HALLIFIELD.
Those of the mob killed:
JACK THOMAS.
OWEN THOMAS.
JOHN WORTH.
WILLIAM OSBORNE.
G. BAILIFF.
WILL PERRY.
JOHN OSBORN.
PHIL CRowDER.
JIM NANCE.
WILL BUTLER.
HAGER BYRD.
No further particulars of the riot can