The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-18

He Was SO Badly Frightened
His Heart Fluttered.
PEOPLE ARE INCENSED.
Washington Court House Clti-
zens Call Shooting Murder
Gov. Mckinley Says the Affair
Speaks for Itself.

CoI.UMBUs o., Oct 1S.-Jasper Dolby,
the negro sentenced at Was shington Court
House to twenty years imprisonment for
a criminal assault on white woman, was
landed ia the penitentiAry at o'clock
this morning. lie was escorted by Sher-
if Cook and Deputy Busick, accompan-
led on the train by the Columbus com
panies of the Ohio National guard
The prisoner was taken from the train
It Dennison avenue, not coming into the
union station. and walked to the prison,
one wall Of which is on the avenue. The
military remained in the cars and were
carried to the union station All troops
have left Washington court house.
A Columbus Dispatch reporter who
came up with the train states that after
midnight things at the court house
quieted down very much. The citizens
had nearly All gone home. Yet many
persons stood on the neighb9ring cor
ners until much later hour.
discussing the affair as may be readily
imagined in connection with such ter
rible sensation as the killing of two men
and the wounding of eleven others by
Some Of these people who remained
about the court house were supposed to
No in the plot To blow up che building
with dynamite There had been SO much
talk about a possible occurrence of that
liable evidence that the vigilance of the
military was not relaxed in the least
surging Crowds Of Mem
The military all told until $3.50 a m
numbered less than 100 men. Against
the surging hundreds OF men crowd
ed into or about the court house this
small band had kept mp a determined
front for II or 10 hours. Finally when
the First regiment from Cincinnati and
two companies from the Fourteenth at
Columbus arrived az about $3.50 a. m.
square WAS formed BY the men Of the
Fourteenth and escorted by the Tirst
the line Of march for the cars was taken
up, the negro being in the square
He had been in the court house about
twelve hours the officers not daring to
attempt to return him to jail after the
sentence had been passed. En- route to
the cars in the early morning, nothing Of
interest occurred except that a good
many people were still the streets.
Uttering Threats
Beyond an occasional voice in the still
ness uttering threats and disapprovaI
the affair closed in a rather weird way
just before the troops departed the death
OF q. w. johnson, or Mac johnson
was announced making three dead lie
was shot in tho stomach and lived at
hyles. Butler county, Ohio. The old
man, Frank Niederhouse aged 10. shot
in the leg and suffering from amputation
cannot survive. He was the only prOmi-
neut citizen Injured Theodore Ammer-
man, aged p, at last accounts is still in
critical condition.
Reinforcing nts Late In Arriving
The reinforcements called ror bv
Sheriff Cook at A p. N. yesterday did not
arrive until 3 80 this morning and the
shooting at citizens having occurred
about p. NJ, has set on foot an investi-
cation to ascertain whether the cause of !
the delay in arrival Of the reinforce
ments was due 70 the railroad company
or the military department 1t is proDer 4
20 state that the soldiers had to be gath
cred from their respective vocatiOns or
homes
The Columbus companies were held
here to wait for a Marysville conpanv
and left at l. p. III. 1t is fhirty-nine miles !
70 Washing gtOn Court House. The train
stopped AZ Mount Sterling, twenty-three
miles from here; to pick mp a company.
Life Might Have Been saved.
The Cincinnati troops according to the
statement of a railroad we're to arrive at
W ashington Court House by the same T
line Dut from al opposite direction and (
We're to be timed 50 az to arrive stimuli /
taneousiy with the troops from Colum- /
bus. Inquiry alone can determine the Il
cause Of delay in arrival. The criticism 4
Is that greater prOmptness on the part 4
OF somebody might have saved the loss /
OF life
Gov Mckinley on the Mob
80 ~ AAAAACy DCAuk asked ABOUT the /
affair as to what he desired to say. said. /
1.-The act speaks for Itself troops were 4
sent 70 act ia aid Of the authorities who Il
We're powerless 70 qusll a mob that was
seeking to overthrow the law and its
orderly administration"
The governor was up all night IN a
sleeping car in direct communication
TIL $3.50 a IN with his adjutant general
and came through Washington Court j
House at about z o'clock, having left 4
Cincinnati at $3.50 a. m, the car having
stood In the Cincinnati station until time /
Tor the departure of the train
1he governor says he will not leave
ONO 50 long as there IS possibility Of
trouble. lie has received a number Of
kilograms to the effect that his s-stand for
IA" and It's proper enforcement will b.
heartily approved Of BY all wise lovers
oI state and country
he has cancelled sDeakinC enraoa-
LnentS at Louisville and Nashville and
the meeting at New Orleans will deDend
upon the developments of today. The
Ieellng here is that the governor would
pe Justified in going TO New Orleans. bur
ne says "Itia better to stay here a little
100 long than rO go little too soon.r
Prisoner says He Isn't Guilty.
The prisoner stated to the prison Off
oials that he was not guilty, but had en-