The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-18
MAJESTY ON THE Jaw.
1t Is Upheld in Ohio at the Point
Of the BayOnet,
WOULD-BB LYNOHERs SHOT DOWN.

They Had Broken in the Jail Door for the
Purpose Of Hanging a Negro Prisoner
Three Dead, Three Fatally wounded
and Others Dangerously Hurt.
WASHINGTON C. H., o., Oct. 1s.-Will-
lam Dolby, colored, who one week ago
criminally assaulted Mrs Mary c. Boyd,
at Parrott's Station, near here and was
captured at Delaware, o., was brought
into court at 4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary An
| angry mob gathered about the jail Tues
day afternoon, after Dolby had been iden-
| titled by his victim, and Sheriff Cook
called to his assistance the local militia
| company, This action increased the fury
against Dolby, and Governor Mckinley
was appealed to for additional assistance
and troops from Columbus were sent here
yesterday morning, Colonel Colt in com
mand. The mob surrounding the jail and
court house attempted to take Dolby from
! the officers when removed from Jail to the
court house for trial, but were kept at bay
by the free use of bayonets and dubbed
guns.
When brought to the court house Dolby
! broke down. While bringing him from
, the Jail the mob charged and almost sue
oeeded in getting him. Henry Kirk, the
| brother-in-law of the assaulted woman,
was knocked down the steps and badly
! bruised. Another man was bayoneted
through the finger, while bayonet was
| thrust through the clothes of another
| Deputies with revolvers drawn guarded
| the prisoner in the court room while Dolby
iaI ha1 ~,
| for help. Soldiers were finally marched
/ in the court room to keep the crowd quiet.
After the sentence the prisoner was
! taken to the grand jury room People had
| been swarming into the town all day, and
, when the sentence was announced the
| crowd about the court house became wild
with anger So violent were they i'm their
| demonstrations that the sheriff would not
| attempt to get the prisoner to the depot on
| his way to the penitentiary
| A little after o'clock the first rush was
| made on the court house. A crowd of de
/ termined men attempted to break in the
/ south door, while another party charged
| on the militia at the north door. Some one
! threw IA stone at Colonel Colt, and he cried
out that at the next stone thrown he would
order the men TO fire. The crowd at the
| other door was unable to effect an entrance
| The court yard by this time was filled with
| people and cries of "Give us the nigger"
| and curses against the militia filled the
/ air. The crowd grew in size every minute
The mob grew rapidly in numbers and
! desperation. Colonel Colt made speech
asking the mob to disperse, but it was re-
ceived with jeers The prisoner was pros
trate from fear, and lay crying and moan
I ing all the time The militia repelled the
/ mob without firing at first but at 6:45 the
, south door was forced open. This door
opens upon the street, which was filed
! with men, women and children The de
tachment Of the guards finally fired on the
attacking party, though none were hurt,
but a dozen or more persons on the street
were struck, two killed outright and four
more were fatally wounded, one having
since died
( The killed are; Smith Welch, aged 49,
Jessy Judy and Mack Johnson, Of Will
iamsbwg, Brown county.
I William Sans, shot through the bowels,
fatally. George Keating, aged II, shot
through both legs and groin, will die.
| f, l.. NittcrhOuse, an old and prominent
citizen, who went to the court house to
bring his boy home, is seriously hurt. The
bones in his leg are all shot to pieces, and
it is not believed he can live.
] Johnny McIIugh, little fellow stand
ing on the outskirts was shot in the leg
and in such Il way that he will likely die.
! A man named kaufman was shot
through the wrist.
! Theodore zimmerman was taken to a
+ neighboring drug store, shot through the
thigh.
The son of Ellis Webster had his thumb
| shot off.
John Korn, of Jacksonville, was badly
shot in the foot
! A full list of the wounded cannot be had,
as they We're taken away promptly, but the
following, in addition to the above, are
known: Dial PaTett, John McCune Ern-
est Ellis and Frank Smith
! Before midnight the court yard was
{ cleared Of the mob, but they congregated
| in the square, and threats to dynamite the
court house We're frequently heard
Meantime additional troops were or
dered from Cincinnati and other points,
and the saloons were closed by order of the
chief Of police