The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-26
AFTER The BATTLE.


Against To" tsrss. Defenders 90 the Law
| Performance of HIS Dufy iikis te Prove
4 Diss-sr to sheriff t"oA
| NAsaf>1Tu> CouErHot 81. oct -.
| II lucicreu> feature 10 80 terrible an
occurrence a. last nights, rio,ing can
Toe permitted. i, j. 10 b. found here to
day IN the bitter icnunciatiuns and *
cusc> INDUCED in by the citizens gen.
orally tor silmss>t ages this has been
a quiet. slow going. law-loving pc,~
Pile Few manufactures arr here. and
consequently la.spr troubles are UNI
known. Except "a cyclone that swept
down this way few years ago moth
ing has occurred =, mar the even tenor
of his peoples way
When the negro Dolby was arrested
and identified. the people. a. II follow
ing an unvritten law thought he
ought 10 hc hanged. and the county
saved the expense ~ a trial When
sheriff Cook had the audacity 10 say
that he would uphold the LAW NJ any
cost. more andaciou- 10 them. as
he was "A candidate for re-clcc-
tion. their anger was intense.
They seemingly regarded him a. a
defender ~ the negro and his act not
a. the sheriff Of the county. upholding
the law. When he ordere-i out the To-
cal company. the people were chal-
lengcd and deficd. they thought. and
became reckless. a brave. cool. de-
termined sheriff. "A level headed colonel
with shot and shell at ais back.
bowling mob, one volley from the
soldiers deadly guns the dead
and dying members of the
mob >trewn around the court
house entrance. their blood lowing
in streams along the pavelncni>: the
law supreme. though AT this frightful
cost. brings the story To this morning
when the Cincinnati and other soldiers
came AT an early hour ami escorted
the Fourteenth regiment companies
to the train with their prisoner
Probably only l.oOo people saw the
departure. but half the population
We're on the streets AZ breakfast time
10 look upon the scene OF last nights
bloody fight and renew the denuncia-
tion Of the sheriff and soldiers,
The Cincinnati regiment had re-
manned a. "A precautionary measure.
and kept the crowd from becoming too
administrative. Though no violence
was INDUCED in. the citizen soldiers
were subjected 10 jrer> and i'm
suits fnnumerabe. II was with the
greatest difficulty that breakfast was
secured for them. a. many Of the hotel
and restaurant keepers positively re-
fused 70 sell them a mor>cl
About noon these soldiers we're or
dered home. and tonight the town
has taken on the quiet ~ country
village. the excitement wearing off |
having left the people tired and de-
feated
Col. Colt j. denounced by the citizens
up hill and down dale. Although he |
warned the crowd TO di>per>c. and told |
them if they did not there wonld be |
trouble. ard then at :he risk of his |
life went among them and plead with
them To 60 home. they say he was too
la>ty in firing. In fact. in all he earn
sstne>> of an innocent. confiding peo-
pie. they say that. although the mob |
was bowling for blood and soma dozen
Town the big oak doors of the court /
house behind which his men were
known to be standing with gun in
rand. these people say they th,ught of
course he would fire blank cartridges.
The fourteenth is not one of the blank
class. They saved Cincin-
iati from being burned and sacked
Turing the memorable courthouse riot
few years ago. and have the habit Of
caving their mark il they are forced
% do il. Col. Colts message to Column
,u> last night shows the man Ifyou
want me To bring the man 10 Column
,us said he. IL will do il Immediate
v. but il will cost blood"
\ demand will be made upon GOV
to court-martial Colt. and
he republican county committee will |
~ urged to strike the sherEs name
rom the ticket. His defeat i, certain.
although the county hae 1900 To | 500
.epubican majority. In the last two
sentences the true feeling here j. best
'hown. 1t is not "A bowling few ~ ir-
that are swaving public
sentiment. IL il the rank and file Of
he very best people in this part Of
ohio. 1t is not their normal state of
mind now possessing them. they are
'renzied to pitch almost incpnceivable
few days may tend to quiet matters
Dut last nights work will roma in fresh
IN the minds of all for wears 10 come
md incidentally il can IT, remarked
hat another mob will not he known in
his community a. long a. the present
lasts. The wounded men
ire reported a. improving. and il Is be.
icvcd all vii, recover