The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14
INTIMIDATIxG JUDGE NEAL
Threats Made to Fix Certain OIL
ciaIs of Boone County.

Threats Made to- Fix Certain OH
ciaIs of Boone County.
LEBANON. March IL Special. - IF
forts have been made to intimidate Judge
Neal and Prosecutor Dutch. Threats are
made against them that if they do not
stop the investigation into the rough
handling of the negro Hall. Mrs. Aker's
assailant by a mob on Feb > they will
be fixed" The judge gave the grand
jury orders 10 find indictments against
all concerned in that infraction of the
peace and yesterday this band of in
dictment-fnders had 200 men before
them 10 tell what they knew of the af-
fair. These men who went into the mob
had no thoughts Of the hereafter. and
being Unmasked. have spent many I'M
easy days since lest they be called to ac-
countability They have held secret
meetings on several evenings and dis
cussed different ways to stop the investi-
CATION. As a result Judge Neal was met
at the court house door when he came
down this morning by Deputy Sheriff
Harvey Dale. who handed him the fol-
lowing notice. which had been slipped
under the door of the judges private
office during the night:
about the mob we Will give YOU the dose
We was going TO give the niger.
COMMITTEE"
Putting this in his pocket. he eau
TONED the deputy To- remain silent on the
matter AMI he FASTENED across the street
10 the office occupied by Prosecutor Pat
rick H. Dutch & Son. and found them
reading the following notice which they
had found pinned TO their door upon
their arrival few moments before:
If You two don't stop investigating
that mob business we Will fix YOU.
After a short consultation they started
10 the court house to inform the grand
jury of the affair and on the way met
the foreman of that body J. J. Colds
berry, who held i'm his hand similar
notice To the ones received by the judge
and prosecutor. which had been found in
the grand jury room addressed To them,
threatening them with bodily harm un-
less the investigation was stopped with
in twenty-fOur hours. All the notices
were written in red in a large, bold hand
and We're Ornamented with a large skull
and crossbones. 1t was agreed to keep
the matter q secret in the hope that the
perpetrators might be apprehended. and
this was successful until this evening
when the report of the threats reached
the outside Numerous inquiries were
made until the letters We're displayed
10 public gaze.
William G. Van Wrinkle. a school
teacher living east of town. says he was
here attending lodge last night and
while returning home about II O'Clock.
passed party of several men on horse
back coming into town. and they all
turned their heads or concealed their
faces when he passed them. He did not
recognize anyone. They are supposed
10 be the persons who posted the notices.
Sheriff TrOutman says he will protect
the homes and persons of the officials if
he has to swear i'm half of the residents
OF the city as deputies.
While the notice probably came from
one OF the men who fears action from
the court many think otherwise and
that more trouble will be likely 10 come
from legal proceedings against the mob
They argue that while the law has the
best Of IT, the men Will not permit the
question 10 be sifted in court: that if
indictments are found an effort will be
made 10 terroriZe the officials Further
developments are anxiously awaited.