Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-10-18
l.YNCRERS SLOT DOWN.
EGilitia Guarding q Prisoner Fir
cd en- a Mob.
THREE KILLED EDMANYIEJURBD

WASHINGTON couRr HOUSE, o., Oct.
Is Although Jasper Dolby (coioredl
pleaded guilty 70 outraging Mrs. Mary G.
Boyd 10 order TO be rushed off to the PEN
itentlary for protection, no did not get
started ia advance Of the indignant mobs
People were swarming into town al day.
Tho sheriff could not get from the jail TO
the depot after tho prisoner had been sem
fenced soon after he was sentenced q
rush was mado on tho courthouse. a
crowd Of determined mon attempted "a
break in tho south door, while another
party charged on tho militia at tho north
door. some ono threw a stone at Colonel
Colt and bio cried ont that at tho next
atone thrown ho would order Che men TO
| fire. The crowd at tho other door was
unable to effect an entrance.
The courtyard BY this time was filed
with people, and cries Of "Give Us the
niggerlh ana curses against the militia
I filled the air The crowd grew IN size
every minute.
Suddenly the militia on guard inside
the jan fired OH the mob at the south door,
and two men fell Both were reported in.
stantly killed. Jesse Judy and q boy
named Welsh are said TO DO dead.
Theodore zimmerman was taken to Be-
thigh. Il is said there arc several more
wounded Theodore Niederhaus was car
ried home badly wounded. lie is said to
DO shot ia the groin. A man named
| kaufman was shot through the wrist.
| Dale Dewitt, who was sitting on the other
side Of tho street, was struck on the arm
by a glanoing bullet
shot Into the Mob.
At the. timo tho militia fired a part oil
| tho mob was at the south door with a
sledgu hammer trying to effect an en-
trance. An angry crowd gathered and
II was whispered about that dynamite had
been sont for.
r. r. Nioderhaus is an old man, who
went to the courthouse to bring his boy
home. The bones in his leg are all shot
to pieces, and it is not believed he can
live. The son Of Ellis Webster had his
thumb shot Off John Korn OF Jefferson
vile was badly shot in the foot
Johnny McHugh, a little follow, stand
i Ing on the outskirts, was shot in the leg
md IN such n way that he Will likcly die.
| The militia fired without warning, and
q number Of others arc hurt besides those
In tho list given. man named Samms
was shot through the bowels and viii
probably die.
The courtyard was finally cleared Of
/ the mob, but the square was packed, and
more trouble was feared
BY order Of the chief Of police all the
I saloons were closed
Dolby was captured at Delaware, o.,
and brought into court here, where he
pleaded guilty and was sentenced " ~
years in the penitentiary.
An angry mob gathered about tho jail
j m h.l n lf4
tim, and Sheriff Cook called to his assist
ance the lCual militia company. This ac-
! lion increased tho fury against Dolby,
and Governor Mckinley was appealed 60
Tor additional assistance and troops were
sont here, Colonel Colt in command.
Bayonets Used on the Mob
The mob surrounded the jail and court
house and attempted to take Dolby from
the officers whom removed from tho Jail
10 the courthouse for trial, but were kept
at bay by tho FREQ use of bayonots and
dubbed guns
Whom brought to the courthouse Dolby
broke down While bringing him from
the Jail tho mob charged and almost sue
roeded IN getting him. Henry Kirk, tho
brother in law Of the assaulted woman
was knocked down tho steps and badly
bruised
Another man was bayoneted through the
finger, whio bayonet was thrust through
the clothes OF another Deputies with re-
gQlvors drawn guarded tho prisoner in
the courtroom.
Dolby cried Ike a baby and kept look
Ing around for help. Soldiers were march
cd in TO keep the crowd quiet. After tho
sentence tho prisoner was taken to tho
grand jury room. A mob gathered about
lhe courthouse.
The officers were powerless to got Dol
by from tho courthouse to tho Jail or TO
tho train, and Sheriff Cook wired the
governor to send moro troops The mob
grow rapidly in numbers ana desperation.
Colonel Colt made q speech asking the
crowd to dispense, but it was received
with ieers.
The prisoner was PROSTATE from fear
and lay crying ana moaning all the time.
The mob Kept Dolby and his guards pris.
1uors in the courthouse for several hours
ana then nude an attack The militia
rcpolled them without firing at first but
The south door was finally forced open.
This door opens upon tho street which
was filed with men, women and children.
The detachment 81 the guards finally
Tired On tho attacking party, though none
was hurt but a dozen or more persons
- the street were struck, two killed out
sight, ana four moro wore fatally wound
ed, one having since died
The killed and Injured.
The killed arc smith Welch. aged 16
and Jesse Judy; Mack johnson Of vii
iamshurg Brown county, died in an
lour; William Samms, shot through the
bowels fatally; George keatinM aged a.
shot through both legs and groin, vii
lie, i. II. Niederhaus an old and promi
mont citizen, shot through both ankles
a full list Of the wounded cannot DO had
Is they were taken away promptly, bat
he following are known: Theodore Am
mermAn, Dial parrett, John McCune
ohm korn Ernest Ellis and Frank
smith.
The people were frenziod and threaten
"a 70 dynamite the courthouse. Addition
u troops were ordered from Cincinnati
Columbus, Chilicotho ana other points,
pom the firing the mob dispersed il
al directions. Immediately an places d
business in the city were closed. Mayor
Creamer peTemptorily closed all places
where liquor was sold. Every street wa
lllod with people No time was lost ii
carrying away the dead and wounded
Business houses and the engine hous