The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-19
in THE PRISON
NEGRO DOLBY TAKEN FROM WASH
INGTON c. II. TO COLUMBUS, o.,
And All the Militia Recalled from the
Scene of n Riot-Four People
Dead and Seventeen

COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 1S.-Jasper Dolby,
the negro sentenced at Washington Court
house TO twenty years Imprisonment for
a criminal assault on a white woman. was
landed in the penitentiary at Z o'clock this
morning. He was escorted here by Sheriff
Cook and deputy Busick, accompanied on
the train by the Columbus companies OF
the Ohio National Guard. The prisoner was
taken from the train at Dennison avenue,
not coming into the Union Station. and
walked to the prison wa, which is on the
avenue. The military remained in the cars
and were carried TO the Union Station.
The prisoner stated to the penitentiary
officials that he was not guilty, but had
entered a plea of guilty because he had
been informed that he was 10 be mobbed,
and that this was the only way to escape
with his life. He claimed never to have
been arrested or charged with the slight
est infraction Of the law. DR.. Ireton in
making the physical examination said Dol
by's legs trembled and his heart futtered
as a result of his scare. The fact in this
case is that he was clearly identified by
his victim.
persed about midnight, and when the Gin
cinnati troops arrived at 4 o'clock this
morning all was quiet.
Quiet Restored at Washington C.. III.
WASHINGTON. c. H., Oct. 1s.-This city
is as quiet tonight as though rioting and
bloodshed had never been seen within its
borders. The withdrawal of the last de-
tachment of soldiers with their implements
Of death acted like a soothing potion upon
the half crazed populace. From that hour
the excitement rapidly subsidized. Every
train brought relatives and friends of the
killed and wounded. and upon these the
citizens lavished every attention. George
w. and E. c. Sans, father and brother of
William Sans, arrived about noon from
Athens and reached the wounded mans bed
last Sams's death added a fourth to last
nights victims. Theodore zimmerman Is
dying tonight, and F. L.. Nitterhouse can
Heating, whose Injuries were at first
thought surely fatal, may recover, but will
be horribly MANNED. A number Of those
reported seriously wounded are now known
TO be merely scratched or bruised.
Considerable excitement was caused to-
night by a. rumor that an attempt on Sher-
if Cooks life would be made before morn
ing. but this cannot be traced TO any re-
liable source. Cook returned from Colum-
bus this morning, but has kept indoors all
day. There is still much feeling against
him.. 1t is probable that criminal and civil,
proceedings will be instituted by the rela-
tives of some of the victims. Beyond this
and the remorse of last nights awful
scenes the Dolby riot is a thing of the past
and the good people here are thanking God
that il was no worse. Following is a com
plete list of the dead:
SMITH WEIGH. aged fourteen.
JESSE JUDY, aged twenty-five.
MACK JOHNSON, aged twenty-three.
A SANS, aged twenty-five.
The fatally injured are: Theodore Am.
norman and F. L. Nitterhouse. Those
painfully wounded are George Heating
Earnest Ellis, John McHugh, John Korns
Walter Leach, H. c. Morris. Frank Smith
Miss Hannah Coughlin, Grace Morris
Frank Jackson, Dial Parrett, J. w. Wilcox
Dale Dewitt. Leon and Charles Bloomer.