Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-18
TEl Persons Slain 0lFI3ht and
Others Fatally Wounded.
iroupLr ABOUT A PRISONER.
Au Angry Mob Wants 10 Lynch Him.
1ho Military Guard the
Prison.


Boyd, an old white woman, was Ian .
ed la the penitentIary nj 2 O'Clock this
mItnlng. Ito was escorted by the
fhoun and deputy, accompanied ON
The train by troops. Tue prls9lcr was
taken from tho train at Deunison
avenue aud walked to tho pfison.
Tao military remained in the
cars and were carried to the
union station. All troops have
.cit Washington court house. a
Columbus Dspotoh reporter who came
with the train says after midnight
things quieied down. Tue citizens had
neatly all gone home. Yet many
psrsOte stood Un neigbburing corners
uutil much later hour, uifCusaiug
tuu nnaif, rs may bo readily im.
ngined In connection with suun terri.
bic sensation AZ tie killing Of two men
and the wOuuding OF eleven others by
tie militia. The militia until $3.50 u.
M. numbered Ices than 100 men.
Against the hundreds OF muu crowded
lat, OF about the court house, the
small band Ecpt up n determined font
for ~ " 10 nnurs.
Finally when the First regiment
from Cincinnati aud two companies VI
thu Fourteenth at Columbus nTfiyel
about $3.50 a. M, = square was formed
hy the mun VI the Fourteenth anu ~.
oUrted by the first, tue liue Of march
iIr the cars was taken 10, the negro
being Ia the sluafc.
Tue prisoner was In the courthouse
1 IN a
to attempt 10 telutu him % tail nflar
sentence hAd been passed. Just before
the troops left, the death OF q. w.
Johnson, or "M,u" johnson, wa.
announced, making three dead. lie
lived nj Kyle. Tue prisoner stated TO
the prison officials that no was not
guilty, but entered the plea Of guilty
because he was informed that he was
10 be mUbbed. lie was clearly iionti.
Ned by the victim.
Governor Mckinley being asked
about the affair said. "Ihe act
speaks for iisolf. The troops
were sont TO act In tho aid Of
the civil authorities who were
pOwerloss 10 quell the mob that was
seeking 20 overthrow tho law aud ila
orderly administration"
The governor says he will not leave
ONO a. long a. there is a possibility OF
trouble. lie has cancelled his engpgs.
ments ut Loui viliea nd Nashville, aud
III. meeting At New Orleans will de-
pend upon tho developments today"
PARTICULARS or THE AFFAIR.
wAsuSOroR CoURrHousR, o.,
Oct. l7.-Allhough Jasper Dolby,
colorod, pleaded guilty today to out
raging Mrs. Mary q. Boyd In order 10
be rushed OIL to tho p0nitenliary for
prOtcclIag, he did not get started In
advance OF the indignant mobs. Pel-
pie were swarming into town all DAY,
and the sheriff could not got from the
jail 10 the depot after tho prisoner had
been sentenced.
A little after nix O'Clock the nftt rush
was made on the courthouse. A crowd
ut determined men attempted 10 break
Ia this south door, while another party
charged on the militia at tho north
door. some one throw u stone at Colo,
mel Colt, ana hO cried cut that Ut the
next stone throw hu would OtIor tho
men 10 fire. The crowd at the dO0i
were unable 10 effect an entrance. the
couit yard by this time was tilicd with
people, ana cfios Of "Give us tue mig.
ger" and curses against the militia
iilled the air. The crowd grew In size
every minute.
Before the firing Colonel Colt made
aFpteoh asking the crowd 10 dispersr,
bur II was received with jeers. The
prlsO or was Frustrated from fear aud
lay crying anu moaning. Up to this
time Dolby anu his guards hau been
kept prisoners In the courthouse by
the mob that then made an attack.
The militia resisted without nrIng al
first, but another onslaught was made
aud the south door whb forced In. THIS
door opened upon the street, which
was filled win men, women and
children. Tho detachment Of the
guard finally fired on tho attacking
parry. None OF the hssailants were
hurt, hut dozen or more persona IN
the street were struck.
Two were killed outright aud foul
more were fatally wOunuod, one hRy.
Ing since died.
IL Ia believed many others are
wounded, ana a diligent search IL In
progress 10 fluid them.
Upon the firu the mob dispersed IN
oil directions, but sonn gathered
again. Immediately all places Of busi.
meas Ia tbs city were shut up, Mayor
Dreamer psTomptOfily closed all places
where liquors Nefe sold. Every street
was iilleu with people. No time wa,
loot In carrying away the dead and
wounded.
Busluess houses anu the engine
house weTo converted into hospitals
Al the surgeons In the city were
called into service. MOlheTs, sl5ters
wives and sweetheartH crJwdol
around the wounded, ami addict ilfe lt
thr rage Of the mob by their iumeuts
tions. lhe feeling ngniutt en-,
military WIS bitter, Vicious nu,
vehement. IL peryaioi all
classes. AZ time passed the mob
anew IN slze and fury, All over
tnu country by telephone, courier anu
electric wireH the newa spread. Al
the roads leading 10 the city were fllUl
with mou ON horseback, in waBOnu aud
on foot, hurrying with ull pUssibl,
speed TO the alrne OF bloodghed. Mean
while in Wgshington courthouse q
search Was going on Tor nrmF, an muni
ton anu dynamite, Shouts were heard
"DOwn with tue miiiiaryp elbow ul
The dogs" Aud "Al0ng with the blacl
nuuu"
These nhout0 but feebly expressed
his uyut IN Duasiuu oil eyaFybUuy, fol