Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-25

fiend, three men have been killed here
by the militia and the negro is in the
Jail, guarded by three companies of
soldiers, while other bodies of the Ma
tional Guard, including the First Regi-
ment, from Cincinnati, are on their way
here to aid Sheriff Cook in protecting
the prisoner from Infatuated citizens
until he shall be landed in the penlten-
tiary, to which he was to-day sentenced
for 90 years.
Dolby's crime was felonious assault
upon Mrs. Mary G. Boyd, SO years old,
who lives nine miles away in the coun.
try. The crime was committed week
ago yesterday.
Mrs. Boyd was alone in the farm
house when Dolby, who had just been
let out of the Washington Court House
Jail, after serving sentence for mis-
demeanor, called and demanded some
thing TO eat. As she turned TO get it he
assaulted her and left her half dead.
She is still Frustrated. On Monday
Dolby was arrested on suspicion of
being the guilty man at Delaware, o.,
and the sheriff arrived at Washington
Court House yesterday morning. Dolby
was taken to the Boyd farm and posi-.
lively identified by Mrs. Boyd and a
neighbor who saw him as he left the
house.
Threats were made so freely against
the prisoner that Sheriff Cook took spe-
cial precautions against being SURPRISED
at the Jail by mob, and called out the
local company of militia.
TRYING TO ESCAPE THE MOB.
This rnOrpinx A Il f,,N 30 .. n 7
sent here two companies of the Four
feenth Regiment, B and G, accompanied
by Colonel A. B. Colt, as Sheriff Cook
had telegraphed that large numbers OF
farmers were collecting in the town, and
he feared the local military company
wouldn't be able to prevent them from
executing their threat of taking Dolby
from the jail and hanging him The col
ored people of the neighborhood were
as bitter against Dolby as the whites.
The authorities then summoned a
special grand jury, which indicted
Dolby, as 1t was understood that the
negro would plead guilty and accept
! the sentence of the court rather than to
/ spend another night in the Jail here and
run the risk of being taken out by the
mob and lynched, and the sheriff hoped
thus to allay the excitement; but the re-
suit proved that he was mistaken.
SEIZED BY THE MOB, BUT RESCUED.
When Dolby was arraigned he trem.
4 blingly pleaded guilty to criminal as
sault on Mrs. Boyd, and was given the
full extent of the penalty for his crime.
Sheriff Cook had made all prepara-
tons, and almost Immediately, escorted
! hu tho throo On IL Sc !
TO the depot, with view of conducting
his prisoner to the penitentiary at
Columbus, the trembling culprit being
surrounded by the military guard
which, in turn, was enveloped by a
surging mob, crying "Hang him! hang
him ~
just at the railroad depot, when the
peril here seemed to have been nearly
passed, the mob leaders made a rush
and got possession of the prisoner. The
militia, however, were promptly handled
and charged upon the mob, recapturing
the prisoner, three of the mob being
killed in the charge.
The prisoner, under the military guard
was then hurried back to the Jail, almost
dead from fright, the mob following
and bowling for his blood. The sheriff
at once telegraphed for achievements
and was answered tonight that the
First Regiment had been ordered to his
assistance, in addition to Co. II of thc
Seventeenth Regiment, at ChillicotLe
Go. L of the Third Regiment, at Sabina
and Cos. A, f, NJ and ID of the -Four.
teenth Regiment.
Following is list of the victims
killed-Smith Welsh, IS years old. sho
in head and abdomen; Jesse Judy. .,
years old, shot in breast, thigh and alb
domen; y. W. johnson, Kyles, Butte
county, O., % years old, shot in stomach
Wounded-1heodore zimmerman. o
years old, shot in right thigh; William
Saum, 35 years old, shot in abdomen
Dow PARROT, 30 years old, shot in RICH
foot; Frank Neiderhouse, 60 years Sd
shot in left leg.
THE SITUATION VERY GRAVE.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 17.-Goyerno
Mckinley is at Hamilton tonight an
is fully advised, and wires his privat
secretary that unless quiet is at once re
stored at Washington Court House h
will abandon his southern trip and II
turn here at once.
At o'clock this evening Colonel Co
telegraphed Acknowledgment How
that all was quiet at Washington CouI
House, and he would leave with tn
military guard as aid to the sheriff
bringing Dolby to the State Prison hei
in a few minutes. Since then no of
cial information has been received, bt
a telephone message brings the report
the attack.
"The situation is evidently yer
grave" Acknowledgment Howe said t.
night.
At 10 o'clock tonight Adiutant-ger
reral Howe received a telegram frol
Colonel Colt, which said:
Your kilograms just received. N
relntorcements have yet arrived. w
can hold the Court House for hours. III
doors were broken in and the guarc
fired. Reported to us that two we
killed and three wounded.
sit is reported to the sheriff that III
mob has broken into the powder hou.
and taken the powder. 1t is the mo
determined mob ever saw. The troo,
used every precaution. The sheriff al
Judge Maynard approve our action.
pleaded and begged Of the men to peac
ably disperse. Our men are all rig
now" ..
"If they can hold the Jail against Ii
mob for half-hour longer" said &c
eral Howe at 1880 tonight, ~ thir
the danger will be over. | will ha,
enough troops in Washington Cou
House by that time to control all Il
people in Fayette county"
LYNcHERs GIVE UP THE CONTEST.
n CINCINNATI, o., Oct. 1S.-A Go,
\mercias Gazette special describing Il
lscenes at Washington Court House la
night, says: