The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-10-24
ESCAPED A LYNCHlNG.
QUICK JUSTICE SAVES AN OHIO NE
GRO'S NECK.

The Crowd Were Deesrmtned, However,
Eanc Took the Fieud from Two NJ ntls
Companies Who C.p.ured Him Agsin
After killing Two o, ,se Mob.
WASHINGTON. Ohio, Oct l7.-In the
criminal court today Jasper Dolby, the
negro who assaulted Mrs. Mary c. Bird
of Parrott's Station week ago, con.
fessed the crime and was sentenced to
the penitentiary for twenty years.
There was every prospect of q bloody
SIGHT tonight as great mob was in
town bent on lynching Dolby and the
Sheriff had two companies OF State
militia here to help him protect the
prisoner. :. special grand jury was
called. Dolby was indicted to-day and
his trial and sentence followed prompt.
ly. The county officers hoped by this
means to quiet the mob and avert a
light. The sheriff with three companies
of militia started this evening to take
Dolby, the negro rape 6end to the peni-
tentiary, but st the depot the mob got
possession of the prisoner. The militia
charged killing two Of the mob and re-
capturing tbs prisoner. He was then
hurried back to jail. a call has been
made for the FIRST and Fourteenth re-
glment.
AS darkness came on crowd of 1900
people surrounded the court house and
jail which are really one building, yell
ing lynch him lynch him. Finally
some one threw stone which struck a
soldier on the breast. Then Colonel
HN{f xphNco orNNcOH o6HrdeS.
cd the people in language which was
very plain and forciable. He told them
not to repeat the offence. If you want
TO iDjure any one,' said be. hit me, and
not those young men, and with lat up
lifted he walked out into the crowd,
and said here ! am, his face ashen
with anger. The'crowd gathered around
him but not a man lifted his hand to
strike the Colonel. 1t was probably
well that they did not for standing on
the court house steps were the soldiers
with guns loaded waiting an order to
FIRE. The crowd surSed closer and
closer TO the court house steps, becom-
lnG boliier 2s the darkness increased.
Col. Cc!s addressed them again or rather
attempted to do so, but they would not
listen to him. He shouted that he
would have to order the soldiers to fire
If they did not fall back, but on they
came and finally the order to FIRE was
given. Many were seen to fall and the
mob fed like a lot of frightened sheep.
The dead are: Smith Welsh, Is years
OF age, son Of grocery N an, shot IL the
head asd abdomen; Jess July, % years
cid, shot IN breast and abdomen. He
was laborer. Mack johnson OF vii.
lamsburg, Brown County, shot in bow
ei. The wounded are: William Sam,
% years old, a laborer from Adams
County, working here. Theodore
zimmerman, shot in right thigh, seri-
ous; Frank Neiterhouse, an aged maD,
shot in left leg; George Keating, "A
years old, shot in groin end in both legs,
will die; Frank Smith, flesh wound
in foot; Dial Parrott, 20 years old, shot
in right foot; John McCune, flesh
foot. Others were undoubtedly Injured,
The crowd secured q battering ram
and began to beat down the door. Not
a shotwas fired by the soldiers until the
door fell in, when the troops fred the
voliey which resulted 80 fatally: The
remainder Of the soldiers were station
cd at the South entrance and unRind-
full thata portion Of the crowd were
making an attempt to batter down the
door at the North entrance The first
fright following the volley having died
away, the mob became more bolster.
GUS and bold again. They are gather
ing about the court house and though
they remained st respectful distance,
uttered loud inprecations against the
soldiers and fears were entertained for
their safety If reinforcements did not
quickly come. The crowd made an st-
tempt to secure dynamite and swore
that they would blow up the court
house. The wounded and dead were
carried into the engine house and the
stores near by. It looked very evident
thst the prisoner would be secured be.
fore morning. at o'clock tonight
Adjutant General Howe ordered o1t as
an additional force Battery B. of the
First Artillery at Cincinnati.
The first message was received from
Col. a. 3. Colt, IN command of the
State troops at Washington q. 81. since
the report of the assault at 10 o'clock TO-
night. It was addressed to General J.
G.. Howe and was as follows: "Your
tslegrams just received. No reinforce
ments have yet arrived. We can hold
the court house for hours. The doors
were broken in aRd the guards fred.
Reported to US that two were killed and
three wounded. 1t is reported to the
sheriff that the mob has broken into
the powder house and taken the powder
It Is the most determined mob I ever
saw. The troops used every precau-
ton. The sheriff and Judge Maynard
approved our action. l pleSded and
begged Of the men to peacably disperse.
Our men are al right now" Adiutant
General Howe has been unable to get
any answer to Colonel Colt and Sheriff
Cooke. He believes that the mob has
them surrounded and that they have
cut of communication. He Is also hav
Ing trouble in securing the necessary
communication to move the troops
ordered to Colonel Colts aid.
at 10 O'Clock the troops from Marys-
vile and those to 60 from here joined
them on special train over the Mid
land Railway. It Is thirty seven miles
from here to Washington. General
Howe urged the railway company to
send the train forward at the utmost
speed. He has arranged that the train
bearing the Cincinnati troops shall
reach there sbout the same time so that
there can be no question about having
sufficient force on the ground to
control the mob when the first
soldiers arrive. The mob Is so in
censed against the soldiers now that
small force would be in danger there.
General Howe is afraid the mob in
its frensS over the shooting of
the citizens may try TO blow
up the whole Jail and court house. The
command Of Colonel Colt is now In the
Jail and this would result in terrible
loss of life. IF they can hold the jail
against the mob for a half hour longer"
ssid General Howe at 1880 tonight,
II think the danger will be over. l
will have anouph troOps in WaShinQton