The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-17
BURIAL OF The VICTIMS
Funerals Of the Men Lynehed by
the Mob at Versailles.
Large PROFESSIONS Followed the Re-
mains and Many Pathetic In
cidents Occurred.

Ners, lilies, Ind. Sept. I7.-The people
dazed hy the horror OF the biooly work
III Tuesday night. No other tOpic is
discussed except speculation as to the
probability OF action being taken to
arrest aud punish the lynchers. All agree
that .be plan was deliberately laid.
1t is generally conceded that the organ
izers Of the mob were 0sgood men,
though ~ far no one can be found who
recognized any OF them. The apprchen-
tilon that furthe WORK is intended by the
organiza tion s.illscontinues, and the luck
less man who gets into the Versailles
jail will have reason to dread the conse
quenccs.
The Funerals Of the five men who were
lynched were held yesterday. Hundreds
foll0ged the cofIjns 20 tie church and
extended sympathy To the relatives Of
the dead. many Of W hom are held In the
highest esteem.
The body Of Bert Andrews was placed in
a hearsc and sent to the burial ground in
Otter village at 9 O'Clock. Ills mother
never wept u fter she first heard the terrible
was alrea.lyiIl. and is not now expected 10
recover from the shock. The grief stricken
mother found deep consolation in letter
written on the night before the robbery, at
Correct, 10y Pert, to Dan Fillan, in which
he told the latter that a burglary Wa about
to be committed anj ask ed him TO bring two
men alorg and help him to stop it. 1t is
generally believed, however, that this letter
was only a ruse.
The body OF Clifford Gordon was removed
at about the same hour over the fourteen.
mile route to Nebraska, where 1t will be
placed beside that of his father. At 3
O'Clock came the funeral Of William jenkins
It was here that the most heartrendng ex-
hibitions OF grief took place. The wife OF
the young man could not be led from the
caskct, upon which she placed her head, and
with sobs repeated In broken sentences over
andover the last words said by her dead hus-
ba3d previous to his incarceration in the
Versailles Jail
"He was innocent and kind to me- she
said, over and over.
The services over the body of Lyle Levi
took place I'm the afternoon. The little
Syrtege that followed his body to it's last
resting place was caught in the terrific
wind and lain ON the way, and battled
against the elements 10 the destination.
At the grave the scene inspired awe rather
than any other sensat tion. The wind, blow
ing Ike hurricane, sent great dashes Ut
water into the grave and as the body was
being Il wered jagged lightning shot throuh
the sdrging mass OF deep green clouds
massed with all the strength OF a cyclone
behind them in the west.
The funeral of Henry Shutter was heart
rending, attended by the wailings of a
mother and the grief of father, both OF
whom firmly believed their son entirely
innocent OF any crime. A large funeral
procession followed the remains to Green
dale Cemetery.
Coroner Laswell concluded the inuaest
at noon and rendered a verdict that Cor.
don and Andrews haG come to their death
by hanging, and Jenkins, and Levi, and
Shutter by being clubed or shot to death.
The verdicts end by saying that the slay-
ars OF the men We're unknown.
circuit Judge New charged the grand
jury when 1T assembled, and, after giving
the details OF the affair. cautioned the
members CT the Jury TO do their whole
duty, and, il possible, discover the names
OF he members Of the mob Sheriff Bushing
is using every means In his power to find
out the identity OF the lynchers. There Is
q big stir over prosecuting the 1yncters, IL
they are discovered, but many persous
believe that as Q fact nothing win bs
done.