The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-06-10

ing was PDlnH vi. Ru HOul VI ihO'O
after the lyuching Mitchells body was
picRod mn aud placed in a rough coffin,
but still left under the tree, where hun
dreds of people continued to view it.
Later the body was removed by the
coroner and other traces of the violence
were removed as fast us possible.
Meantime, crowds of people poured
into the city from all surrounding |
towns. All the visitors here wanted
to see the limb on which Mitchell bad
been hung, and the remark was fire.
uu antly made that it would last for
future generations to see 1t.
Governor Bdshnell has arrived here |
20 invest gate the trouble and espec- |
tally the action of the troops, While |
the Ilrbana company is overwhClmed |
with local sentiment against their |
action, they are also liable for aban.
doning their post of duty. Captain |
Leonard withdrew the guards and the |
Springfield company took orders from
the mayor instead of the sheriff when
they turned back from the courthouse.
Citizens from Urbana asked for pro-
lection by troops of Sheriff McLain,
against whose life threats have been
freely made during the afternoon, and
if he was here it is believed that there
would be trouble again. Sheriff Nc
Lain left here for Dayton. lie escaped
by the back door OF the Jail, and claims
that dynamite was being prepared to
blow him up. In the excitement and
bitterness that prevails 1t is almost inn
possible to get at the facts as to the re-
sponsiblity for the loss of life, but it is
generally claimed that Sheriff McLain
ordered the troops to fire.
It is believed there will be thorough
investigation into the action of the
mayor as well as into the action of the
sheriff and the military officers.
Mrs. Gaumer is the widow of well.
known newspaper publisher. Her
brothers.in-law are d. II. Gaumer,
publisher of the GAINESVILLE Signal and
an ex.state senator, and @. n. Gaumer,
formerly publisher of the Mansfield
| Shield and an ex.state representative.
| Mitchell was % years old and hotel
porter. He bought milk at the dairy
of Mrs. Gaumer and knew she was
alone while her children were at
school. and he deliberately studied his
opportunity for assaulting her.
| URBANA, ", June THE most STIR
ring fact in the trail of Thursdays dark
tragedy is a card from the victim OF the
lynched negro's lust.
Mrs. T. M. Gaumer's card has been
given to the press. 1t contains the fol-
lowing touching and startling passages ::
with u sorely chastened hand and
mind, desire to take this means of
showing to our friends our heartfelt
appreciation of the many kindly words
shown us during the fiery trial of our
recent atfliCtlon.
} Not only are we thankful for the
personal calls of sympathy at our door,
for flowers and cards from our neigh,
bors, but for sympathetic messages
from distance. Almost beyond the
ocean have come to us loving words OF
sympathy. God bless our noble men
and women of Urbana who have held
up my hands that l may once more
take up the cares and burdens of life,
t MAY our loving Heavenly Father
{ help us to lay of the shackles of for
malitv and meet those kindred spirits
who have so grandly come to us in our
hour of bitter trial that we may &c
forth in the field that is white for to
J harvest for good that we may walk
;, more humbly, more submiSsiVely, that
+. the strife we have borne may remind
1 us evermore of Him who while on earth
knew nothing else but sorrow anC
= ailiction.
= God bless our noble men and women
of the christian band of ours, our gov
ernOr, adiutant general, our mayor anC
our city and county officials and citizens
of every walk in life, who not only gave
8 sympathy but faced bayOnets that tht
n foulest strain upon our clty's mos
# sacred page might be blotted out, tha
d their homes, their loved ones may bt
shielded such fate as that of a fai
! NlnN ,frl,n 80 n
oven deeper sorrow than that of tn
l. parting of loved ones"
l. Never did soldiers die on any battle
q field for more holy and righteou
e cause than diu these brave boys for tn
Or purity of their homes, for mothers
:. daughters, and sisters. They should b
,n looked on as heroes willing to spill
~ , their blood for the holiest of all AM
any cause"
e, The funeral procession following tn
r. body of Farmer Upton Baker to tn
. grave passed through here on its wa
to the burial place ut Point Pleasant, i
ri Clark county. 1t was an immense pre-
- cession. People on the streets her
= took off their hats and stood wit
81 barred heads as it passed. CeremoniC
Is at the home and ut the grave wer
brief and simple. Upton Baker an
e Harry Bell were standing side by sid
If near the Jail when they were kllle
10 Thursday night.
One more victim was added to tn
- fatalities of Friday morning whc
20 Wesley Bowen died last night. Bowc
ot was shot in the hip, having two wounC
10 and was in a very dangerous conditloI
c. but the physicians had some hopes
to his recovery. Wank, the other ma
"a whose condition was considered crl
al ical, is not improved, and, although h
y death is momentarily expected, there
, some hope that he may survive.
The funeral of Harry Bell, the your
es man who was 20 have been marie
st soon to Miss Mamie King, occurred t
be day. It was the largest funeral ey
IN held in Urbana. A large crowd q
g. tended from Springfield. Bell was
or broommaker by trade and worked
= the factory in Urbana, as did Lieute
~ ant Campbell of the militia, and sin
u. the riot the other employees have mo-
40 fed the company not to allow Campb(
:, to return to work. The sentime
- against the members of the militia
y, strong, the people seeming to thiI
!" they should have fired over the hea
u, Of the mob.
~ There was q massmeeting of wom
w of Urbana, at which the action Of t
~, crowd in hanging Mitchell was COZ
nnse mended.
SsS A petition to the legislature that
lLe receiving hundreds of signatures say
ne ''The foul assailant has met viole
- death at the hands of madden
as crowd and as result of the exciteme
iin growing out of the effort to get poss'
lls sion of him several innocent peol
as have been killed. These deploral