The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-23
Mob Broke Into the Jail at Yer.
. saiI|es, Indiana and Shoot
and Hang the Five
Robbers.
MOB NUMBERED 800 MEN.
The Deputy Jaer Severely Beaten Because
He Refused to Give Up the Keys
The Mob Unknown.

The Mob Unknown.
Versailles, Ind, Sept. Is Lyle
Levi, Bert Andrews. Clifford Cor
don, VIM. jenkins and Hipey Shutter
have paid the penalty for their
crimes. A quiet determined posse
OF masked men, numbering about
800, rode into town soon after mid.
night Wednesday, took the wretchee
from jail, shooting their bodies full
Of bullets before they dragged them
out and left them swinging from a
tree one block from the Jail.
After wreaking their vengeance
the lynchers rode out OF town as
quietly as they came, leaving behind
no evidence of their visit save the
CHASTITY fruit upon the tree.
The five victims OF the lyncbing
bee were being held on charges OF
burglary or robbery. Andrews and
Gordon were captured at Correc,
last Saturday night after a fierce
battle with the sheriff. They at
tempted to rob a store at Correct
Shutter was in Jail for attempted
burglary, and Levi and jenkins had
just been indicted by the grand jur,
for robbery. Andrews and Gordon
had been wounded in their battle
with the law, and wore bandages
upon their shattered limbs Levi
was an old soldier, and his face was
scared by a musket ball at Bull
Run.
The epidemic of robberies, petty
thieveries and burglaries that has
recently broken out in Correct, Mi
Ian and Sunmsn, neighboring vii
lagos, had worked up the law abid
ing citizens to a state OF frenzy.
Threats we're boldly made a week o,
so ago in all these towns that the
first men arrested with anything
like proof OF guilt hanging over
them would be given short shrift.
The quintette had been removed
to the Versailles Jail for safe keep.
ing. The lock up in the other vii
lagos are only fllmsy affairs, calcula.
ted to hold an occasional drunkard
or bad boy.
Deputy Jailer Tiff Kenan made
his rounds late Tuesday night, found
that all was we'll and retired. At
about 1:15 q. m. there was a knock
at the outer door. Kenan, half
asleep, opened the portal and looked
into the muzzles of half a dozen re
volyers.
mo monkey business, now; give
us the keys" exclaimed hoarse
voice.
"What keys9" asked Kenan.
The keps to the cells" replied
the voice.
''You can't have them" cried he
nan.
The men who had the revolvers
pushed their way into the Jail corri
dor. A dozen, two dozen. three
dozen or more rushed in, jammiug
kenan against the wall.
His strange visitors ell wore
masks. There was a slight strur.
gle, and Kenau, bruised and bleed.
ing from the scuffle, gave up the
keys.
''To the cells was the order civ,
en- by the leader.
In less time than it takes to tell it
the masked men had unlocked the
iror doo, surrounding the tier of cells
and were a. work upon the steel
iatiiced portals of the ellis them
selves.
"Iou want Us, I guess" cried a
voice thought to be Andrews.
''And we're going to get you,
-you. responded one of the
lynchers. There was little Time los.
in parleyipg.
Come out" ordered the leader,
and two of the doomed men obeyed.
Andrews and Gordon were unable to
move and moaned pitifully when
seized.
I'm half dead now screamed
Gerdcn, For Gad's sake let me
die here
One man ITeut;,sN -,e,a