San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-04
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had the highest ruptation but pan
demonium reigned last night.
Recently Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, the
widow OF the late publisher of the Ur-
bana Democrat, was criminally assault
ted by Charles Mitchell, alias click
Mitchell, a notorious negro, who was
arraigned last Wednesday, but the VIC
tim was too lit to appear In court. The
man was taken to her home for identi-
fication. AS he entered the door she
raised herself on her elbow and ex-
claimed:
1.-THE brute, hang him! How dare
you face me, you brute?"
In default of $1,000 bail Mitchell was
locked up in the city prison, but on
account Of the feeling was removed ~
the county Jail for safe keeping.
That night the Jail was surrounded
by threatening mob that was held
back by the sheriff's posse and the To-
cal company of the Ohio National
Guard. Last night the situation was
more threatening than ever and Gov.
Bushnell was called on for assistance,
but he refused to order the militia
from any other place here. This city
is only twenty miles from Springfield
and forty miles from Columbus from
which place troops could soon have
been transported, but it was thought
that Mitchell could be taken to the
penitentiary quietly. The grand jury
was impanelled yesterday and Mitchell
was indicted for criminal assault.
Then the crowd was thrown off the
trail by bringing Mitchell into court
in a soldiers uniform. Mitchell was
scared, pleaded guilty and was sem
fenced to the limit of twenty years.
The trial lasted only few moments
and Mitchell wanted to get to the pen
itentiary at Columbus quick, but when
the carriage drove up to the Jail, the
crowd rushed in to get Mitchell and
lynch him. Another crowd surrounded
the depot. The sheriff remained forth
fed in Jail with his prisoner while the
militia patrolled about the ground.
The crowd would not dispense, and at
| 2.30 a. m. they broke through the lines
| of soldiers and were about entering
| the Jail when the soldiers opened fire.
Hon. Daniel H. Gaumer, publisher
| of the GAINESVILLE Signal Shield, and
Hon. Chas. NJ. Gaumer, formerly pub
Usher of the Mansfield Shield, are
brothers-in-law- of the victim. They
are here with Mrs. Gaumer, who is
still in a critical condition.
Urbana, Ohio, June 4.-Click Mitch
ell, the negro brute, shas paid the penal
| ty for his foul crime with his life.
The outraged people have taken the
law into their own hands and melted
out to Mitchell the punishment he so
richly deserved and have obeyed the
| command and wishes of his PROSTATE
and, as announced, dying victim Sem
| sational and unfortunate events last
night intensified the feeling against
| Mitchell, IL that was possible, and the
determination became general that the
brute should never leave the town
| alive. After the firing of the militia
on the crowd of spectators during the
early morning hours, Governor Bush
nell ordered company III, Third imam
try, of Springfield, to come here at
once.
The mayor addressed the, militia and
told them that they were not needed
| and that they could go as the citizens
were law-abiding. The militia left and
had hardly gotten away when the in
furiated crowd made a mad rush for
the Jail and their prisoner. The door
was kicked down and-the crowd pour
ed'in. They did not wait to unlock the
door to Mitchell's cell, but burst the
| lock with a sledge hammer and the
| door soon flew open. Mitchell was
standing in his cell and offered no re-
sistence, and did not utter word.
| Some one in the crowd had rope
which was placed over the mans neck
and the crowd made for the door. In
| going down the steps outside OF the
jail Mitchell fell down and the rope
| slipped off his neck. The crowd sur
rounded him and jumped on him and
| he was kicked, beaten and almost Kill
| ed right then. The rope was quickly
slipped over his head again and rush
| made for a tree in front of the court
house. The end was thrown over
limb and a thousand hands pulled the
wretch up Mitchell was left hanging
there in full view of several thousand
people to die. The men taking part in
it made no attempt to disguise them
selves, and it is known who did the
work. Mitchell's body was left hang
ing for an hour or more and the people
of the city fiocked to see it. 1t was
finally cut down and placed in an un-
dertaker's box and left lying in the
courthouse yard open to the public
gaze.
OFF ON AN EXCURSION.