The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-22
FIVE MEN L}NCHEN,
WREAkGD ON ROS9ERS
IN !NOiaNA.

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iN!NOiaNA.
The xen Dragged Cat of JAN aEd struUS
Up ether by Thei- Fellow CiSiz.ns on
the ssn,e Tres ia tae Town CT Versailles
Wednesday was the most exciting
day in The history Of Versailles, lndi.
sna. The bodies OF FIVE men who had
been lynched the nigh: before were
found hanging together on the same
tree naar the j al Wednesday morning.
For years sousnern Indiana bas beer
sill :cted With lawless gangs. The
railways and express companies
broke uo the depredations OF these
gangs along their iaes and iatterly
ithey have preyed upon the citizens.
| The citizens have taken the
! law into tneir own hands il This
i LEGALITY before, bat never TO sach
an extent as today. TIE Reno broth
ers were lyncaed together at Seymour,
Ind, 20 years ago, and Ehe Meyer
gang. three IN number. were strung
up together al Shoals, Ind y years
ago. There have b2Gn numerous
! vrchines Ct one at time, u: the
"job lot" OF five today breaks the
record. Tnat an unusual state OF
! feeling existed IS shown by the deter
minaJior OF the mob, which led /: to
the ferocity OF first killing three men
] in the jail ard then dragging the Nv
! iine ana dead together and hanging
tben 10 the same tree. /! IS no!ahie,
TOO. that ~ outrage that usually
rcuses 8 mo6's vengearce, 10 muECer,
! was charged against the victims, but
their death was Gecreed because o.
! l3ng and exasperatirg suffering from
roobery. some OF which were acc>m
panied By torture Of the victims. The
excitement o. the day was not lessen
| ed by ,hs suppressed hints that more
objects OF tie peoples wrath would
be made to suffer in the same way.
Stous reps, not over SIX feet 10
leaeth, had served TO send each to his
eternity, and their feet We're but few
inches from the ground Versailles IS
town OF 500 people. 1: IS one OF the
ol&es. ia the State, and although 1t IS
FIVE miles from q railroad station ara
has no telegraphic communication
with the OUTSIDE world, it IS still the
county seat. Fer four or I've years
snd even longer, the farmers OF the
county have been the victims CT
lawlsss gang. Farmers would come
into town with bunch CT cattle or
load Ct farming products and mex!
morning they would oe found along
The roadside suffering from wound
and minus the proceeuS OF their SAFE.
O.d German farmers have teen visit
ed AID both men and women have
been subjected to tortures. Aged
German women have been forced to
stand upoa red hot stove IN "a eifort
TO com pei them to disclose th9 hlolng
nlsce Of some treasure in TIE house
These depredations have continued
Increasingly. Arrests have been
made, nut the guilty parties had GOV
cred up their lawlesaess and u W&s
seldom that couvicGon followed.
Afew weeks before the Iyrchlrg
robberies had increased alarming! y
:Oa Saturday preceding tbs terrible
ouSchery word was received bgg the
sheriff that a store about ten miles
frcca Versailles was to be entered
The information was given by one OF
:he gangs contedera:eS, VINO had oeen
uuder suspicion. Sheriff Henry
Busaiog arranged tha. lis informant
should accompany them, and securing
Eve deputies they weGt to the place
Sheriff Bushing conceald himself in
The cellar, while his deputies were
stationed at convenient distance out
side. Snortiy after midnight TIE gang
reached the store. Clifford Gordon
ard the sheriff informant were deslg.
rated TO bresk into the building.
G. broom himself etfec.sd an entrance,
and Just IS he stepped INSIDE tie sAer
II grabbed him. Both pulled pistols al
the same time and began firing Bert
Address WAS with thero5oerS and he,
100. yinel III tue fuIi2Ce, While the
deputies came 10 the assistance oftGet
sheriff.
;; The sheriff was shot through tee
cenS AID Gordon was shot seyer2
times. Three pistol balls entered his
oody and he was shot iu the leg Cor
aor and Andrews succeeded n escap
i0r and went to O:gocG. where trey
were arrested. The robbers had driv
en out 10 the place IN buggy belong
ins to Lie Levy, and from lniorna-
tlon oSeQu9ntly gathered, 1t was
learned that the robbery had been
planned at tbs home Of William J9n
kiEs. TIE two latter were arrested as
acc. .ssorics. AL wsre taken TO the
ISL al Versailles. Henry Schu.ter,
seed "a years, was put II the
iail FOR roooing the barbcrshop at Os
good last week Levi Tas 81 years OF
Sce, Gordon %, Andre rs 80 aud Jen-
kins q. l. was O'clock Wednesday
morning when horssmen seemed 10
co1e from al GUAR terS AID disnount-
ed en- s. hillside near Versailles. Little
tine was lcs., fer the details had peen
praarranGed. on :tly about 4VO men
marched iato toe town The ] al wsS
in charge OF William Kaaan, Sheriff
lRushiog's br5:ner ia-law, lie former
being 81 home or accouEt ot h:s n
ilry. In front OF the J Il! proper Is
Ide residence ara n tha. were Acting
.Jailer keaa aad RJtsrt Barnstt, VII
52 Block and La WerZ-l, deputies.
Shtrly betors2 : O'Clock taere Tas
knock al the Gooc, aad wael hsnsn
a2d offers cpe1eo :, they were ere
sauted wi>h pistols by three masked
;nca and a<kei t. turn over t23 key.
This they d;& and 1L=a the mob fleG
| into the Ill. Three CT taa prisoners,
! levi, jenkins sud Sa-::ec, were or
The lower 1oo-, vii e Gordon aQd
Andrews wera IN the upEar TIER. LeYl,
F.; Je1 kins and Shu.!4r sacw, d light ard
tie former was shot through the
| oreast, white tae skulls Ct rha t7c
! !.(ter were crushed VIA 2 stool.