Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-05

mers the firing took place. and the crowd
! dispersed, leaving their dead ana
wounded. 1t was after o'clock when
sherin Mclean tclcgraphed Governor
| Bushnell. at Wooster. O., that a mob
had attacked the jail; that he had opened
fire: that his force was inadequate, and
that assistance was needed at once.
! COLORED PEOPLE EXCITED.
The colored people are greatly excited
! over the affair. They had previously met
and adopted resolutions for the punish
ment OF Mitchell. but many OF them
| talked about his not being guilty.
. Women and children as well as a null
tItude Of men, witnessed the lynchlng.
| There was no attempt at disguise or
secrecy. An hour or more after the
! lynching Mtchell's body was picked up
and placed IN rough coffin, but stili
left under the tree. where hundreds Of
people continued TO view it. Later in
the day the body was removed. by the
Coroner. and other traces OF the vio-
lence were removed as fast as possible.
Meantime crowds OF people poured into
the city from all the surrounding towns,
and viewed the blood-stained steps Of
the jail, and the marks OF the bullets
on the surrounding houses.
Among the sights shown visitors was
tree in the same courthouse yard.
where a man named Ullery was lynched
twenty-three years ago for similar
crime upon the 7-year-old daughter Of
]. b. Morgan. Then the iail-door was
burst open with a log. and the Sheriff
surrendered the keys. and no lives were
lost, except that of the culprit. The
tree Is still standing. but the limb on
which Ullery was hung Is dead.
GOVERNOR ARRIVES.
Governor. Bushnell arrived here to-
night TO investigate the trouble. and es-
pecially the action of the troops. While
tho Urbana Company is overwhelmed
with local sentiment against their ac-
ton, they are also liable to punishment
for abandoning their post'o Of duty. Cap
tain Leonard withdrew the guards about
A. NJ. and the Springfield Company
took orders from the Mayor, instead Of
the Sheriff. when they turned back from
the courthouse.
Governor Bushnell was attending an
encampment at Wooster last night, and
was met by a delegation from here on
his return TO Columbus this afternoon.
These citizens asked for protection by
troops for Sheriff McLain. against whose
life threats had been freely made du-
ring the afternoon and if he was here
tonight it IL believed there would be
trouble again. Sheriff McLain left here
at . u. NJ, and arrived at Springfield at
T. NJ, en- route for Dayton. He es-
capped by the back-door of the jail. and
claims that dynamite was being prepared
TO blow him up In the excitement and
bitterness that prevail tonight 1t is al
most impossible to get at the facts as to
the responsibility for the loss of life.
but it is generally claimed that Sheriff
McLain ordered the troops to fire.
1t 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 a we'll
known newspaper publisher. Her bro
thers-in-law are ID. II. Gaumer. pub
Usher of the GAINESVILLE Signal, and an
eX-State senator, and c. y. Gaumer. for
merly publisher OF the Mansfield Shield,
and an ex-State representative Mitchell
was % years old, and a hotel porter.
He bought milk at the dairy Of Mrs.
Gaumer and knew she was alone while
her children were at school. He do
liberatcly studied his opportunity for as
saulting her.
LEONARD ALSO LEAVES.
It is learned tonight that Sheriff Nc
Lain and Captain Leonard left this af-
tcrnOon, at the request of citizens. who
feared they were in danger Of violence
tonight. They took supper at Spring
field and left at 1880 on the Big-Four Ex-
press for Cincinnati. but would not tell
where they were going. After the IA,
talities Of the night, it is known that
Sheriff McLain and Captain Leonard de-
cided before daylight that there would
be no more shooting The Guards were
removed and the militia were sent from
the Jail TO their homes in citizens
clothes. Before this evacuation the keys
OF the Jail were thrown from a window
to the mob.
Mayor Canon ordered Mitchell's body
removed Immediately after the lynching.
but 50 strong was the feeling that the
crowd would not allow the police to
touch the coffin till after dark tonight.
when the body was removed to some
unknown place
THE FLEEING OFFICERS.
CINCINNATI. o., June 4.-Sherinf Nc
Lean and Captain Leonard, of Urbana,
arrived on the Big Four express to-
night. The train arrived at $40, but the
two men cannot be located or identified
nor are they registered at any hotel.
LYNCHING STATISTICS.
NEW YORK. June 4-Incidental to
the Urbana (Ohio) story. the World will
tomorrow print the statistics of lynch
ings in the United States since January /.
1896. 1t is shown that there were 1n
persons lynched in 1896 OF these lynch
ings. 1S1 occurred i'm the South and 10
in the North S5 were of negroes and 81
whites. The Worlds list for 1897 shows
that there have been i7 persons lynched
so far this year. The usual proportion
between whites and blacks is maintained.