The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
SHERIFF ON THE Rim.
URBANA OFFICER SEEKS
SAFETY I'm FLIGHT
We FRS Went 10 Springfield, but the RE-
port 81 a Moi Drove Him to Daytsn-
6overDor ksshneii Talks of h Tragedy
-ExcitemcSt Runs High

to the Dispatch from Urbana says.thut
the town this morning has resumed its
normal condition and everything is
quiet. Instead of n negro dangling
from q tree or the most prominent
street an excited populace
~througing the streets, military and o
sheriff hiding in the county Jail. .
sheriff Is fleeing, a captain of miliNa
cannot be found, and mem bers of q
military company are keeping out of
sight.
Nothing is positively known of the
whereabouts of Sheriff McLnin and
Captain Leonard. 1t is the general
belief that the sheriff drove TO Spring
field. and only Captain Leonard's i'm
mediate friends know where the cap.
tain is.
1t was reported that a mob of $50
men had organi zcd to go to Spring
field after the sheriff, and sueh word
went to Springfield. having the effect
of driving him to Dayton. He is uni
versally condemned by the people and
held responsible for the shooting of
citizens by the militia. The citizens
insist that he sbonld have refrained
from ordering out the troops.
Governor Bushnell was asked what,
II anything. he desired to say about
the lynching Of the negro at Urbana
Jail. He said:
"A sheriff. by the laws of Ohio, has
county to protect persons and prop
erty. The law of Ohio is peculiar in
this respect. The sheriff at Urbana
called the local company into service.
Word did not come TO me until 11:15 p.
IN. Thursday of the impending trouble
81 Urbana.
II was at q banquet of the Sons Of
Veterans at Wooster Thursday night.
II took the messenger twenty minutes
aid vas from Captain Leonard, in COM
mand of the Urbana company OF state
troops in the Jail in which the negro
was imprisoned. Captain Leonard
said the sheriff wanted help. l did not
look upon the message Of Captain
Leonard as being from the proper
source The telephone people at
Wooster were in bed. They were Sc
cured by ll:45 p. IN. and l got Sheriff
McLain at Urbana by telephone. He
told me he had forty men. l told him
he ought to be able to protect the
prisoner and property with forty men.
Il have since learned he had fifcy-five
men, He said he would do the best
he could, but public sentiment was
dead against him. I told him he had
nothing to do with public sentiment.
His duty was to obeyhhe law. He did
not ask for help. left the telephone
Office Mt midnight. The shooting by
the Urbana company occurred after
that conversation.
"At 3 o'clock q. m. a message came
from Sheriff McLain saying his force
:. was inadequate and for me to send
help. Immediately telephoned Cap
. tuin Bradbury, company d, Third OHIO
Infantry, Springfield, to report with
his company to Sheriff McLain at Uf.
tbana. A. the same time / telephoned
Sheriff McLain that Captain Bradbury
would report to him. Captain Brad
bury arrived at Urbaua ut or before 2
O'Clock a. IN. Colonel Anthony Of the
Third Ohio infantry, to which is at
,tached the Springfield and Urbana
companBb ), says Sheriff McLain told
him that Captain Bradbury Of Spring
field reported to and talked with him
1.-THE sheriff. and was directed by the
sheriff to return to the train or to
Springfield. The l~ynching occurred
not more than thirty minutes later,
according to the best information l
have"
The governor said the sheriff did not
inform him Of the existing trouble
until 1t had reached its climax. al
though the thing had been brewing
several days. He had been assured by
all classes of people in Urbana that
the sheriff done all that could have
been done under the circumstances.
THE URBANA SHERIFF FLEEs.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, June IA Tunes
Star special from Dayton, Ohio, says:
"Sheriff McLain of Urbana arrived in
Dayton At 8 o'clock last night and was
gu ietly conveyed to the home Of his
brother-in-law. Great effort was
made Il keep the presence of the sher.
III in this city O secret, and even after
was with great difficulty that he was
located.
"He explained his secrecy was to
avoid interviews, but said he had left
Urbana at the solicitation of friends,
who feared for his safety, and that.
while he had no fear, he deferred to
their wishes In the matter.
After e. c. sattley.