The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-04
INFURIATED MOB IN TROY.
AROUSED ri AN ATTEMPTED AS
SAULT ON A LITTLE GIRL.

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Tho Father or the Girl Had Rescued Her ana
Givrn Her Assniiant q Terrible Beating
A Larxo and Excited Mob soon Gathered
nnd shouted "L,nch Hint kin tho Brutoio
Troy. Oct. 3.-Thcre was a scone OF wild OK.
element in the vic nifty OF Sixth avenue and
MiddloburSh street last evening. and had not
the police promptly arrived and interfered.
Thomas OAthout, a painter living with his wife
and children on Mount street, near Sixth ave-
nue.. would have been lynched by an Infatuated
mob of men and women. As 1t was, Oathout
was terribly beaten and Is now in a precarious
condition. He may not recover.
Thomas NJ. Gibbons is a well.known resident
OF North Troy, and his home Is near Oathout's.
Gibbons has a pretty and bright 6-year-old
daughter. 1t is said that Oathout had often
seen and spoken to the little girl. but not until
last night was his conduct improper. While
busy in his market last night Gibbons heard tho
cry Of a terrified child. Running to his door. he
was told by n passer.by that n man was taking a
little girl into the barn at the rear Of the house.
Gibbons ran around to the barn. where he found
Oathout with a struggling child in his
arms. The child was Gibbons's little girl, and
was fighting her captor desperately. Gibbons
grabbed up n heavy st ok and brought it down
with crushing force on O4thout's head. Oath
out let the child drop and fell hcadlong to tho
floor. In a minute Gibbons, who is n powerfully
built man, was upon him. Oathout screamed
for mercy until Gibbons's finger. taste led
themselves tightly about his throat, shut.
ting Off his wind. NcighbOrs, hearing
tho uproar. rushed from their houses
toward the barn and attempted to res
cue Oathout. Gibbons released his grasp
upon Oathout's throat and began beating him
on the head. breast, and arms with the club. He
struck the man time aftcr time, and to-day Oath.
ont'a fnah 10 .LapI'.n ,pi friul,tf,lly Ata,,1-
ored. His right arm was beaten almost to a
jelly. Gibbons was finally overpowered and
Oathout carried to his home in Mount street,
not far away.
Meanwhile 1t became noisod about that part
OF the city that Oathout had attempted to AZ.
sault Gibbons's little daughter. Tho child is
very popular. and public indignation was soon
at fever heat. People began pouring into Mount
street from all directions, and it was not long
before they were surging about in front of
Bring him out and lynch him. one frenzied
woman cried.
The cry was taken up and reechoed until it
was full of struggling people. Word was sent
Sergeant Cane and Officer Powers FASTENED to
0nthout,s house. When they reached the place
wipe the blood from her husbands face.
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on the frightened nuns shoulder.
Olthout was forced to his feet. and when he
appeared. bleeding and battered. before the
clamorous crowd in the street, there was a wild
demonstration Excited men and women crowded
around the officers and their prisoner. making
welded their clubs effectively. and the foremost
of the crowd fell back.
Lynch him. kill tho brute!' cried one ex-
cited woman. making Il mad dash at the auak-
ing prisoner.
moro than he is walled Mrs. Oathout, rushing
from her house out into the struggling mob.
X him. kill him. shrieked another woman.
String him up to the nearest lamppost!'
yelled a big. black. whiskercu man.
No. no" whimpered Oathout, II didn't mean
any harm TO the child"
Oathout's own children sought to push their
way through the mob to protect their father.
was hurried to the station house. The crowd
followed all the way. hurting iinprecations and
making dire threats. When Oathout was
placed in a cell ho collapsed. His condition be-
came SO serious that 1t was necessary to send
for Dr.. O. 3. Kinloch. AS soon US he was able to
TO harm the child. but he did not deny that he
had taken the little girl into the barn. An older
sister OF the child says that Oathout picked the
little girl up and forcibly carried her into the
barn.. This statement is corroborated by q num-
Der Of other persons.
happily with his wife for some time. Recently
1t was necessary for Police Sergeant Quest to
enter the Oathout home to stop a row and pre-
vent Oathout from beating his wife.
When Oathout was arraiRned before MaRis-
trate Donohuc this morning he was q sorry
stand: lie was remandcd until tomorrow
Morning.