The age-herald., 1897-09-16
FIVE MEN LYNCHED
 z - MORE GOT AWAY
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 their neclxs. and men at the other end of them dragged them along the ground for 200 feet, until they came to the tree where all five were strung up together
 It is said Levi, Jenkins and Scheutler were dead before they were strung up, while death resulted from hanging in the case Of Gordon and Andrews.
 Justice of the Peace Charles Loswell held an inquest over the five bodies this afternoon.
 For years Southern Indiana has been afflicted with lawless gangs. The rail- ways and express companies broke up the depredations of these gangs along their lines and latter1y they have preyed upon the citizens. The citizens have taken the law into their own hands in this locality before, but never to such an extent as today.
 The Reno brothers were lynched to- gether at Seymour Ind, twenty years ago, and the Meyer gang, three in num- Der, were strung up together at Shoals, Ind, twelve years ago. There have been numerous lynchings of one at a time but the 'joblat" of five today breaks the record.
 That an unusual state of feeling ex- isted is shown by the determination of the mob which led it ao the ferocBty of first killing three of the men in the jail and then dragging the living and dead together and hanging them to the same tree. nt is nQtable, too, that no outrage which usually arouses a mob's veng- eance-no Cnurder was charged against the victims-but their death was de- creed because of long and exasperating sufferings from robberies, some of which were accompanied by torture of victims. The excitement of the day was not lessened by the suppressed hints that measures would be taken to make other people suffer in the same way
 The outraged people who made up the mob mostly came from Saurmans, Bates willie, Milan and Perceville, all small burroughs in Ripley county
 1 The five victims were all residents of Osgood three miles away.
 Two men were left in jail, Charles Kelly, aged IA, for burglary. and Arthur MeMillan for carrying concealed weap- ons. The latter was let out tonight on bond. McMillan says three of the pris- oners were killed in jail, and one of the others almost killed there The mob came very near taking McAIillan out.
 Tonight the jail is as quiet as the huGnblest residence. Besides the one lene prisoner, Kelly, the only occupants are Deputy Jailer William E. Herman and his guard, William Black. They faced the mob last night and were quickly dlsarmed and locked in a cell, while the work of slaughter was done. But while the jail is so lightly guarded it does not follow that the excited little town is asleep without patrol. Marshal Jchn D. Tyler, with twenty-five deputies is alert against any possible surprise, and every road running into town is picket ed with wide-awake mem This pre- caution is not taken in anticipation of a second visit by the regulators. The dan- ger apprehended is from another quar- ter, the friends of the 1ynched men.
 Rumors are rife of threats on the part of friends of the men who were mobbed to even up matters by means of the torch. Buildings said to be marked for destruction are the jail and court house. The public officers are also sub- jects of these threats. If the many hundreds seen today at this place, resi- dents and visitors, not one was heard to express a word of condemnation of last nights work. The people of Yer sailles declare that the lynchers were all non-residents and that not man living in or near town had any hand in the slaughter. There is general under current of approval of the deed and it is said that no effort will be made to apprehend any one who participated.
 The coroners inquest began today and will be completed tomorrow. It was conducted on lines of strict fornality and the verdict will be that the five men came to their death at the hands of a mob, the members of which are un- known.
 The Governors Message.
 Indianapolis, Ind. Sept. Ex-Governor Mount has sent the following message