The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-05

dreds crowded about the place. Colore
people were greatly excited. They ha
previously made resolutions for til
punishment of Mitchell, but many 0
them talked about him not beini
guilty. Women and children as we'll q
( multitude of men witnessed tn
/ lynching. There was no attempt at dis
guise or secrecy. The assemblage il
! the public square was as open as an.
| public meeting that had ever been hell
IN that place. The local militia com
/ pany, feeling the overwhelming public
! feeling against them. offered no re
/ sistance when the mob broke into tn.
! Jail or when the lynching was going on
and the Springfield company had beer
countermarched to the depot. An houl
or more after the lynching Mitchell!
body was picked up and placed in {
rough coffin. but still left under tht
tree, where hundreds of people con
tinued to view it. The wretch dieC
without q struggle, as his neck was
evidently broken by the first jerk
Later in the day the body of Mitchell
was removed by the coroner. and Other
traces of the violence were removed as
fast as possible. Meantime, crowds oil
people poured into the city from all
surrounding townes and viewed the
bloOd-stained steps of the jail and the
marks OF the bullets on the surrounding
houses. Among the sights shown visit
orS was a tree in the same court
house yard, where asEaau named Ullery
was lynched % years ago for a similar
crime. upon the 7-year-old daughter of
j. Morgan. Then the Jail door was
bursted open with q log and the sheriff
surrendered the keys and no lives We're
lost, except that of the culprit. The
tree is still standing. but the limb on
which Uiiery was hung is dead and
stands out as q chastity reminder Of
violence. All the visitors today wanted
TO see the limb on which Mitchell had
been hung. and the remark was fire.
quently made that it would last long
enough for future generations to see it.
AFTER THE MILITIA.
Governor Bushnell arrived here to-
night to investigate the trouble, and
especially the action of the troops.
While the Urbana company is over
whelmed with local sentiment against
their action. they are also liable for
abandoning their post of duty. Captain
Leonard withdrew the guards abouT I
"a. m, and the Springfield company
took orders from the mayor instead Of
the sheriff when they turned back from
the court house.
Governor Bushnell was attending an
encampment at Wooster last night and
was met by decoration from here on
his return to Columbus this evening.
These citizens from Urbana asked for
protection by troops of Sheriff McLain,
against whose life threats have been
freely made during the afternoon, and
if he was here tonight it is believed
there viii be trouble again. Sheriff
McEain left home at .. m. and ar
rived at Springfield at 8 p. m. en- route
TO Dayton. He escaped by the back
door Of the Jail, and claims that dy-
Mantle was being prepared TO blow him
up. In the excitement and bitterness
that prevails tonight it is almost i'm
possible to get at the facts as TO the
responsibility for the loss of life. but
it is generally claimed that Sheriff Nc
Lain ordered the troops TO fire last
night.
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
While such dreadful scenes were OBJ
served outside of the Jail. there is much
dispute as TO what occurred inside of
the Jail from midnight until the time
Of the lynching. When the first at
tack was made on the jail at 1870 a. m,
a dozen men mounted the rear steps of
the jail. and two of them used sledse-
hammers on the doors. The local mill
tia company was under arms on the
inside. with Sheriff McLain and his
deputies. Captain George W. Leonard
then stepped out and said: Il Will
give you three minutes to dispense. II
you DO not Go so. 1 must FIRE" The
crowd generally believed that Sheriff
AcLain had then already ordered the
troops to fire and they dispersed
But when the attack was renewed on
the rear door of the jail with sledge
hammers. the firing took place and the
crowd dispersed, leaving their dead and
wounded. 1t was after o'clock when
Sheriff McLain telegraphed Governor
Bushnell at Wooster. o., that a mob
had attacked the Jail. that he had
luate and that assistance was needed
1t once. Governor Bushnell had the
Springfield company start Immediately.
1t is believed that there viii be a
thorough investigation into the action
If the mayor as well as the action of
he sheriff and military officers.
Mrs. Gaumer is a widow of a we'll
)rothers-in-law are D. H Gaumer,
publisher of the GAINESVILLE Signal. and
IN ex-state senator. and c. L. Gaumer
ormerly 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 I
drs. GaumeT. and knew she was alone /
While her children were at school, and /
studied his opportunity for
ssaulting her.
Dead:
Harvey Bell. Urhana, shot in the
lead, instantly killed
Upton Baker, farmer, north of Ur-
ANA.
Fatally wounded: !
Wesley Bowen, of Gable, shot in the
in.
Zach wank, Urbana, shot in the groin
nd leg.
Less seriously wounded:
Dennis Graney, Urbana, right foot,
light.
DR.. Charles Thompson, North Lewis
urg, head. slight.
S. S. Deaton. Urbana. prosecuting at
orney, leg, slight.
Gus Weiser. Urbana. in the face,
ainful.
Ray Dickerson. Urbana. right arm.
Roy Mcclure. Urbana. right arm.
John McKeever, Urbana, right arm,
ainful.
1t is learned tonight that Sheriff Nc
can and Captain Leonard left this
fternoon, al the request of citizens,
no feared they were in danger of
olence tonight. They took supper at
pringfield and left at 7:30 on the Big
our express for Cincinnati. but would
1t tell where they were going. After
lie fatalities of the night. it is known
at Sheriff Mclean and Captain
aonard decided before daylight that
ere would be no more shooting The
yards We're removed and the militia
ent from the jail to their homes in
tizens' clothes. Before this evacua-
On, the keys Of the Jail were thrown
ON window to the mob
Mayor Ganson ordered Mitchelrs
,dy removed Immediately after the