Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-15
LYNCHED FIVE men.
suuee Fruit Borne by The Village
Elm Tree.
IN PEACEFUL VERSAILLES, IND.
s,ori Work Made OF Gang q
burglars by an Infnrlaled
Populace.

n huDuIeu lulutintuu hSHt 'sN'
d ,vpohed Lyle Levi, Bert Andrews,
= cnnord Gordon, William Jenkius and
4 u,pey shuler, arrested for burglary.
j LoUlsvLLE. KY, Sept. ia
4 srsc.l I, The Post from Osgood, Ind :.
says:
q Iuceused by numerous depredatioSs,
n ,spea,ed burg lsries and daylight rob-
Y b.rte,. Tue people Of Ripley county,
u Ind. have taken the low into their
own hands and meted out to the per-
petr.tors a punishment greater than
q nroyided by law. Five men who have
A Inns been q terror TO the eiiizsns Of
a ms couuty, met their death at tn.
4 bauds OF ~ enrs 0eu populsce. When
tins citizens Of VeIsaillss, the county
seat, atose this ..orning they found
\ thr bodles OF i've men dangling from
4 a. mary limbs Of an elm tree In the
c,ntpr of the public square. BI0ul
n topss not over ak feet Ia length hal
tetyed to send the men to their des.
inv. Their ieet were but q few inches
n nom the gIounI while their hsnce
ana feel had been securely pinioned
n with strong ropes.
Versailles Is a town OF some 800 peo.
ME. Ii Is Que OF the oldest In the
s,ute, and although II lie five miles
rom a railroad station and has no
lglegraphic communication with the
outside world, M nave more ptelen.
uous towns vi the county, 1t il still
tho equity seat. For .iour CT Ave
year., and even longer, the farmers OF
y The o unity have been the victims Of a
lswlsss gang, who, apparently lacking
IN fear, have piled tueir vocation 10
the terror OF the people, for they seem.
Il ingly have had no visible means OF
earning living. Farmers would
n come into town with bunch VI cattle
OF a load OF farming products aud the
n next morning they would be found
q along the roadside suffering from a
wound and minus the proceeds OF their
sale. Ola German farmers have been
visited nuu both men and wUme
have been subj cIed ty all the toitures
that 3 haFueurd minu uli stand
n Aged German women have been forced
to stauu upon TeJ hot siove In an
flott 10 compel them to disclose the
hiding piScs Of the treasure Ia the
house. Tn,ss depredstions have been
continued uDceasiD2ly. Arrests have
Teen made, out the guilty parties had
4 covered up their lswl.ssness anu It wa
u seldom that conviction followed arros
"a During tho past week fUbbefies had
N Increased alsrmibgiy. Lsst Saturday
word was received by the snerH that
"A the Store u Wooiley Bros. at Correct,
Ind, ten miles from mere, was TO be
entered. The Information was given
"A by 0ne OF the ang's eJnfedsrates VINO
had been under suspicion. Sheriff
Henry Bnyhing arranged that has In
"a iOtmant snouiu accompany them, y Il d
occurring i've deputies thpy went to
The plsce. Sueuff Bu,hipg concealed
himself In the cellar while his depu.
ties were stationed ut venlent
place outside. Shortly after midnight
The gang reached wooIley Brot' store.
CHG I'd G)ruou and the shtrlff'e in.
iOtmRnt were designated to break into
tue builulug. Gordon himself effected
an entrance, and Just os he stepped in
Side the sheriff grabbed him. Both
4 pulleI pistols at the same time and De-
gaa DRUG. Bert A nderson was with
srbbeTs and he too began u fusilade
while the deputies came to the assist
hnce VI the sueriff. some thirty shots
were fl I'd. Tne sheriff was shot
n through the hand and Gordon was
shOt several times. Three pistol balls
entered his bJuy and he was slso shot
4 10 the leg. Gordon anu Audsome
succeeded Ia escaping and came to
0,sood, where they were arrested.
# The robbers had driven cut 10 the
place IN q buggy belonging to Lyle
g Levi and from information subse-
9usntly gathered, IL WAS learned that
me robbery had been planned at the
home OF William Jenkins. The two
lalLrr we're arrested as accessories.
All were taken to the jail at Versailles,
henry schuile. "a years, WIS put in
me jail for robbing the bal bershop at
otgOod last week. Levi WAS 81 years
Of age, Gordon %, Andsome 80, Jsn.
kinS rs.
e While the eitizsns have not BEEN
htIe TO TX the various robberies upon
th,ie men, they were thought to be
ipsil oil gang that has cJm mitted q
nest OF tn N. When II became known
mat they were in Jail, 1t was quietly
suggested by the iarmers that "justics
pe snmmarily be dealt to the prison.
Nt," Twas o'oitck this morning
tWhen The mob seemed 10 come from
hll quar- ets and dlsmnunted on a side
.'fhlll near Versailles. Very little lime
.wAs Ct as details mad been pre-
'k'htfange0. About 400 men marcned
I. MO the town.
inc laii was in charge OF William.
htnan, Sheriff Busning's brotner.in-
NV, INC lofmer being ut hems on nc.
|%.euLt OF his injury. In front Of The
Nl Proper Is the resideDue anu 10 that
<4wsie Acting Jailer keenan, ard Robt.
H n'HtlI, William Block md Wensett,
'i9etpuues.
& shortly before 2 O'Clock there was q
ook NJ tho door and when Konau
au Tue others opened the door they
|5seIe presented with pisiols by
unee masked men and asked
turn over the keys. This
uey old. Then the mob filed into the
h Three Of the prisoners (Lsvi,
LRins and ShuteI) wero Oh The
0wet Moor, while Gordon AMI Aud.
.me were In the upper tier. Levi,
lns anu Shulter showed fight.
sU was shot through the breast,
ole lhe skulls Of the two latter were
sheu with stool. Ropes were In
uiness, A moose was adjusted
.oahd the neck OF ench man, their
sand hands were pinioned and then
V march tegan.
sney were not carried, but With
"ihl men ut the END OF each rope
nVe prisoners were dragged
nnce OF 200 feet to an elm tree
'sis 'neif bodisB were suspsndsd. IL