Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-04
An Ohio LYNCHING
III, Ipluriatsd Mob Kills a Negro lcr
Criminal Assault.
TWO OF THE LYyongas sLAlE
5hey Were Fired on by Company Of
Militia Detailed 10 Guard
the jail.

IN the Dispatch from Utbann, ONO:
Dy.i
"Cllck" Mitchell, the negro brute,
has paid the penalty OF his foul Grim
with his lie. An outraged peopl'
have taken the law into their owl
hands and obeyeu the command ant
wish OF his PROSTATE and, as ar
uounced, dying Victim.
The sensational and unforluDat,
events Of the night intensified tn,
ieeliug against Mitchell, II that wer
POSSIBLE, and the determination be
came general that the brute shout
never leave the town alive.
After the firing of the militia on the
crowd OF spectators during the early
morning hunrs, Governor Bushnell
ordered company b, Third infantry u
Springfield to come here at once.
The Spring field militia arrived here al
TAO this morning and lett their special
train on the outskirts Of the city or
rear the waterwotks. The COMPANY,
thirty-six strong, under Captain Brad.
bury, marched up town to the JAIL
where they found 1000 people.
The company marcned into the jail
yard and were met by Hon. NJ. Lewi9,
who saii to Captain Bradbury: "We
DON'T want you now"
"Wuo are you?"
"i am the deputy sheriff." replied
Lewis. "Ihere 10 the sheriff over
lneie," pointing to Msy1r Ganson,
who at that particular moment cam,
forward from the crowd on the court
house steps, anu proceeded to address
The militia and the crowd. The mayor
assured the militia their services wer,
not wanted, that The people were law
abiding and would assist him in pre-
serving order, that the company coull
leave the court house yard; When their
services were needed he would seuu
for them. Tho Springfield company,
without waiting Tor iurther 0rdeTe,
marched down The street to the uepot
without the sheriff seeing them.
The local military COMPANY had
previously refused to eerve longer anu
went to the second story OF the
sberif1's residence and tried 60 sleep.
With no resistance offered the crowd
Mt once MADE u rush for the SIDE door,
two strong and determined men kicked
1t down In ehort order and gained al.
mission 10 the Jail, the crDwa following.
There we're plenty oil siedge-h mmers,
thlsels and ollie, tools aud the N y
went to work.
Part OF the crowd mad previously
forced themselves upstairs lotto the
private apartment ts OF the sheriff, and
found bunch OF keys, which hsa
been hid away and which proved to
be- the keys OF the jail.
The crowd got into the jail in short
order. They did not wait to unlock
the door to Mitchell's cell, but burst
this LOCK- with sledge.bummer and
the doorsJ flew open. Mitchell was
stAndiug iu his cell and offered no re.
sistance aDd did not utter word.
Some one In The crowd had rops anu
1t was placed over the brute's ntck anu
the crowd made Tor the door, Mitchell
following al the end.
In going down the steps on the cut
clue OF the jail, Mitchell fell down and
the rope slppeu CT his neck. The
crowd surrouuJed HIM and Jumped on
him like a thousand hungry dogs alter
one bone.
Inc brute was kicked, beaten and
almost killed. Tho rope was quickly
slipped over his head again and rush
made Tor tres in the southeastern
corner Of the court yard In front Of
The court house. The end was throw u
over q strong limb and thousandwl Ill
log HAMS pulled the wretch up. The
end was tied to the iron fence and
Mitchell was LETT hanging there In full
view Of several thousand people, TO
die.
All this was done in a shorter time
than II actually takes to tell the story.
Tina lvnnhln. NJ nh
1880 this morning. The men taking
themselves. 1t Is not known who did
the work, ana the person who ut.
lempts to find out will get himself
into serious trouble.
1t 10 doubtful II Mitchell died from
tue effects Of the hanging. His miser-
able HE had been almost Kicked out Of
him when he fell down. 1t is the
general opinion THAT he was uncon.
seiOus when strung up. His body was
lett hanging for an hour or more and
the people OF the city fiocked to see It..
IL was fiDnlIy drawn down and
placed In an updertaksr's box and lett
lying In the court house yard open 10
public gaze.
Governor Bushnell IL On route here
from Wooster, OHIO, and 10 due at 2:l5
pm.
Two LYNCHERs KILLED.
URBANA, o., June 4.-Never wac
there such calamity In this city as
that which was enacted at 2:30 this
morning. Two men lay dead and six
more seriously wounded with one
more that may die. Since the deplor-
able shooting the people are standing
around the corners sadly and seriously
discussing the awful and appalling
calamity that has just occurred. When
ihe shooting occurred an attempt was
being made By the mob 10 enter the
lail from the rear. The militia was
IN the hall on the second floor AID
Standing at the window. Higius OF
West Liberty and another man had
tledge hammers in their hands and
haa broken the glass in the door Leaf
ing 10 the hall from which the jail Is
entered. Suddenly the militia opened
hte without warning and Higins leil
pack with the exclamation: "My God,
am shuIp Then followed the scene
OF death and destruction that brought
olheis down. One Of the panic-s ricken
ciUEens exclaimed, "No oAe 10 sale
mere except MITCHELL"
IN city OF s,x thousand inhabi-
,anls IL an unusuaily orderly one.
WIKI Its colleges It has always hau
,ne bighs.t reputation but pandemou-
iun reigneu last night.
hsosntly Mrt. Eliza 0aumer, the