The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-06-08
| they found 1000 people surrounding

yard, and were met by Hon. M. Lewis,
who said to Capt Bradbury:
"We don't want you now"
'Who are you?"
81 am the deputy sheriff" replied
Lewis.
There is the sheriff over there"
Pointing to Mayor Canon, who at
that particular moment came forward
from the crowd on the courthouse
steps and proceeded to address the
militia and the crowd. The mayor as
sured the militia that their services
were not wanted; that the people
were law-abiding and would assist him
in preserving order; that the company
could leave the courthouse yard and
when their services were needed he
would send for them. The Spring
field company, without waiting for
further orders, marched down street
to the depot without as much as the
sheriff. seeing them. The local mill
tary company had previously refused
to serve longer and went to the second
story of the sheriff's residence and
tried to sleep.
With no resistance offered, the crowd
at once made rush for the side door,
two strong and determined men kick
ed it down in short order, and gained
admission to the jail, the crowd fol-
lowing. There were plenty of sledge
hammers, chisels and other tools in
the crowd, and the men went to work.
Part of the crowd had previously
forced themselves upstairs into the
private apartments of the sheriff,
and after looking about found a bunch
of keys, which had been hid away and
which proved to be the keys to the
Jail The crowd got into the Jail in
short order. They did not wait to un-
lock the door to Mitchells cell, but
burst the lock with a sledge hammer
and the door soon flew open. Mitchell
was standing in his cell and offered no
resistance and did not utter a word.
Some one in the crowd had a rope and
it was placed over the brute's neck,
and the crowd made for the door,
Mitchell following at the end.
In going down the steps on the out
side of the Jail, Mitchell fell down and
the rope slipped off his neck. The
crowd surrounded him, jumped on him
like thousand hungry dogs after one
bone.
The brute was kicked, beaten and
almost killed right then and there.
The rope was quickly slipped over his
head again and rush was made for
tree in the southeastern corner of the
courthouse yard in front of the court
house. The end of the rope was
thrown over good strong limb and a
thousand willing hands pulled the
wretch up. The end was tied to the
iron fence and Mitchell was left hang
ing there in full view of several thou
sand people. to die the death he had
brought upon himself.
All this was done in shorter time
than it actually takes to tell the story.
The lynching took place at about 7:2O
Friday morning. The men taking
part in it made no attempt tie disguise
themselves, but it is not known who
did the work, and the person who at
tempts to find out will get himself into
serious trouble. This much is known,
however, they did their work well and
that is all the people wish to know.
1t IS doubtful if Mitchell died from
the effects of the hanging. His miser-
able life had been almost kicked out
of him when he fell down. If any life
remained in his carcass it was stran-
gled out. 1t is the general opinion
that he was unconscious when strung
up. His body was left hanging for an
hour or more and the people of the
- a Il -
people came to witness the spectacle.
1t was finally cut down and placed in
an undertaker's box and left lying in
the courthouse yard open to public
gaze.
COLUMBUS, O., June 5.-A special to
the Dispatch from Urbana, o., says:
Sheriff McLain says he telegraphed
to Gov Bushnell at 10 p. NJ. Thursday
night for more military. The gov
ernor replied that local power must be
exh austed first After the shooting
the sheriff asked again for help. He
received no reply. but learned that a
Springfield colored company had been
ordered to come. The sheriff had the
colonel at Springfield order white
company in place of the Negroes.
Gov. Bushnell returned here at $3.50
p. m. Friday. He exhibits kilograms
showing he ordered support to Urbana
when asked for it.
URBANA, o., June s. -Four prisoners
escaped while the mob was taking
Mitchell out to hang him.
The coroner returned a verdict in
the case of Mitchell that he ''came to
his death by hanging in the court
house yard at the hands of an infuri-
ated mob, whose names are to me un-
known"
At 8 p. m. the body of the Negro was
removed from the courthouse yard in
Undertaken Humphreys wagon, and
the information was given out that a
DIR. Meyers would be here from Column
bus after him for one of the medical
colleges.
CINCINNATI, June 5.-After thrilling
ride through "a gauntlet of people who
sought his life Capt. Leonard who
commanded the company of militia at
Urbana, arrived in this city Friday
evening.
A great deal of bitterness exists in