The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05

Mob attacked jail. Opened Arc. Three killed.
My force Is inadequate. Send assistance at
Ali night long tho crowds stayed about tho
jail. cursing the militin, and doubly cursinR the
his coll in abIect fright. As dawn came mcn and
women began to come In from tho surrounding
fFS po n time ref 70 t tiS ef il seemed aaa dPrsSpppp apparent rent that an:
other attack was about TO be made on the jail.
citizens took turns in addressing tho mob, coun.
selling moderation and urging that tho law DO
upheld; o,r Tho h"or tSsmP PER OF nn the d STSw oor was s,t mullen;
further ATTEMPT ut VIOLENCE was delayed.
A $50 o,cloSk a , snail Boy came s rushing
".Tho soldiers arc coming from tho trnin!' he
cried.
toward tho station. Coming down the street in
steady columns, with the sunlight cleaning ON
il OF Springfield, capt. Brndbury In command.
sent in response TO Tho sheriff. request.
num %S s8i%s0f now %"' over s,oo6 men. Ths sitHa;;
tion ,was critical The mob noia,o didn't 1hroD give
m insI;. but 1op pIo'f Br.S aSS4y t aSs 'f in 81 q 'nnShaSg.
liz saw thnt. tho slightest force on the
part g"rs Of the w milisi" T ioy%ea G a6eEr % %SS" th a o afSSd thu
men close up to the 's MaisIis and nnmG p q ing them frsm
tho soldiers began o,look ugly. Mayor Ganson
ran F up {, @o SHsp s,E sgI nd Sssk, or I won. be ropon,l.
BILE for the conscquoncesi T. he cried.
Capt. bradbury wa Aver i, Then gave wSos The eo ons
u1Hnu 10 TVIlTt. pbihiSlb "hOtioh hhh
marched back to tho station and TOOK a train for
Springfield.
mem ZEN shsrifr Mccain had sent the Grbana
guardsmen upstairs II the Jail; the plan being
SoT p,a of ,b iso ,s sRr'HWTEhs WHEN @ Gom in .Ho d '0 went e Saet
to Springfield 1t loft the lower cell block of the
jail a:l !. Which 81 IN, lhs }EsaSjns Citizens MG y nn IF TsSsSa aa.
dressed tho crowd from, the courthouse steps
again. advising. the people to permit the negro
to be taken to Columbus TO serve out his sen.
tencc. Tho speeches were no sooner finished
than the crowd made II break for the jail. Tho
house. had stacked ths,r arms. and when tho
crowd came on tho militiamcn watched tho AS.
the mob. -,
It was an easy victory for tho crowd. They
broke into the Jail, swnrmcd up the stairs,
smashed the cell door where Mitchell was CON
fined and dragged the trembling wretch out into
the iifA ScS Of a"y ;,a Sy a M THP' his aso@ %iot h's nS Safi
torn from his body by the frantic mob. tho negro
fought with The ;iesrcration OF a mailman; With
that no fewer than scvcA men went down before
1t was worse than tho old Indian gauntlet
running. for there was sure de nth at the end,
without even the shadow OF II chance that tho
negro WIS dragged between solid rows of infu-
rated men and women. who fought one another
the wretch. spat upon hiI = kicked him. tore
piecces OF flesh from his body In grabbing his
crowd and d" dealt it him a terrible blow on the head
with a ham,ner. Don kill him until we hang
him y cried the others IN mtld rcproOf.
slung over a branch twenty-five feet high. 4
dozen Iairs of hands grasped the rope and
ierked The negro, nov; half unconscious. high up
In the air. They pulled so viciously that tho
wrctch's head struck agnin and again the limb
from which he hung. Blood spurted from his
mouth, ears, and %nostrils. and 1t is as likely that
he was killed by having his brains knocked out
against the branch as by hanging.
Five thousand persons watched the lynching
and chccred 1t on: Many women were in the
nm IN the tree. When there WAS no longer any
doubt that there was n spark OF lite left In the
negro neg t the free aSS end End Of Sod the rope Tns tied ed to the
from the tree for an hour or SO. where 1t was
viewed by thousands OF people, It was then cut
As soon us Mitchell had been lynched and pro-
pUrtic;i ntci in the unlawful proceedings turned
upon their own dead. The question as to who
then ur,,erinost in their minds. 1t was first re-
ported that Capt. Leonard had given the. order.
ANA later it was stated that Sheriff McC!ain
had given it. In consequence. the feeling
against these two gentlemen became SO intense
that 1t was feared that they would suffer bodily
harm. In fact, threats OF vengeance were heard
on all sides. and tho Sheriff and Captain. who
were not without friends. were assisted 10 es-
cape, and their whereabouts at this writing is
unknown. The greater. part of the day they
,h%;s b Kept prisoners in the jail afraid to show
The condition of Mrs. Gaumer is said to be
very, critical tonight. the exciting events OF the
Gaunieri ia about 40 years of age. and n sister
in'iaw o, ex.s.ato Senator Dan Ga1mcr, editor
few years ago. and she has continued the publ
cation of the paper which he edited.
to 10 with his body. and even disclnim relation.
ship to the dead man. His fathe: is in tho Day
t co,c %"r ri serving lId : T. snntenre Tor rnrryinS
In the matter.
The Legislature a year ago. passed a law pro-
Viding that in case OF I%ynChing by mObs the
county in which it occurred should be liablc TO
the in family Or or oos sarTTiving relatives OF the
presumed sthat The relatives know Of the
by Harry smith. tt colorcd member of the Lcgis.
iatarS ron Gmyahosa COUNT, and was spE-
State q short time before that.
Gov: bushnell has been absent from Columbus
1Gr n'T Eosas @syi IS in nv wn nsI h o sGS aaa iic 'S Siiis =;
has been in charE" OF one OF the clerks. who has
s been sGtinE Gg.sTnE :, Coy, i n.IhnGll is teins
apprehcnd, or rather could not 10 made to un-
derstanh, the impending danger and send sufl-
was i its highest in June sal, Gov. Mckinley
sent the entire militia OF the state to the scene.
about 800" men,. There WAS no loss OF life and
no OFT great a@str,I",ion Of FToper,y,
tonight to The effect that u delegation OF Cr-
bsna citizens had cm;led on Coy. Bushnell this
from Wooster. and asked that he send one or
more companies o; militia to Crbana to protect
sS aer r, M 4 [rom and h, Capt 1ncI Lc S%}rS e Inc e:
h'''H 'tbtN Ao IL CHlI
embittcred against these officials.
Gov. Bushnell admitted that n delegation of
Urbana citizens had called at his office. but de-
nicd that they made any such request, and said
their mission WAS of an entirely differ
ent nature. lie sail he hnd been In
formed that sheriff McClnin md Capt. Leonard
had stolen away from Urbana hccn use OF The
feeling against them and TINT they would not
return until affairs had resumed their normal
condition. The Governor said that he had re-
ceivcd a telephone message from Crbana about
2 o'clock this evening to the effect that the
crowd had d%isrcrscd and that things were quiet
Ing down. The Governor SAYS that he nntici-
patcs no further trouble and that no additions
troops will be ordered to Urbann.
Gov. Bushnell says the attempt to make politi-
during, this trouble viii fail. as he was in Just
as good n position Mt Wooster 10 keep nd vised OF
the situation at Crbana as he would have been
here. and that he Is entirely satisfied with the
course he has pursued.
.Adlt..tien. Allinc has been absent from the
city during the trouble. Acting GOV. Hampton.
executive clerk, and IA clerk from the Adjutant-
Generals department remained at the Govern.
ors office until . o'clock this morning. and