The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-16
Five Men, Charged With Bur-
glary, Hanged in Indiana.


men, no one of them charged with a
more serious offense than burglary,
were hanged here at an early hour this
morning by MOI Of determined men,
with the fixed purpose in mind of end
ing, at no matter wat cost, n leign Of
terror inaugurated by a sang of law
less bandits. There Was no positive
proof that the men lynched were MEN,
bers Of the gang, but suspicion attach
ed to them, and terrible vengeance was
taken upon those who could be reached
for a long series Of exasperating Of
fenses. The victims oe the mob were:
LYLE LEVI, 81 years old.
BERT ANDREWS, 80 years old.
CLIFFORD GORDON, 22 years old.
WILLIAM JENKINS, q years old.
HENRY SCHUYLER, q years o.d.
The whole! day has been one Of in
tense excitement. The dangling bodies,
discovered this morning, first told tn.
tale to many inha oi.ants of this it
tie village, and the news spread with
wonderful rapiditv III day people
from the surrounding country have
crowded in and sl<,l throngs have
never before been seen upon the streets
of Versailles.
That an unusual state OF feeling ex-
listed is shown by the determination of
the mob which led IT to the ferocity
Of first killing three Of the r1en in jail
and then dragging the living and dead
together and hanging them to tre
same tree. 1t is notable, too, that
there was an absence Of such outra sc
as usually arouses a fnob's vengeance
no murder was charged against tie
victims but their death was decreed
because of long suffering from rob
berries, some of which were accom-
panied by torture OF the victims Tie
excitement of the day was not lessen
ed by the suppressed hints that more
objects of the peoples wrath would be
made to suffer in the same way
Two men were left in. Jail, Charles
| Kelly, aged fourteen, for burglary, and
| Arthur Mcmillan, for carrying con-
| cealed weapons. Tie latter was let
out tonight on bond. Mcmillan says
| three of the prisoners were killed in
| the Jail and one of the others almost
| killed there. The mob came very near
taking Mcmillan out At a late hour
| tonight Kelly was taken from the Jail
and lodged at the hotel under guard.
After Mcmillan had been released Kel-
| ly was the sole occupant of the cell
| part of the Jail. The horrors of last
night so preyed upon his mind that he
| was overcome by nervous fright, and.
| calling Deputy Sheriff Herman, begged
piteously to be taken. out tonight. The
| matter was referred to Circuit Judge
New, who gave the desired order.
Tonight the jail is as quiet as the
humblest residence. Beside the one
| lone Observation-Disclosures only other
| occupants are Deputy Jailer William
| E. Herman, and his guard, William
| Black. They faced the mob last night
and were quickly disarmed and locked
| was done. But While the Jail is so
| lightly guarded, it does not follow that
| the excited little town is asleep with
| out patrol Marshal John e. Tyler,
who has twenty-five deputies sworn, is
alert against any possible surprise, and
every road running into town is pick
| eted with wide awake men.
This precaution is not taken in an
ticipation of a second visit by the reg
] ulators.
The danger apprehended is from an
other quarter, the friends of the lynch
ed men. No private citizen of Versail-
les probably has reason to fear from
| personal violence. The danger dreaded
is arson. Rumors of threats made on
the part of the friends of men who
were mobbed to even up matters by
4 Hl6duS Ol lIlS lOICn dIG dhOdl. lC
| buildings said to be marked for de-
struction are the Jail and court house.
The public officers are also subjects of
these threats. That is why this little
city is disturbed tonight and under
| closest guard. If trouble comes it is
| expected from Osgood, which, the peo-
| pie of Versailles say, is the head
| quarters of the band whose depreda-
tions have been widespread and which
| is the home of those who were last
| night so ruthlessly swung into eternity.
| The feeling between the two places is
| of the bitterest, and the opinions ex-
| pressed here tonight is that there are
| plenty of others in Osgood who deserve
| the same fate of the five found dang
| ling to limbs this morning. Of the
many hundreds seen today at this
place, residents and visitors, not one
was heard to express a word of con-
demnation of last nights work. The
people of Versailles declare that the
lynchers were all nom residents and
that not man Gvingsin or near the
town had any hand in the slaughter.
There is a general under current of ap-
proval of the deed and it is said that
no effort will be made to apprehend
any one who took part. The coroner's
inquest began today and it will be COM
pleted tomorrow. 1t was conducted on
lines of strict formality and the Yer
dict will be that the five men came to
their death at the hands of mob, the
members Of Which are unknown.
Fer Years South srn In 5iana has been
afflicted with lawless gangs. The rail-
Ways and eXpresSs eonsnanieS broke up