Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-06-05
CRIMINAL.
A Negro RaviSher LynChed.
An Ohio Town in Desperate Ex-
citement.

COLUMBUS, Jnne "a speclal uls-
patch from .Urbana, o., says: CLICK
Mitchell, the negro brute, has paid
the penalty of his foul crime with
his life. An outraged people haYe
taken the law into their owu nds,
meted out the punishment he so
richly deserved and obeyed the COM
mand and wish of his PROSTATE, and,
as announced, dying victim. The
sensational and unfortunate events
of the night intensified the feeling
against Mitchell, if it were possible,
and the determination had been gen.
eral that the brute should meyer
leave the town alive.
After the firing of the militia on the
crowd of spectators during the early
morning hours, Governor Bushnell or
dered company E. of the Third infan-
try, of Springfield, to come here at
once. The Springfield militia arrived
here at 7:I0 this morning, and LETT
their special train on the outskirts OF
the city near the waterworks. AS
they marched toward. the court house
the crowds greeted the soldiers with
hootings and insulting remarks, and
mud balls were thrown at them.
Women appeared on the streets in
large numbers, and their presence
seemed to be incentiveto the mob to
revenge in some manner the outrage
tO Mrs. Gaumer. The excitement
was growing so fast that another
clash between troops. and citizens
seemed inevitable.
When the company, thirty-siX-strong,
under Captain Bradbury, reached the
Jail they found 5000 people there.
They marched into the Jail yard, and
were met by Hon. NJ. Lewis, who said
to Captain Bradbury:
1--WE don't want you now"
"Who are you?" asked the captain.
81 am a deputy sheriff." replied
Lewis
"There is the sheriff over there"
pointing to Mayor GansOn, who came
forward from the crowd on the court
house steps and proceeded to address
the militia and the crowd.
The mayor assured the militia that
their services were not wanted, that
the people were law-abiding and
would assist him in preserving order,
the company could leave the court
house yard and that when their SER
vices were needed he would send for
them.
The Springfield company, without
waiting for further orders, marched
down the street to the depot, without
the sheriff seeing them. The local
militia company had previously refused
to serve longer, and went to 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 kicked it down in short order
and gained admission to the Jail, the
crowd following. There were plenty
of sledge hammers, chisels sand other
tools and the mob went to work. Part
of the crowd had previously forced
themselves upstairs into the private
apartments of the sheriff and found
bunch of keys which crowd got into
the Jail in short order. They did not
wait to unlock the door to Mitchell's
cell, but burst the lock with a large
hammer and the door soon flew open.
Mitchell was standing in his cell
and offered no resistance and did not
utter 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 outside
the jail Mitchell fell down and the
rope slipped off his neck. The crowd
surrounded him and jumped on him
like a thousand hungry dogs after
bone. The brute was kicked, beaten
and almost killed
The rope was quickly slipped over
his head again and rush made for
tree in the corner of the court yard.
The end was thrown over a strong
limb and thousand willing hands
pulled the wretch up. The end was
tied to the iron fence and Mitchell
was left hanging in full view, of sew
eral thousand people, to die.
All this was done in a shorter time
than it takes to tell the story. The
lynching took place at about 1880 yes
terdry morning The men taking
part in it made no attempt 80 dis
guise themselves. 1t is not known
who did the work and the person who
attempts to find out will get himself
into serious trouble.
1t is doubtful if Mitchell died from
the effects of hanging. His miserable
life had been almost kicked out when
he fell down, 1t is the general min