The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-16

/ ~ escaping and came to Osgood whore
| tney were arrested. The robbers had
| oiaven out to the place In buggy be.
| fonsing to Lyle Levi ard from Informs.
ton subsequently gathered Il was lea rnos
! that the robbery had been planned at tho
nome of William Jenkins. The two ,a,-
ter were arrested as accessories. All were
taken to the jail at Versailles
fenry Schultz. q years OF aye. was put
IN IAN Tor robbsng the barber shop az Os-
| so'u "st week. Levi was 81 years Of age
Soiuon ~. Andrews 20 and jackson q.
| huc the cluzens have not been able to
~" 'h' various robberies upon these men.
.ney We're thought to be part of gang
.ha' mas committed most of them. When
u became known that they were in jail IL
was oWctly suggested by the victims and
sVmpathisers tina. Justice" be SUMMARY,
iy dealt cut to the prisoners.
IL WAS o'clock this morning when
horstmen seeme,. 20 come from adj PARTS
and d'smcunted at hillside near Yer
sa.Nes. Little time was lost, for the de-
tails had teen prcarranged. The jall was
| w Charge OF William Keenan,, Sheriff
Bush;7g's brother. .n-lsw. the sheriff bc1ne
at nome en- account OF an injury In front
that were Acting JaAer Keenan, and Rob
err HS'rnett. William Block and Ben Wen
eel. dc put'ts.
Shoftly before o'clock there was a
knock at the door. and when Keenan, ana
| .he oihers opened the door they were pre-
sente" with pistols by masked men and
ashe1 To tlrn over the keys This they
! "u. and then the mob filed into the iall.
| ihree of the prisonerS--Levi jenkins and
schuitc-were on the lower floor. while
Horion and Andrews We're In the upper
Tier. Levi jenkins and Schultz showed
night, and the former was shot through
uhe breast. while the skulls OF the two
latter were crushed with a stool. Ropes
were IN readiness. and, adjusting a Moose
| around the neck of each their feet and
| hands were pinioned ana then the march
| pegan. Iney were not carried, but with
SeVcral men at the end of each rope the
ilve prisoners were dragged a distance OF
zoo vards to an elm tree, where their bodies
We're suspended. 1t is said that Levi Jen
| k.ns and Schultz were dead before they
| reached the pace Death resulted from
| hanging in the cases of Gordon and An
| drews. Justice of the Peace Charles Los
| wen neld an inquest over the five bodies
| this morning.
Nohe oil the citizens seem to deplore
| the action of the mob, but on the con-
| beers Of the gang tonight is being talked of
and II may be done. No troops have been
| asked for anG the citizens say none are
wanted
Two men were left In jail-Chasles Kel-
iei, ag.d II. for burglary. and Arthur Nc
Mhi'cn for carrying concealed weapons.
Inc latter was let out on bond tonight.
| McMillen says three of the prisoners were
killed IN jail and enc of tho others all but
| 4, led; The mob came very near taking
| NcMllen out
,S.,l,, IT,
b,est resi'' ence. Besides the one lone
| prisoner, Kelley. the only occupants are
Deputy Ja:ler William Il. Keenan, and his
gard. v liam BLACK. They faced the
while the work of slaughter was done
! But. while the jail is so lightly guarded,
| 1t does not follow that the excited little
| town ts asleep without patrol. Marshal
john Tyler, witt twenty-five deputies. is
| alert against any possible uprising, and
| every rood running into the town is pick
| eted with VIDE awake men. This precau-
| ton Is not taken In anticipation of a Sec
| ond visit by the regulators. The danger
| apprehended IS from another quarter-the
| friends of the lynched men,
No private citizen of Versailles has req
son TO fear personal violence. The danger
| dreaded is arson Rumors are rife of
| threa Is on the part of dhe friends of the
men who were mobbed to even up matters
nv means Of the torch The buildings said
! to be marked for destruction are the jail
| and tie court house. The public Officers
| are also subjects OF THESE lllTeaES, lndl
| is why this little city is disturbed tonight
| and under the closest guard.
| If trouble arises, 1T IS expected from Os-
good which the people of Versailles say
| is the headquarters of the band whose
deprcd1t,ons have been so widespread and
| which rs the home of those who were last
| night so ruthlesSly rushed into eternity.
| Tho feeling between the two PAGES Is
| of the b.tterest and the opinion expressed
here tonight is that there are plenty of
| others in Osgood who deserve the fate of
| the men found dangling to limbs this
| morning. or the many hundreds seen to-
| dav at this place, residents and visitors,
| not one was heard TO express word of
| condo mnatlon OF last nights work. the
| people of Versailles declare that the
| lynchers were all non-residents and that
| not man living in or near town mad amy
| hand IN the slaughter. There IS a general
| underourrent of approval of the deed and
I II Is seid no effort will be made to appre-
| lsand shy one who took part.
The c1roners inquest began To-Day ana
| will lie completed tomorrow. IL was con-
| Quoted Oh lines of strict formality and the
| verde will be that the five men came to
their c.lth at the hands of a mob, the
| ms cnJcrs OF which are unknown.
An Executives INDIGNATION.
indianapolis Ind. September l5.-Gov-
ernor Mount has sent the following to the