The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-08
CRIME MOST EIENDlSH
bride Torn From Her Husband and As.
Saulted BY Eleven Men.
ALL OF HER ASSAILAaTs IDENTIFIED
Citizens orNcwport wrought up to a
stnte of Great Excitement Prison,
ors Removed TO MnysviIieror SAFETY
-B"reiy Escaped InHiction OF snm.
mnPy Justice.
Cincinnati. O., Oct, r. 1897

ShieinHatl, ", OCT. Z, 1897.
AN angry crowd gathered ab5ut the
courthouse and Jail In Newport, Ky,
Today upon the announcement OF a
shocking assault by eleven men lpon
the wife Of a young switchman recently
married. The sheriff was obliged to
clear the corridors and threats of ven
geance were made.
Thomas Gleason and his wife started
out the Alexandria pike to visit a friend
last night when two men with revoIvers
and representing themselves to be Of
hcers, separated husband and wife and
dragged the shrieking woman into a
neid where eleven men assaulted her.
The penalty for this crime in Kentucky
LIS DEATH
Inc men were given a preliminary
hearing before Justice Bennett, who
held ten of them for the grand jury
without ball. The eleventh has not
yet been identified. Owing to the ex-
cited state of feeling and the insecurity
of the Newport jail, the men were or
dered to be taken to Maysylle for safe
keeping
When the time came for the removal
OF the ten prisoners to the Chesapeake
d Ohio depot to take the train for Mays
Vile. there was such n menacing crowd
about she Jail that the sheriff called
out the entire police force to preserve
order. 1t was with difficulty that the
men were taken to the two wagons
which conveyed them to the depot. The
crowd followed closely after At the de-
pot, and before the train arrived, the
situation grew more threatening. The
crowd jeered the prisoners and shouts of
don't let them get on the train," were
heard. The police finally had to charge
the yelling crowd to prevent a rush at
the prisoners. Fortunately the train
soon came and the prisoners wece safe.
ly embarked.
The prisoners are aged from 19 to 80
years, mostly without employment
Two or three are street peddlcrs and all
are known to the police as a gang going
toge ther and often drunk and disorder
ly. Their names are Dad Nfeiner. Geo.
Frank 13ush-AIiller. Harry Bush-Miller,
direer, Huber Hitler, Edward Hending,
John Shannon, Matt Meiner, John Duh
foss and William Schorle. The one last
arrested. and who is still in Jail await
ing Identification, Is William CroN .Jn.
He will be brought before Mrs. Gleason
tonight The other ten were prompt
ly recognized by Mrs. Gleason i'll the
the crowded court room. The men ex-
hibfted the most reckless brhvado one
or two of them being drunk while in
court.
THE LAST ONE IDENTIFIED.
Newport, Ky, Oct. 7.--OHicial advices
were received by wire from Maysville,
Ky, late tonight are that 10 identified
assailants OF Mrs. Gleason arrived there
safely and were securely jailed. The
sheriff of Campbell county with deputies
and several Newport policemen are at
Maysvil1e There are no visible symp-
toms of dangerous excitement in Mays
Vile tonight. William CroXton, who
was detained at Newport was identified
by Mrs. Gleason tonight as one of her
assailants. He is in Newport Jail, but
Will be taken to MaySville Tomorrow.
Dangerous excitement has subsidized In
Newport for the present at least