The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-16

ly after midnight the gang reached
Wooley Bros store Clifford Gordon
and the sheriffs informant were deSig-
mated to break into the building. Cor
don himself effected an entrance and
grabbed him. THH NIB NIB mbmb b
just as ne stepped inside the sheriff
grabbed him. Both pulled pistols al the
same time and began firing. Bert An
drews was with the robbers and he too
joined in the fusilade while the deputies
| came TO the assistance of the sheriff.
Some thirty shots were fired. The sheriff
was shot through the hand and Gordon
was shot several times. Three pistol
balls entered his body and ne was also
shot in the leg. Gordon and Andrews
succeeded in escaping and came 10 Os-
! good, where they were arrested. The
! robbers had driven out 10 the place in a
| buggy belonging 10 Lyle Levi and from
/ information subsequently, gathered it
was learned that the robbery had been
| planned al the home Of William Jenkins.
The Jail was in chage of William
KEENAN,, Sheriff Bushing's brother-in-
law, the former being at home on ac-
count Of mis- injury. In front of the Jail
proper is the residence and in that were
Acting Jailer KEENAN,, and Robert Bar
ret, William Block and Wensett, depu-
ties
Shortly before o'clock there was a
knock al the door and when KEENAN, and
the others opened the door they were
confronted with pistols in the hands Of
three maskel men and asked 10 turn
over the keys. This they did and then
the mob filed into the Jail. Three Of the
prisoners, Levi, Jenkins and Shuier,
We're on the lower floor, while Gordon
and Andrews were in the upper tier.
Levi and Jenkins and Shuler showed
fight and the former was shot through
the breast, while the skulls Of the two
latter were crushed with a STOOL Ropes
were in readiness and adjusteing moose
around the neck of each, their feet and
hands were pinioned and then the march
began.
They were not carried, but with several
men at the end Of each rope, the five
prisoners were dragged distance of 200
feet 10 a tree, where their bodies were
suspended Ii is said that Levi Jenkins
and Shutter were dead before they reach !
ed the place. Death resulted from hang /
ing in the case of Andrews and Gordon. |
Justice Of the Peace Charles Loswell held
an inquest over the five bodies this morn /
ing.
None of the citizens seem 10 deplore /
the action Of the mob, but, on the con- |
trary, the hanging of three or four more |
members Of the gang is being talked Of. |
No troops have been asked for and the |
citizens say that they are not wanted. /
GOVERNOR MOUNT ENRAGED.
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 15.-Governor |
Mount has sent the following to Sheriff /
of Ripley county:
wire me at once the particulars Of F.
lynching that has occurred in your coun- !
ty. I further direct that you proceed i'm |
mediately with all the power that you .
can command 70 bring 10 justice all par
ties guilty of participating in the murder /
Of the five men alleged to have been !
lynched. Such lawlessness is intolerable |
and all the power of the state, if neces- ,
sary. will be vigorously employed for |
the arrest and punishment Of all parties .
Implicated
(SigneO JAMES 4. MOUNT,
Governor"
indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 15.-Concern- |
ing the lynching al Versailles, Ind, last |
night, Governor Mount said:
The place where the lynching took |
place being remote from railroad or tele-
graph station, have been unable to Sc
cure particulars of the lamentable &C.
currence beyond thei Information con-
veyed by press dispatches. The out
break was wholly unexpected and I had
not the slightest intimat ton of the i'm
pending lawlessness. AS soon as l
learned Of the occurrence, Immediately
wired the authorities Of Ripley county
TO proceed at once and vigorously 10
bring the offenders TO justice / intend
to reinforce this demand by every means
possible, and with all the power a the
command Of the executive officer OF the
state. 1 have sent a representative TO
the scene of the tragedy and intend to
employ every proper effort 10 the end
that no guilty man may escape. The
people Of Indiana are law-abiding, and 1
am confident that 1 shall be cordially
sustained in my earnest purpose TO make
an example of the evil doors in this in
stance that viii long remain as a warn
Ing to other would-oe transgressors.
II is made we'll and IL makes people
well-Hood's Sarsaparilla, the one true
blood purifier