The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-05

CRBASA. o.. June 4--After a night the
Ike Of which never before was experienced
/. By an Ohio town, Click" Mitchell the
| eoiored assailant of Mrs. Eliza Gaumer
/ was hange<. By an infurated mob. In the
| riot. as already reported. two lives were
| lost. two more will die, and ten citizens
were wounded. AT .:sb a m- Mitchell. the
| cause OF all the trouble. was taken from,
| the Jail by Infatuated citizens and lynched.
The two previous nights and Yesterday
/ predicated the gravest danger. but no such
| results were anticipated as those within
| the five hours from go a. M to 80 a. m.
| today
| The complete list of the dead and
1 wounded is.
| The Dead.
| HARVEY BELL Urbana shot in the
head, instantly killed
| UPON BAKER. farmer resided north OF
| Urbana.
| Fatally wounded.
| WESLEY BOWEN. of Cable. shot in the
| hip.
ZACH wANK. Urhana. shot in the leg
Seriously Wounded.
| DENNIS GRANEY. Urbana, right foot
RICHARD THOMPSON, North Lewis
burg, slight
| s. $. DEALON Urtana prosecuting at
| forney. leg slightly hurt
GUS WEISER, Urhana. In the iace,
| painful
RAY DICKERsoN, Urbana. right arm
| painful.
JOSEPH N. M'KEEvER. Urbana. righ,
| arm. painful.
ROY MCCLURE. Urbana, right arm
painful
Bullets struck the Spectators.
All of the victims were innocent citizens
. who We're sneff tors at fb.l sceue Of fha
| excitement.
IT is feared that Mrs. Gaumer will not
| recover, and several of the injured are In
| serious condition.
Besides the list of casualties, there Is
such intense feeling against some of the
| officials that it will not be wiped out In the
| present generation. and further complica-
| tions are apprehended in the future While
| the past two nights and days have seen
scenes Of iawlessness and bloodshed, yet
the feeling at no time has been so intense
| as IL Is tonight
The bodies OF the citizens who were
I k4led have been tenderly cared for. and
thhir funerals on Sunday will tend to keep
alive the bitter feeling. While the wound
ed are being attended at their homes. sew
erai OF them are crippled for life and will
be living reminders OF the trouble.
Ore week ago today Mrs. Gaumer was
! crinlinaiiy assaulted in daylight at her
| home in this city, near the court house.
The negro was first held for. robbery. hu,
on last Wednesday he was arraigned FOR
criminal assault.
"Hang the Brute."
Mrs. Gaumer was unable TO appear In
court and the hearing was held at her
! home. As Mitchell entered the room she
| rose up and exclaimed:
The brute, Hang him. How dare you
| face me again. you brute?"
And Mitchell was hanged today In full
| view OF Mrs. GaGner's residence. which
| overiooks the court house ard Jail yards
Soon after the Identification OF Wednes-
| day. At Mrs. Gaumer's home. there was
| talk oe a daylight iynching. Crowds sur
rounded the jail that night. and the sher-
III and local militia had trouble In pro-
| tecting the prisoner Yesterday when ar
| attempt was made to take Mitchell 10 the
! prison on the 10 o'clock train TO serve q
! twenty-year term. the crowds were about
| the court house and Jail When the car
| racc drove ur the crowd made rush
for the iail. The military drove them hack
| but the crowd increased In fury as well
| as In numbers. SO that Sheriff McI.ain and
| the troops had all they could do TO hold
the Jail. and the trip to Columbus was
/ given Up. Large crowds had also sur
| rounded the depot so as TO make sure that
| Mitchell was not taken away.
Al l.sa A. m the first attack made on
the ta!l. dozen men mounted the rear
steTs OF the jail and two If them used
sle6ges on the doors. The local militia
| company was under arms on the inside,
with Sheriff McIain ana his deputies.
Cant George ". Leonard then stepped
out ana said.
~ will give you three minutes 10 dis
psrse II you do not do 50. must fire.
| The crowd generally believed that Sher-
III &zA 81 al qrfT
! rroops to fire and they dispersed. but when
| the attack was renewed on the rear door
OF the Sail the firing took place. Over
twenty vollevs were poured into the crowd
Most OF the wounded persons were fnno-
cent spectators. beyond the lines cs The
mob Bell and Higgins were killed IN
stantIy and when their bodies we're picked
up In the courthouse square Il made tht
crowd furious.
After the dead ana injured had been
cared for the crowd rallied II was day
light soon after a. IN. and the streets
we're crowded with worklngnen and OH
e~s long before Z a. n. Every body In the
city was out when the isuohing occurred
and III The bright daylight no masks wers
worn The local militia. which DID ne
{ shoct&-g haa been on duty TIVE nights
Gov. Bushnell had been asked for mors
trooysH during the night. and before 2. n
a company from Springfield had arrived.
w tNuru ~ tsH fae 1St'.
Crowds greeted the soldiers with hoot-
fngs ana insulting remarks. Mud bats
were thrown al the soldiers Women sp-
peared on 1ha streets IN large numbers
ard their prew&snse seemed 10 hss an tncen-
sixS 10 the mob 20 agsugs n some InsiEnc;
The outrage Oh Mrs tsau.ner- The excite
men, sxAs growing so fazs that anoths'
/ CLASH between tae troops and tins csslze7.
seemed inevlt a bic. Just ihsn the local cf5sai
. psav was Withdrawn from TIE jail. As got
! Canton net the Springfield COMPANY ~
route from TIE desot. and Sent 'eese troop
! hsek SAVING saey w~rS Tot wanted
The mob seeing the vay open. then Sc
/ cared a large sleage hammer and crokt
] for taA jsIL The hammer wAs rot n%eo
. "a - Shesaa McL-ain delivered the ksFs
/ and re erurzd seon found Aiten*1s 5 cesa
/ A rope Res rhrown 0vsr AstCse{gs head
/ aud he Was dragged out. receiving ssfns
/ kicks ard bsoxs When The n@Ter a0e'
J vas reached thr moose slipped ssG. fa'
! sylvester Zimmerman tied u again -
! securely as 30 receive the cheers Of fns
/ crowd The rnpe was then thro~E owes
I ers ~ tAe ssg.las ~ a tree So n corner o.
: the yNrG Mitchell wss Serse1 ap 2na
/ his head struck flrne and then hss neei
| was hvukem ard has hct;y drapgeE 10 ta'
ground Tia crowd repeated the ts.k