Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-06-11
FIRED ON THE MOB.
Militia at Urbana, o.. FILLED Two
Persons and Wounded Nlne
to Protect Oolored
Prisoner.
CHAS. MtTOHELL HANGED.
BIoodshed Gould Not Deter the
Inturlated People from Lynch
in0 HIM

he Ohio n ,tlonal Guards in de
feuse of Charles alias 'Glics
Mitchell, aged twenty three years
Mitchell was in the jail here await
lug transportation to the C1lumbu
p-nitentiary where he was to s-rv
twenty years Tor felOnious assault
on Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, aged abOu
forty five years, owner OF tn
Champaign Democrat, loca
newspaper.
Notwithstanding the militia th,
mob flually broke INTO the jail
aud lyuched Mitchell. He wa
strung up TO tree IN the court
house yard.
All those who were shot dowi
| by the militia we're lnnOceD
spectators of the scene OF excite
mrnt and we're rot assisting th'
| nchers.
Urbana is in the central western
part Of OHIO. 1t Is forty niles
west of COlunbus; fifty miles east
of the Indiana line and is the
county seat of Champaign county.
OAe week ago today Mrs. GAu
mer was assaulted by Mitchell al
her home in this town near tht
courthouse. Keenly realizing bel
position, she requested her son to
announce that she was assaulted
for robbery. 1t was stated thai
Mitchell attempted to force hel tC
slgn a certified check for $500.
But as Mrs. u iumers cOndit'
ion bee ime more serious tue facts
become known and it was stated
that as a result of tue assault she
had contracted a terrible disease,
Mitchell was first arrested tor
robbery, but last "Wednesday was
arranged for felonions assault.
Mrs. Gdumer was unable to APP
p ar IN court aud the hearing was
held at her home. AS Mitchell
entered her room she exclaimed:
The brute! hang it! ii Nv
dare you face me again, you brnl'
Soon after this there was talk
of Iynching. Crowds surrounded
the jnl Wednesday night and the
sheriff aud the local militia had
trouble in protecting the prisoner
Yesterday a grand jary was in
panelrd aud it soon returned an
Indictment against Mitchell. The
prisoner disguised in a sOlGicI''
unltorm, was brought at night
| fi0 II the Jail into court. Be waived
the reading OF the Indictment
pleaded guilty and was promptly
sentenced to twenty years IN the
penitentIdTy the maximum punish
ment for his crime in this State.
Az the night wore on the moi
Increased, and the shouts and muir
mnrings indicated that it WAS Ii
deep earues,nesS. Inside the Al
the sheriff, his deputies and QUE
company Of militia, fOrty-6v'
strong, were posted to the hes
advantage fox * was appa 'eDt tina
GRIN work would be necessary Il
protect the stretch, who cCweie'
in his cell az the angry roar OF TN
mob surged aud rose on the air.
At 1 O'Clock IN the morning
there were signs that the mol
was preparing 10 attack, but he
fuse of lack Of organization ant
Ileadersh p the move did not M
terlallze until nalf an hour later.
1t was 1,30 o'clock when TIT
first attack was ma'e on the II
and the military began firing
lOter twenty volels were poured
into the crowd and the mob wa'
rApulsed leaving two killed anC
nine wounded. The range was
close but the soldiers fired wildly
Of the killed and wounded
nearly all we're on the outskirts o.
TIE mass Of men, and those In
direct line of f,e escaped. The
volley drove the crowd back a
little way, When the bodies of the
killed were picked up in the court
house square it made the croSd
even more furious.
After the dead and wounded
had been cared for, the crowd
rallied. Governor Bushnell had
been asked for more troops, and
before Z a, m. a company from
Springfield arrived. Then the lrca'
company was with drawn + on
he jail.
Mayor GdnsOn met the Spring.
field company on its vay from II g
depot and sent the troops bt k
sa, ing they were not waited. 7 g
mob seeing the way open broke
for the Jail, No force vas needed
as Sheriff McLain delivered the