The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-06-10
they found 1000 people surrounding

they lounu 2,Uou people surrounding
the Jail.
1he company marched into the Jail
yard, and were met by Hon. M. Lewis,
who said to Capt. Bradbury:
"We don't want you now"
'Who are you?"
81 am the deputy sheriff." replied
Lewis.
There is the sheriff over there"
Pointing to Mayor Cannon, who at
that particular moment came forward
from the crowd on the courthouse
steps and proceeded to address the
militia and the crowd. The mayor as
sured the militia that their services
were not wanted; that the people
were law-abiding and would assist him
in preserving order; that the company
could leave the courthouse yard and
when their services were needed he
would send for them. The Spring
field company, without waiting for
further orders, marched down street
>to the depot without as much as the
sherry seeing them. The local mill
tary g 'pany had previously refused
to serve ger and went to the second
story of the sheriffs residence and
tried to sleep.
With no resistance offered, the crowd
at once made rush for the side door,
two strong and determined men kick
ed it down in short order, and gained
admission to the Jail, the crowd fol-
lowing There were plenty of sledge
hammers, chisels and other tools in
the crowd, and the men went to work
Part of the crowd had previously
forced themselves upstairs into the
private apartments of the sheriff,
and after looking about found bunch
of keys, which had been hid away and
which proved to be the keys to the
Jail. The crowd got into the Jail in
short order They did not wait to un-
lock the door to Mitchelrs cell, but
burst the lock with sleage hammer
and the door soon flew open. Mitchell
was standing in his cell and offered no
resistance and did not utter a word.
Some one in the crowd had a rope and
it was placed over the brute's neck,
and the crowd made for the door,
Mitchell following at the end.
In going down the steps on the out
side of the jail Mitchell fell down and
the rope slipped off his neck. The
crowd surrounded him, jumped on him
|, like thousand hungry dogs after one
| bone.
The brute was kicked, beaten and
almost killed right then and there.
The rope was quickly slipped over his
| head again and rush was made for a
| tree in the southeastern corner of the
courthouse yard in front OF the court
house. The end of the rope was
thrown over good strong limb and a
thousand willing hands pulled the
wretch up The end was tied to the
iron fence and Mitchell was left hang
ing there in full view of several thou
sand people, to die the death he had
brought upon himself.
All this was done in shorter time
than it actually takes to tell the story.
| The lynching took place at about 7:2O
Friday morning. The men taking
| part in it made no attempt tie disguise
| themselves, but it is not known who
| did the work, and the person who at
| tempts to find out will get himself into
| serious trouble This much is known,
however, they did their work we'll and
, that is all the people wish to know
1t is doubtful if Mitchell died from
the effec is of the hanging. His miser-
able life had been almost kicked out
of him when he fell down. If any life
remained in his carcass it was stran-
| gled out 1t is the general opinion
that he was unconscious when strung
up. His body was left hanging for an
hour or more and the people of the
city hocked to see it. All classes of
people came to witness the spectacle.
t.
an undertaker's box and left lying in
the courthouse yard open to public
gaze.
| COLUMBUS, O., June 5.-A special to
the Dispatch from Urbana o. says:
Sheriff McLain says he telegrs pned
to Gov. Bushnell at 10 p. IN. Thursday
night for more military. The gov
| ernor replied that local power must be
eXha first After the shooting
the sheriff asked again for help. He
received no reply, but learned that a
Springfield colored company had been
ordered to come. The sheriff had the
colonel at Springfield order white
company in place of the Negroes.
u Gov. Bushnell returned here at $3.50
p. m. Friday. He exhibits kilograms
showing he ordered support to Urbana
when asked for it.
URBANA, O., June 5-Four prisoners
escaped while the mob was taking
Mitchell out to hang him.
The coroner returned verdict in
the case of Mitchell that he ''came to
his death by hanging in the court.
house yard at the hands of an infuri-
ated mob, whose names are to me un-
known"
At 8 p. m. the body Of the Negro was
removed from the courthouse yard ir
Undertaken Humphreys wagon, and
the information was given out that a
DIR. Meyers would be here from Colum.
bus after him for one of the medical
colleges.