Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-06-10

Orbana, o., June 7.-Neyer was
there such a tragedy in this citv as
that enacted at $3.50 this morning. Two
men lay dead and six seriously wound.
ed, with one more that NAV die. since
the deplorable shooting the people are
standing around the corners sadly and
seriously discussing the awful and an.
palling tragedy.
when the shooting occurred an at
tempt was being made by mob to en-.
ter the Jail from the rear. The militia
were in the hall on the second floor
and standing at the windows. Hig.
gins, OF West Liberty, and another man
had sledge hammers in their hands and
had broken the glass in the door lead.
ing to the hall from which the iail is
entered. Suddenly the militia opened
fire without warning, and Higgins fell
back with the exclamation: INV God.
am shotV Then followed the scene
Of death and destruction that brought
others down. The panic-stricken citi.
zens exclaimed: "No one is safe here
but Mitchell.
The city of 5000 inhabitants is an
unusually orderly one. With its col.
leges it has always had the highest
reputation, but pandemOnium reigned
last night.
Recently Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, the
widow of the late publisher of the Ur.
bana Democrat, was criminally as.
saulted by Charles Mitchell, alias
"Click" Mitchell, notorious negro,
who was arraigned last Wednesday,
but his victim was too i'll to appear in
court. The man was taken to her
home for Identification. As he entered
the door she exclaimed: "Hang him!
How dare you face me, you brute?"
In default of bail Mitchell was
locked up in the city prison, but on &C.
count Of the feeling was removed to the
county Jail the same night for safe.
keeping. That night the Jail was sur
rounded by mob that was held back
by the sheriff's posse and the local
company of the Ohio National Guard.
Last night the situation was more
threatening than ever, and Governor
Bushnell was called on for assistance,
but refused to order the militia from
any other place here. This city is only
20 miles from Springfield and 40 miles
from Columbus, from which place
troops could have been transferred, but
it was thought Mitchell could be taken
to the penitentiary quietly.
The grand jury was impaneled yes.
terday and Mitchell was indicted for
criminal assault. Then the crowd was
thrown off the trail by bringing Mitch
ell into court in a soldiers uniform.
Mitchell was scared, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to the limit of 20 years.
The trial latsed only few moments,
and Mitchell wanted to get to the peni-
Tertiary at Columbus quick, but when
the carriage drove up to the Jail the
crowd rushed in to get Mitchell and
lynch him. Another crowd surrounded
the depot. The sheriff remained FORTH
fed in the Jail with his prisoner while
the militia patrolled about the ground.
The crowds would not dispense, and
at $3.50 A. NJ. they broke through the
lines of soldiers and were about enter
ing the Jail when the soldiers opened
fire.
Hon. Daniel II. Gaumcr. publisher
of the GAINESVILLE Signal, and Hon.
Charles Gaumer, formerly publisher of
the Mansfield Shield, are brothers-in-
law of the victim. They are here with
Mrs. Gaumer, who is still in a critical
condition.