The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-16
CAUSE OF THE LYNCHING.
Some of the Outrsg ges the Gang Has
Been Connected With.


Special 70 the indianapolis formal.
OSGOOD, Ind, Sept. 15-An unusual
number of robberies during the last few
months is responsible for the lynching last
night. The gang has terrorized this COM
munity with waylayings and burglaries un-
til people in Osgood were actually afraid
to be on the streets at night Strangers
who came to Osgood were sure to be
marked and if they did not get out Of town
before night they would be knocked down
and robbed. There have been several of
such cases and in one instance recently
one of the victims was shot.
About six weeks ago four masked men
entered Herman Cammon's home near Mi
Ian, beat Cannon insensible and robbed
the house while Mrs. Cannon and their
daughter, Mrs. Butts. of Osgood. stood by
in terror. Schuter was supposed to be in
the gang and Dr. Alexander Joseph and his
son, Peter Joseph, of Osgood, were arrested
and discharged on the preliminary hearing.
Mrs. Butts claimed she knew DIR. Joseph
by his voice. He was her physician in Os-
good and had learned that Mr.. Cannon
had come to town to get $500 from her
divorced husband. Andrews and Schuter,
two Of the lynched men, gave evidence for
DR.. Josephs alibi in his case. Bert An
drews and Clifford Gordon, who were
wounded in the fight with the sheriff Sat-
urday night at Correct, and who then
capped to their homes here, called DR.. Jo-
seph to dress their wounds and his order
that they were unable to be removed to Jail
was overruled by the officers on Sunday.
To-day DR.. Joseph accosted Pete Hostut-
Ter, the detective who trapped the gang.
and Hostutler knocked Joseph flying Later
John Johnson, a witness for the lynched
men on their preliminary hearing yesterday
and friend of the gang, also accosted
Hostutler and was knocked down and had
three ribs broken on the street here.
Hostutler has been in this vicinity for
year, coming here from Upton county. He
is pugilist and whipped "Bunk'' Levi, a
son of Tom Levi, a few months ago. Hos
tutler easily worked himself into the conf
dence of the gang and went with them
to rob the store at Correct Saturday night.
He first notified the sheriff and yesterday
gave his evidence without fear. His life
was said not to be worth anything after
that and merchants who had employed him
to get in with the gang made up a purse
to get him safely away.
Hostutler had also whipped the McMillin
boys, who live in the country and have
been in several scrapes. Charles McMillin
was in the cell with Bert Andrews when
the mob visited the Jail last night.
The people have been waiting for months
for an opportunity to clean out the entire
gang. 1t had been generally talked that
when they got them all in Jail the lynching
would happen. The mob is said to have
been made up of citizens from Milan, Elrod.
Correct, Versailles and Osgood Although
Lyle Levi had not been connected
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night affair at Correct, his gen.
eral reputation and his association at
dances and sporting events with the gang
of young toughs, made him practically one
of them and there was no surprise that he
was strung UP with the others. Mrs. Jen-
kins, whose husband was lynched is in Jail
at Versailles. She is a niece of LYLE I a,d