The Irish standard., 1897-06-12
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Urbana, D., June Mrs. r. y.
Gaumer, who was assau1ted by Mitchell,
the negro lynohed by the mob last Fri,
day, has issued a card Of thanks to ber
friends for their sympathy during heF,
affection. After speaking Of the mes
sages Of sympathy she has received
from many parts Of the country, she
concludes as follows: >
my heart and the sad hearts Of my
household are In mourning today for tho
aflicted homes Of urbana. Broken hearts
call to hearts equally sad and distressed
with prayer for strength and great so?s
throughout the length and breadth Of this
free land Of ours 60 out in sympathy to
the sorrowing homes in our midst, made
desolat~ by misguided minds. Never did
soldiers on any battle field die for moro
holy and righteous cause than these brave
mothers, daughters and sisters. They
should be looked upon as heroes. as sol
diers willing to spill their blood for the
MRS. T. M. 0AUMER."
The women of Urbana have called
mass meeting for to-day to take meas
ures to make criminal assault on
woman capital crime. A well-tounded
rumor IL circulating that the order to
hre was given to ono man to fire one
shot at the ground, and then through
excitement the fusillade began.
Urbana, O., July THE city has rs-
sumed its normal condition and the
scene has changed entirely. Instead OF
4 negro dangling from tree on tho
most prominent street corner. the ex-
cited populace thronging the streets,
the military and sheriff hiding In the
county fail, the spectacle Of q peace
able community, a fleeing sheriff, q
missing captain and q military COM
pany making themselves scarce II pre-
scnted. The sheriff is universally con-
demned by the people and held respon-
sible for the shooting Of citizens by the
militia. As for the captain, he is con-
demned for ordering the soldiers to
fire, and the boys Of the company for
firing into a crowd of their fellow-oiti-
gems. After their escape from the Jail
the members of the company have not
dared to show their faces, and many OF
them have left the city. A liveryman
took timid squad of them to Spring
field.
L. Adit. Gen. Axline, Col. Charles An.
thony and Adjt. Charles startzman, Of
the Third regiment, reached the city
Saturday night. They were in CONSUL.
tation with Mayor Ganson, Judge Hei-
serman and Deputy Sheriff Milter.
Gen. Axline said that they came over to
look after the property Of the state,
and make some Investigations as to tho
cause Of the firing Of the militia. He
also inquired al, to the danger to tho
officers and soldiers should they return
to the city. He felt that the guards
were acting under, orders and wanted
them to return to, fhe city. He was
told by the officials that, in their opin-
Ion, the feeling r. was: not sufficient
against the guards 70 make their re-
turn dangerous. e.,.,,
It is thought theretls court-martial
in store for somebody over the non
participation of the Springfield COM
pany Of the o. N. CD The company il
et1Au W AaV0 'ooSfA AX Wv sNopVV ""eAV
ing train h,me while the 1ynching
was going on. Fhed Springfield COM
pany was ordered to report to tho sher-
81. They marchad to the Jail, but had
no consultation Mifhs the sheriff. as he
lid not appear, and there Is a question
whether the mayor was authorized to
speak for him in telling them to retire
from the scene.
Capt. Leonard and the local company
will no doubt have to explain why they
ceased to resist after firing into the
mob, and somebody will have to ex-
plain how the keys happened to be
dropped down on to the hall floor from
upstairs after the mob had broken in
the outside door.
!, The sheriff denies responsibility for
the shooting, and SO does the captain.
On the other hand. the citizens assert
that the sheriff himself fred the first
shot. :: ~