The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-27

Kenyon and he were thrust into the bath
| room off the jail corridor which had an
| iron-barred door. After ten or fifteen min
| utes he saw the five prisoners dragged out.
| He could not tell whether they were all
| dead, but two or three seemed to be throw
| ing up their hands. 1t was dark in the COR
moonlight through the open door and light
| from the lantern which was left in the cell
room Levi was not throwing UP his hands,
He could not see distinctly whether the
| others were throwing up their hands or
whether they were being 1erked up by
humping along the floor. Kenyon was
standing at his side and must have seen
what he saw, said Black.
KENYON'S STORY DENIED.
Yesterday Kenyon said he only saw three
| men dragged out of the cells. BY and by
when all were gone the man who first car
ried the lantern, who opened the doors and
let In the mob, locked the cell and the side
door, throwing the keys on the floor, after
which he unlocked the bathroom, allowing
them to come out, but warning them to
keep quiet for an hour without stirring out
of doors. At that time the man carried
club and a lantern. There was one revolver
in one of his pockets. said Black. but the
other which the lyncher had when he first
entered the jail was not to be seen. They
heard him walk out through the kitchen
and hall, but did not stir for some minutes,
when they crept to the front door, locked 1t
shaking in their beds with fright. An hour
later, about 3:15 o'clock he went out and
gave the alarm, after which he went TO
Shook to feed his horses.
Black was the most calm and collected
of any witness that has yet been on the
stand telling his story in an easy, straight
forward way, answering every $queStion
without hesitation and convincing the UNI
preJudiced that here was an unvarnished,
truthful story of what occurred that night.
He claimed he did not recognize in the man
who did the talking, Who seemed to be d.
recting things, any one he had ever seen
before Blacks story also contradicts that
of Charles Wilson, the attorney, who testi-
fed day or two ago that he heard noise
in the direction of the Jail that sounded like
pounding, and that this was the first in
| timation he had of trouble.
There is a missing revolver mixed up IN
after the crime of one having been found IN
or near the jail. Its recovery might be OF
value to the state: Yesterday Absolom
Hughes, a cousin of the defendant, was
a revolver about the time of the lynching,
and as to what had become of it. AT first
the revolver, but afterwards volunteered
the information that on second thought he
recollected selling it to Frank Bearclough,
or -Bearciaw." That was after the lynch
ing, he said. He fixed the date by the fact
that he was working out road tax at the
time. The night of the. lynching It was
home in a drawer, he declared. He also in
sisted that he was home with his wife the
| night of the lynching.
Stephen schleuter, of Napoleon, was at
home the night of Sept H. he said He did
not see William Kenyon, riding bailin of
the court, who was supposed to be there
that day serving warrants. He did not re-
member seeing Frank Baylor. He saw III.
c.. Danmeyer and Mr.. Hoffmeister that day,
but did not remember seeing them at night.
| He claimed he went to bed at 8 o'clock.
rs it not true" asked the attorney gem
eral, that you, Baylor, DaEmeyer and
Hoffmeister went to Versailles?"
mo, sir"
rs it not true you went to Foreman to
get him and his son-in-law, Adams, to go to
Versailles"
rs it not true you joined with Mr..
Hughes and the others in the lynching of
the men in the county jail?'
d. ]. Glendenning, ticket agent at Osgood
next testified, but knew nothing about the
Here it was announced that the constable
that had been absent since Thursday with
attachments had returned with William
other town in the north part of the county,
at which 1t was claimed at the time part
OF the mob t resided dt Their hearing nfaf WAS n
ished its direct testimony at Bib o'clock
this afternoon. and it is expected the argu-
ments will begin Monday
KETCHAM IS IN EARNEST
Since one of the attorneys for the de-
Tense left here for Osgood the witnesses
have been coming in more rapidly. Seeing
that Mr.. Ketcham was here to stay, if need
be, in order to examine the witnesses whom
he has subpoenaed the word has gone out
for them to come in Mr.. Ketcham is ready
to fight it out on this line if it takes all
spring, but the other side is becoming un-
easy and anxious to have the hearing con-
clCded. They seem to think a witness may
give testimony any moment that will eplode
n mine under their feet The attorneys for
the other side have seemed inclined to be
SARCASTIC at MI. ketcham's expense on ac-
count OF the large number of witnesses he
had subpoenaed, and one of them said the
other day that as about everybody in Kip
ley county was here it would be a good
time to take the census of Cross Plains.
They are more serious now. The most
prominent business men and county Off
Gals stick here with persistency, evidently
already testified, there is no more need of
their presence, but they stay on. The stu
alton Is interesting to outsider.
Mr.. Ketcham has conducted the case
alone since the first day, with the exception
of the examination of Charles Kelly as
Hugh ID, McMullen was ill. Last evening
Mr.. McMullen was taken home To-day
he is reported better, and one of his sons
and his law partner will come here Monday
if Mr.. McMullen is not able to do so. w. S.
CARRIER, the official court Stenographer of
indianapolis, is here taking the evidence.
When the hearing is completed Mr.. Ketch-
am will have transcript made of every
word of testimony offered.
An injustice was done James Mccoy, of
stead of saying he remained at his store
all night the night of the lynching, as it
appeared in the paper, Mr.. Mccoy testified
that he remained at the store until between
10 and IL O'Clock, and then went home.
where he remained all night. The dispatch
seems to have been mangled in the send
ing
The defendant. ...Hez, Hughes. has been
superintendent of the Ripley County Infrm-
airy several terms. He is now about thirty
five years of age, has a wife and children.
His wife has been by his side during the
hearing. Hughes ~clean-shaven, pleas
ing features, dresses neatly and impresSeS
the Spectator as being well-informed, in
telligent man. There is nothing about him
that would ever lead any one to suspect
him of participation in a tragedy like that
of last September. About the same thing
can be said of nearly all the men whose
names have been dragged into the proceed
ings of the last few days. They constitute
the professional and business intelligence
and power of the county. James Mccoy
who Kelly said killed one of the prisoners,
afterward impeaching himself, has one of
the largest business establishments in Os-
good. In reporting his testimony the other
day he was Incorrectly reported as saying
that he spent the night at his store at Os-
good. What he said was that he went home
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