The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-17
SOME OTHER NAMES MENTIONED
AMONG THEM ARE THOSE OF HENRY
DANIELS AND HARVEY KING.
A Witness Complains to Judge Baker
that He Has Been Threatened
Yesterdays Proceedings.

tention of the plaintiff Is TO prove by the
testimony that the formation of the mob
which hanged Tyler was a matter of such
notoriety that Ii would have been impos-
sibie for the sheriff not to have heard of
1t. All OF the witnesses examined yesterday
were asked IL they knew who were in the
mob, or II they had any suspicious of any
one who might have been a member of
the mob. Both sides seem to be anxious
TO discover. II they can. the names OF any
Of the members of the mob that lynched
Tyler.
Each witness when asked IL he knew any
of the members of the mob would reply
with great alacrity that he could not name
a single member of 1t. These somewhat
stereotyped answers were becoming some
what monotonous to every one present,
when the plaintiff called his star witnesses,
Charles Thomas and his father, Hezekiah
Thomas. who completely reversed the order
Of things by the disclosure in their testi-
mony of the names of two men whom they
declared were the leaders and organizers Of
the mob.
Charles Thomas declared that his father
had told him that Henry Daniels and
Harvey King were making up the mob and
that If he was asked to join 1t his father
wanted hin. to keep out of it. Hezekiah
Thomas, when called to the stand, said that
the testimony of his son was substantially
correct. Said he: "One Sunday Harvey
King and Henry Daniels came by my
house and told me that they had been up
to Scottsburg. / asked them how the folks
were getting along (meaning Tyler and his
Wife, and they told me that everything was
going on all right, and they asked me about
the lynching business. and then 1 said that
i wasn't going 10 have anything to do with
1t. Then Daniels began to haul in and be-
gan asking me about certain roads, say
ing that he was afraid that he would get
lost" When asked particularly as to the
language of Daniels, Mr.. Thomas said: HE
asked me how stood, and then he told me
that they were going to lynch Tyler" Aside
from these two witnesses there was moth
ing developed that would tend to throw
much light on the identity of any members
Of the mob which hanged Tyler.
SCOTT COUNTY'S CLERK.
The first witness to be called yesterday
morning was Noble J. Hayes, clerk of Scott
county. He testified that he gave a certi-
fed copy of the sheriff's bond to the plaint-
ms attorney but that he had made some
changes In 1t since he came here. He said
he added the name Of Asbury Tull. The
record disclosed the fact that the name
of A. Tull had been erased about two weeks
before. The clerk said the name of Mr.
Tull had been erased from the sheriff's bond
because Mr.. Tull had never made any ac-
acknowledgement OF his name as surety and
was not erased In contemplation of the
suit. He also produced the report of the
grand jury that made the first investigation
or the death of Marion Tyler. This report
disclosed the fact that Isaac A. Bridge
water. one of the defendants in the suit,
was member of the grand jury.
The son Of Sheriff Goblin testified that he
was a deputy sheriff under his father, and
on the night Of the lynching he was asleep
| in his room up stairs. He was awakened
| by the entrance into his room of a dozen
| noise. He said they compelled him to go
down stairs and told him that they had
| come after Tyler and were going to have
| him. They told him that they had the
| keys. They took a lighted lamp and went
| away, aud afterwards the lamp and the
black mask. The witness said he could not
| identify him. When the lamp was handed
| in some of the members of the mob who
went away and ne then started out, but
was held up by some of the mob and
ordered to go back into the house. The
| witness said he made no effort to capture
| any Of the mob, because he saw that they
| were all armed and he was afraid to make
any resistance. One of the men, who seemed
| TO be leader. was a tall. slim man, but
| witness could not identify him. Tn answer
! to question OF the court Goblin said he
| did not nave any weapon himself and that
| there were none about the jail that he
/ knew of, with the exception of little re-
volver that was locked up in drawer and
an old shotgun that was unloaded:
| DIR. Fred c. Carver, who treated Tyler
| while he was I'm JAIL said his condition al
| the time he was taken to the jail was very
serious. that he suffered from palpitatior
/ NJ ha fOf(
| the County Commissioners that Tyler ought
| not to be deprived OF nurses. but his advice
not hseded and the nurses ,ss were naSv re-
| Tyler. after he had been lynched, he found
him still warm but dead; His neck had no
| been broken. but he had died of strangula
| ton. There were several people there
when he arrived He advised them to Gu
the, body down at once. but Sheriff Gobir
! the coroner. The body of Tyler was al
lowed TO hang about an hour before the
| arrival OF the coroner.
The attorneys for. the defense tried e
! show on cross-examination that Tyler diet
from the effect OF the shot wound in tbs
| stomach.
EDWARD PRICES TESTIMONY.
Edward N Price said he had been EN-
ployed by the sheriff to act as nurse an,
guard for Tyler He said he had continue,
to serve in this capacity until Dec IL. whel
the commissioners made a kick agains
paying him. and Goblin told him he woul
have TO dispense with his services. lyle
afterwards employed Price at his own ex
pense. The witness said that the night o
the lynchng he was not there. as he ha
| been away from home for several week
| and his wife wanted him TO take her TO
| social. He called on Tyler after the socia
and told him he would be AROUND the mex
night. but ne did not go, for Tyler was no
| there. He said that DR.. Carver had awak
ened him on the night of the lynching. an
| when he got TO the body IL was still warn
| lie wanted TO cut IL down, but said tn
| sheriff told him they had better wait IL
next day and asked him why he had nc
| called him sooner and the sheriff had re
| piled: Well, Ed. you are rather hot.heade
and would have followed those fellows an
that the Board of Commissioners had bee
asked at various times to offer a rewar
| for the apprehension of the members
the mob but that they had never done 81
| He said he had asked the sheriff II he Tecol
| nized any OF the members OF the mob. an
the sheriff had replied that he was pcs
tive that the man who had called him I
the door was r. Miller, the city marsh;
OF Scottsburg.
The court then asked Price II the cit
replied. Il did not see him. 1 don't thin
he was around there; not, anyhow, when
got TO the body"
Price said he had been told by Goblin ths
two OF the men greatly resembed jaime
Keith and Frank Boing, and that he woul
| II they were brought before him. PriC
never knew OF either OF the men havir
been confronted by Sheriff Goblin. The WI
1 ness said he had had some difficulty,
account OF his activity IN trying 10 hui