Richmond planet., 1900-12-22

The distance between this city and
Bonneville and between Rockport and
Boonville is about the same, and it is
feared the mob will have reached shere
before the arrival OF the military com
pany and will have completed their
work by the time the soldiers arrive.
PROMPT Ao1IoN By GOV. MOUNT
was advised tonight by the Sheriff of
Spencer County that a mob of 600 had
started from Rock't TO Bonneville with
the int ntion OF lynching Joe Rolls ard
another colored man arrested for COM
plicity in the murder of HolliA Simons
Saturday night. He also no flied the
governor that the local authorities
would be powerless to resist the mob.
and asked that the military company
be sent at once to the scene.
A message was at once sent to Adjt.
Gen Gore By the governor asking the
former to consult with the governor as
to the best means of controlling the
situation. Before the arrival OF ,he
sdjutant general, however, Governor
Mount instructed Capt. Blum of Oom
pany z, located ct Evansville. to get
his men under arms ss expeditiously as
possible. A special train was ordered
to be in readiness "a soon as the Boon
Vile authorities asked for assistance.
It was feared. however, that the mob
would reach Boonville ahead of the
soldiers. State officials were in con.
sultation with the governor for several
hours late TO oight and he was kept
closely advised Of the situation.
Rockport, Ind, Dee. le.h-Two sol
ored men, Jim Henderson and Bud
Rowlands. who wsylaid, brutally MUIR
white barber, early this morning, were
lypched in the jail yard by . mob OF
| 1000 freD zied citizens tonight.
The men were arrested early, and al
though Rowlsrd's clothing had blood
stains on it, the men claimed they
were iDnocent o. the crime. In the
meantime Sheriff Clemens, OF Union
County, KY, arrived with b trained
bloodhound in respcnse 70 Telegraph
10 summons. ~ Ssi.
When the dog was plseed ofi the
trail he followed it until he reached
the house where Rowlands 1--we, six
blocks from the scene OF the murder,
and went baying TO the bed the cel-
ored msa had occupied. This wss
enough for the excited e,tizen&.
4 ROWLING MOB.
WithiH n few minutes O mob Of Q
thousand dlhowling, blood thirsty citi-
zens. with sledge hammers, ropes and
gans, were running to the jAil. Sher-
ID Anderson and his two deputies
made . stand and attempted 60 protest
the prisoners.
The offisers were seized by tho lead
ers of the mob, who disarmed them.
The sheriff was then locked in .
room and placed under guard. but he
stoutly refused to give up the keys or
| tell where the prisoners were hidden.
Failing TO get the keys, the mob
made determin but unsu .essfLl ut
tempt to break IN the ill door. By
this time the would-be-iynchers were
In perfect fret Zy, and. securing Q tel
egraph pole. they used it as . batter
ing ram and cayed in the side wall OF
/ the jail.
DRAGGED FROM JAIL.
The door of Rowland cell was then
quickly broken in with siedges and he
was dragged from the Jail TO the east
side of the court yard, where q moose
Was placed around bis neck. He was
given time to make Q statement, in
which he implicated Jim henderson
and another colored man.
RowlAnds then begged piteously for
mercy, but the mob swiftly swung the
confessed murderer to q tree and rid
died his body with ballets,
Leaving the body of Ro wlauds dang.
ling from the limb Of the tree, the mol
. rushed back to the Jail and attempted
to burst open the cell occupied b.
HenueI son, but before the steel bar
yielded to the blows of the sledge
, some one in the crowd fred upon tht
terrified man as he erouched in thI
corner of his cell. A few moments
more and the door Of the cell wa
broken IN.
1T THE RoPE's END.
The colored man more dead thai
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