The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
TWOMEN HANGED
BY INDIANA MOB
Negro Murderers Lynched
By ROckpOrt People.
JAIL DOORS
WITH TELEGRAPH POLE
Bloodhound Trails Criminal to
Death.

RockpOrt, Ind, Dec. 1.-two negroes,
Jim Henderson and Bud RowIands.
who waylaid, murdered and robbed
Hollie Simons, a white barber. early
this morning. were lynched tonight in
the jailyard by mob of 1900. The
negroes were arrested soon after the
murder occurred and. although Row
lands clothing had blood stains on it
they claimed they were innocent.
In the meantime Sheriff Clemens of
Union county, Ky. arrived with a train
ed bloodhound. When the dog was
placed on the trail he followed it to the
house where Rowlands lived, six blocks
from the scene Of the murder, and went
baying to the bed the negro had occu-
pied. This was enough for the excited
citizens Within a few minutes a mob
of q thousand bowling blOOdthirstv
men. with sledge hammers, ropes and
guns were on the way 70 the jail
Sheriff Makes a Stand.
Sheriff Anderson and his two depu-
ties made a stand and attempted 70
protect the prisoners. The officers were
seized by the leaders Of the mob and
dlsaTmed- The sheriff, although locked
IN room and placed under guard.
SJOutly refused TO give up the keys or
tell where the prisoners were hiding
The mob made a determined. bur un-
successful attempt TO break in the Jail
door Finally they secured a telegraph
pole and using ii as a battering ram,
caved in the side wall Of the Jail The
door Of ROWldndS' cell was then quick
" broken in with sledges and he was
dragged from the Jail TO the east side
OF the court yard, where a moose was
placed about mis- neck. He was given
time TO make a statement in which he
implicated Jim Henderson and another
negro ROwlands then begged piteously
for mercy but the mob swiftly swung
the confessed murderer to a tree and
riddled his body with bullets.
Leaving the dangling body of Row
lands the mob rushed back 10 the jail
and burst open the cell occupied by
Henderson. Before the bars yielded to
the blows OF the sIedges someone in
the crowd fired upon the terrified ne
gro as he crOuched in the far corner.
II took but a few moments to get at
Henderson and the negro. more dead
than alive, was dragged at a ropes
end to the courthouse yard and swung
10 the tree beside the body of Row
lands
Sought Another Victim
Firing a parting voIley at the swing
ing bodies the mon. eager Tor another
victim. hurried away 10 catch the other
negro implicated by Rowlands. He
was found at hotel where he was en-
ployed as a porter. The negro escaped
30 the roof OF the building and Manager
De BrUler succeeded in convincing the
mob that the porter had nothing TO do
with the crime, The mob then dis
peTsed, apparently satisfied with its
work of vengeance.
SimOns was murdered in the most
brutal manner one square from the
main street of the city, as he was go
ing TO his home from his barber shop
az > O'Clock this morning
He carried the receipts Of the days
work. a fact Of which the negroes were
aware They attacked him only from
behind. striking him over the head with
a heavy club into which a large nail
had been driven. Although terribly
beaten, Simons made a desperate fight
His cries attracted two boys.
The negroes drove them away and
accomplished their original design, Sc
curing a bag containing something over
$40 from their victim and made their
escape When others arrived Simons
was dead. His skull was crushed in and
face beaten into a pulp. The spike on