Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-18

bullet glanced on the pavement and
struck George Klein, a young railroader
of the South Side, who said afterwards
he was one of the foremost of the
mobs, in the calf of the leg, lacerat-
ing it badly.
One taste of blood was enough for the
mob and they withdrew for the night
and gradually dispersed. BY this time
it was l 80 Sunday morning. A barri-
cade was built of the broken-down doors
and Sheriff Hoon stationed well armed
guards and instructed them to shoot.
1t was rumored that determined at
tack by armed men would be made at
four o'clock but it did not materialize
and the remainder of the night was
spent in quiet.
All day Sunday curious crowds, view
ed the battered Jail.
Bennett lay all day face downward
on the iron bed of his cell. He seemed
ashamed even to look at the light. Four
heavy steel doors separated him from
the men who wanted his life. The
doors could not have been battered
down if the mob had overpowered the
sheriff
Sunday evening a report that four
cases of dynamite had been stolen from
the warehouse of the Lyndora Land Co
and men were going to blow up the
Jail at midnight, caused the roping off
of the surrounding streets and the plac-
ing of guards armed with bayonetted
and loaded Springfield rifles. Some of
the guards got full and were teased by
a crowd Some one hit one of them on
the head with small sack of cement,
deluging him with the white powder
The guard leveled his gun at the crowd
and there was wild scramble for safe
ty. This was the only disorderly Incl
dent of the night.
On Monday the Jail was repaired.
Sheriff Hoon wanted his wife and
daughters to leave the Jail after the
dynamite threat was received, but they
refused to do so, preferring to stay by
him.
Bennett not only has criminal and
degenerate mind but is said to have a
badly diseased body, which adds to the
heinousness of his offence.
Theonai Wagner, his victim, is re
covering from her fearful experience.
Joseph Bennett Tuesday entered a
plea of nolle contendre to the charge of
rape entered against him and was
brought into court that afternoon be-
tween Deputy Hoon and Policeman
Schultz. Bennett sat down in a chair
and leaned over the side as though sick
or faint or non-compus. Several at
torneys told of their experiences with
Bennett in the past and their efforts in
his behalf Tax Collector Maxwell,
Policeman Graf. Rev. Barlow and DIR.
Moore told of the finding Of Bennett
under the car, his condition, and that OF
little Theona Wagner. Judge Miller
then had Bennett brought before the
bar and told him the Court was satisfied
that there was nothing wrong with him
mentelly, that he was no more crazy
than was the Court that clemency had
been shown Bennett on two former oc-
casions when he was convicted for
crimes Judge Miller then pronounced
Il sentence ycu, to pay fine OF one dol
Ter, the costs of the case, and undergo
Imprisonment in the Western Peniten-
tiary Of Pennsylvania at Riverside,
Allegheny county, at separate and soli-
tary confinement for period of fifteen
years.
BENEFITS sisters and old gray-haired
mother were in court when sentence
was passed and wept
Judge Miller then ordered the audi
ence to remain seated until the prisoner
was safely taken out
Bennett was taken away at 6 a. m..
Wednesday.