The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-02
BLOOD SPLASHED
OHIO TOWN THE SCENE OF A
TERRIBLE RIOT.
Bullets WhistIcd Promiscuosuiy About
the Streets.


the streets of Oxford tonight, and bullets
whistled promiscuously in a desperate
shooting ARRAY and riot that attended the
visit to that village of two beligerant
Kentuckians, one of whom, sorely wound
ed was rescued from the hands of a mob
while a rope attached to his neck was
dangling over a tree limb and he was on
his knees praying before being launched
into eternity.
Flying bullets desperately wounded four
men while fifth escaped death by mar
row margin, several balls piercing his
clothes.
The riot which led to the attempted
has seen since the negro Henry Corbin
was lynched for the murder of Mrs. Hor-
ner. was caused by the attempt of Mar
shall John Woodruff to arrest Louis Spivey
of near Maysville, Ky. who with his
brother Joseph and several friends went
to oxford to attend a street fair and be-
gan drinking and brandishing pair of
pistols
Shortly before the tragedy both the
Spiveys We're in PETERS saloon. where
Louis Spivey fourished two revolvers
They left the saloon and started up the
street. Marshal John Woodruff had been
ap1used of the presence and conduct Of
the two men and approached Louis Spi-
vey and placed him under arrest Imme-
diately his brother, Joseph Spivey. whip
ped out a 3S-caliber revolver and shot the
marshal through the left nipple The
marshal went into BIunn's store near by
and sank TO the floor The bullet was
afterwards extracted from under the
marsnals shoulder blade
The strong constitution of the marshal
may enable him to survive, although his
wound is almost a mortal one The
two Spivey brothers then started west
on High street. pressed by a posse Of
armed citizens, led by Marshal Jacob
Manrod. The Kentuckians turned and
fired at him and he was shot through
the left wrist and his arm broken and
almost simultaneously a bullet entered
his left breast. infiicting fatal wound.
The Spivey brothers continued their fight
west on High street and when near Ok
ford college. turned and fired on the pur-
suing posse of citizens. A bullet struck
his groin and it is thought he cannot re-
cover.
The Spivey brothers then continued
their flight Louis Spivey ran up an
alley and Joseph Spivey continued west
on High street. Louis Spivey had not
run over hundred feet up the alley
when he was struck by a bullet from
the posse. He was quickly overtaken
and removed to the town jail. Joseph
Spivey turned at the next square and
ran north to Church street. where he
again turned. running west y negro.
leading the posse, hit Spivey in the back
OF the head with rock. Spivey fell TO
the ground with fractured skull, I'M
conscious. Elk Mayor Flanagan. with the
aid of several citizens. carried him to the
town Jail and locked him UP.
rope was fastened aroundhmrfdw
A large crowd followed and soon
surrounded the Jail The door IL
the Jail was battered down.
long rope was fastened around
the neck of John Spivey and he was led
forth Fully 1907 men had hold OF the
rope and they dragged him through The
street in the direction of the public park.
SpiVey lmpioreu me Hloo 10 anu" MIN 10
see his wife and children before they kill
ed him. My God. men. give me show
cried the terrified man. He was led into
the street by the moose and hustled away
toward the tree on which Corbin. the ne
gro was lynched.
On the way Spivey walled and cried:
Give me show men," he pleaded.
Let me just write word to my wife
and baby before you kill me. Let me
pray a little, for Gods sake. men"
AS Spivey was begging for mercy.
Deputy Sheriff Bannon and party arrived
on the scene and took possession Of
Spivey. The mob finally found they had
been beaten. and quickly dispersed
Oxford was very quiet at , "a m Both
Spiveys were lodged IN jail.