The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-03-11
lyNCnING IN OHIO
NEGRO IS TAKEN FROM JAIL At
SPRINGFIELD AND SHOT TO
DEATH BY MOB.
NOB BATTfES IN TIE DOORS
SEEING RESISTANCE is USELESS
OFFICERS GIVE UP THE
PRISONER.
ODY ElDDltD WITH BUL.tTS
TO TELEGRAPH POLE
AND FUsILADE KEPT UP
THIRTY MINUTES.
O1Y GlDDltD WITH BUl.tTS

Springfield, Ohio, March 8. - Rich
ard Dixon, a negro, was shot to death
here last night by a mob for the
fatal shooting Sunday morning of Po-
lice Sergeant Charles Coils. Dixon
came from Cynthiana, Ky. The mob
was composed OF a couple of thousand
men; but those who killed Dixon
formed a number far smaller than
that, probably not more than $50,
most of whom entered the county Jail
at II o'clock, dragged Dixon to the
outside of the building and fred a
number of shots into his body, killing
him instantly. The mob then tied a
rope about his neck and hung him to
a telegraph pole, where the body was
further riddled with bullets. The
mob forced an entrance to the Jail by
butting in the east doors
With a Railroad Iron.
At 1920 the mob. which had gath
cred early in the evening, melted rap
idly, and it was the general opinion
that no attempt would be made to
force an entrance. At 10:45 the police
were satisfied that there was nothing
more to fear and they, with other Of
~ficials, passed freely in and out of the
jail. Shortly before II O'Clock a di-
version was made by a small crowd
moving from the east doors around to
the south entrance. The police fol
lowed and a bluff was made at jost-
ling them off the steps leading up to
the south entrance. All this time the
party with the heavy railway iron was
beating at the east door, which short
ly yielded to
The sattering Ram,
as did the inner lattice iron doors.
The mob then surged through the east
door, overpowered the sheriff, turn
key and handful Of deputies and be-
gan the assault on the iron turnstile
leading to the cells. Seeing that fur
Their resistance was useless, and to
avoid the killing of innocent persons,
the authorities consented to the de-
mand Of the mob for the right lar
He was dragged from his cell to the
Jail yard. Some one knocked the
negro to the ground, and those near
to him fell back four or five feet.
Nine shots were fired into his pros
trate body. When satisfied that he
was dead a dozen men grabbed the
lifeless body, and with a triumphant
cheer 1t was carried to the street and
hung to a telegraph pole. The fusil-
ade then began. and for thirty min
utes the body was kept swaying back
and forth from the force Of
The Rain Of Bullets
which was turned upon it. Through
out it all perfect good order was
maintained and every one seemed in
the best of humor, joking with his
nearest neighbor while reloading his
revolver.
Coils was shot by Dixon Sunday
morning while the latter was in his
room in a hotel here removing his
baggage. He had decided to quit the
place, and fearing trouble with Anna
COrbin, a woman with whom he was
acquainted, Dixon asked Coils to go
to the hotel with him. While in his
room Dixon and Miss Corbin quar-
relied and Dixon is said to have shot
her in the breast. The policeman
then attempted to arrest Dixon and
the latter turned his gun on him, in
ficting fatal wounds.