The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-03-10
LYNCHING IN OHIO
Springfield Mob Shoots 10 Death a
Negro Who Killed An Officer
SHORT WORK FOR RlCB. NIXON
After killing the Negro the infuriated
Mob Strung Him on q Telegraph
Pole and 1utiiated His Dead Body.

SpTingnel0, ONO. SpeclaI.-At IL
O'Clock the negro. Richard Dixon,
was taken from the Jail and shot
to death in the jail yard and the body
was taken from there to the corner of
Main street and Mountain avenue, and
hung TO telegraph pole. where the
mob spent the next half hour riddling
the body with bullets from several
hundred revolvers. The mob forced an
entrance to the Jail by butting in the
cast doors with a railroad i.on. At
1890 the mob melted rapidly and it
was the general opinion that no more
attempts would be made to force an
entrance. Small groups of men, how
ever, could be seen in the shadows of
the court house. and two adjacent liv
cry stables At 10:45 o'clock the po-
lice were satisfied that there was moth
ing more to fear and they. with other
officials and newspaper men, passed
freely in and out OF the jail. Shortly
before IL o'clock a diversion was
made by small crowd moving from
| the east doors around to the south en-
trance. The police followed and a bluff
was made at iostling them off the steps
| leading up to the south entrance. The
crowd at this point kept growing while
yells of "hold the police" smash the
DOORS" lynch the niger" were made.
! interspersed with revolver shots. All
this time the party with the heavy
railroad iron was beating At the east
door which shortly yielded to the bat
teTing ram as did the inner lattice iron
doors. The men then surged in the
door. overpowered the sheriff, turnkey
| and handful OF deputies and began the
| assault on the iron trusntile leading to
| the cells. The police from the south
| door was called inside to keep the mob
from the cells and in five minutes the
| south door had shared the fate OF the
| east one In an incredible short time
the Jail was filled with a mob Of POI
men with all the entrances and yard
gates blocked by fully 900 men. thus
making it Impossible for the militia t'
| have prevented access to the negro hat
it been on the scene. The heavy iror
partition leading 10 the cells resisted
the mob effectually until the colo
chisels and sledge hammers arrived
which were only two q. three minute:
later in arriving. The paddock to th'
tCrnstile was broken and the mob sO0i
| filled the corridors leading to the cells
Seeing that further resistance was use
less, to avoid the killing of innocen
persons. the authorities consented t
| the demand OF the mo-, for the rieh
man. He was dragged from his cell t
the Jail door and thence down III
stone steps to a court in the Jail yard
Fearing an attempt On the part Of tb
police TO rescue him the leaders fcrme
8 hollow square. Some one knocke
the negro to the ground and those nea
to him fell back four or FIVE feet. Min
shots we're fired into his p:ostrate bod
and satisfied that ne was dead. doze
men grabbed the lifeless body and wit
| triumphant cheer the mob surge
| into Columbia street and marched t
| Fountain avenue. one OF the pr1ncips
| streets of the town. From here the
| marched south. to the intersection {
| Main street and a rope was tied aroul
| Dixon's neck. Two men climbed til
pole aud threw the rope over the toi
: | most cross arm and drew the bod
, | about is feet above the street. The
then descended and their work n;
> | greeted with a cheer. The fulisat
| then began and for 80 minutes the bod
, was kept swaying back and forth fro
| the force of the rain OF bullets wh1t
: was poured in on it. Frequently IL
: arms would fly up convulsively when
: muscle was struck. and the mob we
= fairly wild with delight. Througho
= il all perfect order was maintained al
I every one seemed in the best 0 fhumc
: Joking with the nearest neighbor viii
= re-loading his revolver
{ Richard Dixon was shot TO death T
= the killing OF Policeman Charles &C
= lis. who died Monday from wounds
= ceived at the hands Of Dixon on Su
n | day