The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 12, 1893, Page 2

DEATH’S WILD REVEL. Forty-two Men Killed in a Fight) oyer a Murderer. A‘Great Mob Attack ‘h Jail—A Sheriff With Seventy-five Men Offer Resistance. Johnson City, Tenn. Jan. 4— Last night a mob of 500 masked men entered the jail at Bakersv N.C, and took Calvin Snipes, who | had murdered Isaac Osborne, prominent citizen of Mitchell coun- ty, toa dense forest about mile away and lynched him. Eleven of the sheriff's posse were le, killed in their efforts to defend the| prisoner while about twent-five of the mob were killed, and among the dead and wounded were some of the most prominent men in the county. The facts which led to the terri- ble lynching affray are that Aaron Wiseman and Calvin Snipes were partners in an illicit distillery in Mitchell county, N. C., and had told William Osborne and tsaac Os- borne two brothers where the dis- tillery was located. William Os- borne reported the distillery to the officials at Bakersville and helped them destroy it. Wiseman and Snipes suspected Isaac Osborne as the reporter and so Snipes and Wise- man, armed with Winchesters, went to the house of Isaac Osborne and called him up. He came to the door and the culprits opened fire on him, almost riddling him with bullets. Wiseman and Snipes were arrested but sufficient evidence could not be obtained against Wiseman and he was released. Snipes was bound over to the superior court on purely cireumstancial evidence. He was placed in jail and, after tbeing con- fined about two weeks, confessed to the killing in the manner above stat- ed. The lynching and the fatal con- flict with the sheriff's posse is the result. The names of those of the sheriff's party killed are: J.N. Wil- liams, D. F. Richie, R. N. Jones, P. | B. Sams, R. D. Johnson, William | Reed, T. N. Becker, J. W. Laws, W. R. Pannell, G. N. Hatfield and Thos Hall. The nomes of those of the mob killed are: John Work, Wm. Osborne, G. T. Bailiff, Will Perry, John Osborne, Phil Crewder, Kim Nance, Will Butler, Harry Bird, Owen Thomas, Jack Phillips and several others whose names aro not khown at present. The last attack on the Mitchell county jail was made at 6 o'clock Tiesday night. The structure ina frame building and little calculated to Withstand an assault. But Sher- iff Moomaws was garrisoned with seventy five determined men who declared they would see the law up held or die. The attack was expect- edall day. Tuesday the mountain- eers of Mitchell, McDougall and Yancy counties were assembling in the little mountain hamlet of Baker- ville untif the population of 500 was doubled. At4 o'clock in the after- noon a formal demand was made on Sheriff Moomaws for Snipes and the two Whitsons by y messenger from the mob, who approached the jail under a flag of truce. To this the garrison responded: “We willdie first.” be a fight. The little company split up in three parts one remaining in the jail and the other two occupying the! sheriff's house and barn near the the main building. Winchesters were loaded and the wait for the fi- nal struggle began. not long in suspense. would be bright moonlight, would be useless for the mob to wait for darkness. About sundown the first attack was made. 500 armed men marched up the road and with a howl broke ona run for the jail. The garrison was ready for them. “Halt or I give the order to fire,” rang out from Sheriff Moomaws’ mouth. the warning. The night “Fire,” rang out the order, and seventy-five rifles poured | forth a hail of bullets into the de- termined lynchers They wavered a moment and a) score of them went, down, but with | the steadiness of veterans they clos- | ed up their ranks and rushed for- ward again. Again the rifles of the | beseiged rang out and tnis ue half a! Then they knew there would | The men were} and. it | At least | No attention was paid to! | they were answered by a concentrat- jed fire fromthe mob. Their aim jwas deadly. Every window on the exposed side of the buildings occu | pied by the defenders was shot out jand a dozen | killed. | deputies men feli wounded or Their bodies hampered the who were unarmed and only a few could close up to the | Windows and return the volley be-| | fore the mob was upon them. There | What zinst 500? A few revolver was a short struggle. were | 75 me }shots 100 clubbed rifles and all was | over. The deputies, with their} leader, She Moomaws, mortally the hands of the them was looking into the muzzles of at least} three Winchesters. There was no} resistance and the} three murderers jwounded was in ; mob, id every one of hope for further {fate of the sealed. Without waiting to pick up the dead or woynded the mob made } arush for the door of the jail and it went down the shoulders of a score of stalwart men. The prisoner was soon reached Nearly dead with fear the culprit | was dragged out were the rope was placed around his neck by 100 men mad with the thirst for blood and he was strung up. | Thenthe mob returned to look for the dead and wounded. In the little enclosure and on the road bed in front of the jail twenty-five bodies were found, and in the three build- ings eight more were rigid in death. About thirty others were wounded some of them fatally, among those being gallant Sheriff Moomaws, who was shot twice through the chest and three times through the abdo- men. Nothing definite is known of the wounded as Bakersviile is miles away from a telegraph office. Since the first news was received four more of the sheriff's posse have been reported dead and five more of the mob. was | before Sleepless nights made miserable by that terrible cough. Shiloh’s Cure is the remedy for you. Sold by H L Tuck- er, drtiggist. THEY >LIT IN CAUCUS. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 5.—The tives held a joint caucus in the house chamber to-night and nominated Francis M. Cockrell of Warrausburg by acclamation to be ¢ United States senator: The e: wend, opened in quiét and “dignity and elosed in turmoil and disorder. C. C. Fogle, “representative from Schuyler county, was made chairman of the joint caucus. A resolution pro- viding that as Cockrell was the only candidate, there should be no nomi nating speeches was laid on the table and Senator Charles F. Cochrane of St. Joseph mounted the platform and in an elaborate speech nomiuat- ed Francis M. Cockrell for United States senator. Glowing tributes to the integrity, ability and public service of Cockrell were pronounced by Representatives Bond of St. Louis, Collins’ of « Wayne county, Coots of Platte county and Senator Stone of St. Louis. The flow of oratory was cut short | by a resolution which was adopted that further speeches be dispensed with and that Ccckrell be nominat- ed for United States senator by ac- elamation. The reaching for their coats -preparatory to adjourning to the reception going on in the governor's mansion when Fogle called Senator Taggatt to the chair and offered a resolution to the effect that Missouri, by her pro- gress and prosperity had reached the first place in the galaxy of states jand therefore was justly entititled to a place in Cleveland’s cabinet, and that Governor David R. Fran- | cis was the man for the place. The resolution created the wildest ex- ‘citement and transferred the pre- | vious staid, dignified caucus into a leoaue of tumult. Senator F. E. Espenschied of St. | Louis inaugurated the fight against |the resolution by rising to a point of orderand claiming that he and jhis brother senators came to the caucus for the purpose of nominat- |ing a United States senator and not ‘to endorse aspirants for political positions. Senator Taggart refus. ed to pass upon the point of order raised claiming that he was not the = chairman of the caucus) and had not the authority. It was/ the old St. Louis mayoralty fight | members were | responses of yeas and nays. A di- vision ided on the vote | jand adj nent moved at the The | journed j; mony.” democratic senators and representa- | - over again and the St. Louis delega- WORK OF THE CAUCUSES | tion left the hall in a body. 1 By this time the caucus was in the The Democrats Nom it. Mem- for gz and inate Full Tickets wildest throes of excite: Roth Branches of the wn their feet hov and the eall for bers were ¢ cheering, the resoluti a vote on m evoked equ: same time and Chairman Taggart) met in their cl dthat he was unable to de- the re announcé cide wl iether olution was then put an end to the ating the caucus ad-! Buc from | W. Jae ¢ rdden adj vurnment | ssistant chief clerk, S. J. Newberry of Mad-| outs; enrolling clerk, R. L presenti ford West Plains; ssman| W. A. Rutherford, Clarke county; , and it | doorkeeper, W. H. H. Brown, Jack- POULEV; passed and strife by } elerk, John aud climbing down eons omnis the chair. The S prevented Sen ison county fro: lution — indor Hatch for : a reso engrossing clerk, cabinet position is said that several other members/gon county: serceant at-ar Geo were armed with similar resolutious | W. B. Garret, Barton county; chap- for other candidates It is a long has seen such exciting moments and | lain, J. M. Protts Ja man, Jefferson City; time since the hovse | ogi Thomas D. Stell, reporter, | Barry county. raombers looked on in gap | This affair is the conversation the new ing amazement. topic of on all sides | to-night. The friends of Governor | Taggart presided and Senator H. S Francis claim he had nothing to do} Lyman ddted as secretary.: The fol- with the introduction of the resolu were tion that it was The democratic senators went into secret caucus and remained in ses- sion nearly four hours. Senator lowing officers of the senate nominated: President pro tem., ¢ cuted without the governor's sane-| W. S.bree of Carroll: tion or approyal. G. Roche, of Jasper; assistant secre- Raa See | tary, M. C. Hickox of Moniteau; ser- | or - aa Sap Gail Hamilton's Caustic Pen. | geant-at arms, P. H. Ellis of Boone; Boston, Mass., Jan. 5.—“Iu the} duorkeeper. Col. Sam Stanton of name of God [ arraign you, the head4 ste Genevieve; official re: porter, A of the British government, for the concieved and exe- Sy Cy secretary, L. Morrow of Johnson; dicpiten | murder of Florence Elizabeth May-| Rey. J. F. Watkins of Jefferson City; brick, now dying in the conviet pris-| folder, Mrs. S. P. Sparks of John-| onat Woking.” So writes Miss} son; pages, Clark Snell of Jeffersoa Abigal Dodge, the authoress, known | City, John Hollinsworth of Kansas | to the literary world as Gail Hamil ; James Brown of St. Louis. | ton, to the Rt. Hon. William E.| -phis completed the transactions of Gladstone, prime minister of Great | the senate. Britain, known the world over as the = “grand old man” on account of his | The Senate Democratic. philanthropic ideas and actions | After their temporary success in| a your LLanmiress Lo use TE = (OAP CLARET FOR L cis ano CUFFS. + wrsgor Yang, yelhnow my dead doy: Mave OnLy BY iG AIRBANK & CO. A. O. Welton. Staple:Fancy Groceres, . Feed and Provisions of all Kinds. AUEENSWARF AND GLASSWARE CICARS AMD TOBACCO, Always pay the highest market price for County East Side Square. Butler, Mo- Produce. By way of beginning she apolo-,Moutana, the republicans have THE BOSS SADDLE, gizes for « ny of his birthday congratulations a|no chance of regaining it except by note of discord. “But,” “humanity is more sacred than har-| mntributing to the harmo-/| again lost control of the house Hel and in also the fusionists have | the open purchase of votes; Nebraska she says. | won the first bout and organized | the house of representatives. | “The home secre | With the senators sure to be elect | jed in states from which there is no| ‘coutest, the democrats now have 43} votes in the senate to 40 for | present home secretary |publicaus and 2 for the populists. | ues it—these are all guilty as you; ) With a democrat from Montana the | but I do not kywow whether they be | democrats will have a plurality, and | lieve in a God... You believe in Gud.| with populists from Nebraska and/ It is therefure, Neu tuse you belieye | Kansas the Senate will stand 44 dem io God that | invoke the Almighty God while,I charge you | with the murder of the innocent wo | man who is perishing prison. We have beeu asking justice | it iu the name of mercy. I ask Lask for justice, and for justice only: and Task it in her own stern and sacred name.” | Following this Miss Dodge de | tee bas virtually conceded that. there clares that there is no evidence of|is no hope‘of retaining the control the imprisoned woman's guilt, and j of thé seiate. and if the men who shames the great’ government for|bave furnished the money to wake binding the feeble hands of a woman | the attempt to set aside the popular in a living tomb and demanding | verdict-have any discretion left they | more evidence of her innocence. The | will abatrdon a contest that can only writer then continues: “The British | result in exposing their lack of scru f government not only murders her | ples. but slanders her.* The late prime senate wall minister and the late home secretary | reprerent opposition to republican- joined hand in hand to brand ber | Letare America abawadultcrcaen Gio | ara and whether they can be relied. was neyer convicted of adultery, |0" to support all democratic meas- tried for adultery, charged -with | ures or not, they will certainly vote adultery. But she is an enslaved | with the democrats whenever the is woman and the great power of Eng- | |]and seals her to eternal silence be | fore it slanders her. The home of- } fice of your own government seems) After arraigning the prime minister Miss Dodge says: tary of the late government whotbe gan the torture, the late prime win ister who sustained him in it, the the re- who contin witness of | ocrats, 40 republicans avd 4 popu | lists. The democrats have won this con- | ‘in Woking | test at the polls and they have won a second time in the struggle it no | with the conspirators who attempt- more. jed to change a result declared by vote of the people. The chairman of the rep&blican campaigu commit The popalists in the sue is for tariff reduction or free coinage. With a plurality in the senate over to Be following m the sanie ignoble the republicans and with the major-, } =e track, more meanly because more in directly. Rumors are rife of evi dence suppressed at her trials, but | retained in the home office against | her. This is infamy. Itis viola | responsibility for legislation tion of Magua Charta, | law, that one should be deprived of | jt is likely that the republicans will life ond liberty without the oppor- | tunity to hear accusations, to con-! | vice president in case of a tie. the democrats are willing to accept full When | j not be able to deliver their full vote frowt accusers, tu answer evidence! jagainst a reduction, so that even if in epen court.” | the protectionists had succeeded in After reproaching the British gov- | their senate stedling in the north- ernment, and the home office in par- | west, they would have no assurance Sagi celurar ee pegeiaaneras jof beating a tax-reduction measure. Btldchbesste sande: ~ | But it is only when the democrats “Go on your cruel way because | have a working majority in cougress you can,” concludes the writer. “She | that they are to be held to a full is alone and poor and weak anda party responsibility for foreigner. She can ‘lése you no} votes in England, fer she has no : z | friends. no family. Make thegacri- | by the casting vote of the vice pres- fice complete. ident, they are confidentvof their __ “But if there be a God who marks | ability to redeem their pledges and | and notes the ways of the world, | are entirely y ready to answer to the who hears the ‘voice of innocent blood crying. unto Him from the | People fordlte.use of the power en- ground, it is better to be the young |trusted to them.—Republic. wife and mother perishing in prison | that the prime minster of the gov ernment which works her ; and her slaughter.” results. | Even with a senate majority decided Croup, whooping cough and bronchi forthe sl tis immediately relieved by Shi j Cure Sold «tH L Tucker's Prescrip | ition drugstore. jity given them by the vote of the F of common | the tariff issue comes to scitlewent. | | at T Day | Adress THER REPUBLIC, -ST. LOUIS, MO. —WILL— Give Satisfaction {IN EVERY RESPECT. Fink’s Leather Tree Saddle Better than any other Saddle Por the money. Made on a Solid Sole Leather Tree 2 No danger of Tree breaking. Also a full$line of STEEL FORK “GOW BOY” SADDLES All styles and prices. Double Wagon harness from $10 to $29. Buggy harnéss $7 to $25. Second hand harness from $3.00 to $15. Ful line of Turf Goods for fast horses. Come and see us, VEeFarland Bros, BOTLER, MO. ; CB. LEWIS & CO Proprietor of Elk Horn Stables HU FR, Us tartled at the unex. D worth of business i is rably made by and paid to , women, boys, and girls in our ijake money faster at work for ity busifiess isso so simple andplain, Those who fake We advantagegthat tation of one of the Having purchased the and Livery outfit ot J. W Smith, and LADS: having added to the same a number ot first-class Buggies, and horses, I can say _ to the public that I now have the Eix Horn barn IT ET. Others Must be Content to Follow. DAILY ST LOUIS REPUBLIC. Issued Rvery Dav In the Per Annom Three months One month THINK (iF IT: (A GREAT METROPOL IvtAN NEW. SPAPE R Seven ¢ 100 Taeee 790 Columns a week, for Only $3 coa Year. 73c a Month Mailed to any address in the United Stated, isle Mexico WO Cents s Year. In southwest Mo. Horses and mules bought and sold, or stock handled on commission, Stock bearded by the day week or month, W 16 years exper- ience Mr Lewis teels able to compete j with any Livery barn in this section, | Callard see him © B LEWIS & CO Best Livery Barn .