The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, September 23, 1897, Page 2

Apportionment State, County and Township School Monies, for the Year 1897. MINGO TOWNSHIP eee FIVE MEN LYNCHED. Mob Broke Into the Jail at Ver- > sailles, Indiana and Shoot and Hang the Five Robbers. MOB NUMBERED 300 MEN. The Deputy Jailer Severely Beaten Because He Refused to Give Up the Keys— The Mob Unknown. Versailles, Ind., Sept. 15 —Lyle Levi, Bert Andrewa, Clifford Gor don, Wm. Jenkins and Hivey Shuter have paid the penalty for their crimes. A quiet determined posse of masked men, numbering about 300, rode into town soon after mid- night Wednesday, took the wretches from jail, shooting their bodies full of bullets before they dragged them out and left them swinging from a tree one block from the jail. After wreaking their vengeance the lynchers rode out of town as quietly as they came, leaving behind no evidence of their visit save the ghastly fruit upon the tree. The five victims of the lynching bee were being held on charges of burglary or robbery. Andrews and Gordon were captured at Correct last Saturday night after a fierce battle with the sheriff. They at tempted to rob a store at Correct Shuter was in jail for attempted burglary, and Levi and Jenkins had just been indicted by the grand jury for robbery. Andrews and Gordon had been wounded in their battle with the law, and wore bandages upon their shattered limbs Levi was ao old soldier, and his face was acarred by a musket ball at Bull Run. The epidemic of robberies, petty thieveries and burglaries that has recently broken out in Correct, Mi lan and Sunman, neighboring vil- lages, had worked up the law abid ing citizens to a state of frenzy. Threats were boldly made a week o1 80 agoin all these towns that the first men arrested with anything like proof of guilt hanging over them would be given a short sbrift. The quintette had been removed to the Versaiiles jail for safe keep- ing. The lock up inthe other vil dages are only flimsy affaire, calcula- ted to hold an occasional drunkard or bad boy. Deputy Jailer Tilf Kenan made his rounds late Tuesday night, found that all was well end retired. At about 1:15 a. m. there was a knock at the outer door. Kenan, half asleep, opened the portal and looked into the muzzles of half a dozen re volyers. “No monkey business, now; give us the keys,” exclaimed a hoarse Voice. “What keys?” asked Kenan. “The keps to the cells,” replied the voice. “You can’t have them,” cried Ke nan. ’ The men who had the revolvers pushed their way into the jail corri dor. A dozen, two dozen, three dozen or more rushed is, jamming Kenan against the well. His strange visitors ell wore masks. There was a slight strug. gle, and Kenan, bruised and bleed- ing from the scuffle, gave up the keys. “To tho cells,” was the order giv- en by the leader. Io less time than it takes to tell it the masked men had unlocked the iror deo: surrounding the tier of cells and were at work upon the steel- latticed portals of the ¢-lis them selves. “You want us, I guesses!” cried a voice thought to be Audrews. “And we're going to get you, ——~you!” responded ons of the lynchers. There was little time los! in parleying. | “Come out!” ordered the leader, | and two of the doomed men obeyed. } Andrews and Gordon were unable tol move and moaned pit seized. “I'm half dead now!” Gordc die here!” One man (Jenkins come out of his cell. “Come in here and get me, you lhe yelled. “The first man | y whea} sereame: “For God's sake let me | refesed to) THE WALTON TRUST COMPANY, Ot Butler, Missouri, Has on band a large amount of money to be loaned on Bates County farms at low or short time. We invite every Real Estate owner in Bates County that desires a new loan er to renew an old one, come and see us. ————— to Rates lower and terms more reasonable than 4 FRANK ALLEN, Secretary. ever before given in Bates county. rates of interest, and on long | Q 3 WM. E. WALTON, President. RARRPRPPPPR A RPP DP LPP PR P-P’PRPPPP RL-PPPPPPRPRRPRPRLPAPRPRPRPPPP that comes in here will be sorry for it!” Tho words were scarcely out of his throat before five or six men rushed in and seized him. He bit, scratched, kicked and screamed like a mad map, and was nearly beaten to death before he was brought to the front. One blow from a revolver butt mashed in Hi- ney Sauter’s nose when he offered tight. The groans, prayers, curses and frantic pleadings of the five as they were jled from the jail awoke the residents in the neighborhood, but no one dared approach. Ropes were thrown around the necks of the five wretches and they were drag- ged down the street. They stumbled and fell every few feet, but the lynchers kicked them or struck them with clenched fists or revolver barrels, until they were glad to goonto their doom. The bandages that covered the recent wounds of Gordon and Andrews were torn off as they were dragged along, and the blood spurted out and covered the hands and coats of the masked mob Gordon and Andrews fell forward upon their faces before half a block was covered, and even the most bru- tal kicks failed to spur them to their feet. They were carried the rest of the way by the Jyachers and were either unconsc’ous or dead when they were strung up on the tree. The lynchers halted when a square from the jail and threw the free ends of thé ropes over the lower limbs. “Ain't you going to give us no show at all?” asked Levi, as he felt the noose tighten. “Show be——” replied one of the masked men ‘Fellows !‘ixe you don’t get any show when we got you dead to rights like this.” Hiney Shuter tried to pray, but his mutterings were cut short by a bullet. A fusilade of pietol shots rang out, and as each body was hoisted toward the twinkling stars | the force of the bullets fired into it | caused the poor relic of sinning hu- | manity to whirl and swiog dismally. There the mob left them, swaying to and fro. Within five minutes the last clatter of hoofs had died away upon the ears of ths frightened | townfolk, and they knew ths ltynch- ing was over The bodies were allowed to hang | upon the natural gallows uniil mor- | ning, when the eheriff cut them down. The lynching was only the last of a series of sensations that agitated the country. At Orezon on Septem- 13 the sheriff received this letter: “The store at Correct, this coun- ty, Mr. Wooley’s, will be robbed on Saturday night.’ Citizen.” Sher:f Bushing selected a posse and went to Correct to wait for them. The men finally arrived Sheriff Bushing demanded a eurren der and in reply received a bullet in the wrist. Then the firing became general and about 50 shots were exchanged Gordon crawied to a b: ahorse and came to O was literally shot to pie got a horse at Correc home. He was shot ia th Both Andrews and GoerJen very prominent ¢ >gct on He Lyle Levi was 58 3 He served three years ix | third Regiment, Indian land was severely wot ace. He drew a pen month He was e note] Levi family, and s of seven years in the y for counterfeiting. He of great courage. William Jenkies was me ut 30 ndrews | years old, and married a daughter of Isaac Levy. He was never convict- ed ofa crime, but harbored those who were thought to be thieves It was he who had plotted with the wounded burglars before the robbery at Correct. Bert Andrews was about 30 years of age, was married but did not live with his family. He came froma good family, but his associations were not of the best class. Nothing positive was ever known of a crimi- nal nature against him until the Cor rect robbery. Chfford Gordon was about 20, single, desperate and daring. He bad beea in jail twice for stealing It was he who was wounded in both ehoulders by pistol balls and in the legs by bird sbot in the fight with the sheriff's pors2 Saturday night | Hen-y Shuter, Jr, was a son of Henry Shuter, a respected citizen of Ovgo 4. He wae about 24 years of age He had been accused of a num ber cf petty crimes and was in jail for kurglarizng a barber shop in Osgood when taken out by the mob. Sheriff Bushing was wounded Sat- u'day evening by the boy, Gordon, and was at his father’s home when the attack was made on the jail. Indianapolis, [ud , Sept. 15.—Gov. Mount has sent the following to the sheriff of Ripley couaty: “Wire me of once part'cu'ars of the lynching thot bas occurred in your county. I further direct that you proceed immediately with all the power you cin command to bring to justice all parties guilty of participating in the murder of the men reported to have been lynched Such lawlessness is intolerable and all the power of the state, if neces- sary, will be vigorously employed for tbe arrest and punishment cf ell pariies implicated.” The governor said: “The news of | the lyaching at Versailles fills me | with inexpressible regret. | White- cap and similar yv.olenca must be stopped.” An Unpleasant Situation. 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