Show V A Horrible CaseS Case-S C Iii June 1S7C on awful tragedy occurred c near Richmond in southern Ohio Two t young women one a widow were captured and tied down in the woods for several days Tho girl finally escaped and on her report c tho people rose en masse They found tho 1 t corpse of the other woman Mrs Bennett in i the woods in a condition which set on fire it and captured tho C tho blood of all who saw i chief offender He was taken into tho town and then for tho first time probably in Ohio a whole community was unanimous for f a lynching Tho mildest mannered men in the mob The prisoner f the place urged on C was banged to tho limb of a tree just out of a town and then the popular fury turned to I C search for more victims Every hollow z thicket barn and out of tho way place was ransacked but the tramps wore wise in their t conoralion and the region was cleared oft C of-t them as by magic For a year thereafter and even not one was seen in that vicinity C now the whole county is noticeably free ot themExchango |