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Show WAHT BLOOD, People Excited and Talk of Lynching. cov. iiuijw.n t.ii.evtp.m:i. Crowds Gather In rubllc Places and Discuss Matters. Till. IIISI III Till. Tlllltllll. or IIsM Murium-., lour Mux, lliclr Nrulsierrs I milium sil uuil elielj luur lllll Illr. CiiEsrimoM.v, Jan. II. Intense tenement kIiiiis In Kent county. I'ourof tlio octette of murdcrora who auarslualod Dr. J. II. Hill, wero le-liioitd le-liioitd from that plnce, their sentences lieliigcommutoel hy Governor llruwu. Those wholo Uvea wero spared am Henry Hurt, Jose) li Halliard, Chirlu Andrews mid Lowls llcnson. 'Ihoso who nro left and will surely hung I rl lay If the) aro not I) nchud before nro Charles llrooks, Moses llroun, I'letehcr Wlllluni) nud I rlablu Comeg)s. WIk'ii tho populico learned this morning that tliu senteucu had been eomiuutud and Ihe prisoners taken away thero was excitement and Indlg-notion Indlg-notion amounting iilmoat to madness, followed tiy remarks that It Mould bu dangc rous for tho governor lo bu Been about tliu city. Crowds Kuthurud lu the, neighborhood of thu Jail and ull places ol pul Ilo resort and discussed thu matter lu loud tones, Lewis Justice, n romlnont merchant, mer-chant, appturi d to voice Ihu sentiment ol tliu ivpulaeo when hu mid: "I should not bo surprised II thu other four were lynehei tonight. You can hardl) realizu Ihe) Itch cf excitement to which thu i-t-oj.il, nro worked ui. If thu secret hod leaked out last !lli.llt thu pollco would not havu ha I an oas) Job in Kitting thumeiinwa)." 'lhoextremocnld Heather prevailing tonl(hhaaaiBreiitly had it ehlllliig ellcct li-on tho eutliuslmni of thoio citizens who throughout thu da) limit loudly proclaimed Ihut lynching thu four remaining musderers would bu tlio uul) proiur rebuke to Uoveruor Ilrown lor tils Interference inline iro-gram iro-gram arrned for rrilay. At lho Jail everything Is cjulct.but it la known Hherlll riumtner has a well drilled guard of men bohlii 1 Its doors. It can surely bo stated that no attempt at JyiicJ'Inz will Lo ma in tonight. |