Show MIDNIGHT HORRORS A terrible talo tale of a lunching lynching Lyn ching liing mob ia in taylorsville Taylors ville lly fly W U telegraph to tho heralda 1 Cin CHICAGO cao aug 12 the following interest interesting im satorv of tile Taylors taylorsville Tayl oraville ville affair la given the crowd remained about the jail until nino nine ocl ocic patient and quiet waiting for the arrival of nn an organized party As time went on and no party came the mob became impatient and somo some cried out break tile door in and fetch them out A few men pretty well intoxicated moved around a gen cral attack and finally succeeded in petting getting the crowd BO so worked up that they walked up to the doors of the jail and boldly naked asked for tho the prisoners tho the door winch which had been opened from front within was closed in their faces and they ml fell back in a short time they rallied sufficiently to make an attempt again and after many efforts succeeded in working their way to tho jail they then pushed ups up taira staiN to where tho cells were tho the Sli sheriff criff had abandoned the jail to the mob who now went to work to get ct the prisoners out after half an figurs hours work pettis and jolin john mont gomery goiri iry were pulled out ta through an all open opening ingin in the top of odthe alie cc cell 1 1 handed over tot to the to mob A bran new rope was suddenly produced and thrown around the tile necks of the men then there ensued the most horrible language an on oil ho lie part odthe of tho mob they endeavored by blows threats and every means known to them to induce the wretches to confess 1 I am innocent gentlemen cried rattis in an agonizing voice hang me if you will but 1 am innocent you heramn ic damn couyou know you did lid it 1 I know I 1 am going to die but as its god is my judge I 1 am innocent rit ta then en there was wasa a surge of the tile crowd in a small apartment and the tile cry take them out and hang them john montgomery implored the mob whining 1 I am innocent I 1 dont know wi anything the workers of tho the mob were searching for clements who could not be lie found tim the cells were all 0 benej by the use of a crowbar and enit then it was discovered that clements was not in alicja the jail then pettis and mont montgomery omera were dragged down stairs and I 1 into the the crowd loo kingas they progressed for a good tree ali the trees were all saplings and a halt was made during which a confession was sought to bo be extracted from montgomery tho the man still Yaro tested his innocence to the courthouse yard someone cried and other voices took it up to tile tho courthouse yard then proceeded the mob threatening and bullying the prisoners on their way leo lee pettis repeated every minute 1 I am innocent I 1 am ain innocent was very soon readied reached and tile crowd halted under a tall tree some nimble fellow climbed the tree and threw one end odthe of the rope into a forked branch A dozen hands caught lie the loose end and john montgomery was jerked off his foot just for or t trial the poor wretch still pleaded his innocence and he lie was c called 1 I ed upon pon by a hundred voices to speak out and tell his story 1 I have no story to tell I 1 am innocent I 1 know no more about this tin s matter gentlemen than you uis voice was weak as a womans comans and pathetic as a childs pleading for mere mercy the infuriated crowd however hooted and yelled at he ile was a dead man mail anyway and might as well confess 1 I am innocent reiterated montgomery goi nery up he lie goes then cried those at the other end of or the rope and up lie did so go the body was pulled up about four feet from the ground and kept there fully a minute the hanging roan man never struggled but being exhausted and weak biti with fear the men who held the rope let him hirn down then and he be was called ou on to tell hia his guilt ailt the man could noi not speak at once nee but was laid limp on the gram after he lie recovered his breath lie baid said gentlemen I 1 know I 1 am dying aud and I 1 tell you I 1 am as innocent 11 as you on are A I 1 cry for A D bond the father of the victim was then given by the crowd and ard a hip big burly man pushed ins his way in lie stood by the prisoner and asked him to tell him if lio lie was not in the the afternoon of the outrage but throughout all al tho the man maintained his ignorance of the guilty parties the cowardly crowd stood on the fence and on the outskirts of the ee re ething mass yelling for immediate execution for an in hour those about talked bullied stormed and threatened but the oia poor abject wretch repeatedly peat edly reiterated bis his innocence meantime clements had been found and was held by the mob on the other side of the yard cowering down with his head on his big breast breas this his neck drawn in like a turtle lio ile shook and shivered and when goaded chattered I 1 at out ont liis bis innocence ope leo pettis was held n rope around his ids neck peel and tortured also he loudly and boldly proclaimed his innocence and told the mob to go on and ban hang montgomery mery was about to be swung up again when bond cut the rope and I 1 the 1 1 0 prisoner was taken to one side aido of the h yard an and d submitted to another series eris of questions it was all in vain the men who held the rope had too much meart to hang liang the man after his repeated declarations and gradually cra dually their manner softened the cry of turn them loose was generally taken up tip the crowd of men on the tile outa outskirts kirts of the crowd yelled themselves hoarse with erica cries hang lan them remember your families eat hang all them A light in the west part of the town drew the attention away from the prisoners riso ners A lar large ge barn of G D goodrich was on oil fire and a great part of the crowd rushed away to see it this had the effect of dampening the tile spirits of the rest and their passion for midnight adventure thirst for blood being satisfied the prisoners prison cra w were ere after a consultation among th the 8 leaders taken back tomail to jail and placed in their cells this movement was owing to the tile efforts of A D bond and john 0 drennan the prosecuting attorney the mob are pratt pretty well convinced of the innocence of tile the prisoners who are now pretty safe from violence ill all aug 12 the tile town is still greatly excited but a reaction of public sentiment is rapidly taking place and much regret is s expressed iod at the lawless proceeds proceedings edi of the mob the opinion is gainin gaining ground that the men are tire not guilty guilt and that abany at any rate they must have a fair trial |