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THE ARGUS: FRIDAY, .JUNE 3,1892i H«Maililnipilt;mB(9ri «MWqwnult;HIrr i,1rSwift Retnbadaa OisrtalesPerpetrator of a Foal Ctiie.Robert I,fwl«. a Min, Commits an A*«ault I pon Lena WeHahon I« Broadnayilatii, 1» Captured at ffuaruenor, Krouxltt to Port Jervl*. Where anAnxry Bob itrlnx Him up to a Tree$t haraed With ComplicityIt. Arrewted and Taken to%f.o*tieu JailIn Port Jervis, last evening, wasenacted a scene rarely witnessed inm$this section of the country, that ofsangryibeingThe victim of the righteous ven-populaeeneighboring village was Roberts ; Lewisemployed asi iporterouse.The crime for which he paid theipenalty so swift and sure was an assault upon Lena McMahon, agedd j aboutyears,respectablee ! white lady.QYesterday morning, Miss McMahon took a book and went to aboat near Hugenot, and callingtheir assistance Seward Horton, Sol. Carley and John Doty, who were searching in the same locality, they boarded the boat, making the excuse that they were tired and wanted a ride. Lewis drew his knife from hispocket, his sense of guilt evidentlymaking him suspicious of the new arrivals, but Mr. Carley coolly bor rowed the knife to whittle a toothjrvremote part of the fair grounds onQtthe banks of the Neversink river, ac-companied by a young man namede P. X Eoley^aAbout noon, Foley suggested thatshe remain where she was and newould get some sandwiches and theywould lunch together in the grove.To this proposition, Miss McMahonconsented, and Foley went to Kirk’s*restaurant and procured the sandwiches.eWhen he left the young woman,c several young girls were enjoyingthe shade of a tree only a short distance away, and several colored boysHah incr It! rirpr RAAT hvpick. The captain having been informed of the object of the visit to his boat, pointed it to the shore, and Carley, putting the knife in his pocket, said:“Lewis, I guess we’ll have to takeseized at once and securely bound, loaded into a wagon and driven to Port Jervis, where the tragic scene above described took place.CONFESSES HIS GUILT,On the way to the village Lewis confessed his guilt to his captors, but said he was put up to it by Foley, who agreed to take the girl to the banks of the Neversink, and leaveher alone so that he (Lewis) might commit the assault, and the fact that such a nroarramme was carriedprogramme out, whether by design of Foley or not, lends sufficient color to raise such a strong suspicion against him that if he could have been foundlast night he would have shared the fate of Lewis.After the excitement quieted down last night the reaction took place and people now speak of the Iyneh-in mysterious whispers. Al-*2,000 people witnessed the lynching it would be difficult to fled one who would tell the names of theing thoughthatmen who pulled on the rope strung up the brutal assailant ofThere are some citizens who deplore the lynching, but the majority applaud the work of the lynchers, claiming that such a terrible warn-you with us.” He demurred, but was lt;Jrlt;quobtfalt;bywkwiofhiiteihosiiwtVI;PcbypeththtwFca lt;ththW€frireJehewiing was necessary to prevent future repetition of the offense.reFOLEY ARRESTED.A representative of the Argus visited Port Jervis this morninnr. Hemorning.found that village still in an excited condition and groups of men were standing about the streets engagedin discuss ing tffklr, He ascertained that Foley, who had gone toianthofrewiastolisVIfh
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Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York, US
Fri, Jun 03, 1892
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