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_A_3SriDruKATHENS MKHHKNUKR VOL. LVII NO. 33.ATHENS, OHIO, THURSESWIFT VENGEANCEJhad never gone before. Horsemen mad dened bv the horror of the crime, dashed by the tarrn houses, as if pursued by asatanic fury. Their one cry was “The slayer of Ethel Long must be caught.”deroc' fact aGARDNER SUSPECTEDthe pMen Cried, for the Murder of LitAnd Arrested tor the crime Brought toAthens for Safe Keeping.tie Ethel Long.A short time after the crime was committed a negro was seen hurrying along theC. H. A I), railroad track within thevicinity of Austin. An engineer in his engine noticed the negro as he stepped from the track to allow the train to pass. The engineer continued on his course toward Austin and was there informed ofthey!■ m ;cret acrimetratoi In hal cot he ! the m I in the ed th»itheI of thefIveyar | in whwratlMob Attacked Athens Jail and Demanded the Lifeof Richard Gardner Mobbers Foiled bySheriff Porter’s Clever Ruse.A rrnspH NfiPTo Concealed in the Dome of the Court Housethe murder.The people were excited to the highest pitch and after a few minutes conversation was told that the guilty party had not been caught, nor had any one been seen who was supposed to be implicated in the crime. The engineer then told of the negro whom he had passed but a short distance down the track, and as he had been seen hurrying from the direction of the Long home, suspicion was at once directed toward the negro as the maneveryWoukandwouking of the nt m pot thatwoukhaveAusti
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Athens Messenger and Herald
Athens, Ohio, US
Thu, May 31, 1900
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