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MAXThisNTED,eed at ofS.—The I of thetoday: co art, tfoinlaye ires-illc-srfie seemed :n the id thatttlnoed. cd his plea in ecotion scd themorPJD0'Wheeling; W. Va., March S.—Tae since 5 o'clock: this Pood danger here is practically past, there Is nc Pood danger now.ana I err sam:“I cannot predict what the outcomeNEGROLYNCHEDOHIO.Springfield Mob Battered in Jail Door and After Shooting Slayer of Policeman Hanged Him To Telegraph Pole—Wild Scenes in This Ohio City Late Monday Night When Richard Dickerson Was Killed by a Mob.Springfield, O., March 8.—(Bulletin.) . cient sentence and talk of a mob was—Judge Mower, of the common pleas court, said this morning that the lynching of Dickerson was a deep dis*frequently heard nefore supper.of deputies and began the assault onthe iron turnstile, leading to the cells.Nothing was thought of it by the j The police from the south door were officers until as late as 7:30, when a'called inside to keep the mob from group of boys garnered in front of tjig ’ the cells and in five minutes the southCALingrace to the county and that the mat- .,ail Ti[is growp was augmented by a door had shared the fate of the eastter would be at once laid before the grand jury.Springfield, O., March 8.—The body of Richard Dickerson, who was lynched late last night, remained suspendedfew men, and by S o'clock 300 men (one.had congregated about the jail yard in an incredibly short time the sail and steps. It was known that only a -^ag fined by a determined mob of leader was wanted to start the assault 250 men, with all the entrances andbut no one assumed the responsibility, yard gates blocked by fully 1.500 men,about four lu^rs! It was finally cut|At «me the ir0E bar at the sas% thus making it impossible for the mi-down and taken to an undertaking es- i entrance was removed and the door litia to L-ave prevented access to thetablishment The remains will shipped to Cynlhiana, Ky., Dickerson’s former home, for burial. There Thereabout 25 revolvers in the crowd thatIjg i partly opened. The policemen cn the negro, bad it been on the scene. The inside promptly opened the door and heavy iron partition resisted tho mob pulled the two nearest men inside, j effectually until coal chisels and sledgeCRjSevH SOU 10 . fro milThis ended, a«l active attempts to hammers arrived,1 which were only twolynched Dickerson and some of these I break the door mull nearly 11 o’clock.or three minutes latei in arriving. Thehoumilwere passed around. When one man At 11 o’clock the negro, Richard Dix- padlock to the turnsile was broken and bad taken a shot; at the swinging body was taksn from lhe jail anfi shot resistance was useless, and to avoiu j ^ he would coolly pass the weapon or. to to death in the jad yarc and toe body tbe killing of innocent prisoners, the ' his neighbor, and thus one revolver was taken from there to the comer of authorities consented to the demand of would accommodate four cr five peo- Main street and Fountain avenue and j the mob for the right man. pie. Everything is quiet this morning, j IlunS to a telegraph pole, where the He was dragged from bis cell to the Springfield, O., March S.—A mob ot,mob spent the nlt; \t half hour riddling, jail door thence down the stone more than a thousand men battered 1 the body with bullets from several; steps a pavcd court in the jail yard.down tbe doors of the county jail here hundred revolver-.theRiginHitis \last night and lynched tbe negro. Rich-j Fearing an attempt on the part of tbe -eThe mob lore' : an entrance to the1 police to rescue him, the leaders form-ard Dixon, who fatally shot Police Ser- jaii by butting in the east door with a Cd a hollow square. Some one knock-geant Charles Colli 3 Sunday night. I railroad iron. At 1*30 o’clock the mob led tho negrc tc Use ground and thoseafter dangerously wounding a colored j melted rapidly an - it was the general j next to him fell back four or fi'5 feet.ilemcnt wot0an. The negrc was taken into the opinion that no s..ore attempts would jy,ne shots were fired into his pros-Jarnes jail yard and shot to death. The body! be made to fore .*n entrance. Small trate body, and satisfied that he wasteir de-Jowncyea waswas then taken to the corner of Main j groups of men, ho- ever, could be seen . dead, a dozen men grabbed tho bystreet and Fountain avenue and hung | in tbe shadows oi be court house, two ^ less body, and with a triumphant cheer to a telegraph pole, where the mob adjacent livery tables and several'the mob surged into Columbia streetbid; he spent half an Lour or more riddling dwelling houses. At 10:4- the axjlicc (and marched to Fountain avenue, onev.*itorncy red tothe remains by a furious firing from were satisfied «hr there was nothing-of jr.c- principal thoroughfares in the several hundred revolvers. 1 morv to fear am1 'hey, with other of- j town. From here they inarched to theCollis died at neon Monday and talk 'facials and newsp'- rmc-u. passed free-,- intersection of Main street and a rope-Ithestcmathelirepa'll.anc?h was of lynching at once became rife. Earlyjournalb. fho evening a crowd to gather Ily in and oat of ^ jail.was tied around Dixons neck.Shortly before ' o’clock a diversion i Two men climbed tho pole and tbicwB. about the jail, gaining rapidly in size, was made by a . -Tall crowd moving ’ the rope over the topmost cross-armill. is Several demonstrations were made from the east conliu-! against the jaal. but without effect. south entrance, court, and. finally the mob appeared to dm- and a bluff was iprose- perse.The attack was suddenly renewed.off the steps Dance. The lt;r'5 court „ the jail doors gave way unde1- the growing while *'do ,|bat(tinned. Liu wayfierce assault of a battering Tam. and .lice.’’ Smash ri.ilb mob burst into the 3a.1l. completely rugger. were ma overwhelming the sheriff and hi.- men ! revolver shots. ..idisap-1 who were unable to offer any * ff\e;ivo (ty With the Ik a* • it, this (resist ante. None of tho officers or, hearing at th- ea Myrnn ‘ meml cr? of the mob were injured in yielded the blt;- rf Mrs, | the attack. j inner lattice ire-rt'd as! It was th* general filing that n’th^n sureed lb*t}Klt;3-elt;to]COT1oallLTlt;TVors around to thlt; and drew the body about eighteen feet*nhe police foiV.wed above the 4,txelt;t. They ihen descendedde at jo~tb.ng tlKm 'and their woik va- zr^U-ri with * ding op to th' cn- eljer-r. The fu-ilade then i^egaa and at this lime fc'pt for thirty minutes the l^xH* was kept s Of Hold the fx?-'lt;wayinir back and forth from the forlt;w loorc.” l-vnch the lt;-,f 11k* rain of bullets which was pmir-. Interspersed with lt;d in on n. FTC*oueatly the ftnns would Inis time tnlt; par- fly up roniubneiy when a Tnusrle was ,rfirail wav iron w-a^ struck and the mob went fairly wil7 j .£n» door which rl ortly %jfh d'beht. Throughout it all per-j^'-*ing ram, a4- d-d the gw»d order was mainfaincri an l j irlt;. doms. The mob cvtu- one se'tncd in the best of bn- unigh the door,' mor. jokmc with h.s Ti'are~t neigbtforIforce, j trial would only result in an insuffi oier the sheriff. lt;mnkey and harmful jwhi.c reloading his revolver.I’In
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