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Day
23
Month
September
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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lave men- Lyle Levi, Bert Andrews, Clifford Gordon, William Jenkins and Miner fcihuler - who have been a terror to the uitizens of Bipley eounty, Ind., met deuth at the bands of au enraged populaoe, and at au early morning huur the dtizens oí Versátiles, discovercd tho bodies of the men danfiliuff froin the limUs of an clm tree In the cetfter of the public square. Stout ropes, not over six feot in length, liad served to send each to hls eternity. and their feet were but. a few Inohes from the ground, while their hands and feet had been securely pinioned with stront ropes. These five men were eaptured by the sheriff and deputies while burglarizlng the store of Woolley .Bros., at Correct, Ind., and were lodged in jail. For four or five years, and even longer, farmers of the eounty have been the vietims of a lawle.ss gang, who, apparently in fear, have o Ik cl thoir vocation to the terror of the people. Men have been knocked senseless on the hthway and rob bed, ag-ed couples havo been horribly tortured in order to raake themreveaï the place of their money and nptinor depredations have been of frequent oecurrenoe, but tlxe perpetrators were seldom eaptured. 80 when these men. who had no visible means of support. were eaught red-handed the farm.ïrs of the country quietly organized nd 400 marched upon the iail at Versailles and with little resístanse meted out a punishincnt greater than the law provides. Thcy say they want four or five more to take the samu dHK. None of the citizens oí the town seem to deplore the action of the inob. Gov. Mount Was Ilurriileil. Gov. Mount has sent the following to the sheriff of Ripley county: "Wire me at once the particular of lynching that has occurred in your counly. .1 further direct that you proceed iin nediately with ül the power you can command to bring to justice all parties guilty of participation in the murder of the five men lyiiched. Such lawlcssiioss is intolerable and all the power of the state, if necessary, will be vigorouslv einployed for the arrest and puuishment of all parties iniplicated. "

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Ann Arbor Register