Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1883 — Page 1

VOLUME VII

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Atloaaar-at4.Mr Maaeoaxat. Ivdiaka iraotUoo tta the Coarts of rasper and ad•tnlms emtomtd^p. «fc*a* eollecMoas a spemalty. Oftoe on north side of Washington in •'aot, eppasiao <J»nrt He use- tlnf, R. o. ft Z. DWIGOKMS. Jk-ttcs«pr*.©prs -«.t-Xj6L w, ftwssaxAea 9 Ikbiaka ft s■<» wept coraarHowela’ Bloch. v„ ai -*|— ' »SUONP. IaMMOS, BAVrD J. THOM PSON Attorney-at-Law. Notary Pablie. THOMPSON Sc BROTHER, WENsaanAE*. - . . (ndiapa Practice ia all the Contis. MARION L. SPITEER. Collector and Abstraeter. Wo pay irticular attention to paying tax*A,eellint and leasing lands. T 2848

FRANK *V ii i OCK. Attorney at Lavs And Reel Hital* Broker. Practices in all Court* of Jasper, Newtor »n«l Benten counties Lands examined Abstract* as Title prepared: Taxes paid. m. •peoletlty. JAMES W. DOUTHIT, ATTORKBTSAT-LAW and notary public, k *?7. up stairs, in Maieever’s new building, hem eeluer. ind. H. W SN fDER, Attorney at Law Remington, Indiana. •OLLEOTIONS A IjPECIALTY. lIA W. YIOIIAN, Attorney at Law, NOTARY PUBLIC, Real Estati sill CiliectiHi Aicut. tlfill practice ia all the Ceurts es Newton Benten and Jasper counties. Office:—Up-stairs, ever Murray’s Citj •rug Store, Goodland, Indiana. DD. DAI,*, • ATTORNEY-AT LAW MONTICKU.O, - INDIANA. Bank building. up stairs. • -IKJJU J !U!j__U_J.jge ■». H. LOUGHRIDQE. B. P, BITTEBB LOUGH RIDGE &. BITTERS, Physicians and Surgeons. Washington street, below Austin’s hotel. Ten per cent, interest will be added to all accounts running uusettled longer than tjhree months. vlnl DR. I. B. WASHBURN, Physician & Surgeon, Rensselaer Ind. •alia promptly attended. Will give special atter tion to the treatment of Chronic Diseases. •’**" .. i ■ I jg R. 8 ■ Dwiggins. Zimri Dwiggins, President. Cashier Citizens’ Hank, RENSSELAER, IND., Does a general Banking business; gives special attention to collections; remit--I%rees made on day of payment at current u*t* «»!exehange;interestpr><l «•,„ balances ■ trtiiieates bearing jw-w-ii- os . \agubaught and seld This Beak ewns the Uu-glar Sate, which •«k the premium at the Cnieago Exposition r | liri. This Safe la protected by one of■argeat’e TimeLoeke. The bunk vault used ■at geod aa earn ha heilt. It will be seen Zem thn feregoiag that thia Bank furnishes # ge#4 a seamy te depeeitere aa earn ha. ■<—>»• * TNOICAS TKOICPSONBanking House A. McCOT A T. THOMPSON, successors Wt# A, HeCey A A. Thampson. Bankers. Rensselaer, lad. Does general Nanking business Buy and sell exchaoge. Collections made sn all available points. Money loaned Interest paid en specified time deposits &r>. < Office same place as old tinn of A. McCoy & Thompson. •> ni-u/st

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RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1883.

LYNCHED.

NELLI NG HUNd BY A MOB Sunday nteht last Netting was taken from the jail at Fowler, by a mob, and hung The following is from l he Lafayette Journal of Monday: The murder ot Ada Atkinson isavenged, and this morning the sun ro j e on the horrible spectacle of Jacob Netting dangling in *he air A mob of determined, orderly men, composed of 15ft of the leading farmers of Benton Uounty, took the law irto their own hands and the wretch was made to see that his punish' went was a just retribution to the law of a\ife for a life About 9 o’clock lbO masked horsemen rode from Oxford to mard Fowler There was no loud dem onstrations or threats in the ten mile ride; silently they advanced toward the Fowler Jail ||The horsemen stopped in a body near the stock yard, while a skirmisher was sent into town to see that everything was secure for their approach The sight of one man on horseback slowly riding Into town at KP3O o’clock from the southeast was not calculated to alarm any belated citizens who might appear on the and the horseman proceeded without a suspicion of his errand to the Court House, and after riding around the building he turned back and rode away rapidly in the direction lrurn whence he came About forty minutes afterward the mob of 150 men, masked beyond recognition, rode in a body into the town, and dismounting, hitched their horses to the posts along the street Guards were posted at every approach to the Jail to warn away the citizens in the event of a resistance, add work was com meucad in a deliberate and systematic manner to force open the Jail Sheriff Scanlon was not prepared for the mob, and was taken wiolly unaware, allho’, as was liis custom, took precautions to doubly secure Netting in his stronghold The inob gathered at the east door of the Jail and attacked it with crowbars and sledge hammers Naught save the loud resounding blows cr the echoing shouts could be heard on the night air As the work proceeded aud the great iron doors began to give under the heavy blows, the crowd became somewhat excited, aud as the first barrier was removed an exultant yell arose that thrilled the spectators who had gathered by this time with terror The next operation was to force the bars that were inside the outside door This task was easily accomplished by their united efforts, and twenty resolute men stood inside the Jail Across the cell corridors is a partition of heavy iron bars, the door of which was locked with large padlocks, wlrch were smashed with sledges, ana the mob st >od in front of the murderer’s celt Netting faced his avengers, already dressed to meet them His doom 'rad come, and he knew that only it few moiiuuis stoo l between bi n and eternity Considerable skill was re quired to open the cell uo -r, as it was v.l' three-inch iron, doubly locked, and fastened at the top w ith a Ibur-iuch bar of iron running the entire length of the cor rider Within half an houi the heavy door swung open, a dash was made by the infuriated men. and NelliDg was dragged out a trembling captive Tho’ cool, he was tin very picture of that death he was soon to meet His eyes weie starting from their sockets, his teeth chattered, and the expression of his face was that of abject teiror and despair He was forced to the east door, where his presence was greeted with cheers from the crowd outside ab he was being hustled down the steps he said, ‘Go a little slow, gentlemen; I am older than some of you ’ His words were unheeded, however, and be was placed in a carriage ‘containing the rope to hang him, aud driven rapidly toward Oxford The mob immediately followed on their“horses, and excitement rati high By this time the citizens of Fowler had been thoroughly aroused, aud several of them hastily procured vehicles and joined in the ride ot death Having arrived at Oxford, Netting was taken from the carriage and the rope has tily adjusted around his neck News of the approacning crowd had reached the town, and excitement for a time ran not among the populace The hanging crowd was largely augmented by hundreds of citizens eager lor revenge Near the residence of Cephas Atkinson, and where Netting could view the house in which he committed his crime, stands an old tree iu plain sight ot the road, so that passers by might easily read the sign -‘a foul murdei has been avenged to-night,’ and to this spot the doomed man wai marched in terror (t was 1 o,clock when ihej'mob reached the iarm of Cephas Atkinson, and no time was lost in expediting the hanging As the old man stood under the cross beam, bare-headed, the crowd looked on in silence The moon shone brightly on his pale, haggard features He seemed to have a desire to asa for mercy, but lacks ed the strength to speak In vain he cast an anxious eye about for a pitying face NJt one in all that assemblage oi resolute men wavered; the stern resolve to avenge the death of tneir neighbor’s daughter was'depicted on every countenance At (en minutes before 2 o’clock this morniug. one of the executioners stepped up and said; ‘Netting you must die! Have yo~ any j further confession h> mas*- <>r anything ; to soy r ‘No, milking aioi'c than I have aueady said, but I want >«,u t > make a half way decent job of this, and cut off my wind as quick as you can ’ A moment was given the doomed man to4make his peace with God, whose law he had so fully outraged, and then he was pulled high in air, a dangling wretch in the agonies of death He made two convulsive struggles and then became unconscious, being choked to death Satisfied with their night’s work, the crowd dispersed to their home', and j 1 ° dt *y the citizens of Bcnlonhave anotlj- . er p;ige oi blootf to ehroricJe ic her his lory

THE OLD FRAUD.

Interesting Contribution to t ie History of an Old Republican Swindle. The New York correspondent of the Chicago Herald makes a contribution to the history of the Electoral Commission. It contains a number of interesting facts. We give a few extracts: ******* “I know that Mr. Davis has one of the loftiest characters ever known in American public life, accompanied by great mental power rand individuality. I well remember studying his countenance one night. It was a Sundav'evening shortly after the inauguration, at a little old-fashioned tea party fiven bv a Western Senator. Udge Davis requested Mr. Payne, of Ohio, to tell him his views of the whole case, and Mr.. Payne complied at some length. I can quote him scarcely at all, but one thing he said impressed me deeply. It was: “The counsel on the Democratic side made a bad blunder in the case of Louisiana. They should have never asked for acceptance of the Democratic electors from that State; but they should have demanded the throwing out of the entire vote of the State, as tainted by fraud, wrong, and irregularity. There was precedent for this, and it wo’d lave accorded exactly with tie best interpretation of constitutional law. It is the State’s privilege to cast, ascertain, and certify to Congress her vote for the Federal President; her vote when properly ascertain ed and forwarded, is entitled to be counted. But when a State sends to. Congress not one set of ballots, but two; when two rival parties claim to be the electors, neither with all their credential s in regular form, when the whole ©lection in that State, and the canvassing of its vote, has been tainted by lawlessness,(frauds, briberies, irregularities—when a State so loosely governs her affairs as to drift into such a deplorable situation —her votes should be excluded altogether. If she can not send up to Washington what Congress could safely accept as an accurate, regular, untaiuted record of the results of her balloting, she should be kept out altogether. “‘This,’ continued Mr. Payne ‘was the case in the State of Leuisiana. There were charges and counter charges in the evidence which counsel desired to offer. Such had been the conduct of the election, and of the canvass, that I doubt if any man living can tell what the actual result of the election was. There was no such certification of the result as the Government was bound to accept; and it was clear to all that the returns more nearly regular were born in the greatest irregularity and fraud,— under these circumstances the vote of the State should have been excluded entirely. Florida might have been served in the same way, and possibly South Carolina, but the Louisana case was the most flagrant. “This is only an imperfect fragment of Mr. Payne’s remarks on. this feature of the case, and as he reached the depth of the muddle and made it as clear as daylight by his masterly interpretations of law and removal of apparent obstacles, I closely studied Judge Davis’ face. He said scarcely a word, and not long after Mr. Pay in* had sh islied the conversation changed to another subject: but I am as well satisfied as I live that Mr. Davis agreed with Mr. Payne, and that if he had been sitting in Mr. Bradley’s seat on the commission Mr. Tilden, and not Mr. Hayes, would have beenjinaugurated.” ******* “As I ha¥e : Said before,” Confirm pd .1- o- > CAii Cto U. vjLXv Oi.fcJu.ojl, CJLiO UXi.O>

NUMBER 48.

uncertainty of the Electoral Commission at the beginning was the position of Justice Bradley. I do not believe it was expected, either in the Commission or outside of it, that any of the fourteen socalled political members wo’d vote any other way than with their party on all occasions.— It was tacitly understood that Justice Bradley was the balance of power. But it was early to be seen that Mr. Bradley was almost as partisan as any of the rest of them. When the Florida case came up he promptly voted with the Republicans on the main question. the test question, which eventually settled the whole matter in Hayes’ favor. Our only hope then was to throw out an ineligible Hayes elector. When the question was raised as to Humphries, the Federal office holder and ineligible Hayes elector, a vote was taken as to whether evidence of eligibility should be admitted, Mr. Bradley voted with us, and when we adjourned for the night there was some hope he would vote with the Democrats Jo exclude Humphries’ ballot on the ground of his constitutional ineligibility when he should reach the question the next day. * r “Some of us had noticed for some time the strong influence which Justice Miller exerted over Justice Bradley. Miller was a man of great individuality, strength of mind, and personal magnetism. That he made a studious, earnest effort to influence Bradley’s mind, to obtain a sort of mesmeric control over him, was apparent to the observing. I feared Miller’s influence, and, therefore, was not as hopeful as some of my colleagues. As I was leaving my rooms next morning to go to the Supreme Court Chamber, a friend said to me: ‘You are gone up.’ What do you mean?’ I inquired. ‘Well, I was about a little last night. Somebody spent the evening with somebody, and you are gone up.’ It flashed thro’ my mind that Justice Miller’s influence over Justice Bradley had some connection with what my friend had said, tho’ to what extent, if any, was then and still is a matter es surmise. The effect on my mind was such that when I reached the Chamber I was not in a good humor. “There I found that Justice Miller was in favor of taking a vote on Humphries’ eligibility alone, without waiting to hea. arguments by counsel.— As this confirmed my previous suspicions, I rather warmly objected. In stating my objections I said I realized that one Commissioner was perhaps the only one whose opinions argument could effect; but I was in favor of giving this one Commissioner all the opportunity possible to gather information and meet his great responsibility in the most pains taking manner, and that I did not see the propriety in any one Commissioner attempting to force his brother into conclusion without the assistance of the arguments and citations of counsel. Justice Miller made reply, in which he objected to have Commissioner Bradley singled out as the one of us all whom argument could reach. Justices Clifford, Strong Fields and himself were in no different positionjfrom Justice Bradley. He thought it a waste of time and a vote might as well be taken at once, orat least without calling in counsel. ‘•To me this impatience to proceed to a vote, coming from Justice Miller, was particularly irritating, and I again spoke in favor of extended argument, both by counsel in public session and by ourselves in privacy. I fear I bore down rather hard on brother Miller, even intimating the obviousness of his attempt Justice

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