Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1903 — PRISON FOR DANVILLE MOB. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PRISON FOR DANVILLE MOB.

Kleven Men and One Woman Given Penitentiary Sentence. The eleven men and one woman found guilty of attempting to enter the jail at Danville, 111., July 25 were refused new

trials by Judge Thompson. The court then sentenced each defendant, giving the eleven adults indeterminate terms in Chester penitentiary and Thomas Bell, a minor, a sentence in the Pontiac reformatory. The court made a long talk to the defendants, giving

them advice concerning their future conduct. He said: “You men may thank God you sre not here on a charge of murder instead of an attempt to murder, and that I am not sentencing you to be hanged instead of to the penitentiary. For as sure as* you live had you gained entrance to the jail that night you would have committed murder, not once but probably a' dozen times. If the right man had not been sheriff you would have succeeded."

SHERIFF WHITLOCK