Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1910 — “LYNCH HIM!” [ARTICLE]

“LYNCH HIM!”

Cried Crowd When Biddle Alleged Wife Slayer, Was Jailed. Brookville, Ind., Oct. s.—Amid cries of “Hang him!” and "Get a rope!” Charles Biddle, accused of slaying his common-law wife, Anna Lockhart at Pepperville, was hustled through the crowds and locked up safely in the Franklin County jail. On the train from Pepperville Biddle expressed fear that he would be lynched, and asked Sheriff Baker to shoot him if the mob got the upper hand. : The authorities say that Bidd'e confessed to throwing away the gun with which the slaying was done on a hillside near Pepperville.