Los Angeles Daily Herald

EASTERN.

Vivid Description of an Ohio Lynching.

A COLORED PREACHER'S PERIL

A Broker Suspends - Railroad Talk-Robbery-Fires and Other Casualties.

[Special to the Herald by the Associated Press]

Cincinnati, December 21.--The Commercial Gazette's Eaton, Ohio, special says the lynching of Wm. Musset, arrested for the murder of Daniel Christman, was fully determined and all details arranged this afternoon at a meeting held in the city, to which only trusted men were admitted, and which was made up of the heaviest taxpayers and best men of the place. Four of the best friends of the sheriff were detailed to peacefully call on him at the proper time and hold him a prisoner. Arrangements were made afterwards for cold chisels, sledges and a rope. Soon after 7 o'clock the sheriff was captured and held a prisoner in a wood shed. Then the party with tools started for the jail followed by a hooting crowd. The jail doors were broken and the leaders were quickly in Musset's cell. He answered to his name, but when asked if he had killed Christman denied it. He refused to say anything further, but said: "If you are going to hang me be quick about it." The men sent for some one to identify him, and this being done, a rope was put on his neck and he was led to the electric light tower in the principal part of town, where he was again given an opportunity to confess. He declared his innocence, and asked that his body be buried and that his coat and letters be given to his wife. The leaders then gave the order to pull the rope, one end of which had been thrown over a beam of the tower and was in the hands of several stalwart men. Just then a call for silence was made and a hush fell over the crowd in expectation of a confession, but Musset again said that he was innocent. "Pull the rope" was the order, and in an instant Musset's body was dangling in the air. At this sight the crowd gave vent to its delight by hand-clapping and cheers. The body was left hanging an hour, during which time hundreds of women and children gathered about to see it. It was then cut down and given to an undertaker.

Musset's crime was that of killing Daniel Christman, an aged farmer living near Eaton and attempted killing of Mrs. Christman on the night of December 7th. Musset had been employed that day by Christman to do some work, and after going to bed at night, got up and went out. Christman becoming anxious went out after him Mrs. Christman then saw Musset strike her husband dead with an ax. He came to the house and beating her to insensibility, robbed the house of a few dollars and set the bed on fire and fled. Mrs. Christman recovered and put out the fire and is still living.