The Jasper Weekly Courier

New Albany Ledger has the following account of a lynching affair which occurred near Little York, Washington county, last Wednesday night.

"Eight or ten ruffians, armed with clubs, under cover of darkness, went to the house of Mr. Lester, a peaceable and law abiding citizen, broke open the door, rushed into the house, and dragged him from the bed where he was sleeping in the embrace of his wife, took him outside and tied him to a neighboring tree; and then in the presence of his wife and children, and notwithstanding their tearful entreaties, beat him over the head, face and body until they supposed him dead, when they went off through the woods yelling like so many mad devils. The leader of the gang is said to be the same man who led the mob that hung Talley and Brooke in Brownstown. He is said to be a desperate character. No doubt when he hung Talley and Brooke he hung his equal if not his better. His name is Thomas J. Lester. He together with his brutal confederates, have been arrested, and are now under bond to appear before Squire Mundell, one week from to-day, for preliminary trial. James Gholley, Esq., has been employed by the people near Little York to assist the prosecution. If the facts in regard to this affair are as we have detailed them, then Thomas J. Lester and his gang should be made an example of that would warn other scoundrels from the commission of similar outrages."