Lookabill - Noah
Source: The New York Times. New York, New York
Crawfordsville, Ind Aug 18 - The residence of Noah Lockabill (sic - Lookabill) on a farm near Browns Valley, was entered by tramps on Sunday night.
Lockabill was awakened by the noise, sprang from his bed and closed with the one in his room. The fellow was reinforced by two others. Mr. Lockabill is a powerful man, and flung the captured tramp against the two others in such a manner as to bring the three to the floor. Then he went at them with a club. His wife brought the clothes line, and together they bound the tramps, sat down and waited for them to recover.
When the tramps regained consciousness Mr. Lockabill asked them which they preferred - to be taken to Crawfordsville and be placed in jail, where they stood the chances of several years in the penitentiary or to be led out, one at a time and receive such a whipping as he would administer. They chose the latter and the farmer took them out severally, tied them to the gate post and administered 100 lashes to each tramp with a large, new rawhide wagon whip. Each stroke of the whip raised a huge welt on the back of the tramp and when the operation was completed a pool of blood could be seen where they had stood. Their piteous cries for mercy called in the neighbors until quite an audience had assembled to witness the castigation of tramp No. 3. As all sympathized with the irate farmer, the performance went on until he had completed his task.