William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County,
Indiana (New Albany, IN: Tribune Company Printers, 1911), p. 61-62.
On Friday, June 7, 1889, James Devin and Charles Tennyson of Floyd County
went to the home of James Lemay four miles northeast of Corydon where they
represented themselves to be stock buyers and asked for supper and lodging.
They were given their supper and a sleeping room was put in readiness for
them. While they were eating, their actions aroused Mr. Lemay's suspicions,
and he armed himself with a revolver. When the men were told that their
room was ready, one of them drew a revolver and ordered the family
consisting of Mr. Lemay, his wife, his two nieces and a hired man, into a
room and closed the doors. When the doors were closed, Mr. Lemay attempted
to draw his revolver, and one of the men began firing at him. Mr. Lemay
fired three shots and was wounded five times, and Miss Lucy Lemay was shot
in the arm. After emptying his revolver, Devin ran out the door and
Tennyson jumped headlong through the nearest window. Miss Matilda Lemay ran
out and rang the farm bell for help, but the men escaped. They were
captured at New Albany the next day and taken to Corydon where they were
placed in jail to await trial.
At midnight on the night of the 12th day of June, 1889, one hundred and
fifty mounted men rode into Corydon and, after throwing guards about the
vicinity of the jail, battered down the jail doors and took Devin and
Tennyson to the bridge across Big Indian Creek at the west end of Walnut
Street where they were hung.