Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-08-15
From the Milwaukee Sentinel-Extra
INDICTMENT OF DEBAR,
HIS death at the hands of the Mob!
SENTINEL OFFICE, AUG. s, }

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We regret exceedingly that we are obliged to
lay before our readers the sickening record of an
other mob murder. De Bar is dead by the hands
! of the in,uriate3 people! The following are the
facts in general, OF which deter particulars
until tomorrow:
On the opening of the court the Grand Jury
was charged briefly bet ably and with great ear
nestness, by Judge Larrabee. They retired and
were absent about two hours during which time
more than one attempt vas made by the crowd
TO break through the guard and seize the prisoner
ihe Grand Jury brought in an indictment for
murder in the first degree De Bar on being ar
rasned, plead Iot gully (by advice of counsel
although he had confessed the crime
The Judge directed him to be remanded to iai
! TO await his trial.
/ The Sheriff and his assistants started with the
prisoner, surrounded by the military. They had
/ scarcely got out Of the door, when rush was
made by the mob druui, with age. The niilita>
ry gave way at once, the officers were overpow-
cred, and De Bar struck senSeless by a blow on
the head from a stone! The maddened mob beat
his se.r>eiess body with clubs jumped Oh him. tied
a rope to his heels, draggA him thus, midst
| yelling like that OF very demons, through the
streets, and hung hun Gy the heels TO tree about
halt mile distant, the body vet hung at 6
/ p NJ when our informant lett. We have no
time for comments, upon this fearful tragedy
| We add the following from the Sentinel of the
9th:
The Grand jury came into court with their in
dictment but meantime a large number OF people
had crowded around to the side of the bar ana be-
hind the prisoner. The Indictment was read bv
Judge Larrabee to De Bar, standing up before hin
lie plead Not Guilty, and the Judge directed a spe-
cIai venre to be issued for Jury, retuTuabie at
1 0 clock Wednesday morning, and ordered the pris
on"r to be renanded to jail. The officers at once
took him by the shoulder the detachment from
! Z ..i- al, 4 IL. 4
1 through The crowd, they reached the door, where
the rest of the 0zapkee company and the MiIwau.
! kee company were stationed So they advanced
the crowd coming after, suddenly rush was rnaaa
By not than 30 5 men unon the centre NJ
the line aud the troops, tUftf0 bio4c being st,7,ck
/ or a gun freE: or any resistance whatever, (save
by LII EEGER, OF the Ozaulee Co. who behaved
wel) fell back and abandoned the prisoner to the
/ fury Of the mob! De Bar was Instantly feed 10
/ the ground; while lying, with his face down.
ward, hewas struck by large stone upon the head.
scrushng in tae skull, while one feed more brutal
thanahe rest jumped with his full force upon the
maOgled head! The poor wretch was doubtless
dead from the bow of the stone. rope was
attached 70 his legs, and the body dragged bv the
! yelling demons some half mile the garments
being sfrippe, from the body as it went and then
mangied and bleeding, it was hung to tree head
dowuwards.
There seems little room to doubt that Il the
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been different; but there is less room to doubt that
nearly all the military sympathisei with, or
actually fraternzed with the mob Orders were
gwen TO the troops to have no intercourse with
Tie excited people, but to attend to their duty
his they dlsodeyed, and most of the troops. as
they were alternately relieved, left the Court
House, and went away TO drink beer with the
rioters again and again. Ii this IS the sort of
men TO whom the military equipments OF the State
are entrusted to be used Tor The peace of the STATE
IN Just such emergencies this, the sooner il IS
understood the better and the soener ,ba 90
reetive is applied, The better
When we add that the troops formed again after
allowing the prisoner to be taken from them
and then marched along to the tune OF III Al! |
Columbia we have told ne story
such seem 10 be the facts ii this shocking
case D3
C2yuga County. \ Y. anil has lived i've years in /
thIs State. Principally in What Is now the toy.p of
Barton, Washington Co.
From the West Bend Organ which reached ,,s /
Yesterday afternoon we gel further particulars as I
to the murder Briefly, they are as follows.
TN the 81 81, Muehr who owed De Bar 81 5o I
Tor which he was directed TO cali on 3 n.xr sun.
DAY, informed Mr. Young in presence of De Bar.
that ne had Just sold yoke OF oxen for $50. On
tue next night, at II O'Clock, De Bar went 10
Nuehrs house and demanded his $3.50 In the
conversation MnsaF proposed TO give De Bar
A.Ii~ VI oeei dfio went do"a ceiier to get it.
On returning from the cellar and when about
nall his body Was above the floor he handed the
beer TO De Bar, who took it In his left hand at
me same time striking Muehr on his head win
some weapoa he had IN his right Meubr faJI
down the CELLAR bat soon arose and had arother
scuifie with DE Bar, who struck him several more
blows hGehr caught him by tae hair. bat was
soon obliged 10 let 90 has hold
In the meantime, Muehrs wife had got up from,
bed and started for help. De Bar gave chase and
caught her short distance from the house where
1e Indicted several dangerous wounds on ber
hroat and neck with knife, aud, as is supposed
Al ssf Tor dead Hs ths0 vent again 10 the bouss