New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-24
EXCITING AFFAIR ~ ILLINOIS.
sEcEsSioN1sr AND INCENDIARY HUNG AT LAM
STATION---SUMNARY yPNGPANcp nv A MON

sEcEssioNIsr AND INCENDhRY HUNG AT LANE
| sTATIoN--suMMARy VENGEANCE BY A MOB.
| Special Corespopdencs Of The Chic 90 Tribune
=. Lane STATION, Wednesday, Jrre IL, 1851.
The village of Lane, a station ou tie Dixon Ar
Line ROAD, in Oglc Comfy has msnnfsctnred ,;,,is
,hs Ih,s0ry ~ n; Own 0wn Ssaalf sd,y Twenty years ago
bands at Broaies Grove eight miles above this plsoe
and ynehed she Driscolls. The bloody calendar bss
been reopened and continued, man h.s been takea
from the hands Of officers Of the law, and hung 10 ts
, villlge to-day.
Aboat clock on the mcrnipg of Friday. the III NJ
June, three grain wsrehouses til place. owned n.
spectiyely by Boyce q Bspp, Spanhling e. Co. IskA
& Backman, snd A. I. Murphy & Son, were DESTROYED
by fire, With their contents. The Les on srap alone
wa esnated a. SIS 600. They were located uear the
railroad and contiguous 10 each other aud the actual
los 10 tue owners largely increased themselves
and the community theis being destroyed just as they
20 necessary for she neDt Of tie grain croo
seeking railroad shipment here. Every fire fxed il be-
yond all doubt as the work of al incepdiary Great
indignation felt aud it resolved 70 spsre NO
paius TO ferret the mystery. Susi ion fastened upon
nan named /. ID. Burke, not previously In pleasant
odOr among citizens tor bic open and fearless utter
apce Of ultra SecesiOD doctrines lie was not merely
sympathi,er, but out spoken and loud-pOulbed IA IN
yec,ions against the North. lie WIS very free With
his expression Of wisbes that Northern ciies might
be burned, and thought that w.,uld be the way As
should carry on the were he jeff. Dsvis.
This Burke was man abont ~ years Of sge, clliA-
ing to be Southerner by birth, and a. stated most
de had resided in various paris Of Illinois for some
two years past engaged IN pnttng up wire fences for
| a certain procees Of straining up whi;h LIE held Q
patent. lie has also been employed by eeveral rail-
roads in p1tting mp pumps At their water stations.
Suspicion having attached 10 Lin, measures were
taken 10 know more about hun, aud room Mr. Burke
was very intimate with nan be seemed to find very
coogenil' To come at once 10 the pOut this man was
| Adjective pat upon Mr. Burkes Track. They grew
confidential together The stranger 10 secrecy told
| Mr.. Burke be himself was " VI right with Jeh Da.
y., and he'd come North to see what could be done
He suggested that succession Of fires might be got
up. Burke told Tim be had thought Of it himself, and
ten confded 10 him that he hal ret fire TO the three
gphouses here, and that he inteudei to foIewn up,
giving lin list Of buildings ia Rockford, Beyidere
aud two other plAces, he Burke intended to 0p
From this revelation Burke paced to other cont.
dences. Said he bad been bad fellow for thore he dG
not like, before now, and gave his friend an idea
for gettir nj ofpeopie by sccidept showing him
owling-piece, the lock ef viii he had hed 70 u
would not stand at hsli-cock This, Burke aid bs had
"got ready for a young chap Ia Lane"
When things bad reached this pOiut II was tbo1gtt
best 70 end Mr. Burkes public by'handins him
over 70 the law He was therefore, taken into
iate.
The examination called ont The facts above detailed.
The people were wrought up ~ the h.hsst pitch Of
| excitement. Burke hsd narrowly es aped calling
| down some popular demonstration upon himself, for
hs outspoken teasoa but the bS lief that overt a and
midnIgh inc eudi rim had actually been wrought out
OF III, !raorous leanings too lnuch and the spark
touched guppowder
| Tie SxsIDinaiion was quietly concluded. Burke
was held 70 bail and passing sl1ug tue street Ia
the custody OF officers, when Sudden rush was made
by the exced czens feebly re.ised by the officers,
TOR ,he attack Nas resisLe~s TJe terrified prisoner
saw IT, the eyes Of tue men abou' hm that hs fate haa
| come and begged hsrd ag,ipst Il, but unsyabBgiy.
He hurried through the streets, and into Large
brick building about I've buudrcd teee north OF the
railroad ,rl X AMI carried into the tird story. lie
war bogud fast rope attached firmly 70 beam within
was lied about bis neck, ard tieD ibe unfortunate
wretch was pushed through the window. 1t wss
" hort -hrilt and coid; tie wretched man isii'
ing sixteen feet Instantly killed she neck being
alsloS,' eli by the ehoek. lew struggles and all was
over aid tie excited crowd beneath boxed up, awe
strnck, a. the work Of their own baEds. This took
rlaee AT 10 clock a. After hanging some minutes,
until lie was extinct, she boIy was drswn up "
within three feet Of he window sil, where, - tbe
o'clock D. m trsin approaebee il stii hangs ehsstiy
spectacle should have stated that, at the exauina-
ifoa OF Burke, the Tow ling piece was brought into
oourt and the loSk removed, watch eyeded The Ia,
thar the lock had actually been Oh that seaid
not stand ~ bacoek, aud thur indeed might be made
Al easy Instrument OF "gettiSg nd OF anybody b.
a.cfent.'
AZ Be supposed the most intense ex element pre-
walls here. Wbether tue rebersecODd thought Of cuI
ciizens will not regret that the ls~ hsd no,
been Left 10 take its course with Burke, tLere may be
| question, but many answer II in advance by sayiRs
that Bgke deserved his tate lobg ago. oaispoker
| traitor ~ the Goyernment T..