, 1865-10-28
LYNCH LAW IN IOWA.
Shocking Case mt PeJ3n-An Innocent
Man Nearly Kllled-Abusc 10 his SUPP
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S1ockln. Case Mt Pelham innocent
Man Nearly Kllled-Abusc 10 Ills Sup
posed LtfeIcAa BODY.
From the Des Moines Register, sath.]
4 young man, who Ind been living in this
town In the employ Of q llyerymnn on Walnut
street, and whose mother lives in Eddyyil]e,
rot on the eastern bound coach at Rising Sun
on Monday evening last. When the coach
reached Pella, one Of The passengers discovered
that bis pocket had been picked, and that hc
had lost oil of his money, amounting to SccCo.
From come cause or other, suspicion was fas-
tened on the young man from Des Mo1nes.
He was arrested and searched : but as no
money was found on his person, except the
pititnl sum Of four dollars aud five cents, he
was dismissed, and went on bis way to Eddy
vile. Shortly after his departure, several
that he was the thief, Notwithstanding his
apparent innocence. He was sent for, and
brought back to Pclla. ewas perfectly sub.
missiye, and seemed to manifest no great iu-
dignAtion at the violence with which be was
treated It was determined to lynch him.
Men, to the number Of forty or fifty, sur
rounded him, seized him, cncircled his neck
hanging for much longer time than the pur-
poses even Of ordinary lynchfng required. Hc
was at length taken down, and fell limp and
nfeless to the floor. Il was believed that be
was assuming, and ho was questioned, and
even kicked, bnt he showed no signs of life.
A bystander finally placed finger on his
Mtist, and NO pulsa was perceptible. Thcu
there was general scare. Adoctor was sum-
moned who announced his opinion that the
man's spine was seriously injured. The next
morning at ave o'clock, when We last heard
from him, he was lying In the same insensible
condition In which be wAs found when the
rope was taken from his neck.
We learn from the Pelln Blade .thatythc
name Of the young man who was 60 terribly
Tomas Gale. The man who loss the money,
for the theft Of which Gale was accused, was
one Lendrcth. Tho blade denounccs In very
proper manner, the hcndish violence with
which Gale was treated. The poor fellow,
after he had stood m examination, md had
been released because there was not shadow
Of proof Of his guilt, WAS suspended by the
neck four minutes, and, when cut down, WAS
found to be insensible, and remained In that
state for hours. A part Of the time during
which he was lying with no perceptiblc cyF.
denee Of lite In pulse or respiration, he lay out
Of doors, exposed TO the terrible storm of
Monday night Of last week! Could internal
cruelty be carried further!
For q State which processes to recognize
little too much gircn to violent demonstra.
lions. In 1877, when horse-thIeyes wcrc on
hc rampage In several Of the counties, not
less than fifteen or twenty Of them gave up
The ghost under the manipulations OF mob
INV and, since that time, although the cases
II mob vengeance and defiance Of law have
been less numc1ous, or at least less fatal To
human life, they havc been altogether too
rcqucnt. Society will never b. what It
usht to be under the better forms Of cIvillza-
ion, until supreme respect shall bc shown
% legal authority US distinguished from mob