The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-06-16
MOB Law IN ILLINOIS.

MOB Law IN ILLINOIS.
Lynching Of the Guerilla Bose at
Quincy.
Horrible Scene Of VioInece.
From the Quincy Herald, June 5.
About half past 10 o'clock on the night of
Wednesday, o large crowd, numbering about
500 citizens and soldiers. congrepated at the
court house, filing the jail ward. the passage
In the court house, and the street in front. It
b proper that we state here that majority of
the crowd were drawn thitAer through curfos.
ity. Those not interested in the mob for such
It was, were very violent in their actions. and
demanded the keys of the JAN In terms that
clearly indicated that an excitement was up
which, under the circumstances, could not be
satisfied without taste of human blood. The
sheriff, although somewhat frightened, refused
to deliver the keys. Some parties scaled the
high fence which protects the entries to the
Jail yard, and by means of billets of wood and
hammers forced an entrance, seized the body
of the wounded and dying bushwhacker, and
Immediately dragged him into the street amid
the vociferOus cries of chang him, t" ''shoot
him." &C. The miserable man, bleeding from
the wounds received In his breast and abdo-
men but q few hours previous, was hurriedly
forced along Fifth street to Hampshire from
thence to Seventh, and up Seventh to Broad.
way, from thence out on the prairie east of
town to grove of timber, distance of about
mile. Arriving there. circle was formed
and the wounded bushwhacker placed in the
centre. Too weak to stand, he laid down on
his right side or hips, and rested himself upon
his elbow. This was the first we saw Of him.
After gasping for breath, the wounded guerilla
well aware of the near approach of his end, in
clear and audible voice. asked his execution
ers to find some one to pray for him.
The question was asked BY one Of the men,
. soldier: is there any one here that will
pray for this MANI" A German entering the
ring rendered his services. On his appearance,
Rose got upon his knees reverently, and the
minister Of the Gospel began administering to
the spiritual welfare Of the poor wretch. The
preacher said he endorsed the action of the
mob, that the man deserved death, and prayed
that God might be merciful to him. After
finishing his prayer, if it could be called such,
we gained admission to the ring, and seated
ourself by the wounded man for the purpose
of eliciting such information relative to his
past life, as would be interesting to our read
ers, and also assist in duplicating the remain.
ing portion of the theiving company. As we
sat by him We had good opportunity of see
ing this man, and We particularly noticed his
words, actions, and even the working of the
muscles of his face. Knowing that great
many stories would be circulated about the
affair, We were determined to give in every
respect true one.
IN THE RING.
The circle formed by the mob and the Idle
curious, was on an inclined plane, the fall ex.
tending northward, at the base of which the
gallows was erected, q. e.) a rope had been
thrown over the limb of o large tree, the
branches Of which partially covered the crowd
and extended over an area of !, 200 square feet,
and was about 60 feet In circumference; esti-
mating from these figures, we thought there
were about 800 persons present The prisoner
was In reclining position upon the ground
and presented . spectacle of pain and abject
misery. As the glimmer flour or five lighted
candles, mingled with dusky sunbeams, shed
their glazing and sickly light upon the prison.
er, we confess that we felt little strange, and
had we not been present would have been
gratifed. His head was bare and his hair in
wild disorder, inclining naturally to curl, and
being full of dust, looked anything but pleas
ant The following is all we could obtain from
him, which was given with pain and labor, the
prisoner stopping frequently to gasp for
breath:
"Ilive In Troy, in Lincoln county, Missouri,
and have wife and three children living there
now. In 1860 voted for Stephen A. Douglas
for President, and for John B. Henderson for
the Convention. About this time got into
personal difficulty with man by the name of
Greed, and through his influence was arrested
by the militia and placed in prison, where I
stayed long while. My house was burned by
the militia in August last, and found could
not stay at home, so 1 went to Arkansas, and
was commissioned by Kirby Smith as a Captain
in the Confederate army,"
He did not state when he came back or what
he came for. The confusion was so great that
we could not get him to say. He acknowl-
edged that he commanded the squad that
robbed Fowler, and said that he had contem.
plated marching on Canton on the night of
Thursday; but was only going after guns. He
designed going South. His commission as
captain dated from August last
DE endeavOred to eXonerate the boy now
under arrest also the man Riley. He said
they knew nothing about him or his company,
as he told Riley when he went to his (Rileyis)
house, that he (Rose) wanted to board few
days. He said that he had come to the con.
ciuslon to quit raiding, and had so declared
himself to the boys. The names of the re-
manning members as yet at large, are Henry
Snead and 10. Bradburn. Rose frequently
spoke OF his wife and children, and regretted
very much that he could not see them The
crowd were so eager to hang him, that we
couiu gam 10 more, and being invited to leave
the ring, we complied with as mnch raplditv
as possible
THE GALLOwS.
After the ring was cleared rush was made
for the prisoner ard he was dragged to the
place of execution-the tree. He did not dis
play the weakness of a coward on such an oc-
caslon, but seemed to nerve himself for the
worst. There was nothing unusual about bis
appearance more than bright and lustrious
eye. He was placed upon some boxes, pre-.
pared as platform, with his hand pinioned
behind him. Before the rope was placed around
his neck, he tainted and fell groaning back
wards to the earth. Considerable confusion
resulted from this, and cries from the crowd
were vociferously sounded. "tie him where he
lies, hurry him up" Rose was again placed
upon the stand, growing weaker every minute
Just before the handkerchief was placed
around his eyes, he asked to be shot, and
again spoke of his wife and children. The
moose was adjusted, and the boxes kicked over
and Rose was left dangling in the air. He
struggled but little. We thought his need, was
broken by the fall. The execution took place