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within its coffin and taken to the court house in order
thai the people might see II.
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Execution of Casper DirecIss nj Nebraska
City, n. T..
CmcAso. August "a, 1868.
Casper Direcks. a German, the murderer OF boy
named Henry Hamilton, executed at Nebraska City
by Judge Lynch, the 18th inst The circumstances
Of the murder foows:-
About week before the commission Of the deed
Drccks made proposal to Of his friends, named
Deitoh, to steal CATTLE offering share Of the pro-
ceeds when sold. Dech refused. On the following
Sunday the proposition again made aud again
fused Drecks then proposed steal herd OF sixty cattle
which being herded by two German boys, n short
distance from Nebraska City Deitch, however, re-
fused, and Dirccks succeeded In getting a man namod
Ira Ford TO help him. Arriving at tho place where the
cattle were herded, they found but one boy Henry
Hamilton) who despatched with pistol by Direcks
and the cattle driven of and sold. The body OF
the boy subsequently found by his father, head
downwards In pool OF wafer and completely stripped
of clothing, which hidden distance Off in the
tall prairie grass There bullet hole In the
Of the right eye and another In the righ. arm.
Tho announcement Of the horrible decd caused the
utmost excitement both at Nebraska City and at Plum
Hollow, village tho place whero the murder
committed large crowd OF citizens started pursuit
OF tho murderer The pursuit kept up for several
days, but without success. The murderer instead Of
fleeing 10 any distance kept In the neighborhood, which
fac, Of itself threw hts pursuers OF tho scent On tho
afternoon Of the 18th two citizens Of Nebraska
City, who wero In search OF the murderer,
came upon him suddenly, but from some cause
failed 10 arrest him. They then went to constable and
the Immediate nsIsnbornood He was subsequently
found asleep In bed At hotel at Plum Hollow, and
terms. but EXPIRE .ssd his Willingness accompany
officers back to Nebraska cry At daylight on the i7tn
an hour The spread place and the en-
tire popuAce concentrated at the tou House on the
streets discussing The deed By ten O'Clock 81 least two
thousand persons we're assembled and from their ex-
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people that tho father Of the murdered boy had offered
reward OF two hundred dollars for the arrest Of the mur
derer and that he poor man and willing 70 pay IT,
though he could not afford 70 do IT, The amount was
instantly made up BY the crowd and handed 70 ths
constable who arrested him. Az halfpas ten O'Clock
coSr. House and loudly called for prominent citizens,
rasS and 10 act with judgment in the natter The
crowd then resolved themselves Into citizens meeting
twelve mon. appointed ave citizens 10 guard the Ja
and adjourned TO the CITY Park for the trial OF tho prs
oncr An lmprompsa soar, room vss ma made IN the park
fersnce With . rope 20 that the mass Of the crowd
could bs kep. out The eomnissss appointed 70 guard
recks Ira p Ford and sebastian Dssch from their cells
10 the park. Witnesses sent for, lawyers for tho
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had As closey under the form OF law
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tho case went TO the jury The jury went ont
side The rope 70. con.ul'aon. and soon brought
| Dirscks, and recommended that Deitch nd Ford DO
remanded jail Tor further trial before tho District
| Court proposition then made BY the excited
| crowd to hang Drecks Immediately, but upon the
qrest OF prominent citizen respite was granted until
JAN workmen were immsdalsiy appointed By the
crowd who commenced the erection Of scanold the
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the request Of the crowd. attended tho prsoner IN
hs cell and administered .he last eonscaticns o
time brcf the prisoner was very cool always retain
Ing his presence Of mind and seemed much affected BY
the parting words and admonitons Of the clergyman
snnouuced 70 Drecks that no most accompany him 70
the sheriff. aud passed through The dcnse crowd appar
entity with iitile conccrn for shem with his eyes nxed
and prayer offered by the clergyman. Taking
hold OF the fatal noose Direcks said:-"H0lding
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fell He struggled few moments Violently. and then
The body vas cut down by ths shsrH. and the crowd
sned that Justice had beea done. dispersed quietly 70
| thar homes.
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items concerning his psrsona hsasosy 70 tbs sheriff 10
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Of age; tn Of rsspecsbs parents Ran away from
| home came 10 America snssrsd the regular army
served ave ysAn under Colonel \ T. Lea A. the out
break Of rebellion raised company IN the sixsyenh
Illinois with the commssioD of hvvs susenant IAss
September mustered out of ssvvice - lieutenant
colonel Was . member Of Andy Johnson's body guard
in Tennessee and accompanied him from that state V
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