Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-25

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vicipl>g . he 14th ef ~ pesosoS 0ea1h.
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Absss Ne ysas ses . an - ~ aa.s
|sl Hssdsssss livisg = 0lsawss1, twsoly
0ilea' eeuth q here. ~ .arreoted by %.
sallsd vigilases Cs0ailaes, - Aaag for
hssss st ling. His vifs 1ellswed The
Uo0mittes - The tsoe "a which they hung
hss hushaad, ioplosing them 70 dssise -
be was ianocsat ef the charge Bat hang
him they did. He was aftssWasds found 70
b innscsot. She then carefully neted down
lhs asnss q ell thal wss seasssnsd In The
oottss, hepino q soos future day - tsve
them punished. Two beoshers Of M Hsa-
dssson named Lawn vsfe u that time u
Colorado Territory. Two weeks - these
young men returned home with something
uses thistesn vhousaDd ds1loeo. On hearing
Of NJ. hendsrson's ~ they thssaAened 70
prosecute the suilAv pestiee. Tases q four
days afiss They arrived et hsme they we're
in . saloon y 0lsnwood 10 company with
other yeung men, two ef whom vsss lfom
Pacific City, eghl milss lten 0lsnwoed.-
These two young 0sn iFom R0eife City
were d. snk and In The course ef eenvefsa>
tioa threw up - thsss No eans men that
their bsolhes-is hw - hnag lss horse
stealing. Thie Of eeusse cauesd . quarrel.
aad ended 10 The Pacific City boys ssttisg
soundly whipped.
This 6ghs gave the Vigilance Oomuitses
some pssssxt, - they supposed, 10 arrest
thses Lawn beolhsss and diapese Of then
% Inst they might nee prosecute then for
the crime they had committed u hanging
HenSsrs These ysssg oss 6sasiag thai
they were going 70 b azFsstsd cams up 10
this place, stopped ct the Farmess' Heesl,
ssgiotesed their Nance and wese here two
days. when on the morning Of tAs 14ah
q four o'clock, before any ess was aesis,
this same committee composed o6 twsotys
seven OF eight men, came to town with .
four hores team, drove up 70 the hotel, osly
two men going into the houss. They
looked q the register, aow the names ol
ths voung 0so, and asked the proprietor
whore their room Wae. The room va
pointed ous-thsy knoehsd q ths door end
received IN answer from enc Of the young
msn, who asked, "who's sAsss p The
answer was - frieod," whefsupon they
opened the deos, when enc ef The ooonit<
tee. purposting To b sn e0esf, said be had
. warrant les their arrest fer whippine thoee
two young men from Paeilc city. They
dressed lhsneslves. gavo up their rsvolvsss,
(coeh Of tAe0 veeo aceoooomod o carry
their arms - preteetie0, - oeasly I'll men
do in this country, } and went down staiss,
and - soon - they sespped out Of the hotel
and saw the crowd Of men around them,
they threw up their hands and cried ''ssur
der, savs ~ They are going % hang No."
But they were inmediasely dragged q The
wagon and thrown in aud placed undsr the
feet Of these despssadocs, Who vent away
whooping and yelling like 90 many demons.
They were taken about twelve mileo from
to, and both hang. The rsmains wers
found the next day and brought 70 town By
examination the bodies were lbund 20 bs
terribly bruised. one Of which wAs sups
posed 70 have bsen nearly dead before be
Vas hung.
The feeling Of all good men in this com.
munity is for bringing this committee to
justics-and II Justice 10 done 70 them they
win sursly BE- hung for this dssbls murder.
IL has caused the community here TO feel
insscuss. and they dare net speak eut in the
matter ~ they would like 70, fearing that
they might meet the same fate at the hands
Of this committee Of musdessrs, that thsss
poor innocent men received.
lfyou have room for this in yous colt
umns, please give Il publication q il ought
TO be hesaldsd from east - west, that The
people may know what demons in human
form can aud have done. Only three han
dfed and City dollars in money wss found
on the bodies Of thess two young mes, and
they were known 10 have between twelve
and thirteen thousand dollars in their peck.
cts when they left home only two days pre-
viously. Jusfics.