Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-25
IYNCnlv0 IN FIRE MONT
COUNTY. IOWA.
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From. The Council Biufs N9pparlel. Jan. lsth.
ia Saturday s Issue 81 the Nanaaricl were
ciycn some Of tue circims'ances OF an
outrageous murder commute at Sidney,
Fremont county. We have received from
our valued correspondent, a w. ;. -
that plsce,s letter, giving details OF the
han ging eli the prisoners by a laHlsss mob
ana rs'er our readers 10 the correspondence
for fIil Information. i, IS dated Sunday
the 18th instant
About II o'clock Saturday night, our
little city vas thrown into somewhat VI an
excitement BY the appearance OF about one
hundred men, principally mounted, the
rest in slsighs, end supposed to be from
the vicinity Of Plum Hollow, in the north.
west part Of the county, whore. - yeur
readers have probably been informed.
Mr.. Holloway, Of that place, received in
juriss resulting In death, on the evening Of
The 14,h instant. ct . dancing party in nis
own hsuss. The town vas net generally
a. are Of this my sterieus visitation. mas
much ~ those who we're attracted BY the
movements Of the party, being arrested
and placed under guard - SOON as their
nifty OF communicating the intel gence or
alarm to others. The men were fully
armed, besides being provided with sledge
hammers. axes ond other tools suited TO
their purpose, and imme diately On arriving
IN town, proceeded TO the county jail,
/ where Mr. Jackson aud James Orion, the
men charged with Holloway murder, had
| been placed in confinement They then
demanded the keys Of Sheriff Martin, and
made various threats OF violence In case
they were not produced, but he rssolutsly
reiused TO deliver them or reveal the place
| where they were concssled Happily.
these threats Of vislencs agsinst this faith
| iul officer were not carried into execution,
but the mob contsnted themselves With
| simply placing him under guard, and began
| With the implements which they had
broueht alsne to effect . foseibls entrance
20 the cell whore the lucklsss psisensrs
we're confined . portion Of the crowd in
/ s,ituting in the meantime general search
for the missing keys. The work Of dsmol-
,i,sn vas csmplsts the sstsids dsing lit
| orally cut and hammered open. Whils this
work Was going On, some individual discov
cred the KEYS hid under . carpet In the
SHERIFF. family room, but the cutter lock
| had been - injured that in the sttsmpt to
turn the bolt, the key Was broken sf and
| rendered useless. But in about tWo hours
and fifteen minutes the door VS. get open,
| the cell within opened, the men taken cut.
| and placed in . sled with their hands aad
| feet Tied, and the crowd Immediately and
| rapidly, with their victims in charge, left
on the Plum He!lew read. When about
one and half miles from town, upon the
l,mb OF large white oak, the unfortunate
despsradess we're fousd Suspended, at an
early hour this msrnisg.
Except tho dsnslishing Of the jail door.
no violsnos was dene = property o. per
son but threats wsse undoubtedly made
to intimidats the Sheriff, aud the intsn ion
~As freely avowsd to burn the bsilding il
the liberation Of The prisoners could DO Of
| iscted in no other wsy.
/ The scene Of execution VS. visited and
the CHASTITY spectacle witnessed by . large
number Of people this morning, among
| whom was your correspondent. The men
were hanging about four feet apart. their
iset not more than SIX or eight inches from
he ground, Jackson's neck having doubt
less been broken by his tall, while N 'rton
apparently died from simple stranHuiation.
IL will be rscoliectsd that the tiiculty
which has thus resulted in . triple tragedy,
occurred on the night Of the 14th, = .
party in Holloway's house and that
Jack on and Ortor 1904 100 siUm bartlett
on the occasion for the express purpose Of
having y "muss,' and busting up the
dance" Reports IS to the immediate cir
cumstances, are conflicting, but the dread
/ certainty 10 before us, that Holloway, Jack
son and Orion, who three days ago were in
| the full possession Of life and health, are
| now in eternity. Holloway 10 universally
admitted TO have been . very quiet, honest,
/ iuofisnsivs citizen, while jackson and Or
on have long been known a. ruilians of the
toughest sort, both being young men, and
jackson especially, man Of powerful and
Il robust frame.
orion during the fracas at Helloway's,
had been severely wounded by blow from
| gun barrel in the hands Of John Holio
| way, brother OF the deceased, aud probably
| received . fracture Of the skull. At any
| ate, be was IN . serious condition when
/ taken from the Jail, and it was thought that
| hts injuries would have terminated fatally,
even had he been spared the isrrors Of hi.
tinal taking oil. HIS relations are sad to
i've in Mus county, while Jackson has a
sidowei mother aud a sister residing ncar
/ Bartlett, in this county.