, 1869-09-20
MURDER AND LYNCH LAW,
IsnFncy GBri1t Shot mt l'orsnRc, Nyts.-
William IL. Npntn, tho Murderer,
Hung hy lnG Excited A'OplgIAcr.

=, From ne f,,rag, tH,.., He,i.s<r. S.ra 10
0ur city Was Thy thtafrc ut Uue of those tragic
qnertas ocrur 10 iaf ~.s,rrn towns. i,u. arr aap-
PLY less frequent In communities whetc law mud
orilct arc ihe sstassnct, nrder Of thnga tbs
esent Hf which We speak Was the shooting ID our
business stlcets, III tIoat daylight, Ut uarhrJ
lIrt,t, nj the hands OF william Il. spain, anu The
.3 'SShes q q % se,g " IT, n1u H.
Ills sIcinltl. '~'' ~ = -
t,testa.ra Ut Company II, SIueecnsn wisconsin
volhrtecrs, during the rttellton-Hpaiu succeed.
ing I" the !npa'ncY ui the cu.nFany or tac pru-
tnte 10 the FaIue cuillnnt. ImrinR their scFtIce
hitter feelings ePrhnR up s'etween .hem-Iiriti al
,ways clarnR that sraln asi .kanlat.t him, n'nl
tic s',joinlna to1lt N Fort wIuurhaau. came to
ts.n. sn the ~, ,'.usl aa.rrsl es.asd. which
rsreti ~ ,Sult, ae r.n"u s4f tDat su"n VA. 'H 'i's
,se.. an y,!sse !. wes r. ut ", 70 After .he is.t
oHdc1 '.ulser. md. oh R'nR '1nwn the street.
hr prrcFvc,t Init t"owint hinng Aiscr him II.
tllaw HIN, AMI VA. replied y, r 1afuey telling
INN shal III. was t"t t,'~!nE hiIu: i,ui he xa1
| Enlnx A,s,ut ils l1p!htsa. sl'ah asaIh tetrAlei
l~turr. hcn tIsain fAss*-t hls tatnttt Alhl sA,.
lht t.iats thst, Jon III. vt tllo'ii ,lla,,tastxr
.ha @ ' ~" sh''"s " % II" sst S' sss fs"s sss: s H.
"" 'lpa!lnn. ~Itnr..r~, ~ ,as,.Y, amt nr~. of
met III. s.ur,i,put ~. l,a ~ wA. ..n,as
dIk,ety srt NJ, "it.uR hin" " hanx GlM!" kp,,n
Immediately sIarteh tar 'K4nltn llssaall'x nnrn
| Muh llr ta,TJn'tn n kutFrtdtrt!Hg htulrf III ina
sMth"f,ilrs liz VA n.stlasrn b, Aar1llAt lialsy
VI thH lrn III llp Aialfs. tullaAtt clutslg ty llup-
ulY rDstlr lnDl, sin, Ha4 AulY kttcslcAl ty lh1ss
utt,ccrr, hi started 10 i&tl Hlih hlm. Ihry wort
lnet At lrtlels ~ a4aHst ns lhiuftAttxt lstplB,
sho slsuwe'i sart, sisn* Ut sleise thAs !hsy sdoE
ihe pIi.t'.r inu tas sar1sas ot1sa' aat nos.o
GritlaK him lilo the n1,cr liz had betn segcrely
| i<a,tn. 10 4 law EtIIueIA large crowd OF
people camu sAEViaH de"h tne street from cyery
quarter, The dour AAs futSAa7, ROPE WAA thrown
1yer the neck Of the uutof5nnAte man. and IN
! lesa ittLr than wa can wrte 1t he was dragged
l0ck with Wisconsin strret, the rope was thrown
over \ limit, and the s!ctm suspended between
heaven aat earth. aud his spirit hai retuIne1 10
tA ttver All this pcc0rrrd within the brief SPACE
All attempts OF oftlcers nnd othera who sntetfef.
and upassiog ~ = oui,l lsse 6cen drS ieasa 70
| stay tho u xhrl3 Ind. IL wAs almost 1lls ma1incaa
| 10 presume to Interfere.
about hAli al hour, Depasy sheriff Pool cut II
down, and hta brothcrs coming from Wtnnet,ago,
q SoN; na afs rs eo%s M
\ The city Vas ~ quiet as though nothing unu1ual
Roth Spaln and n1i1t have long heca eu3wu IN
this community. Spalu waa formerly Kegts:cr OF
Dceds IN Adsus County. bat Tor six manth pa q
has been engaged In tho practice Of law In ihi.
| county. He Wa , mxu OF rome ability and
| shreWdnees, but, unfortunately for amself, could
hArlly ever coptEpi bis temper when excited. liz
Was counsel for Fat. Wlldrtch IN the late proceed
t1Ks hero against him, and. out OF his connection
with the case, he w1s provoked to m exrErssiou
for which be WAs emph4Hcalty knocked down By
Dan GlndeT, and there seem4 TO be little doubt
| but that the pistol u1ed against Britt had beeu
| prepared for Gina4r, for the fact Il notnrto1.
| thai Spain had made threats to Ahoot hin aud
had been obseErt To watch The place where HI
| WIS supposed to be At Work. This fzct, known Il
the community, added 1uel 10 the lame, and In
creaHed the public Indignation. Nj. Spain lcasea
\ q wife md four children.
BarneJ INIT Was m uule.tercd raan. aad befo1,
| The war wxs greatly aidictGi 70 drinking, and =
| uneA wRs very QuAtrctsomc- Oh bis return iron
| the army he erased drink altogether, sad h1
! ever since bctn rttuAtkatly veil behaved and IN
duAtrtOut. lie was tantoF Of the Court HousE
and had purchased = farm IN Fort WinnebaRo, |
| ergIea lie lea1es = wife ana eiyhr chaldreu