Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-25
LINGERING IN FAEMONT
COUNTY. IOWA.
1--WE Men Hung as sidney by n
lob...Thc Jail broken Open
...Tho Law Sei ma Def ance.

From the Council Bluffs Nonpariel. Jan. isth.
In Saturdays issue OF the Nanpariel were
given same Of the circumstances Of an
outrageous murder committei at Sidney,
Fremont county. We have received from
our valued correspondent, "a. w. s. a.
that place, a letter, giving details OF tho
hanging sf the prisoners by laWlsss mso
and refer our readers 20 the corresp ondence
for fall information. II is dated Sunday
the 18th instant
About II o'clock Saturday night, our
LITTLE city We thrown int somswhst 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
rssdees have probably been informed. .
Mr.. HolDowey. Of that place, received in
uriss resulting In death. on the evening Of
The l4,h instant. ct . dancing party in nis
own house. The town was net generally
- are Of this mysterious visitation. mas
much 40 those who we're attracted BY the
msvsments Of the party, being arrested
and placed under guard - soon ~ their
presence Vas known, and had no opportu-
NIFTY Of communicating the Intelligence or
alarm to others. The men were fully
armed, besides beng provided with slsdge
hammers. axes ond other tools suited 10
their purpose, and imme diately on arriving
IN town. proceeded to the county jail
where Mr.. Jackson and James Orion, the
men charged with Holloway 3 murder, had
been placed in CONSIGNMENT. They then
demanded the keys Of Sheriff Martin. and
made various threats Of violence IN case
they wsse not produced, but hs rsselutsly
refused to deliver them VI reveal the plaes
where they were concealed Happily
these threats Of vislsncs agsinst THE faith.
ful officer were net carried into executtoo
but the mob contsntsd themselves With
simply placing him under guard, and bsgsu
With the implements which they had
brsueht along to effect . fors,bls setreDss
20 tho cell whore the luckleso psiseAssl
we're confined . portion Of the crowd in
s,ituting in the meantime general search
fsr the missing keys. The work Of dsmol-
is,su vac csoplsts the sstsids dsiag lis'
orally cut end bamosrsd open. Walls thia
york ~as going On, some individual discov
cred the kevs hid under . carpet In the
Sksrifi's family room, but the cutter loci
had been - injured that in the attsmpt Il
turn the bolt, the key WAS broken Oh and
| rendered useless. But in sbsus I've hour
and fifteen minutes the door wss get open
The cell within opened, the men taken cut
and placed in . sled With their hands and
feet tied, and the crowd Immediately and
| rapidly, with their viclims 10 charge, lsf
on the Plum HelleV road. Whom about
one and half miles from town, upon thu
limb Of large white ok. the unfortuns,,
dssp.radsss we're fouad Suspended, at Al
early hour THE mesnisg.
Except the dsnslishing q the jsil door
no violsnes was desc 70 property u per
son but threats wsse uudeshtsdly mad,
to intimidAts the Sheriff. add the intsn, Tor
vas freely avoWsd to burn the bsilding j
the liberation 81 Ne prisoners could DO Of
fscled in no other wsy.
The scene Of execution wss visited and
the CHASTITY spectacle witnessed by larg'
number Of people this morning, amonl
whom vas your correspondent. The met
we're hanging about four feet apart, thei
tset not more than SIX or eight inches from
he ground, Jackscn's neck having doubt
less been broken by his fall, while N ,r,ot
| apparently died from simple strangulation
IL will be rscolectsd that the d ifiicu y
which has thus resulted in . triple tragedy
occurred on the night Of the 14th, = I
party in Holloway's house and thsi
Jack son and Orton -~~A 800 from baTtlet'
on the occasion for the express purpose OF
| having . 'muss,' and busting up the
| dance" Reports rs 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 il
| the full possession Of life and health, ar,
now in eternity. Holowsy 10 universally
admitted 10 have been . very quiet, honest
| inodsnsivs citizen, while jackson and Or
ION have long been known a. rutlians Of thu
toughest sort, beth being young men. and
jackson especially. 4 man of powerful and
| robust frame.
orion during the fracas at Helloway's
had been severely wounded BY blow from
gun barrel in the hands Of John Hollo
| way, brother Of the deceased, aud probably
| received . fracture Of the skull. Al aoy
rate, he was IN serious condition wher
taken from the Jail, and it was thought tina
MS injuries would have terminated fatal
even had he been spared the tsrrors Of BIZ
final taking oil. HIS relations are said I,
i've in Mills county, while Jackson has
sidoWed mother aud sister residing ncai
| Bartlett, in this county.
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