The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-07
L1ACM Law N XEIEN COUNTY


Fom the Lawrence Journal, june 3othl
A gentleman who came from lola yester-
day morning, gave US the particulars Of a
most atrocious murder that was committed
BY q krmer living near Humboldt, and the
summary hanging Of the murderer by citi-
zens Of the locality. The particulars, as
they were narfste1 10 N, are about these:
There was farmer named nDsen who had
for several years been living With his family
on farm heat Humhpldt. He hsti tcv
some twelve or fourteen year old living with
him. that had been bound b, him 6r a term
Of years. 1t seems that he had been in the
habit Of cruelty whipping This boy, and the
Lad had been often heard by neighburs to CIV
murder, when being punished, but took
no special notice Of II, .s they thought
the boy yelled to make Dozen cease whip
ping him. About two months ago, this
monster again whipped the boy most unner-
cifullv Throwing the lad down, he put his
foot upon his neck, beating him all the time.
Soon after this the boy disappeared, and the
brute told the people in tie neighborhood
that since the la.t whipping :,e had r,ir away.
Not thinking Of such thing a. that muir
der had been committed, the neighlors gave
il not much attention, tindrt tho impression
that the boy would return sgain. The boy
did not return, however, and Dozen after
while commenced to FIJI up ,he we'll that was
in his yard. A ni,,rmtr If suspicion began
10 rm through the neighlorhoGd, and thee
suspicious were discussed. Two months,
passed away; the boy did no, return; the well
in the meantime had hreN 6lled ny, and th,
monster Of cruelty mo dcrfl4 breathed freer.
and he fancied that he hid destroyed all
traces Of his crime. lie was9seticncd by the
citizens, and gave some laltry exc,Se for
filling the we'll, tersitihg that the bow had
alsconded. This did not satisfy them.
There Is something that ALWAYS seems IT,
speak silently n a people, and tells them
what great crime hi. heen committed in
their midst, and this same silent something
would not permit the people Of that locality
to ret easy until they had learned all. This
done, the mystery was soon solved. At the
bottom Of the we'll was the mutilate,i body Of
the murdered boy, the marks Of the lash
yet visible upon his ifele,s form. Dozen
was Immediately taken into a,stOsly. He
finally confessed his guilt, from which it ap-
pears that this monster in human form, this
fend who wore the giise Of humanity, had
been in the habit of cruelty beating the poor
and friendles~ boy, who had been hound to
him, and to whom he had pledged
himself to be protector The
last time he Aogged him, the boy
was thrown to the ground, and the wretch
held him to the earth with his bpot heel
while he whipped him to death,
after which the body WIS thrown into tine
well. Do-en was taken 10 lola and lodged
in jail Before daylight Monday morning.
or rather at some time between midnight and
daylight, the jailor was aroused by party
who said they had horse thief whom they
wished to deliver to the jailcr That officer
went to the door, when crowd rushed upon
him, and commenced to ask and search for
Dosen. He was found and hurried of from
the Jail TO Elm creek, some four or FIVE
miles from lola. Here the miserable cil-
Prit was hung, and his body left -wingin. in
the mir. Our informant stats that II WAS
hanging there Tuesday morning. Lynch
law ~ to be deprecated where the crime
committed is the most aggravated and
but it does seem if ever there was
a case where Judge Lynch Was justi6able in
dealing s,,mmarily with a murderer, this Is
one. f...