The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-08-28
KU.KLUXED.
The Lynching Of the Wife, Woman
and Child Murderer, Keller.

ana NEuE0GEeE, nAehkCIs
Amer n.rd-ri.s be PILED The. .p and Rar.-
ss., 1s.easis Z. Ms... q ..s I'd Deeis.s J. T.Ie
the Law fnts Their lows HasAs.
Especial Dispatch to the Kansss City Tinsal
!. La CYGNE, KANSAS, August ,2qe- -JohH G. Ksll-
er, eGsrnaI aged 4iJput :fdrty .tiye, vas hanged
by the people of e Cyg6s &C sboSt O'Clock this
evening at the old ford Of :tbe Maries des Cygns
tragedy are as f6iI9ws! Esirt married 3 young
American girl on March I'd. 1573; domestic diff
cultiss led ~ his turning his wife out of doors.
She went to live with her sbrother-in-law, Ed
Hope, residing near Twin Springs, six miles from
this place. Keller filed petition for y divorce,
on the ground OF desertions Mrs. Keller filed a
cruss- petition, through Col. Snoddy, for q d-
vorce, asking alimoDy. THIS 90 enrxged Keller,
that he repeatedly threatsned to kill Ed Hope
and bus family aud burn them all up in their
house Last Sunday night Mrs. Boyd, neighbor
of Keller's, induced Mrs.z Keller to go and stay
with her all night in the absence Of her husband.
Keller was informed of his wifss presence 1t the
house Of Boyd and, Vas maeh enrnged thereat.
Monday morning q neighbor Of -Boyd's named
HALEY, discovered at daylight. Bcyd's house de-
stroyed by fire. Hs proceeded at once to the
burned ruins, one mile distant, and discovered
the bodies Of four persons, hall CONSUMED, smok:
ing asoug the ruins Of 1hS little sbsutS-- Ars.
had been knocked down jp the effort to escape,
her head smashed with an *; her arms burnt off
aud h.r Isgs cousn,,,e, }, m 70 ,bs hins Mr.
Boyd was found beneath where the bed stood.
nm b.r hall ,vitL IN. ram mas.,ts of a fnnr moptbs
ala child On bar arm. Es Ls,d was ala, crn.L
,d in and her Iegs buintfSH a twn v,ar old
child of Bovd,, lac at tb,r ss,others feet partIy
coilsnmsd. 70 = -ffse-.As--4.es .--
The neighborhood was asssse Aroused, and an
inyestiratiou discovered IN, tyAoks of u,ocas,ns
leading in the direction Of .Kellers' house. one
mile distant. They found Keller csolly seated
IN. cS;m. of fire He want To the scrne M 1pr
der with m. crowd. and iai,pbed AT the idea of
,hs ,,.di.s L.;na bnmar =. H. assertad that ,b.y
wa,s she-n or calves Keller was arr,sted by
tL till ,.Ie mocassin. and Mood attained cItb;ny
S,nnd in his bonss Ths inonest hrnuybt in =
y.rJ;.t cb.r,,;ng KsIIsr s;tb m. Grim. of mnr-
A.
Tn. .-ovd tbraat.,ad 4, Iv,cb him ,vbsp ,h.
sb.r;tf Js.med II b.st n lr;nS th. nr;son.r IN 10
C,ana wb.rs bs vas hr,ngb1 aud cont;nsd Mon-
d:y n;',bt On Tn.sdyv a,1Iition.l .yid.nc. yr,s
J;:covsrej having M dosbt of KsII.r;s cn;it
and ,b, eyci,.mrni cnptipued Ia increase
A mass meetin., was beId nj Film Grave scbool
ho1... T0 n,, T1esd.y ri%bt n..rlr ,h. sn,ir. no"
I,tion of Scott towuship b-iny nr,sent a vote
L.;n,, ,,k.n /, vas decided to cam. to 4, C,y,n.
taL. /, ,IIsr ,nt and b.ng him tn.d,y Rnn5.rs
wars ssnt over ths sur,o9rsjny Country iny;I;n,,
ali q, attend nh. sxac.tinp Th.y aIs.,si DrT
D,IIas nS Twin srr;nss can,a;n aud in . h.,d,,
c G., Luadr5 r. - ar,nJ 80, .,S
fntr rurdg rnn tIa tns hnFr
a,,nad nm snSS.nI, s,n.sr.d l.; s.. .n, ,,,ai
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fbs sscana of K.Iror Tp,as o,,,,"ra ,h. iaiI I'm,
snnnJ tba nr;.nn.rs had gons rha ;.J.r;f, h. vinn
san, R.II.rp ,owards psai in ,.h.rsra .,s ,,nn's
D,an ,arad Or,ashv W. Tha 80, VI ~ SJhae he
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d.r.r s,.n.,aI s.arch ras ;n.,;,,,aJ Th,
tr,iI of tbs f,,;,;vs wa. fnnd and nnrSn;t .iy.
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,i,o Lrpsb o,,J he Jrpvs nm Tbe mil orar,,,aI
W. abn,t si, nils nnr,b az Ia Cv,n. I'D
wirb Innd cursrs and ,brrarsnipg g,stnrss o,d.r,i
W.v I'm reveal the hiding nIac, ef nh. nr;sonsr
u. !d.fontIy r.fnsed III. moi h,r.vsr ,r,cL
ad III, fIyitiye and fuund him crnurbiny in ,b.
Lrnsb Ha surrendered c,nlIv m his nnrsuers
anJ r.s Lrouybt iptn Ia Cyg,. ,,b,ro h. 80,
,aI.n "a HarIsn's honss and n.rt,ok nf !. be.rty
Jinn.r
Gan Cbas W RI,;r of Far, Scot, ,-bo b,d
.ouyaned the district conrt in Ia Cvgns tnos,h.r
with m. sheriff and couuty attornpy nroce.dsd
y, tb, otIics of ID 8 KsIIsy wbsr,. :, rpnn,mit,..
of couf.rencs with the nah was held Sheriff
Croxt ION .,nsJe d.u,.n,i IN The moh fur tb,, snr"
r.n,Tsr nf m. nr;sou.r and nIad,sd hi. lie, and
honor for the safe Keeping of Keller. and Offered
to appout twenty of IN. Inob sn.ci.i dsn,tia. tn
Keen the nrisoner SAT-, Tn. mnb refnsd y, r,..
IinIuish their Doomed victim. They r.ou.sted
the prisoner, who was coolly smoking his pipe
ali this tin,. IN max. his will aud ,,,.nar. E,r
death n. s.cnreI the services az attorn.y
Jnbu Reutlry and wilIed his estate worth ahon,
fifteen hundred dollars and for which he had
steep.,l his hands in the blood of f,ur brInIsss
hsin,ys to his child by /, former wifi. I;ap,raI
RIaiT now made n very earnest sn-.cb for the
surrender of the prisoner TO the authorities. DR.
Dallas the cnptaip of the mob was willing to