The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-25
Mob Law at Concordia-Dr. Rush
Hung for ArsoE-Particu-
lars Of the Hanging and
the History of
tie Victim.
From tie sc.in=i.nr ixprrs-.l


nclia. the capital city of tl,s. German
Iftlciuenis. in the nc :rstern por-
ton 81 JiIs county. was the srcnc Of
:rt avn i,Iraycdv. For months past
the pl:.ar has been cursed with the
prc>ciHr Of :si foi:r u !icId III
hI,.n.ir form. ;.s axri- lrcathcd the
breath of life. One' l,r. Rush. u ma
tive Of tic little rcpn3 li@nf SwitZcr-
land. Il well e,lmcatc,i highly acc"m
J pli>Lc,I hx,n, gifted liz many way>,
and. wiis,as occasion required could
act Unpublished gentleman al cxcrra-
: bic villain. lie c;,Inc t. CCncOr,lia a
total stranger to all, b,S3 by his our
tcous dcmcanor and SUI G.ri.r manners
soon enlisted himself ii,te. the good
fcclin" of the pOlul:srf;- :.ad by 'le-
.ososs arose to be the frs v.!H stefan in
hr.settlcment. and 4 Li.ln ami inilu-
cntial member of the chuIYh. lie
had reached the acme of his ambition
at laht. y mol of approval from him
was I'll any ma i'll the settlement tie
sired. But Rush WIS surs.y AMI
slowly working his min: l.0- began
TO make enemies, but he dc:icd them
in his way, poisoning tho minds Of
his friends against them with his oily
tongue.
About Ona wear ago. the town Of
Conccrti, vas nearly aGirOyedi by
fire il was cvilc::i!H the act oil an
ilGen!iary. vet no suspicious were
aroused. Soon. after another and
. NOR. serious. lire broke cEi ;. ant dc-
>troycrl Il large amount ut. property.
followed biz others al Ion" Intervals
The INSURANCE companies nefu,>c'h t..
issue policies To the citizens. AMI re-
moved ll,uir nt.irc> tO more %cOngciial
nci.hbOrhou,l>. The tires continued
tn RAGE with undated fuzzy. and rob-
berries wcrs.frruprni. The I;figHn : frl'.
ti:rH were doomed. but resolved To
save what Limsg6.h .sn"t vet ,cSi:pyeJ.
if possible. y laertin" Of the citi-
zcns WA uailni far tho purpose If de-
vi>in. some WAY iin which to rapture
the robbers and inr"ndiaric>. DIR.
Rush was ~ tho chair. lie advised
: the citizrneto form Il vigilance conf
mittcc. and said if the oifcn,:Br> we!D
captured t.in& ought tn suiti'r death
in its Hip>a Horrible form-burning.
The Il .eat- ri the little city wcr0.pa-
t,plletni~ii ai.d day, and for Il time
! pcaue s,;.yiu.'I. The vigilance Of the
peOrih. rnlcxu., after u time. They
thoul3ir :,inS had. frightened the rob-
hers and arSonS fiam their midst Ii
was a,dclrs;on. for DIR. Rush rcinain-
cd wi III tiis,H..
Friday ni.ht &C last week the store
of Mix Sto:i.e> was broken into and
robb~.h The discovery was made
early saturday morning. There were
tracks-fron,. ,lIc i.Orc to .llc residence
of DR.. Rush. ~ search warrant was
iselIcd AId ;ii8 0on>tablc. follOwc,ibv
.. largo. nmihcr Of citizens repaired
to the place. I;usl, was not at ho'ac.
liz had been appraised of his danger,
alai had fed. His house vas literally
packed with goods, stolen from .hc
stores which he had committed to.-iie
flames to cover up the robbcricS..
Can il be wondred that the Iti-
zen were wild, almost craZcd, with
excitement Rush had a few hour.
start of the mel who now mounted
their horses and started i'll pursuit.
But he was not to escape, iOr after 6
chase of eight hours he VS. captured
and brought back to the scene Of his
deviliry. His captOrs turned him
over to Squire Tioaaa, who placed
him in tie vault If the 33ncOrdia
Savings tank, for safe kcc.ing, and
dispaichedtO thij-city for the Sher-
i'll.
About sax o'clock a. larg, portion
of the ,opuiatios of ConcOrlia, arm
ell with, every. imaginable weapon,
appeayei ut the bank and demanded
the prisoner. THE Squire hid, but
was :found and. compelled to deliver
up the keys OF: the vault indeed it
would have Ieen death to have re-
fused.so Infatuated and impassionated
were the -Hob.. Hush, the inhuman