Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-20

md will requite Is with oontunely aui
insult. Never banter one Of this class, ,sp1
he will brood over your. badinages long
after you have forgotten it. and 1t i not
prudent to any ones enmity for the sake
Of uttering q small repartee. Ridicule. at
best, is q perilous weapon. Satire, how.
ever, when lcveled st social foibles ana
political evils, is not only legitimate, but
1thas shxmed down more
abuses than were ever abolished BY force
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NO HANGING FOR MURDER.
Else Iowa Law. Might Execute Justsea
Upon Story County Lynchers-Cr,asl
Murder OF an Old Far1ncr. zzzs->y3 .zyIgsz
Des Moincs; Town, Telegraph. May 10.
Early this morning it was rumored hero
that George n. Kirkman, Story county
farmer, had been taken out of his bed
Sunday morning and hanged until he was
dead, by parties unknown The report
was at first discredited, but later in the day
reliable reports were received stating that
such was the fact. A coroner's inquest
was held Sunday afternoon. They found
the body badly bruised and n.angled, and
that he had come to his death by hanging
at the hands of mob, only four or fiveof
whom directly participated, but as to who
the parties were, nothing was developed.
The testimony at the inquest showed that
no noise was heard until Mr.. Kirkman
was seized from Mrs. Kirkman's side in
the bed. So suddenly was everything
done, the rope put around his neck and
hauled out ofthe house--thst he only said
one word" "Marian''- his son.in.law,
Marian Haynes. Mrs. Kirkman screamed
and tried to catch hold Of him, raped on
the door where Mr.. and Mrs. Haynes were
sleeping, and was going to follow Mr.
Kirkman out Of doors, but her daughter
would not ]ether. The entire family then
remained in the kitchen bedroom until
daylight before giving the alarm. Two
shots were fired as he was jerked Out Of
the house From the door the track looks
as though he had been jerked several feet.
As they passed from the kitchen-door they
Immediately turned south, went through
the front gate in front of the south door.
and then turned west Shortly after pas.
sing through the front gate signs of drag
ging were visible, then for short dis
tance the signs disappeared, and then for
about the last half Of tie distance he Was
dragged over the entire ground. 1t ap-
peared that, just after falling the last time
he was dragged against and over stump.
after which no signs Of struggling were
visible. A few places along the route
blood was visible. The tree upon which
he was hung was about four inches in
diameter. The limb over which the rope
was drawn was only abou: one inch in
diameter. The bark was nearly worn
through by the friction Of the rope. The
limb was six feet high. Mr.. kirkham
was drawn up with his back against the
tree, his legs crossed AMI still resting of
the ground. Had he been straight hia
: knees would probably have touched the
ground. Tie place where lie was hung
was nearly 20 feet from the place where
he was taken last winter by mob OF
about eight or ten and threatened to be
hung. To follow SO near the same old
track it looks as though The parties had
been over the ground before.
MIR. George y. Kirkulan was aged be
4 tween SIS and 50 years had lived in Story
county % years; settled On his presen,
farm in Indian Creek township, about 4
I mile from Peoria City, in February, e52
{. and hail :: family Of nine children-thret
+ SONS ant: SIX daughters. Five Of his chill
|. dCon are married. Some time last fai
y some trouble arose between Ir. and Mrs
= Kir.n,an tt;*,r sonie tSifiirg cause, il whic,
y in the language Of 11I:. ErkinaE, the blam.
was upon each about halt and half. Mrs
= son.in-iav, Nr. ZiIsmaster A short tim,
{. after, Mr. Zinsm:.stIr's barn was burned
: and Mr. hiyknlal, was accused Of bein!
: the person who set it ON fire. Dir. Zins
r master lived in Polk county, ard Mr.. Kirk
man was bound over for his appearance
:. at the District Court. The day after th'
q barn was burned Nlr Eirkman was takel
Il into the timber kicked and hauled abou
# in very rough lnani.er, and was threat
/. ened to be hung then, end probably woul:
2 have been had the mob agreed anon!
5. themselves. That was III daylight N!
r. kirkman had three parties arrested an
bound over to The District Court IN Stcr,
g county. When the court met in De
i loincs no indictment was found agains
d hirkman, and he was consequently Gl.
= charged The District Court in Stor.
d county will meet next Tuesday, and III
, chances are verJ strong that the. partic
y who mobbed Ir. kirkman would not b
n rs fortunate in getting away. Nhethe
e there is any connection between these tw
+. facts or not we cannot say. After III
, kirkman's troubles las: fall, he MADE
{, will in which some OF his children wer
;. remembered with nothing and some wit
J. a plenty. His lands were transferred 81
d many changes were made. About flv
;; weeks ago they were got together again
5. and went back to thel: house, expectin
Al to live together again. This will was q
Is s;royea, the property re-transfe1red an
is everything put in the shape it was befor'
Habit.