Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-02-27

idcnce. This confession was carried to the
excited popuace outsi e, and added fuel to
the already dangerous fire. They were fu-
rious and demanded the prisoner. but the
Justice was detcrmincU to do his duty and
protect him us long ~ he could The out
siders then firing into the bank,
where the prisoner was being guarded,
and the shots were returned from the in
side but it only cxasperatcd the mob
which now numbered over Il hundred per-
sons.
rush was made on the building, and
the doors and windows broken in. the squire,
constable aud guards seized and held, while
others Of the mob picked up !he thief and
hurled him through the window. He was
caught by the outsiders, who seemed at
first determined to tear him to pieces. lie
was parldcd through the streets amid the
jeers OF the populacc and every indignity
inflicted upon him. Aiye-eighth a inch rope
WAS finally procured. and sentence Of death
was passed upon the unfortunate doctor.
He was then whipped through the streets
over the head with the rope, and begged
piteously for his life, but the mob, like all
others, WAS incXorlble, and answered his
prayers with hoots and delision.
He was then being marched to the gal
lows a strip OF timber in the outer edge of
the town, followed by nearly the entire pop
ulation- Arriving at the timber, the noos.
was fastened around his neck, and tn, c>.i
of the rope thrown over the limb of 4 tree.
and graspcd by the eager and cz"5rrI
crowd, who, in an instant, had the Lo.ty Of
the doctor dangling in mid air.
He WAS soon let down, though, and he
was asked, after rcsuscitating, if he had
any accomplicc, an impression that he had
having gained credcnce among his execu-
TONERS. He denied having any, and was
again swung up, only to be let down again,
and questioned as before, with exactly the
same result.
A third time this operation was gone
through with, and the almost dead man
persisted in the statement that he WAS alone
in the robberies, and begged and implored
for the crowd to save his life; but the flt
had gone forth from that mob that DR..
Rusch should die, and that kind of II body
never Offers any clelncncy. He was salts
fed his time had come and then asked the
benefit of clergy. Strange to say, they
granted this reasonable request, and a
Methodist minister responded, who offered
a long and impressive prayer for the DOOM
ed mans soul. The doctor also commenced
praying, but his auditors were not Impress
ed with it, and told him to cut it short.
He begged for more time to pray. but his
impatient hearers swung him up with the
words on his lips.
The majority Of the mob stayed until the
last spark OF life hal fed, when they re-
turned 10 their homes. Some Others hcav-
lily under the influence of whisky, stayed
behind, and pcrpotratcd more dIsttr,ily
act than did the mtA they hal hung.
They cut tn corpse / w AMI robbed If
of the money he h.li irl'r;, from tAe h,nN
AMI his go!l watch and chain, leaving his
boiy laying where it fell, with the rope still
around his rcck. in which condition it was
found and taken ch rye of by the olfcers of
the law. A jury was summoned by Squire
TiemAnn, and an inquest held, The vcr-
dict was in accordance with the forcgoiny
facts
There is considerable feeling against the
ones who robbed the corpse, and they will
be presented to the grand jury, now in ses-
sion at Lexington. 1t will probably result
i'll all implicated being indicted. trial,
though. would be 4 farce as it would be
impossible to convict the lynchers.