, 1875-10-16
CRIMINAL NEWS.
Detailed Account Of the Lynch
tug Of 'clnberton, III Mn
son County, Ill.
A Murder Mystery Of the Dlooaiest De-
scription at Napoleon, 0.
4 EetoBd Trial at Rochester, Iud., Increases q
Hans Sentence from Six 10 Twenty Tears.


Hans Sentence from Six 10 Twenty Tears.
| THE LSacR,Ro IN MASON COUNTY. TT.
| R'oa,,,aton tIH., 5an'oa'nph. osi. II.
For several days items have been going tho
rounds OF the papers abont tho ]yllclltnR Of
| mau named Europe PemIerton, at Forest City,
Mason County, Ill.,
For a uuu,lot OF yaars Mason County las bcen
troubled with iaorep- thieves, and lie utmost on.
leavoss of tho po!icc-powets Of tho county llave
bean teutlcas IN ttleg attanpts To catch tho por'
pctr.tors. Tho raids had grown In lumber. aud
bocame no auccoastul that the people at length
becuu,o tired of the manner in which their horses
wero disappearing Finally. to suporess these
raids, aud to bring the Offenders 70 Justice, they
formed a Vigilance Committee.
This bail been In steady oxihtence for three or
four years, and a. got had not boon Of any mate
sssee In stoppns hotsstsss's ta:ns s,,,s1 70
| exlata In Mnson County towards hotse~tlloVos
The victim. Dsurope rnmbetton-es Europe.
a. he spell4 l!ia nau,o.--waa man "a yoaEa old,
rouuds ue l,aa for years boa., known rs a
| desperate character, and had bccono terror TO
number OF people near his homo. Even when
boy be was oonsidorod unpttncipIsd, and "aB
About six or soven Jears ago 1,e was aont,
pleading guilty, to the Penltentiary for three
years, on chalge Of tse-ssealing:: 1lo servod
out his tirno aud returned to ha old homo nonr
aud that and Macon County ,Tere Ills hcadquar-
tera, next to Jol,oe. Aftor bone our a month or
aud tating . doubto-batrel shotgun and
homs money. fle waa convicted and sent
up Tor eighteen months While IL tho
BY the pams Of Charles During. to whom ho
| gave list Of the moBt prominent mon Of Mason
County, namngmoro particularly tho residents
Of Forest City. and told him OF whom i,e could
tou had Threatened other to kilt OF to burn their
honBes and barns as rnvongo for tho bad foc!-
ing they had manifested towatds him. While
serving out their time tlcse two 1non agreed TINT
During, whoHs limo expired first, should go to
Foreat City and gather In MI he could, and
wait about there until remborton'a tituo Wan
out, aud thou tho two would commence thcir
village.
During wont to Forest City wlilo THO Mason
County Conrt vas in session, and passed. hiu1st II
as Deputy Sheriff. Ono OF his lodges WAS
as foilows: lIe would sav to we1t-to.do
farmer, IN man mas been arrested II Havana for
forging ono Of your notes. 1t Is known to DO =
forgery, but. to convict him, tho Sheriff wanta
you to 60 to Havana and tcatify." TITO man Of
conrso would go. and, as soon as nc had gono
away. During would rob tho house and take tho
vanables Ito had done this thing several
tu,os, but finally wap captured. On his person
| WIS round Tug l1Hk OF GfI4E1ub. AHup OH OuslR
questioned, he said thst Pa,nborton had givoa
them to him. Then tho whole plan came out.
aud then these people who wsro nau,od on tlis
List began to 1.-Two 10 constant terror aud fear mat
pembcrtoD would return and carry out hlH
threats. When ho did return. It was seen that
ho associnted with men whoso character was
known to be desperate. although hia relatives
matned him not 10 do SO; and the dread felt by
This accounts for tho bitter feeling existing
towards Pombsrton BY tho rosidouts OF Masou
County.
abort time ago, pemberton vas noticed wan:
deslnR About In tho woods near Forest City. nnlt
several times Uas eaen In company with man
who was known dosporado. 4 little later
soYernt horBes were missed. and no trace Of
them could to found. Whoa the o.IlcorB came
to "work up't tho case 1t wns found that all
the missing horses wore last bosn eit1os neaT, or
III, this sanae piece Of timber where Pomborten
was aeon. Iii. ". H. Cogdall was tho owner Of
tbs horses, and lnado tho complaint. l1r. Will
lam l.. need. tho Constable at Forest Oits, had
warrant Issued for the arrost OF pemborton,
aud tolsgra he'd 10 Mason City to have HIM ar
rested and kept uutlt he could take him away:
He went to Macon Cts on the dre1 trait, and
there received the prisoner: lie rcsurnod Fti.
| day afternoon 70 Forest Citv, reaching that
place At about o'clock In the afternoon. Ha
took Pemborton TO h!a houso, thst both might
hare their supper, - the prosecuting witness had
not como ves. After sappoE, dsoFRe pernhos-
ton, q ooustn Of tbs prisoner. md man highly
honosod in The community. and MIR. Ell nlklrk.
|
sec, 1t tho prisoner was connected WITH the vari-
GUS thegta which had been perpesEaeed for 9ov-
, cral Wooks past. lit. deorge pomberton wAa
.. out of town when our reporter arrived. but he
fonnd Mr. Ell Nikirk. and from him learned tho
Tuoy asked pemocrson why hc continued to
act ~ he had done, commencing nuew in climo
tuat as eoon as he was freed from tho Penitota'
There's about, aud 1t WAS tho general belief ol
the community that ho was connected With The
band. They asked him 1t this was So liz
; answered in nearly these woFds: III knew
should drop dead for not taling the truth,
would say that was not counected with the
band, and did not know that n1r. oogdala's horaea
werc stolen until l waa taken to Forest City:
ns d,atI or a. 9 w1en sad
Joliet July II. 1876, aud had received suit ol
clothes aud fl2. Further, be bud worked h.i
way among various 1stIne1s untl he returned K
LIS homo, and 10 stated that La could provo tha
| be was not usar Mr. CoRdall'a 1t the time III
said hts horses were atolen.
After interviewing Mr. Niklrk this far, ths
constables story was ne1t sought, md Mr. VIII
CURED after this, Ia follows: ~ left pembor
. toa talking WITH George pemberton aud El
Nlk{rk, and went out to find tho prosecuting Wit
ness. told h!m that had tue prisoner q N,
house. and. for him 20 go to Squire jack
sop. and would bring him over, "a
did not wsnt to make ial1 Of my house, III
told me that he would be over ii 3 few min
1 uteB. went 70 squire teckeohH otttce NIL
George Pemberton. Mr. Niklrk went homo. l,
VAS then about 10 o'clock. and the ~ituesa hnt
not appeared. md ahortly George pombertot
wont home. waited until \ lttle after II, and
aa no one appeared agsinst Europe tho Squire
| discharged him for want Of prosecution.
started to 10 out, aud Was about feo: from tht
Squirrels ollse, and pemberson had mot uaogs
than let 90 Of the door knob, when mob o1
about thirty mon made rush and took hold o.
penbe.ton, and tried 70 tako him away.
| ordered them to atop, but they would not, Bnt
:. 80 dfaw my revolver knd shot ens. Then thoy
: bit mo n the chest with largo atone or brick
! and knooktd my revolver out Of my haad, ut the
s same time putting shawl or blanket ovol