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a,s,,, iii ls thought 10 va! out q dangers hid
himself III daylight. "ien ho came 70 town.
Whon tho onicots arrested :, Afford. NJ
on es'1 tno sD't, ptsiris. .ui sa.noi On him tsss
and, to ssy1 ln,aflf, he u ned and hEn' tnlnE-
,ns il was man III tho ci y, wlaso name no Esse.
that e then r'u toward. i'one sna tnas no toJ'
however, from thu Testimony. That ha IAo ~
vallsc, bit that Marshall lad ono wh,cll oon,
tsned tho pocLet beok u ws' thg 1ons5 ,,:a & nna
| rocxst This raIao Marshall Laa with him
| nhsu shot, but Aftot bclns wounaaa: he fnn
as teforo stnted, and loft tho v"lise. Tho saliso
| nas found abou. O'Clock IN tpe nftotn NIL ~
Two youua ,nou. in a hasasask noar whese tho
| slonsinR occurred. t
ran hfel. aud IA i Ut lynoh,nR var hoard on
| evorv hand, Ihs fact TINT uo tcstulo1J was In
troducsd tor tic defonso added tire 10 tho Ok.
ettomeut Thnrssy night passed ,s orar q"Ghey. .hoy.
thirty armed man. nasksd, took posass,sson ,o O..
ibs conrt-louso aud jail They sompeslea the
Sho1f to giro up tho keys. Tho ff!sohor,
tho Insido. ncins thus frustrated N obtaining
abundance through rho door, thn mob ohtaiilou
: largo aiauYc, anl NTH 1t b'oko I've OF thsee
bars ot an ineitio windox ana yen. atne's, 10 ~ ~
to admit tae entrance Of tnau; mhan ono OF
tho MpHE dRrug-hn Italian named James Vt
'anlo-ms.lo ali entrance through .his apastafs.
a. eoon ah ta entered. A!foid acsaaa hoo-han.
die, vlcl, had toen nut in tho room for tne
italian 10 onon lilo door with, anu struck o.
lnnJo b,ow on tho 1oad, shtFering tue handle
10 t1ieces. Orlando. rccaseriuE, seized A'fori, a
& sc,nlo ensuea. During t'1e acua'e, A!soru'
Who lad. by suna meaus unsuosu, become pos.
/ nes.cd ot ptttot shot tia antagonist tn tho
| tsomach. III, ho1ovor, Aucanoaoa ID un!a1ten.
nns to1. toe soon wsrs IL The M 1or va
i gtizod, talon from tho jniL and taken eouta q
Q tho lonn. for Tic putpose Of Eeluz iynobsa'
That, howa!er, seclna not to atse nenn .ns ~
. so,nc clrclcssnesa Of those having him II! cbaFSo}
j shipped tho foro which had been placed nEoana
+ bis neck, asd esc.pcd into tho darklle,'. sss-
:. c1al shots were Area afses him. but mono sook
= effect. ,u. I,
1t ford had tceu taaen b. the MOB, ana u
gSn'tffy ths esp?ioseu no aa II be-
CANA known TINT the ptis. uos '.a esenpoa, ano
o parties wcut In search: At shs sll1o l!ia efclso.
laont was insouse. At about II o'clock he NJ. was
Ii bc.ouginx 10 tho County !Attoruey = brosuer.ip.
lnw. It t1anhpircd during tho morning, shat A.
ford had bcon at tic County Astoruss'a house
after escaping from inc mob asa osssSo. w.
to County Attorney; after which, IT. appears, ht
rauod admission into tue barn, anu Bot luto tht
IN haylott whore no was found. on nnul:'E nsnl
o, took him back 10 tho jail, md, BY THO asu o.
H. stroug guasl succeeded In rrotectlnK tho prison
nd Of until SundnY night about tho .1n!o lilo cn'lfcn
-. 8DfylE8A NtT9 UtEIt HAUHt ~ @pstAe* VI
Go tbo pr,sonor waa droesed IN Nonan's c!oshes
10 aud loft tho Caurt- -Ilou.o (whsre sorvtee INK
boon hold> In company with an officer, as II com
oa Inn from Divine bcry.c". A conveyance "ao y
or Waiting noar, aud t,e Deputy ahcrif drove +
,s. Eltjnwool, about 10 miles, aou tnere got on th
Of iraiu on lilo Atcha n Topeka 4 SANTA fo l'all
.c road, and took bln prisoner 10 tho Jail IN Topeka
whore l.e IL nov lodged, and mill fcnaln unt
tho session Of tho Court hoss, On thu 10Th Q
1t February. ,,,.
ok After It bccame Known snne ~ W ~. ~
iii. Afford lad bocn IN tho bnrn Ut to County ~
H. toruoy, tho oxcitomout ut !ta hi"lles' l'te
ut. Tho County Attorney coming Ill 0r du'l shaFu
uu tho cursps aud e1ccratlona That sontlema'
hU however, claims that ho kcpk tue hsd'ng-plAce
M. qccrek fer fear TINT tho mob would agaia eeenl
IL. their rnau hud lynch him, and that hlR inontu
l.is wa 10 turn him orer to tho proper authofats'
in | Az soon as It could 10 safciy doto. II ia al
roi tbak Afford knows most Of tho persons Wao cou
m. IoBci t1u mob Tho oxeitenont has run vel
nd Eirb tho pubic nontl,nent ia a7atpst A!tott
Itfo anI although many nro uppoael to mob'law J
led regrets would have boon fow had Afford rcces'
caJ suin4lary punishment for hs dastatdly aud mu
,ti- dcfotta onttaEe.
are Iuo man Orlando, shos by Afford IN tho ia
old. died Oh saturday nigh. about ~ oc!ocs' md
buried ycs.ofaay.