Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-11-05
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A dispatch on the night Of the 29th
ult., from Kahoka, Missouri, says:
The case Of Bill Young, whose trial
for the murder of Lewis Spencer and
his four children, near Luray, Clarke
county, Mo-, in 1877, closed at ha.
hoka, on Saturday last, and resulted
in a verdict of not guilty, eliminated
to-day in a resort to mob violence
There was strong circumstantiai eVi-
dence against Young, but the prose
cution was greatly weakened by the
fiascs of Detective Lane in attempt
ing to account for the bloody over
alls. Although acquitted, majority
of the people of Clarke ctunty were
convinced of his guilt, and however
much they may depfecste lynch law,
it is safe to say that the rubhc at
large who had read the e1idehce
shared this opinion. 1t was not
known or even spread outside OF
Clarke county, however, that any
move would be made to execute sum
mary punishment. On Sunday after
noon Young was married at Baitosa,
to Miss Lydia Bray, Of Ohio, to whom
he was engaged befofe his arresti and
who has been in this Stats fer the
past fsar months assisting him in pre-
pairing his defense. They arrived In
this city on Monday evening, and re-
sraiftea here uiltil .hs rrtrnihe} %hef
they left for Young's home, near Lri-
ray: Their movements have been
CLOSELY Watched: Last night y mob
numbering from 100 to 200 men, as
semhed north of Kahoka, and was
waiting there this morning vhgrf tbe
train passsd. FirdlHs siiat foung
went on TO his home, they followed
on horseback and in wagons, and
after his arrival there, surrounded
his house and denranided his susreir
der. Young, who was accompanied
by J. C. Coffmah, of Toledo Ohio,
one of his attorneys; refused W st-r-
render, and opened sre on the mob
but without effect. Shots were ex-
changed and firing was kept up until
Young was wounded. Eight men
then forced their way into the house,
took young ont and hanged HIM.
The most intense excitement prevails.
A dispatch from the same place on
Thursday night, the 30th ult., says ::
Physicians from Kahoka went to
Bill" Young's residence last night.
His heart WAS beating when they o.
rived, at ) o'clock, but their efforts
to revive him failed. An examina
ton of the body showed that he had
received shot in the right forearm,
and four in the right breast Only a
few people visited tine house to-day.
Freat indifference is manifested by
the citizens. The corpse lies half a
mile from Luray. Detective Lane
states that he did not raise the mob,
and is no more responsible than the
300 others. The windows of Young S
residence were broken out by pistol
balls from without and within. No
other property or persons were in
jured. Coffman, Young's Ohio law
yer. is missing. He WAS last seen in
the custody of the mob. going from
shs house. He has made a partial
statement intimating that there was
bribery of some OF the members of
the jury which acquitted Young.
| This is believed to be false. Three
hundred men were present at the
IynchHast; ahd tie third of them toos
an active part. Nine picked men,
strangers here, did the shooting and
hanging. The mob was half com
posed of men from Lee county, Iowa,
and Hancock county, Ill. No effort
has been made 40 ihaks aiy arrests.
The sheriff is powerless to do any
thing. Nothing is likely to be done
without orders from the State capi-
tai: Lane w6rsd hs protected by 500
men should there be az effort raade
to take him into custody, Lane will
leave here next week to sttend court
in Illinois, Young leaves FIVE young
children. He asked to be buried be
side his first wife at Luray, Politics
had no connection with tie death
No further trotible ss anticipated un.
less officers shosild attempt to aries,
any members of the mob. The citi
zens of Luray took no part in the
affair.