, 1879-01-07
CAPTURE OF. the Men Who Burned
Mitchell and Ketchum
to Death.
Tho lscopie of Nebraska Eiatctl
at the Prospect Of Incx.
Ornblc Justice.
A Road-Agent Near Carbon, Ia,
Hung Up for DAVIS to
Peck Al,
Merriok, the Womau-Killiug Brute at In
dianapolis, Must Hang.

NEBRASKA HORRORS.
.Soerfnt DtsnntcA II 7hs Trtbnrt.
LINCOLN, Ncb., Jan. 8.-The people Of Ne.
braska ase greatly pleased to learn that thu
1ncn who were guilty OF the lnhuman crfn,n OF
roasting alive Mitchell and Kctc!,um wcre ar-
rcRtcd in Dawson County yesterday. They arc
.loin Baldwin, 4 hotcl-keepcr, Myron brown,
barney Armstrong, ]. r. Olive. John Fisher,
tho " KID )" John uantlfn, and William Green.
Oivs was the ringieadcr Of tho dastarsiiy roast
Ing Of Ketcl,uNa nntl Mitchell. Tho men werc
arrested une at time. quietly, BY preconccrt-
cti arrangement, at the Town OF Plum Creek.
Attorney -tlencra! Dilwortl, together With three
brothers ot Tho murdered Ketchum, aud other
gentlemen, did tho work. Learning that the men
wcrc ut Plum Greek, they slipped down upon
them from kcarncy, md arrested them Without
firing a shot, Notwithstanding Olive and others
had tonstcd TINT there wcro not men enough IN
Nebraska to urrcst them. Three mcn had been
tn hot pureutt Of Gillian, the shcrin who sur-
rendered tho unfortunate men, kctchum and
Mitchell, to tho Acnds who burned them. Ills
Afternoon they caught Min. All tho men arc
now in Iatt at Kcarncy, and arc securely ironc1.
The whole city ts aeting as guard to prevent ah
incuratou at cattlcnicn to tho rescue. Nearly
nl tho villains nro {rpIn Texas, holding no rli-
xcnatlp here. The people OF Nebraska rejoice
Rt thelr capture.
Sn-csai M&patca to 7as Tribune.
OMAHA, Ncl., jatl. N-fcsteflay. prisoner
called Dutch Charley" d road-agent, was be-
ing taken In charge of MI officer from Laramie
to fawIins for trial, and when the train teached
Carbon, Wyoming, last night party Of masked
c.,r5.t1 n,,, o,,t ann. ,ttt,c 1.tnrco fran, thu
,ra,n .rl,nv h.i,c, A. a ,o1ccronb,no1e ami then
,,,so.,n.,1 IT,, t,,o, hs ,nc iod co,no a. thcv
,r,,,,n.n1 T., hor1 lin nr1 n ho Ind anrt1,tm,
- - H., hn1 tatta- .or II ,utr, ,rrov .,c.
eoo;,.d In tr.1ucnr him IN ronfcss
ttas J.. -. an ~ ,ho mrrtcrcrr
~ ,v,Iao,vna,,1 ona v,p,ont .,ron1
s. ,.". ,,,,, ,h-o,., t,.,o- a.. cro,,.h,- ~ ths
Nh nj. snJ ma .n,, xoa ..c,,rc,v ,a.t.
aac5 art,,,'1 IN vtI,o,n,. nccl,. Tin mon sl,rn
tno,. hn.i ~ ,I,o othcr en,, nna ot TIM e,cnnl.
Mf,oo 40 +h,.o n,,1ti,, ho .hot IN fntn thc
II. .nnd - wa. ,o"n'1ci, in,o c,nrn,tv. Trc cn,1
- IT,, r,no uh,c,, thay ,a, ho,d ~ wos thcn
.t,s .ro,,,,1 IN tn,t ~ TIM no,c ond t,n hotlv
% 1,',.",. Ch..,nr, ), o.. IN stann11n1 In thc
mr.. md rcuoiocd there until today.
~, ~ ".s srs,. a..st., s,,. ,,,,,o .ra,.a,,o,.
NV a, a@,,orfars ~ ti"t tcr,th,s cr,,nc HIN
,,,na;no n M mi h,rniuo ~ MItchr,l mn, Kstchu,r
T., I;u.tsr 9,onntv arn ttjli frcsl, in thc minds
~ t,,o nublr' Il crcotcf1 terribtc sensation In
Mohrn.ra sri1 ell ovrr tho country. md. ro,tnlcI
49, sho .r,n,o. ~ nichar,1s yhtch ,ycrc ,nn.c
Win tno etl,hes W AN'e1'4u', ""sA WHY ''a"s
public At ABOUT TUG same s'ne, anu a'so t!o
| lynchiuE OF two convtctcd nrgrocs ut Nebraska
| City for murder and rape, Ravo a severe blow to
H. nubo-,o to,r rcn,,tot,ou of Nehro.ko n. a
,ao .s,,sas. 49,, ,aaen.,,,a a,ot. Tno h,,r,.,
law.ao1u'a9 anu Ieaseao'e a!ats' 4he ouFn!ns
Of Mitchell anu koachnm created intenso !nuiV-
nation all over tho State, aud tho 0oycrnor was
anncalrd 10 to t1aku every effort possible to
49,. tn o,rca, nj tho v,,lains cnncnrnc, in lin
,a, n.r.a. = ~o. .m~aa.tc ~, I'm, ,ha oa.
brutal ootfaee' IL "as sueeesteo taat tna Leg
islature make On appropriation Of sl0,0ou
es reward for their capture, but a. tho sup.
roant, ,p,,rcrcra arn nov in custotty R,,ch aim