Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-17
LANES LATEST!
Lane, the Detective, in the
Mexico Jail.
Leader of the Young Mob. and
Il Desperate i'm General.

The readers of the LEDGER will re-
member that about two Years ago a
detective named Frank Lane was
working in Mexico. In fact he was
instrumental in arresting the man
Hray, WHO, at that time, forged
note on Hiram Ricketts,. Lane. alias
olalef, &c., &c, now appears in
new roll. He was arrested n few
days since in Dakota Territory for
being leader in the Young mob which
took place in Scotland county, Mo,
some time since. Sheriff Graves
brought Lane to Mexico and put him
in our Jail because he thought we had
the best Jail and best jailor in the
State. Lane will remain in Mexico
until his trial. He seems in good
spirits and expects to get clear.
Sheriff Graves told US that he had
quite a little adventure with Lane
and 4 woman who had some kind of
claim On him at Memphis, Mo.
The ladysmade her appearance and
Graves was prepared for the meeting
at the depot, where about one hun
dred people congrcgated to witness
the meeting Of "Frank Lane ard
wife When the whistle of the
train was heard Lane sat quietly iii
the bus, rather pale and his dark
eyes fixed Oil the approaching train
/ The whre.s had scarcely ceased mo-
tlon when Graves rushed the prisoner
INTO the express car out of sight, and
had the doors guarded. 4 woman hur-
riedly approached Richie, OF Clark
county, who was on the walk Of the
depot, and said. lis he here -
Richie answered, "lcs: in that car"
roiniing ut the same time to the cx-
press G ar. She then ran to the car
platform, hand in pocket. and at
tempted to enter the car door, which
was closely guarded To prevent her
from shooting Lane; falling there,
she hurried to the other door and
meeting with the same fate, she became
almost frantic, and attemptci to pull
herself up through the side door.
''Ali aboard,' cried the conductor
and the train pulled ont, leaving til,
disappointed woman standing on the
derot platform.
A Clark county paper, speaking o1
Lane, says:
As n cold-hlnodrd murderer, h,
undoubtedly fills the BILL rs n con.
, sIilutiOnil thief and rs Il professional
black leg and hlack-mairr, he Ias; NJ
equal in point of proficiency il til.
country; and as Il patron and fre.
Iuenter Of houses OF itl-repute, he i,
The peer Of any OF all Of his bcastl,
associates or hackers The career
of this embodiment OF all that is meat
) and low and vile has HOW been sum.
marily checked by the strong arm o
the law, and let us hope that til,
c lesson taught by the example tina
will be made of him will not be with
out it's good effect on some of his tie
Iluded followers
The following is a brief history o
the Spencer murder and Young mob
LANES CONNECTION WITH IT.
h In 1877 the entire Spencer family
living in Clark county, Mo, anG
: consisting of father, mother, tive
daughters and son, were murdcre,
o in the most ficndiah manner. For
long time no clcw could he ohtaine'
leading to n solution of the tcrrihl,
wholesale slaughter. When til,
murder was committed Slater WAS il
= the Illinois penitcntlary at Joliet
aud soon attcrward WAS discharged
n He next turned up in Clark county
in the role of a detective, and under
Is took to "worll up'' the Spencer mnr
der case. The result of his ''labors'
# was the arrest of Mr.. w. j. Young,
wealthy farmer, living in the vicinity
Mr.. Young WAS tried and acunitt"t
of the murder, and after his a.'Iuitta
went to Illinois and was married
. Upon his return to Missouri with hi
bride, he was attacked by mob
/. headed by Slater or Lane, and Wa
shot and wounded and then hung il
s front of his own hOuse. The mur
|. derCus mob ruled the neighborh0Or
q and were greatly feared. Hence lit
:. tie progress was made in arrcstini
-, and Furnishing Young's murdcrcrs
Governor Phelps, OF this state, otIer
cd large rewards for The arrcst am
" conviction OF the lawlcss gang led b.
= Lane. Lane WIS arrested, after in
yltinn an officer to do SO, and Wa
" taken before n justice in the neigh
II borhood, WHO, through fear or brihe
acantted him. Subsequently tisc {
the Iynchers were arrested and In'iici
ed, but Lane succeeded in cindln
Sheriff Graves, who arrested three c
III the five. Last spring bold robher
l. was committed III Clark county an
Lane was suspected to be at the hca
IN of il. Soon alterward he married
IS young lady whom he took to lliino
and then deserted. She returned t
" Missouri, anG stated that from VIII;
N she learned during her brief marie
life she was convinced that her hu'
IN band had committed the robbery.
- A few weeks since Lane turned u