The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15
Lynch Law ArLAwRESoE
The sequel to the Dausman murder.
4 Mob Breaks into the Douglass County
Jail. Takes tho Three Negroes
There Confined and Hangs
Thesa From the Kaw


Theaa From the Kaw
Bridge.
Our readers will remember an &c
count given in the NEWS of the murder
of David Bausman, at Lawrence, on the
night of June the LIST.
Bausman came tO Lawrence in the lat
ter part OF May. 10 be near tvs brothers
who lived in Douglass county He had
sold farm in Ohio for goodly sum and
was supposed to have the money with
him He had displayed his roll of
greenbacks in the presence of some
negroes, which excited their cupidiiy
and led 10 the plaA 10 murder him.
With tins end in view daughter of
Peter Vinegar, a woman of bad charac-
ter, was employed 10 entice the victim TO
the vicinity of an ice house on the Kan
sas river. Here he was approached from
behind and hit with hammer by King
aud his head was pounded in with a
club by Robertson. They then threw
the body IN the river and intimidated
two boys who saw the affair. The girl
seized the mans pocket book and took
II To her father.
Robertson and King fed the town.
The next day the body was found in the
river, and the boys told their story. VIM
egar and his daughter were arrested at
once. Robertson was captured The fol
lowing day at Independence, Mo-. and
Monday night KING was caught near
Eudora ami taken TO Lawrence. On
Friday the examination of the murderers
was held, and the woman, King and
Robertson all confessed. There was
much talk of lynching, and excitement
ran high and finally eliminated early
Saturday morning by the hanging of
the three men.
The Lawrence journal, of Saturday,
gives the following account of the at
fair:
At / o'clock last night fifty or more
men made their appearance al the Jail,
and demanded admitIance. Sheriff
Asher refused, and 10 the best of his
ability defended the property of the
county The lyuching party had come
armed with sledge hammers and cold
chisels. and cut their way through every
barrier. A journal reporter, who was
so unfortunate as 10 be on the street,
was shut in and could not get out. De-
putty Sheriff Estes coming to the Jail
from town, found himself an outsider.
Estes has charge of the keys, and when
he found that either the Jail would
tumble or admission be granted, he said
- oct me come inn There was no come
in. but the Journal man was made n GO |
between 10 see what WAS wanted. Estes |
said the keys were at his house and if il |
was the determination TO tear down the |
Jail he would rather they should have |
the keys The journal man was told 10 |
go for those keys, and he went like /
little man, but when he got back the last |
lock had been cut and the |
mob had the prisoners. They were |
to the bridge, and ON the |
middle pier halt was made. Prayers |
were short then. Pete Vinegar, George |
Robertson and Isaac King were each |
swung over the bridge and their bodies |
left dangling over the muddy Kaw. A |
crowd tried to get down to the scene of
the hanging but SO perfect was the ar
rangement of the vigilance committee |
that not a man, friend or foe, could get |
near. AS the vigilants came back this |
crowd cheered them Justify. Most of |
the men were masked, though a few /
were simply BACKED. 1t was asserted
by those present that twO-ihITds of the
Lawrence lynching party were black
men.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Peter Vinegar, George Robertson and
Ike King were taken from Jail Sat
urClay morning at O'Clock by u crowd
of vigilants and hanged from the bridge.
Sheriff Asher offered all the resistance
i'm his power, but was compelled to sub
nit. Robertson plead for his life and
FELL on his knees three times
while being taken from Jail to
he point of execution. King
said when he was 10 drop. "BOys, let
me down easy" The men behind said
Did you let Bausman down easy" and
give King shove. The necks of Vine
gar and Robertson were broken that of
King was not Vinegar who was consider
I'd almost worthless had his life insured
Ior 5000.
The general impression in Lawrence
seems to be that the lYnchers came from
The neighbOrhOOd in which the Baus-
man brothers live, although there was
a certain willingness ON the part of Law
renee people.
While the deed is deprecated by the
good citizens of Lawrence. they feel
that three at least of the Law
renee roughs will make honest life un-
pleasant no more.