Daily globe., 1883-06-18
WAS IT JUSTIFIABLE?

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| gence from All Over the Country,
WAS IT JUSTIFIABLE?
Special Telegram to the Globe.I
CHEBoYGAN, Mich, June 17.-The prin
cipal question among all classes of citizens
since the lynching of Warner took place
here has been "Do the circumstances of this
case justify the deed" Opinions are divid-
ed, and excited discussions result. There
are some men who claim it was all right to
lynch him on general principles. Others
say it was most dastardly case of muir
der, and deserving the earnest attention of
| the state officials. The prisoner was can
did, though his stories did not SAVIOR of
| truthfulness. All he asked was a fair
trial. Some claim that when he was let
down he said Il am the guilty man.
This is circulated for the purpose of Civ
ing the act color of justification. The
sentiment has changed, and great many
who were disposed to approve of the
summary punishment inflicted on War
!; ner now regret 1t. The circumstances tend
ed strongly to show his guilt, but there were
some who believed him innocent and 9TH
ers were in doubt. There was no danger
; of him getting away and there was no rea-
son to thlHk that he wouldlnot be conv .cted.
If guilty, and punished. 1t is the prevail
ing opinion that if the sheriff had done his
duty IN protecting the men who are de-
pr1Ved of every means of defense and in
the hands of the law, he could have pre-
vented this crime. There was every rea-
son to believe an attempt would be made
TO take Warner from the jail, yet there
was no effort made TO have the place
guarded and the life OF the man protected.
crowd who were not satisfied with dis
graclng the name of our town and state
and committing murder, met on the corner
OF Third and Main streets last night and
hung the rav1sher in effigy. Rumors to-
day that the state authorities ara going to
investigate the matter have created con-
siderable anxiety.
THE UNI ONTOwN HOMICIDE,
Especial Telegram to the Globe
UNIONRowN, June 15.-From the state
ment that Mrs. Mary Bosom, who was
Dukes most intimate lady friend, wanted
to get his keys from the coroner on the
night of the shooting, it is generally sup
posed that he had IN his possession
papers of some kind of great importance
to her. Some think she knew he had made
will and wanted to get it.
Others supposed she was after
letters written to him. Although
Dukes was man of excellent health and
quite young, not thirty three years of age,
he did is his short life make two wills. The
first was made five or six years ago, just
before starting on trip to the west. A
short time after his return from
that trip he destroyed the
will and did not wife second
one until after he killed Mutt
This second one was written while in iaiI.
On the morning of the habeas corpus
hearing he was in his office with the sheriff
| before the hearing took place, and he
called c. D. Conner, who was passing by,
TO come IN and said to him. ''Here is my
| viii, want you to witness it, for | cont
know what may happen. He doubtless
| feared some one might shoot him, as he
vas going along the street to the hearing
One who knows the contents of this will
and will not tell it, is entered for record.
Dukes was man of some means. He
possessed from $4,000 to $4,000
worth of property. good deal
of this is in western lands.
Henry Jennings, the proprietor of the
hotel where Dukes boarded, says Dukes
told him a few days ago he had received
several anonymous letters lately saying he
was to be killed, and it made him feel a
little fearful. Dukes, while in converse.
ton with one of his friends shortly after
his acquittal, said he expected some one
would attack him, but if they did he would
see that the party who did it died also if
he did. To the same man he said there
was man in town he would like to get
into an encounter with in some way, so
that he might have an opportunity to kill
him. The name of the gentleman whom
he desired to kill could not be learned, as
| it is kept a secret for some reason. How
ever, it was ascertained he is a very prom
inent and respectable man and the very
last person that any one would imagine
| Dukes or any one else would want to kill.
THE FUNERAL OF DUKES.
| UNIoNTowN, Pa, June 16.---All that was
mortal of Nicholas Lyman Dukes, the man
whose presence caused family discord,
! disgrace and oloodshed, at Uniontown, was
hidden from sight to-day in Churchill Gem
etery, the burying ground of the Strubel
! family, short distance from here in a
German township. Very few Uniontown
| people attended the funeral and most of
those who did go went through a curiosity
Among the number was sheriff Hoover
and his father-in-law, John Messmore. The
services were conducted by Revs. Mulhol-
| land and Bailey of the Presbyterian church
and were short but affecting. In the
course of his remarks, Mr.. Mulhol-
land said, ''It was not for him to judge of
Dukes, he had gone to answer before
higher bar.
Mrs. Strubel, the mother of the deceased,
then took the last look into the casket and
sobbed aloud as she gazed upon her son.
The coffin was then closed and the cortege,
which was composed of about 800 people,
in ninety-two vehicles, took up its march
to the cemetery. Upon its arrival there,
the usual ceremony took place, after which
the body was lowered into the grave and
the funeral party returned to the StrubeI
mansion for dinner.
Dispatches from all parts of the country
are still pouring in upon the Mutt family,
rendering sympathy and Offering financial
aid to be used in young Nuts defense.