The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-06-06
Telegraphic.
LYNCH LAW.
A Murderer Hanged bv a
Mob in Central Mis-
souri,.
Tardy Justice UnbearabIe Conna-
grafton in Barnums Show
Other Interesting
Reading.

Hermann. Mo-, June 5.--The excite
ment Of last midnight was not unexpected.
a. rilinOr was circulated at about dusk
that mob WAS organizing In III" southern
part OF Ga.conade county 10 come 10 this
place aud lynch Whitney, the murderer OF
young Burchard. ~ to that time il had
been supposed hat the MI danger was an
attempted jail-breaking ~ the prisoner
friends 10 rescue him. rs fhere was much
dissatisfaction on hearing that his case had
gone over 20 the Fall term.
The mob was composed probably OF farm
ere of the TWO counties named, and per-
haps some citizens Of Hermann, No effort
at cancealnlent was attempted. none OF the
ynchers wearing masks. They did their
work by the light Of a lantern. Revolver.
were displayed by men detailed for guard
duty, hut there was an absence OF the us
ua. disorder. Swiftly and silently the men
acted in their work Of remedying The laws
DELAY. II had been thought all along that
a VI enia session Of the court would he held
10 Try the Cespcradc. and when II va,
known Monday that the ease hid been laid
over to the regular fall term. the shoulder
out afresh and the citizens
to-. rc law in their own hands,
Itw jl,t midnight when ID crowd
Sil,o md,d the iail and demanded the
prisoner. The taller refused. he was
then told 10 remain quiet, and his two
guards also. With axes, beams and stone,
the door was battered in. Whitney knew
what the sound meant, and his craven
spirit let out it, fears in incoAcrcnt AT.
tempt- at prayer. When his cell WA
reached he was found crnuched on the
cor, trembling ~ II IN Ri
aRne. He was dragged to TIE
Jail door, when q rope was placed
around his neck by ready hands. "llon't
hang him here!' said a commanding
voice Let me pray, cried the tremh-
ling wretch. "ies, let him pray, he
needs It. said some one. The rope, wa,
taken from his neck and put around bis
waist. In di,jointed. wild manner, with
trembling lips. the doomed man PRAYED a.
only men in such peril can pray. 'Come
on,
YoU HAVE PRAYED ES0UGH,'
said several voices. The rope had been
passed through the crowd and quick jerk
brought him 70 his feet. Then the mob
'tsrted towards the edge Of the town. 4
d zen men with reyovers warned the citi-
zons not TO follow. The mob with the
trembling, pleading wretch. passed from
the town into the thick wood 10 the south,
where the rope was thrown over tree.
and In few minutes young Burchard :
murder was avenged.
Whsi the wood was reached dozen
masked men were met, to whom the prts-
oner w IA handed over. lie was asked II he
had ANYTHING TO saw He then said that his
real name was Fisher, and not whitney
that bi. parents lived In Virginia. He said
he did not know whether he bad Killed
Burchavd or not; that he fired five
II or and his partner about that many,
whose name. he said, was Collier and his
parents formerully resided in this county.
Tie said be would like TO live AS long ~
possible, but II his time bad come be was
ready. He then shook hands with part OF
mob, bidding them good bye, after which
never finching. The mob being satisfied
that he was dead dispersed. The
sheriff then took charge OF the dead
murderer, and brought him to town.