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evening tho repost reached town that during
the night body OF men would como to this
place to take whitney. tho murderer Of William
Burchard. out Of Jail and hang him. As the
same report had been spread on several even
ings and no mob had made its appearance. the
Sheriff and the majority Of the citizens who
heard Of the AFFAIR aid d. not believe there WAS
who wore still up noticed that an unus nal mum
and ESPECIALLY s up MsrEst street but IS ,Ss
crowd was vvry orderly not much attention
Deputy n'! say. he was
frst notified Of tho appearance Of great crowd
Snsssn e Ills TSs sitrnsy e S' to
come 70 town % lynch Whitney. and that some.
hs way e the sRe1 Souss on s S him
shs AND Ii. deputy M 70
the jail. about block distant. and see what
Ths 1nf e oessa Sn H. ton o, high HILL
and is conslderably isolated. The cells arc Of
iron, encased In solid masonry. Strong iron
the outer door Is reached from. the cells Tho
no ono about the premises and they then i CON-
Guided to take the prisoner on 70 CLEANERS on
hs e ahd east bosna
safe keeping. The plan was for ~ Sheriff to
stay at home 70 take care q his wife, while tho
Randca e.. that Time ssS ,hev found n2 Inc OF
ON the steps Of the two ocsrs A We're 0 Closely
dogxed by some OF the mob.
at iSe walk and sees
leading up to it had been taken complete pos
session Of BY close line Of men on either side.
0yff The two Officers 1 and osear
Schultz. who volunteered to help the shorifl;
there In the face OF tho silent vgilants. As the
light fell on thoir countenances the strangers
ssedine in sffsctuaiiy preventing their idsnti-
About that time the hsSyy blows Of s1odss
regular strokes on the prison doors. A minute
later the officers had reached the hallway Of
they found the principal part OF the mob. Said
the Sheriff: Gentlemen. what are you doing
here9 Desist At once. 1 command you In the
Desisi hell repeated several Of the yig7
In ans na the
Schultz were firmly pressed and carried out,
each q them being forced along outside ,i BY ak
s SSuIa % Write fsiS n"SH one
says his cnplors found tho Jail keys in'h!s pock-
ct. The battering at the door was still going
I o. rasn m the
the last door which ssparas%sdi the prisoner r
T6eodore. Don't let them get him il you can
keep silent. In the mean time. two or three
lanterns and candles were seen Hitting about,
prostrate officers, the torch bearers were told
to keep away with lights, Then a, fled
sound Of hurrying ieet told the h mob had Sc
with him. They had hardly moved block dis,
tant when. by the signal Of shrill whistle. all
the men who had held them went running at
full speed to catch their companions In crime
The Sheriff and deputies made feipt to over
about q block. and went home to sleep for the
Ths prisoner looked pale but stepped Arm
urge him to proceed. lie did not as has been
stated fall on his knees and beg for mercy
AND dragged n along BY his capsoTs He was led
| out OF town. the whole mob and a small num-
az 81 S
did mot to MTsn them in tae
Yards a north & The residence Of MR. Chris,
FleIsch. the men leading the prisoner were nue.,
their revolyers, and after taking hold Of the
prisoner; told the crowd to fall back %s com
aud the moose PLACED around his neck. He was
| very Vultt WIllt tnlb was being zone, ana. OK
cept being very pale. showed no signs Of fear OF
| excitement.
bs had snsthnx to say he shaSd say ' NOW
thinS ne had kii1Ied yeuhs Burchard but If he
had he hoped to be forgiven. and felt as bad
over his death as perhaps the parents or
brothers Of the dead man but at the same time
sad hS ho at
because he supposed they were going to shoot
ana s s
name was not whitney. but j. W. Fisher. and
tba he had m3heT and stePia'hsr Lying in in
to my mother and tell her y that i s am gone but
for heavens sake 90 not tell her in what man
:, He was then reminded BY the spokesman. Of
gown. With : black mask over his face. that he
anything more to say: He replied:
where hope to 60. Good-by forever,
some Of the masked men. while others mads the
END OF ne w E9pe last fronnd the n nns 81 the
self, was LETT dangling bstween heaven and
earth. His death. although caused by strang.
%istion seemed to be Painless and bis limbs
switchings Of the s'i muscles in his arms and
hands could BIO noticed. After the crowd had
inG form. swinging II to and fro in tho mean
time to make certain that the job had been
ouecIunlly uOne. Alter lapse OF ABOUT twenty
minutes one Of tho masked men declared life
extinct. whereupon the mob dispersed. wagons
and horses coming on to tho road from every
direction. The masked men who did the hang
ing crossed Frene Creek and were lost In the
dark. but are supposed to have been the same
men who shortly afterward were seen by a
party Of Hermannites returning home riding
at full gallon on the Iron road and going south
about O'Clock.
About o'clock In the morning a rap came tq
the Sheriff's door. The Sheriff stuck his head
out and asked what was the matter. when a
| n IN n
treo about q mile out here" The Sheriff then
got up and took a. coffin out very promptly
doing the offices Of an undertaken. A good
many citizens went to the Jail to see how 1t was
and to Ssw hs rsmpsns The
not broken. death having taken place from
the town cemetery. Not over ten persons went
out to see the hangmens tree. The rope tina,
was used about twenty feet long. to take the
culprit to his doom. WIS found upon the ground
among the masks and several broken boughs
that had been torn from the gallows tree.
After hearing the testimony OF q number oil
| witnesses the COrOneE's Jury gave the follow
| ing verdict. " We the iury f1nd that tho de-