Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-11
CRIME RECORD.
FURTHER DETAILS OF TIE LYNCH
ING OF THE BIRBER BOYS.
a Graphic Description OF She Tragic Scene
They Meet Their Fate without Finch
ing-The Days Record OF Criminal
Events.
TIE WAvERLY LYNCHING.

preceded by man carrying rope, who
demanded the surrender of the bandits.
The sheriff was obdurate and the crow
| then proceeding to the court house,
smashed it in. They were soon inside.
There were now two doors between the
outlaws and the mob, who Immediately
procured a crow bar and sledge and COM
| menced operations upon the doors. 1t re-
quired over two hours before they reached
the cell containing the BARRIERS. When the
latter were reached they were taken
through the hall to the stairs and then
dragged part. way down the long stairway
After getting on to the street the Barber
were allowed to make confession. Bill
| Barber said he had never killed man till
last fall. Ike Barber said he had no hand
in killing Shepherd last fall; that he had
never killed a man or assisted in doing SO
until within the past week. The d7sper-
ADDE'S appeared to have plenty of glit, al
though Bill shed few tears. The, con-
versed in a strong voice, and did nos ak
or expect mercy. The leader Of the mup
was captured by the sheriff. The county
officers did the best they could to protect
the prisoners but it was of no avail. The
hanging occurred just before midnight.
DUBUQUE, June, Ga reporter sent to
! Waverly returned this evening with details
Of the hanging of the Barber boys at 1870
last night. After they had been brought
back from Independence and lodged in the
jail at O'Clock yesterday, word was rap
idly sent through the towns outside andb by
6 o'clock the streets began TO fill with
| people from the outside. They continued
/ to arrive on foot and in all kinds Of con-
yeyances, until 8, when the town was full.
About $50 IN q large crowd who had col
/ leoted in the vicinity Of the Jail were spec
tators who had gathered to witness the
! lynching. Those who did the work met
some distance away ana appeared to hold
! a consultation. Soon they were seen ap-
preaching and the man who took
charge was Shepard, brother
! of the man killed by the BARRIERS last fall
IN Fayette county. He did none of the
work, did not lay his hands either to break
ing into the jail, or taking the men cut, or
to hanging them. None of the lynchers
were masked or made any effort to conceal
| their identity, nor did they make any noise
or talk, but simply kept steadily at work
with GOODNESS and determination.
! When the sheriff heard the mob coming
he took the woman Cronin out of her cell
and concealed her in his house. She shot
! her paramour at the hotel the first Of the
week and was the only other occupant of
| the Jail. The mob demanded the keys of
the Sheriff Adair, bur he refused. He
made no effort to protect the BARRIERS at any
| time during the evening. The outer doors
were easily broken in but the inside door
was strongly barred, and required an hour
and half Of hard work with picks and
sledge hammers to break it down. Finally,
shortly after II o'clock, it gave away and
access was gained to the cell where the two
men were confined. The first man VINO
put his head in was knocked senseless, but
they were at once overwhelmed with num-
! bers, ropes thrown over their necks, and
they we're dragged out. Mayor Shepard
and others expostulated with the mob, but
il awaited nothing to save the desperadoes.
In taking them out of the jail, Bill Barber
stumbled and fell, and was thus dragged
out Of tbs door. On the steps he was let
up, when as soon as he could get his
breath, he said kill us if you
wish, but don't hurt Us so bad. They were
then told to talk If they had anything to
say. Bill, the larger one, the most talka-
tive and the least pervy, said they had been
accused Of many crimes they had never
committed. He killed Shepard in self
defense. The smaller one, IKE, the quiet
and desperate man of the two, then said
he had never killed q man until within the
past week and then in self defense and to
save the life of Bill. He had no hand in
the killing last fall. Short as the speeches
were the crowd became impatient and
called out to 60 on with the hanging.
1t was first proposed to hang them in the
jail yard: bat the sheriff begged it not to
be done on account of his family. The
victims were then taken across the street,
where there are some trees, but here the
city marshal interterred and asked they
should go outside the corporation limits.
The accommodating mob thought this a
reasonable request and then went up
Main street half mile east, where just
outside of the limits there is a grove.
The BARRIERS, with the ropes around their
necks, went along sullenly, and without
word. When the grove was reached, the
man who was knocked down in the cell
climbed the tree, and while doing so the
murderers were told to say their prayers.
Bill muttered something, but Ike was
dumb. The rope, which was no more than
SIX or eight feet long. was tied to a limb,
Bill being held up by four men while it
was done. AS soon as it was tied he was
dropped and left swinging in the air, his
brother looking on defantly and without
1inchiHg. Another man climbed tree
close by and Ike was in like manner
held up, the rope tied and he was dropped
and thus died. 1t was just before u
o'clock midnight when they where finally
hung.
The bodies were left hanging until II
o'clock in the morning before they were
cut down by the coroner. The bodies were
placed in rude collins, Just as they have
gone for week, without coats, hats or
boots and will be delivered to their sister
and other relatives, who live in the eastern
part of the county. An inquest will be
held.
NO ESCAPE FOR THE NIURDERERs.
LOUISVILLE, June 9.-The court of ap-
peals to-day affirmed the decision of the
court below, refusing to grant a new trial
to Craft, one of the Ashland muir
derers, charged with first outraging and
then numbering girl named Gibbons and
afterwards setting fire to the house in
which the bodies of the girl and her COM
rade and brother laid, who were also mur