The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-04-12
Couple Of Mardrrers Isy nchrd by "a hob, nj
Hastings, Neb--The sberia OVrrpowered
and the Jail BroLru Open by Infariated
Citizens-The Prisoner Taken 10 n RniI-
rend Bridge nnd Hung.

LIxCOLS, NEB., Apr! i.-The yengeau,c OF Judge
Lynch was wr-aked upon two of the mur,lcrr.s of
Cash Millett. at Hastings. On Sunday. sheriff Gee.
+. Hutchinson, Of Adams County. bronLL: t1NH
from Hastings Fred. IngcrhaIn. John BahcGrk aui
Jim Green. who accused Of the munier ct
Cash Millett. They were taken 10 the Penfentary
for safe keeping. where they spent Sunday after
noon and night, and were taken bark to Hastings
Monday. 10 be present al the Coroners inIuest. \
telegram from Hastings advised the officers that q
mob was organized To hang the prisoners. anil .
stop was therefore made At Howard. this -i,lr ct
Hastings, where the inquest holt followin.
the inquest il was Thought safe to proceed Ia Hast
ings, where the party arrived lat" last evening.
The prisoners were at once driven to the Jail and
locked mp. Meantime. a vigilance committee of
thirtyiyr citizens Organized aud at II o'clock ~
night. proceeded TO the jail and demanded the pr-
oners. Sheriff Hutchinson refused To give them up.
at which be was seized by masked men, his two
sistants being secured in like manner. The mob
then began to batter down the jail doors This
done in short order, and soon the prisoners were
secured. At once they were bound and gagged.
and. hurrying them out Of town To a bridge ON the
ST. Joe Western Railroad, two OF tkcm-Circru
and Ingerham-wsre hanged. The other Wretch.
Babeock, was strung up and ehoked Hnfil he T.
euded TO tell the story of their guiit which he did
impieafins other parties known Ia the mob Bab
cock was then returned 60 the authorities AMI Is
now in their charge. No statement made by
the other two men. They wese strung up quickly.
and without ceremony. The bridge which they
were hanged il eighteen feet high. The rope which
held the culprits tied over the rail- and was cut
BY freight train. this morning, and the bodies
systematic and orderly and, when over
the mob quietly dispersed.
The crime for which they were lynehed was tbs
murder Of Cash ". Millett. n merchant Of Hastings
While on his way home from hi- place Of business.
shortly after 10 o'clock at night. lie stopped los
three unknown men. and ordered tn hold up bis
hands lie complied with the request, and told the
to take his money, and broke iooss from them
and toward bis hou@c. On. Of the three men
hoed ut him with pistol, a. he vas running. The
ball tsok effect in his breast. The next day he died.
On the afternoon of his death, three suspected
of the crime arrested and lodged in Jail. They
were placed in separate cells. BY series Of shrewd
questions, u confession finally secured FROM
each Of the men. The object of the men seems 20
have been robbery. The clue which led TO their
arrest wa. n calico mask. which Of them dropped
near the scene Of the tragedy. and which had once
been the cover Of n stand Et Green's room at the
hotel The prisoners were all young men. The
three had for weeks past been working together 81
welldigging.
The latest news from the scene of the tragedy i
that Babeock is safe in jail and there Is little
excitement the affair. and no freling il mani
tested against the action Of thu Vigilance Com
mittee-