The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-06
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
A Nebraska Lynching.

Hastings, NeD., Al IL o'clock last
night two men were lynched for the
murder Of Cash M. Millet, grocer, on
the night of Tuesday, March 18th Mil
let, while on his way home. was assaulted
by three % asked highwayman and when
he started 70 run away wSs shot in the
back from the effects Of which he died
last Saturday Night and was buried on
Sunday. The affair created great excite
ment and citizens Immediately offered
ST. 900 reward for the arrest and convic-
ton OF the nurderere. Three young men,
Fred. InRfam, Jno. Bsbcock and Jim
Green, who had resided in and around
day or two after the murder. a clue
leading to the arrest was a calico mask
which one Of them dropped neor
the scene of the tragedy and viii b
was proven to have once been part of
stand cover in green's room at the
MOTEL. The prisoners vera kept separate
and officers succeeded in making two of
them believe the third had confessed,
which was fact and there was sufficient
ground to lead everybody to believe
bepond doubt the right men had been
arrested. BAbock was the one vino made
q confession, the substance Of which was
that they intended robbery only, but
Rhen Millett ran Ingram fred the fats
shot, Ingram confessed that he was con-
cerned in the affair but did not fully
admit the shooting, stating that if he did
it he was SO excited thst he did not know
what he was about. Early on Sunday
morning before Millett's death, become
generally known, the prisoners were
hurried out Of town ana taken to the
| penitentiary, st Lincoln for ssiekeeping,
as i was feared the C sizsns would ir1me-
/ dtately iyhch them. The coForer's jury
had noi YET returned q verdict, And IneY
refused % proceed unless the prisoners
were rrtlrned lNEt evening and taken O.
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I court house and proceeded 70 the court
room, broke 10 the door and covered The
/ g1asdf and prisoners with shout So guns.
The guards we're ordered 10 leave, which
they did, and thereupon the mob tcok the
prisoners, bound and gagged them, and
brought them downstairs. Only those
who we're masked were allowed to par.
ticipete in the necktie socisble, all others
being ordered back. The lynehers pro-
ceeded to the st, 10 81 Western Railway
bridge, half mile from the depot and
hung Green and Ingram to the bridge
without any ceremony, the job being
done quietly and quickly. Their hands
and feet we're tied and they had DO coats,
hats or boots on. Their remains were
left hanging to the bridge. Bsbcock
was not hung, but YVES taken back TO
town and turned over to the authorities.
His life was spared temporary st least,
in consideration of his confession and
giving his companions away. He will,
however, bs tried by the law for the
murder Many seem to think he too
should hsVe swung of. The bodies of
Green and Ingram were cut down to-day
and taken charge of by the coroner.
Their lynchiDg is generally approved