Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-06-21
ANOTHER LYNCHING..

Couple of Desperadoes Hanged BY a
Mob ut Wav~rly, Iowa-The Jail Doora
Broken Down and the Prisoners Swung
from a Tree.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, June g.
The Barber brothers, Ike and Bill, whose
recent doings and pursuit and capture have
furnished material for sensational items of
tlatespaid tue penalty oftheir crimes tonight
aslittlebefore midnight, and that without the
forraality of trial. 1t will be remembered
, they We're taken to Independence to escape
the mob that sthreatened to demolish the
waverfy Jail. To-day for some reason the
Sheriff took the two criminals back to the
Waverly Jail. When it was reported that
they had been taken back to Waverly, it
was considered that it was time for the
coroner to get ready for an inquest. Sure
enough about half-past eleven O'Clock
mob descended on the Jail and took COM
plete possession of affairs.
1t is said that the mob was led by
brother of Deputy Sheriff Marion Shepherd,
and was composed mainly if not entirely of
residents of Lafayette County, many of
them from the town of West Union, where
Shepherd, was killed. The mob surrounded
the jail and demanded the keys, which of
course the Sheriff refused to give them,
doors with sledges. Men with ropes enter
: ed the cell Were the boys were confined and
in a moment emerged with the prisoners
with nooses about their neckS. Neither of
the boys made any objection to the pro-
eeedings. They did not ask for time TO
pray, and with q calmness born of sheer
desperation seemed to look on their taking
off as a matter of course. They were taken
about three-quarters of mile from the jail
to a clump of trees, where in as speedy
manner as possible the rope was thrown
over the limb of tree and they were hoist.
cd, and so died. = -
ass THEIR CRIME. -
The first notable Crime committed by
them was the killing last September of
deputy sheriff named Marion Shepherd.
When asked in regard to the shooting of
Sheriff Shepherd last September, Bin said
they had worked for farmer who had
cheated them out of their pay, and they
ran off with a horse and sold it and
Shepherd came to arrest them. He drew
revolver soon he ordered them to sur
render and fired, the ball striking Bill in
the head, and Ike then drew a revolver
and killed Shepherd.
After killing him they skulked to Water
loo, and then took train from there to
Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs, and
went to Clay County, Kans., and bought a,
ferry on the Republican River, which they
s. ran three months, and afterward hired out
farm hands near there. Being unable
to write, they came back to arrange with
their mother to leave the country for good.
They were always of a rowing disposition.
and did little work at home, but worked
out some for their neighbors and relatives.
They decided after their first bloody work
to be like the James and Younger brothers,
claiming everybody's hand was against
them. They were always looked upon as
roughs, and were the terror of the town.
ship a
g. when asked if they heard of the murder
OF a farmer and hired man in Kane
County, ILL.,, in August, 1882, they said not,
but they heard that, a rich old farmer
named Lord was robbed there by two men
of his money, watches, ETC., but was not
hurt by the boys at all. They got wrathy
when the case was mentioned and gave
evidence of having been implicated-%here-' |
in. Parties living near their old home said |
to-day that after they came back from Hi |
nois, where they had been visiting sister.
they had plenty of money and spent it |
freely in saloons. They were sworn to
stay together, and the fact that Ike could |
easily have escaped on the night of their |
capture, had he not waited to help his |
brother, indicates this ! = |