Huntsville gazette., 1883-06-16
EXECUTED WITHOUT TRIAL.
a CoaPle Of Dcsperadoes Hanged by d
Mob at Waverly, Iowa-The Jail Doors
Broken Down and the Prisoners Swung
from a Tree.

Mob at Waverly, Iowa-The Jail Dor,
Broken Down and the Prisoners SWING
from a Tree.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, June g.
The Barber brothers, Ike and Bill, whose
recent doings and pursuit and capture havo
furnished material for sensational items Of
late, paid the 5enalty of thei seSirnes to-rsghs-
a little before midnight, ,andaha at without the
formality Of trial. Twill be remembered
they were taken to Independence to escape
the mob that threatened to demolish the
Waverly 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 a
mob descended on the Jail and took COM
plete possession of affairs.
1t is said that the mob was led by a
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,
when they proceeded to batter down the
doors with sledges. Men with ropes enter
ed the cell were the boys were confined and
in moment emerged with the prisoners
with nooses about their necks. Neither Of
the boys made any objection to the pro-
ceedings. They did not ask for time TO
pray, and with calmness born of sheer
desperation seemed to look on their taking
off as 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 a tree and they were hoist
ed, and so died.
THEIR CRIME.
The first notable crime committed by
them was the killing last September of a
deputy sheriff named Marion Shepherd.
When asked in regard to the shooting OF
Sheriff Shepherd last September, Bill said
they had worked for a farmer who had
cheated them out of their pay, and they
ran off with horse 'and sold it and
Shepherd came to arrest them. He drewa
revolver as soon as he ordered them to SUR
render and fired, the ball striking Bill in
and killed Shepherd.
After killing him they skullxed to Water
loo, and then took train from there to
Cedar Rapids and Council Bluffs, and
went to Clay County, Kans., and bought
ferry on the Republican River, which they
ran three months, and afterward hired out
as 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 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.
When asked if they heard Of the murder
of 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 there
in. Parties living near their old home said
to-day that after they came back from llli-
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 4
easily have escaped on the night of their
capture, had he not waited to help his
brother, indicates this.