Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-06
.TELE G R APP HIC.
TWO MEN LYNCHED IN
NEBRASKA.
SPRAGUE i Z a TEN IN
RHODE ISLAND.
BARNUM MAKES A CHAR
ACTERISTIC OFFER.
A MINE UNDER THECZAR'S
CORONATION HALL.


Hastings, Nebraska, at II O'Clock Jas.
night, lynched two men for the murde,
| OF Cash NJ Millett, a grocer Of that
town, on the night Of Tuesday, March
| was assaulted by three masked Ligh-
waymen, and when be started to run
away he was shot In the back, from the
effects of which be died last Saturday
night and was buried on Sunday. The
affair created great excitement and the
citizens Immediately offered 81 900 re-
| ward for the arrest and conviction of
the murderers. Three young men. Fred
Ingram, John B,bcock, and j IN Green,
who had resided In and around Hast
ings for some years, were arrested day
or two after the murder. The clue
lea ding 10 the arrest Was mask which
one of them d'opped near the scene cf
the murder, and which was proven to
have been parE OF stand cover In
Green room at the hotel The prison
ers were kept separate and the officers
succeeded in making two OF them be
lieve that the third had confessed,
which was "A fact. Btbcock was the
one who made the Confession, the SUD
stance Of which was tina. they had in
tended robbery only. but when Millett
ran away Ingram fired the fatal shot.
Ingram confessed that he was con.
cerned III the affair, but did not fully
admit the shooting, stating that II he
did It he was SO excited he did not
know what he was about. E'riy on
Sunday morning. before Mlllett's death
became - neraiiy known. the prisoners
were hurried out Of town aud tak en to
the peuiteptiary at LincoIn fer safe
keeping. as it was feared that the cltI
zens would lynch them. The Coroner's
jury had not returned verdict
and they refused t. proc8el unless the
prisoners were returned so that they
could be examined further. Accord
lng|y the prisoners were returned last
evening and taken to the courthouse,
where the COroners jury immediately
returned verdict that Miietr came TO
his death by a PISTOL shot fired by the
prisoners. Upon being at once ar
raigLed be fore the Judge, Green aud
Ingram pleaded not gully, While
Babcock pleaded guilty. This
was followed by intense excite
ment among the vast crowd assembled
in and around the jurt-hOuse, aud il
vas expected that the lynchiug would
soon take pIace. The prisoners were
put IN t"om, and closely guarded by
the Sher7i II and Sc, eral Deputies and
c!ose a,ch was kept by the clt'z :ns TO
see that they were not spirited away
again. A. II o'clock large larty Of
m asked aud armed men appeared at
the courthouse. and proceeding to the
courtroom broke IN the door and GOV
cred the guards aud prisoners wiki
about thirty guns. The guards were
ordered to leave, which they did, and
thereupon the Rob took the prisoners
and bound aud gagged them aud brought
them down stairs. GaIy those who
were masked were allowed to partici-
pate in the neck,ie sociable, all others
being ordered back. The lynchers
proceeded to the St. Joe and Western
Railway bridge, half mile from the
depot, aud hung Green and Ingram to
the bridge without any ceremony, the
job being done quietly and quickly.
their hands aud feet We're tied and
they had no coats, hats or boots on.
Their remains were left hanging to the
bridge B,hcock was not hung. but as
Ia ken back to town and turned over to
the authorities. His lie was spared
at least, IN consideration
of his confession. He will. however,
be tried by law for murder. Many
seem to think that he should have been
swung also. The bodies of Green and
Ingram were cut down to day and taken
charge of by the Coroner. Their
Iynching is generally approved of.
spraSue Beaten in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, April f. Returns
rom nine towns, including three that
are always Democratic, give Bourne
LIS, Sprague l, $50, Cutler i5S. Bris-
tol, the home of Bourne, gave Bourne
,46, Sprague ll3. Cutler IL. Est
Providence gives Bourne IS majority.
T..e indications are that Bourne will
have 1000 majority over Sprague and
Cutler. S.uth Kingston. where
Canonchet is located. gives Bourne 81,
Sprague 423. Returns from the
State nearly completed, give Bourne
about j. 200 majority-a majority over
all, and about 5000 plurality over
sprague. The Assembly is at least 81
Repu blican out OF los members.
A. o. Bourne, Governor elect, left |
A. midnight to take the steamer for
Europe, for brief visit. Samuel 2.
Colt, Republican candidate for Attor-
ley General. ran l,453 ahead of
Bourne.
Total vote of the STATE, according to
Journal returns: Bourne Is, l0l,
Sprague 10, 236, Cutler 707. scattering
Is. Bourne's majority 3, l4O: Bourne's
over Sprague 1855. The |
:otal vote of the State has increased |
}, 529 over last year. Repu b!ican
,ote increased 3,O42.
CHICAGO, April 9.--Later returns of |
The city election show Democratic ma
critics: Harrison (Mayo'), 10000;
'rinnel (City Attorney. $4,000; Dun
,hy (Treasurer), 5000. Ten Republi.
AN and eight Democratic Aldermen are
lected. leaving the complexion of the
oDe Democrats and
en- Republicans.