The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-17

On ZIG f0uftH street Sue laH WeIe pAl'
tered In and the crowd poured into tile
first floor rooms. The Sheriff and assist.
ants succeeded in clearing the room the
first and second time, but on the third
rusl, the mob overpowercd them, and
held their ground. The interior wood.
en- doors Of tho cooking department
yielded like 80 many plates Of glass.
In the meantime the heavy oak
door leading to the main stairway on the
west side was battered down aud tho
crowd were In full possession In tho main
corridor. While this was going on the
crowd became almost colossal about the
place, but aside from the rush OF the men
ut the jail the best Of order prevailed.
There were no drunken mcn In the mob,
the whole work being done by rcsolutc
fellows, who decided to make the mur-
derer pay the death penalty before they
left the square.
!, Once in. the corridor sledge hammers
were used to break in tho heavy iron
doc s, two in number, that interyened be-
tween these and the cell room. These
soon yielded, and rs fresh advance was
made the crowd were appraised on the out
side and constant cheers OF encourage
ment went up. The prisoner had been
confined in cell No. 3, on the lower
corridor. and tho crowd had littlvtrouble
in !, finding their man. lie was
taken from his cell and dragged
into the yard. He was Unidentified rs
the man who did the shooting, and the
officers when appealed to declared they
had theright man. When lie appeared from
the Jail held UP by the men who had him
In charge, there was long, peculiar yell
that went through the trees and streets,
making every one for blocks away realize
without any further assurance that the
awful retribution had been completed.
But Numerous men were soon climbing to
the branches Of the trees, and in a minute
one was selected. A rope was thrown to
4 man sitting on the first strong limb,
quickly attached and everything made
ready for the execution.
at this point in the proceedings there
was a pause among the leaders. There
were some who wanted the murderer to
make statement, while others more i'm.
pulsive urged immediate action. The
murderer declined to say anything except
that he was the man who shot Burton. At
this juncture the cry went round, "pull
him up.""hang him." "don'tle him live
minute longer"
1t was understood that the light guard
company of the third regiment and com.
pany Of the regiment OF the W. n. G..
had heen ordered out to charge the mob
and there was an impression that the exc.
cution would be epreventcd. The rally Of the
guard vas not made. The mob then seized
the rope and made strong pull, but the
rutiian freed his hands and the rope broke
before he was raised from the
ground. In less than five minutes
Il new rope was thrown over the heads Of
the crowd, and fell within a few feet oithe
executioner. This was adjusted, his hands
and arms firmly tied and in another
moment he was hanging in the air
with his face closely pressed against the
limb OF the tree, and the terrible tragedy
was over. The tragic scenes of this night
will probably never be experienced again
in Detroit
Words fail to express the darkness andin-
tensity OF gloom that has settled like pail
over the community, not only for the feur-
1ul act OF the assault, which has taken
away one OF the best and most highly es-
teemed young men of Wisconsin, but for
the blood-curdlins incidents that sue
ceeded.
The body OF the doomed man was left |
hanging onlysa few minutes when it was
taken down liieless and left in charge OF
the Sheriff who will see that the remains |
are inferred. .ssi-'.-5 - .T75i.-,.,