Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-17
LYNCHED.
The President Of a Blaine and Logan
Club Shot in the Back and
Killed by Desperate.
A Mob Takes the Oulprit from the Jail
and Hangs Him to a Tree in
the Court House Yard.
Hundreds of Men and Women Look
on With Blanched Faces
A Midnight Scene.
a poLIrIcA1 pE,IoNsrRAT1oN.


LACROSSE, Wis, Oct. 1i.-F. A.
Burton, the presidentof the Blaine and
Logan club her was shot dead by a
rufiian known as "5cotty,n at eight
o'clock this morn ing Will, the Re-
publicans were forming in procession
on Main street. Seven shots We're
fired in quick succession. The muir
derer was arrested and hurried TO Jail
bsfOre the immense crowd
COULD REALIZE WHAT HAD oC-
CURED.
AS soon as the fact was made known
there was the most intense excitement
and hundreds Of MIN in uniform and
carrying their torches hurried TO the
courthouse yard and demanded that
the prisoner be handed over 10 them.
LYNCH HIM LYNCH HIMw
was the general cry, and at this me-
ment, $40, there are hundred men
besieging the jail Sheriff Scott,
Chief Police Clark and apOsse Of police
are at the jail door trying to calm the
Infatuated multitude. No violence
has been done yet. There - an
awful current Of public feeling
The body Of Mr.. Burton has been
taken to tho drug store of =. H..
Spence where an examination showed
life extinct.
EVERY SHOT HAD TAKEN EFFECT.
Those who stood near the scene of
the murder say the man advanced
/ from the crowd on the sidewalk h.
within few feet of his victim and
| fired the drst bullet into the back
| Of Mr.. Burton who fell 10 the
/ pavement aud the murderer followed
with six shots into his body and head.
! He then threw the revolver at his
victim and gave him kick saying
That's the son o' -- that knows
me and that have been looking for, y
or words TO that effect. All this
was done in few minut, 5
time and before any enc could realize
what had happened rr Burton is u
! broker and commission merchant fol
J II. Lowrey Il Co of Milwaukee. and
Is the sor -!n-law Of Capt. |. II. Moul.
ton, agent fora st Paul company here
! He was one of the best known men
and Que Of the most prominent young
business men Ia the North vest. He
was chosen president of the Blaine and
Logan cab at Lacrosse and was man.
aging the campaign in this section.
| The motive u the murderer IL moi
known. tie is said TO be a most DIES
perate character who has followed the
river for living. He has served 0
term in the states prison.
After first throwing his revolver al
his victim he found that he had
another in his pocket, but he was
arrested before he had time to use IT,
If the crowd had cool responsible
leader the murderer would swing In
an hour. The deceased leaves o wife
and three children. II is the most
heartrerding tragedy that has eyeI
occurred In the city.
1890 p. M; The officers were not
able 10 stay the mob, who refused to
listen to arguments. From 0 TO II
o'clock the courthouse yard and
square presented scene beggarlng
description. The mob increased In
numbers untilthe entire space on three
sides OF the jail was dense mass Of
humanity demanding the murderer To
be hung. The torches glared above
the sea OF heads and the white
plumes moved resolutely about the
square. The best citizens Ia the place
Were present and watened the fearful
scene with blaDched faces, with no ex
preston Of sympathy. There Were
hundreds OF women in the
lhomughfares and the walks
abouith Jail. The excitement grew
steadily. Al last the crowd led 10y
leaders with cool heads went method
lcally about
TAKING THE MAS FROM PRISON AMI
I.YNCnING HIM
Beams were procured and Ia short
time the heavily bolted aud barred
doois on tue Fourth street side OF the
jail were battered In and the crowd
poured into the hrst-ilDor rooms
The sheriff and his assistants
succeeded la clearing the room the
first and second times, but the third
time the mob overp0wered them aud
held them. The interior wooden
doors yielded like 80 many panes Of
glass.
In the meantime the heavy oak doc
| leading TO the main stairway was bat
/ tered down and tho crowd had full