Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-16
KID WADE AGAIN.

KID WADE AGAIN.
A Csseasr's Jury set,lss the Ques,ioa by
Declaring Him Ne.d
Long Pine Journal.
"On Tuesday Afternoon our tosu vas
oil sgog With the news that KID Wade,
the notorious horse. thief. who has been
operating 10 extensively in this part Of
the country Tor the pact several years,
aud Who was recently captured in Iowa
and brought back tn tho field OF his lat.
est exploits by the vigi,antes. was IN our
midst and would meet our people for q
social talk. Consequently about two p.
m. something owe. fifty citizens Assem-.
bled In SINNERS hall. aud soon the Kid
vss brought io by one kinney, y sort OF
lieutenant, as We Judge, to Capt. Burn
ham, but withal one of the most intelIi.
gent and active Of the Brown county
vigilantes. accompanied by . posse Of
several men. The Kid ia y yourg man
OF less than twenty. five. Of Father s!ep
der build and medium height, Q shsmb.
lug gait. . low forehead and massive
jaws, aud face inclining u. angular and
sharp features. on which the beard
scarcely yet Rrows; in fact, the general
makeup OF the man. and especially the
facial expression, IL one more fitting q
levee loafcr Or sneak thief, than donst.
ing the higher aspirations VI . horse
thief.
"Fhe object Of the viRilsntes in bring.
ing the prisoner before the public was to
give tbs people an opportunity to ques.
ton him as to his treatment siuce hls
captare, and thus refute the charges that
have been made sgsiust tho vieilautes as
to their holding up their prisoners and
extorting confessions from them Ut the
ropes end, Saud other like inhuman
atrocities they have been accused of
practiclng in their pursuit Of evidence
against criminals. Tie KID said hs had
been we'll treated, lila appearance before
us was Voluntarily, aud any statements
be made were wholly Of his own free
Will: THAT lie had hot been intimaldted
by threats of violence, or influenced by
promises Of leniency-bat it was the
only means left hlm Of retsliating upon
numerous parties who bxd beeu rounded
up BY vigilantes, AID who invariably
strove to throw all blame on to him,
suing for mercy in their dire neccsslty '
and seeking vindication throuhh his
abundance Of guilt He denies any
knowledge Of ths existence OF . regularly
organized baud Of thieves, as has
been so extensively believed aud report.
cd; aud his statements. il true. seriously
lmpllcate several heretofore prominent
citizens Of this county as be,Dg in com
plicity with the thieves. aud measures
will eoon be taken that will establish
their innocence or prove Their gnilt.
Tuesday night another party of vigil.
antes, controlled by one Capt. O'Ncil, ar
rived from Holt connty and relieved
Kinney of the prisoner, saying that they
would take the Kid to Holt county,
where he would be held for trial before
the proper authorities, and on Wedpes.
day forenoon they LETT Long Pine with
their charge. going in a northeast di.
rection from town.
"rhursday forenoon Coroner Spafford
received q Telegram from Stuart saying
that the conductor on the eastern bounc
train reported man hanging to whist
lug post beside the track, half mil,
east oi Bassett, or ten miles east OF Lonl
Pine. The coroner summoned Jury
proceeded to the place aud iouni til.
man hanging by the neck to be Ri;
Wade. the body not yet frozen.
"Ou leaving Loug Pine on Wednesday
forenoon, the prisoner was taken to Nor
ris bridge. fifteen miles northeast, ant
turned over to the sheriff Of Holt count,
Ed. Hershiser. Who was in waiting there
and who employed two men to accom-
pxuy him. started for o Neil, arrived il
Bassett about 1880 p. m. putting ~
for the night at Martins hotel. XII
preferred lying on the floor ora blanke
to gong to bed, and was no disposed II
the same room where the sheriff an,
several other men kept vigil. About l:
O'clock in the night, band Of some
dozen masked men entered the room
with revOlvers drawn, and ordered "al
hands upv' In this position Kid Va,
rouked up and marched of; but. know
ing full we'll the penalty he would 800,
pay. he begged piteously with his cap
tors for mercy, promising to lead bet
ter life in future, using his be.
powers of utterance to gAil
Il repute from tho iuevita
ble and ignominious fate he felt he va
tast approaching. The appeals wer
made to deaf ears. He was taken away
the masked party on leaving the hcte
forbiddiug any one to follow tbem Jude
penalty Of death. Next morning tue HI.
was found as related above.
''Thus has passed to final judgment
man i'll prepared for the be. eater; ant
though he was an outlaw while living
and past morsl rsdemptiou-in truth, u
good on earth-now he has ceased l.
breathe. We will cease to condemn, onl,
hoping that his final roundup may &C
as healthy restraint upon others Of hi
disposition, aud will make the fact paten
to all horse thieves that this section q
country has grown too warm for theu
The following is the verdict Of the col
oner's jury:
State OF Nebraska, Brown county, IS.
At su inqnisition holden vt Bass+tt, i
Brown couuty, on February 7th. A. u
1854. before J. H. Spsfford, coroner g
said county, upon the body OF 'Kia
Wade. lying dead; by the Jurors who's
names are Hereto subscribed, the sal
Jurors. upon their oath, esy that apo
the night Of February 9th, 1884, "kid
Wade wss hung until dead by partie
unknown.
In testimony whereof the said jnro,
hereunto set their hauds. the day an
year aforesaid. j. Il. SPArFoRD,
| Attest: CorOuer.
A. A. WOODRUFF,
F.. H. RYAN.
L. H. GLOVER.
J. g. CASTLE,
| N DEMuLLlEU,
| w. A. SELpRN.
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