The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-21

Delegation ~ere here Ia Free. iaussia
for gore. bus rro1sby pairs 10 hra
Of organization ard leadership IN al
tempt So made b rsYsnr. TIC rssssn-
sr fsom the sgrprg guard by witch ID
ga. surrounded. II j. dssHcnit 10 ia
Griae wkss the result - .Beh an Al.
| temp, might hare h~~n. "a ;he sh~ris
hzd a large force % rcsolu:e m~n IS
az. oomuIzn1, and the mob wE1h'
f, aoubtes have met with = uarns -
e.piiOa. Aasr considerable ~parlsyiDs
il was finally arranged tia: Cnos
should te taken 20 BlBs i.si On Moo.
day for a preliminary exzmsa4ts0e. shs
Bge Hii pss,ies. including several ~
the mos. p~f1minen: and iaiBeniiNi
ciiizEs 81 ihz, piaoc ple3sing ,hesr
wu'd that /! ths rs done no v;o'cHcr
Eouit % ATTEMPTED, ard the hs a.
love. Ia take IL oou-sc. TAi. pledge
On The part AZ The citizens Vas gTussly
violates As tie folositT sccuuni ol
ItIE LYSCBING
9lN show. On N0ajAy mornirg SasF.
y Warren. accompanied by .eSeEsi
deputies Started Tor Blue Hill with the
PRISONER. arriving there &c Sas taken
before Justice Frank Bu.chpw, where
lac Was identified - Ms. Rail, the wife
Of the murdered man, a. the person
vito lei their home % the nigni 81 tie
murder. IN company With her husband
Other evidence s.s LEO &dauc.t. AT
the close oi the examination the prs
Jner was committed for trial on the
charge Of murder and rcmtuded into
the hands Of the sheriff. There being
no secAe jail in Webster county twas
necessary To take him 20 Lincoln for
safe keeping until the rex; session Of
the dntIIc; court which commences
Dece;,bar .. Sheriff Warren had
made Arrangements with the railway
officials for a special train 20 take him
self and party 70 Hastings. and by .
prc-coucericd signal agreed upon with
the train men. started with his man
and three special deputies 10 board
the train. hut through The t~reschery OF
one or two OF Blue Hills citizens the
mob who had already congregatci IN
the streets were apprised Of the move.
Hundreds of men, women, and chill
dren were to be seen bowling wildly
and jostling each otLer in every direc-
ton. Curses and cries Of hang the
s-n Of q b-h" rent the air. There
were also A number Of special depu,Ie.
appointed at Blue Hill but for some
cause unknown they failed 10 be pres
ent when needed most.
PASDENoSIUM
! seemed to be literally turned loose.
Some 50 or 50 men made q bold dash
for the prisoner and 10y the most yio-
lent efforts, a grand hourishing OF re-
volvcrs, aud q severe tussie succeeded
! in Wrestling him from the hands of the
officers, and chucked him into n coal
wagon. from which Deputy Sheriff Geo
Ball succeeded in pulling him out, but
! was again recapturei 10y the mob and
| AGAIN thrown into the wagon which
was then driven rapidly ou; OF town,
| haltiug nj 4 windmill on the farm OF
Sol Mandellbaum, about one mile
from town. During The melee on the
streets deputies Geo. Dodd and NJ. W.
Dickerson, of this city. attempted to
pull a man off from the prisoner, but
Only succeeded in pulling of his coat
in Il c pocket Of which a rope was
found. This rope being missed at the
windmill A halter was taken off from
one of the horses, but this proving too
short for the purposes OF the mob. a
, clothes line was stolen ard placed
around the neck Of Cook. On being
asked if lie had anything TO say he re-
pied that he had said ali he had TO
say. Again on being told that Il he
hGd anything to say he wanted to say
it id quick. ne merely replied
that he had nothing to say. The rope
was thrown over n beam or cross-piece
and the victim hauled up some eight
cen inches off the ground, where he
hung about lei minutes. Deputy Ball
followed the mob and on his arrival
al the mill attempted to cut the rope
but was prevented from doing so. Sber.
iff Warren arrived a few moments
later and cut the rope, amidst the cries
of don't cut him down, let him
hang, the mob suppoeing their
victim to already be dead, made no
| forcible resistance. Cook vas taken
back To town more dead than alive,
where he was bled. and other means
used for his resuscitation. During the
! night it took four men TO hold him,
The frightful contortioDs and convul-
! sions through which he passed being
! indescribably horrible. On Tuesday
morning he was brought TO Red Cloud
| and again taken 10 the Gardner House
where he is still lying in a piiiable con-
| dition. and has not rs ye, recovered
the use OF his reasoning faculties. II
he RECEIVERS he viii be tried Tor murder;
/ If convicted and again hanged he VIII
| then have passed through the terrible
ordeal OF two executions for MS crime.