The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11
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8m018D WTY3 8VLI1SA.
Two Of the Notorious Rainsbargsr Broth
ers Lyuched 1t 8ldors, Hardin County,

E1nonA, Iowa, Special Telegram, ;dhs 5-A
mob Of a hundred masked men shrr6tnded the
Hardin eounH Jail here at O'clock this morn
ing, oSerpowered the 5ailer, broke down
the doors and cal tiireA Finn ana Mans
1ainsbasyeh brothers, who were yester
Day arrested for firing upon two prom
inent citizens who were driving over to
Steamboat Rock. After being captured they
tsers sh6t Until they were unrecognizable. BY
the Infatuated mob. The trouble which cul-
minated in this tragedy occurred last fall, when
Enooh Johnson, father IF Eainsbarger's wife,
vas found d5ad not far from his home. At
first appearance it seemed that he had been
thrown from his: horse, dragged by the stirrup,
and trampledto death. Suspicion finally attach
ed to Nathan Rainsbarger and his brother Will
lam.': They were arrested and on examina-
ton were committed to Jail The wife Of Nath.
an and daughter of the murdered man was i
Witness: end she told +a touching stSry Of how
the shspicion had grown upon her that her
husband was the guiltyman The two broth
sTs being in jail three others began bold and
mdans @ ~h OF bpS s9t snd ID
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pushed in the night had horses shot down
Under them, and various acts Of Hike cbara6t6t
were perpetratsd. Finally Wednesdays at
tHGA laade endurance no longer possible to the
citizens. Hence the mob and results narrated
above
The facts as to the deed for which the
lynched men were arrested We're these: Late
"Wednesday AFTERNOON, Dr. Underwood IF
kld0ra was called il CONSULTATION With a
physician from Steamboat Rock, over d case
t nsa E1 hebsssSR, tke3ye TITLES fESm aorA
# Fldora; ahaa On theit return after night, they
weess dreu at by. four parties in ambush The
doctors being armed, returned the fire. and the
would be assassins fled. Several shots struck
the buggy. and one passed through Dr. Under
woods c 3, but neither gentleman was in
issued (for tho arrest Of william Finn
and E. M. Rainsbarger, brothers, and
Edward Johns, and they were arrested last
evening! The sRainsbarger's We're bfothers Of
the two Boys now ON trial for the murder of
Henry Johns who died recently from the :ef
fects of the wounds received at the hands Of a
mob who ambushed him near his home one
night. He was. also uncle of the Raipsbarger
boys and was furnishing the money to defend
them on the charge of tie murder Of johnson.
murderers might get the 900 insurance on
his life.
The lynching of Finn and Mouse Rainsbar-
ger is really the result of qn old feud that has
peen brewing IN Hardin county Tor many years.
It originated In family quarrel great many
years ago, and eliminated last year in the MUIR
der of Johnson. For this crime the two Rains
bargers, Nathaniel and Frank, are, as
already stated, now, in Jail at Marshalltown,
charged with the murder. The &C.
cusation was made by the wife of
Nate, who is the daughter OF johnson. Among
the most prominent men in the county who
testified at the preliminary examination was
DIR. Underwood, of Eldorado. His life was
threatened by the gang. few days ago sus-
picious movements were discovered by party
upon whom a watch was set. 1t was discov-
cred i'll secret communication with the Rains
bargers: 1t was finally found that plot
was being concocted to murder number
the loading citizens of the county These
facts developed only day or two ago. The
attempt upon the lives OF Doctors Underwood
and Riedenour drove the citizens to desper-
alton, and the Rainsbargers having been ar
rested last evening were during the night taken
out and lynched, as already told. Fin was; a
pardoned convict charged with murder The
family and their followers are hard characters,
and have given the peaceable neighbours great
deal of trouble. Great excitement prevails:
Public sentiment, however generally approves
the lynching: tits doubtful if any PROSECUTIONS
will follow.