Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-06-11

Two Of the Notorious RAtnsbarser Broth
arz Lynchsd st Eldorz. Hardin County

Two Of the Notorious Ratnsharser Srotn-
srz Lynchsd st Eldorz, aardiH County
Iowa.
ELB0aA. Iowa, Special Telegram, June s.---A
mob 81 A hundred masked unsn susrrundsd ihs
Hardin county jail hero AZ ! O'Clock ah.s morn.
iuw, overpgweged he iaiisr broke down
tie doora aud captured Finn and Mars
Rainsbarger brothers, who we're yes'Sf
slay arrested for frinE uptn 40 prom
nept citizens who we're driving over %
steamboat Rock After being captured they
sers shot unul Thsy we're unrecognizabie ~
shs infuriassd mob The trouble Which sHi-
minated iD thi- sct..r Cdrrea last ta.i "'..su
Esars, glansun father NJ kas..rnxTRsF's wtse,
vas found dead nos ar gyom his home. AZ
FIRST appearance j sosmeh that hg had been
thrown from BIS horse, dralEed by the sfrFap
and wAnpleh fBieath SuspirINR BualtF aftngif-
Ell 10 Nathan haiuEbarIes @Hr sA hr1tner VIZ
lam. They we-~ Az. sted aud Do. HEaniina
hop v.rs gmrhiited b jail Tho y faei NstF
Witness and sas talA tancBHg story o. how
Tho, siss3icion had grown upOn her Shat her
hf.sbAnd was the guilty. man The two broth
crs being in jail, three others began 5'id 4ua
systematic course - ~e-secutng aud m
timidshsg ~ vino had been InstFumsn-
buahud in the night, bad horses shot down
snder them, and " rlnus acts ~ Ike chsraets'
wore perp6tratea Finally Redui sday's at
tack made endurance ~ irurcr possible % the
gItiIsna Hence me moo and results narrated
above
lie facts a. to the deed for which ths
( iynched men we're arrested we're these, Late
I Wednesday aftgruoBn, DR. Underwood Of
( EldorA vas called in consultation with a
( physician from Steamboat RGok, over 4 casn
near Robertson, Twelve miles from EidDra.
/ Hs WIS accompanied by DR. RitsnDur Aientlsi
( ~ Eid0ra, and on their r8ruru After night thoy
7 were fired at By fonr parties ia ambush, The
I doctors betting armed, returned the dre, and the
would. be assassius fed. Several shots struck
{ he buggy, aud enc passed through Pr Under
I woods coaE bGt u>lthst gentleman vas n
( {Ired Yesterday morning warrants were
/ issued for the arrest u William Finn
and F. NJ Rainsbargrr brothers, and
| Edward Johns, aud they wsr8 arrested last
evening The RalnsbargGrs we're hr7thEts 4
/ the two boys now on trtsA f@r he murder Of
/ Eunsh Jshnsrn las. fIll sud Johns IL a sou Ct
Z W8nFy JOINS who died recently from tho ,eG
! fects Bf tho wounds received at the hands OF a
mob who am5ushed hiIa near his home one
night He vas also uncle u the RAinsbsrger
Z bOys and was furnishing the money 10 defend
/ them on the charge OF the murder Bt JrhpHnr
J Thu latter, t is believed was fiiE2 5hata the
( murderers might get rhc 80 900 Insurance on
: his Hfg
THE E3nching o. Finn aud Mouse RainsbaT
I ger il really the result Of an Odd fGud that has
( been brewing IN HARDIN s0HlitY faF many yesE4
1T originated ia family quarrel a great many
I years are. AID eliminated last year in the muir
( Ter Of Johnson. For this crime the two Rams
1 5argers, Nathaniel and Frank sTs, A.
already stated, now, In iaa At MarshalltOwn,
charged wItE The murder The 90
/ eusatIUn was made - he wife Of
! Nate, who " The daughter OF Johnson Among
( tho mtst gr0mIneut men IA the county who
testified At the preliminary examination was
Dr. Underwood, Of Eidulad0. His life Yas
threatened by the gang. 4 few days agg sUsa
. DiciGus movements we're discovered By party
upon whom a watch Nas got II was ilscGv.
cred In aarret communication With ibe ERIrs
bBrZers. Il was finally found that a plot
vas being csurGetsd 10 murder number
Tho leading citizens 81 the county These
I facts developed ouly day or Two ago Tbs
( attempt upon the lives u Doctors Euderwaa,
and ktcden0Ur drove the citizens 81 1e8per
atloa. and tho Rainsbargera having been ar
/ rested last evening were rlTing the night takeT
I 6ut and lyncted AZ already told Fin vas
/ par6liHed e0nqict charged with murder Tbs
3 Family and thcir followers are hard characters
Z and have given the Deacesbie neIghb0rsa grEa
deal 0f trouble. Great eXcIrsmsnt prevails
. Public sentiment however, generally approves
the Ivuching TITS doubtful II any prosecutions
viii follow.