Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-11-17
Dazzling IN THE AIR.
Disazroeable Sensations OF . Man
Who Was Lynched
Why chieagoah Takes n Lively interest,"
In the summary Execution OF Justice
"A Bullet which Dsd Moss.
BaoeiIeat Work.
IChlcago NoHIl

fChlcago Nowsl
~ wa much iassre.tsI by tbs account
Of ofiicsr Cascy's experience with . mob
that tried 10 lynch him" remarked q gen
item N yssterL,y, anil bstore proceeding
furtbor requested that no publicity be
given bis nams.
such Affairs" M won't on, las lyuch.
ing bess Interest M Its not because I
sm morbid. either but for the reason that
Il Servss % recall n my mind distinctly the
OinOt!Oas that took possessioa OF mo in the
gre-tSst psril OF my life. I was lynchod
once You hardly believe that TO be true,
and still alive, hut it's an actual fact
Il was lynchjd, strun. up aud lett d.
pending by thu neck few short minutes
aud hen was almost past human aid
an accident saved me. To a man OF nerv.
Gus temperament, a4 I am, the sensation
Na. SON, ihing appalling can never for
get u. AMI IL al comes back to mo whom
ever h5aT OF n case OF the kinl
1t was la Colorado, ia the north west
part, sishte'n years ago. The country
contained the most laWless characters to
be found anywhere in the great West.
Muir Tor was cJmmou-a daily. almost
hourly occurrencs-and the murdsrerJ
lived on In defiance OF oil laws OF soc Ct.
All quzrrels wero settled by either dagger
OF revo.v r.. aud dis cauSO was considered
just wdJ got la the Arst bow or lodged the
first bu let.
"ruat was the state Of Affairs whom / was
In Northwest Colorado. was then pros
pocting an with a partner bad the good
fortune To strike quite a nice little lead
had been there six months when a letter
from home reached ms. II was q Welcome
letter, but IL almost cost me my life. was
so glad to hear from homs-pd Gu away
80 long things had changed q good deal, and
sonlshov felt ~ u wanto I - do some
thing for the folks way back In tho East
Tbs more / thought OF il the M IRE dotsr-
mined becamo, aud that night i told my
partner I was going TO make a present to
my people OF ali had cleaned up TO date.
He said: All right Such tn nSs were
common enough out where we were. So
we got out our money, countsd It, and my
share amounted to a little over tl2,0.0 He
TOOK tho money TO Denver where he
btnkei his share and sent nv pile o6 &C
corIing to directions There was another
qucor thing. That man was to DO COMO q
week. l trust Il MIN with tl2, 00J, all the
money l had In the world, bus what Of it,
III trust him with my life.
"The frat night he was gone had cali
ers. Thoy Wsro three men, hard looking
fellows, too. / did not like their appear
a. c., bat, in order to DO civil, asked them
b step into my shaSty and have supper.
They declined and, on learning that vas
Rlons, lost no timo comm .ncinX businsSs
Before l had time TO realize it was . prs
onor. Tley seiz ID mo With almost light
ming rlpidity, not ghost OF . chance was
zen m5 TO defenl myself and when j
was securely bound hand and limb they
to.I me they v1ntcd money. / said had
none; told them my pArtn n had left that
morning with all we hal and, showed them
e. o letter from home in proof Of M story.
They would not bolieve me, or profesSel
not to, which was about the same, and !
wa, told IL ! did not reveal the where
nboutS OF the treasure thsy charged mo
with having the penalty would be death Ia
five minutes and by hanging.
IL tried to reR ,ou with the hounds, but
In vain. beg god TOR my lie; l told them
they could have every thingI ownod, even
the calm, but asked them ia spare my
life. They laughed at me. Just then !
was told the five minutes were up. II did
not seem more t9an one minute TO my ex-
cited reason. A big elm tree stood In front
OF our little patch. was carried under IT,
one Of the three scolndrels produced q
rope one end was fastened 10 limb about
six feet over M hoad. tho other enl was
tied around my neck ia a running knot,
anl was told for the last time TO shell
out That was the timo wished tho let
ter hal not come I'd willingly have
given any thing To get loose. Ny hands
were tied behind my back, another rope
was tied around my knses and an
other fastened my ankles toge' her
10 tightly taAt / could not move
either leg. | was as help ess as an infant.
They tug2sd gently ut tue rope, aud q
sharp pAiI at the back OF my neck re-
minded me they meant business and wore
really going to take my life. l swOre q
solemn oath that had told tn I'm the truth
all along. and begged them to spars my
life the nsKt instant I was ia mid air
dangling from the limb OF b1o tree. Up
thOy hoistOd me, all three it seems pull
ing on the rope together. I heard them
talking, but their voices were q contusel
tumble OF sounIA
Then thO earth. the air. the trees, the
sky, fadOd away; . dreadful buEzng
sounded In my ears; WIS alternately
cold and hot, and felt mysjlt growing
weaker every second and becoming faint
as IL sick ut the stomAch-thsn all was
bank
When come to Il was daylight Twas
lying on the ground under the tree, still
bound, the rope about my neck Looking
mp, saw that q piece of the rope wAs at
tachej 10 the limb, and conclud d that my
weight must have caused the strands to
part In that case, / argued, the rope about
my hands would not stand a great strain,
aud tuggsi with all my strength to got
free. was very weak, but so glad to ave
my life that tugged aud tugged without
becoming exhausted aud finally got my
hands free. Then ] unloosed tho ropes
about nv legs, and the first thing did was
TO get on my knees aud thank God for hav-
ing saved me
II couldn't imagine how this was
brought about other than through Divine
agency. The rope hanging from the limb
did not break, but was cut as IL by q
knife. To my mind the instrument how
evor, was bullet Ny theory was that
when my would-be murdorsrS rode of, aft
or leaving me for dead, they turned to take
look at me. Then IL occurred to one or
perhaps all Of tbcm to try and put q bull
lot through the ropo; IL would DO . nice
shot 1t Was q fortunate shot for it saved
i my life"
FUNERAL METHODS.