Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-14
HEMP For GRAHAM

Taken from tho County Jan - O.
field, Mo, " Mob OF Mnskcd s,If s
Notorious Wifs-Murulerer "a Ven, Y
History o. Hi GRIND. 'Aeasd
sPRNaFIELn, No. Apfn 28.-rh..
no habeas corpus p~tocesdings here -
day in the case Of George Il. Graz
charged with the murder 81 his Vile. ~
Z. Graham, on the Moiloy farm. o NY,
last nightsof last September, as a, :
minutes before two o'cl0ekin the mo..,
i party Of men took Graham Out J,
jail and hanged him to tee until aesa
The lyn,chiing took place about. y
o'clock; and after the men had sn;si
their work they departed as duietls
they had come. About III o'clock 81,
Donnell and the guard went over to
spot and cut GraKam's body down. nj
thenSconveyed it to PRxsonss undert.,
establishment, where Coroner q. Vannas
assisted by Prosecuting-Attorne palSI
son. conducted the inquest.
The following notice was found on d
hams body.
when the coroner is inSpossession q,
paper GeorgeE Grahamwill be dead ]
as little punishment will have beeninf;s
as IL he had been hanged BY legal anti
ity. II is q matter OF right to the N
the three hundred,' ignore the law in !
Instance. We recognize the fsctxhat j
criminal statutes are notSequalto ali o1
sionss therefore we hA~veSlesolved 10
move from our midst the worst crim;|
who has ever infested our county. He J
the benefit Of clergy that we may herea7
and forever live and be without his b
ence and vicious influence. /
ssWe heartily welcome Al strangen|
citizenship who are pure OF purpose I
act in good faith, but we give this to
world as . warning TO ex-convicts !
murderers who may hereafter invade
county to impose ON Y credulty.
also give warning that any person Or !
discover the actors in this tragedy viii
surely and speedily dispatched to \
where all things are revealed to the q
GUS. In Justice to the memory OF Sal
( Graham, q loving wife and dear mott
whose life was sacrificed at the ALTA
Hecate, we subscribe ourselves,
CITIZENS OF GREEN County, nj
An addendum read as follows:
ITO SHERIFF DoNNELL: Keep "
mouth shut ifyOu recognized any Of vi
will die the death Of dog"
To the last Graham protested
CoraLe e and Mrs. Molloy were guilt
Of completely IN the; murder ON the farm
George =. Graham formerly lived
Fort Wayne, Ind; andBhad twice served
the penitentiary at Michigan City. WI
there Mrs. Emma Molloy, the tempera
evangelist, became interested insshim,
tried to reform him when his last term
expired. Thus he became acquainted "
and married Cora Lee, Mrs. Mol,
adopted daughter. Prior to his MARI
he assured Mrs. Molloy that
first wife, Sarah Graham, had
cureda divorce while he was in pris
{ This she had done, but they were af
ward remarked. Graham, to free him
from a prosecution for bigamy, then
ducedhis first wifeto meet HMM St L.
whence he was to take her tt Spring.
and endeavor to settle the trouble. A
leaving ST. Louis with her husband
Sarah Graham was never 8 "a
by any one who knew her.
relatives agitated the matter
q search resulted in the s
ing Of. her body in an abandoned wei
the Molloy farm near Springfield.
ham, Cora Leland Mrs. MolIoy wer
once arrested. The preliminary exam
ton resulted in thesholding of Graham
principal and the two swOmen&as &C
SORES. He made statements that in
Gated the women, although he was
garded as q moral monstrosity and q i
who never told the truth when he CO
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