The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-16
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Carnival Of Crime.

Tho city Of Shenandoah, Iowa, has been IN
mn uproar of excitement On Friday night
Frank Phillips, q d:ayman, who had as
sauIted the six-year-old daughter OF r.: j.
Pine prominent merchant vas taken from
the Jail by q mob OF masked men, who bat
tered the door down The prisoner struggled
desperately. but his clothes were soon
stripped off. and he was thoroughly tarred
and feathered. He fell sensecss to
the ground, in which condition he was
with a posse put the mob to flight: The
man vas carried back to the Jail and
physicians summoned While they were en-
gagged in rctaoying the tar the Jail was
again surrounded. The sheriff surrendered
Phillips without astruggln The mob dragged
pinioncd to lamp post and the lash ap-
piled until the blood came. He uttered fear
full cries When the mob got tired of whip
ping the prisoner they throw Il rope around
lis neck. dragged him to II telegraph pole
md hauled him into the air several times
lie was then in half dead condition, and
upon his promise to leave town was released.
The next night Mr.. Pine was shot and in
stantly killed by Frank Galop, a desperado
(iallop escaped to his house in the outskirts
officers The house was dark. Tho windows
we're all closed and securely fastened and the
doors were strongly barrcadcd. While the
officers were attempting to effect an ga
trance Gallon opened fire on the crowd from
IN upper window. Two of the officers
were killed and several wounded. Gallop
used Winchester and vas plenti!ul|y sup
piled with ammunition. The militia were
called out. but before they arrived tbs mob
succeeded in capturing Gallop md lynching
him by hanging him to n tree.
The dispatches show that three men were
killed, and halfa dozen wounded, and that
the first victim was r. J. Pine father of the
little girl who was assaulted, although his
death did not grow out of the trouble with Phil
lips, but from entirely different causes. The
bloody author of today 8 tragedy, and who
paid the penalty Of his deyishness, having
been strung mp by the frenz'ed citizens was
Frank Gallop, n desperate young character,
whose mis,leeds had made him notorious IN
southwestern Iowa. Ga1lop and his father
had auarrelled and the young man assaulted
the old man.
brother came to the young mans rescue
and the father was receiving severe beating
at the hands Of hia sons when the cries at
tractcd the neishbors, Pine and halfa dozen
other men came to tho GalIop house and IN,
terfered. Gallop whipped out a GUN and fired
ut the crowd. At the first shot Pine fell dead,
and before his Mortified companions were
scarcely aware Of the tragedy Gallop had fled
from the scene.
Frenzied 10 tho people tils were with the
remembrance of the violence, of the day be-
fore the news, which spread like wild fire, was
enough to collect mob of larger proper,
lions and far greater determination than had
thronged the streets the previous day, Pine
wus highly respe ted merchant and one Of
the foremost citizens of Shenandoah and
leaves wife and two children. Searching
parties, three or four persons in each group,
ran up and down the streets without a leader,
but with the ono thought uppcrmost in the
minds of every one-:to find the hiding place
of the miscreant and w:cak summary veIge'
ance uponh him.
Suddenly shout went up. Gallop had been
found concealed in u house just back OF the
telegraph Office A rush Was madefor his hiding
place, but tho young Desperate stool at the