The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1888-07-26

There is unquestionabie evidence
that Elmer shot the girl out of pure
jealousy, spite and cussedness, and
evidence is almost as clear that it
had been his plan to murder the
girl while Conden was out milking,
and upon his re-entering the house
to shoot him and leaving the revol-
YER near Conden's hands try and
lead the public to believe that Con-
den had done the deed and shot him
self, and that it failed simply ow-
ing to the fact that Condcn refused
to re-enter the room nor would not
be pushed into it on returning with
the milk and finding Mollie dead on
the floor, is very we'll established, but
gave alarm mid Elmer's curses.
The sheriff and Mrs. Miller and
children had that day gone into the
country, leaving Miss Korbel, whom
they trusted as they would their
own child, to take care of the house
and cook for these two men and the
prisoners, and they could scarcely
have felt worse had the girl been
their own daughter and the victim
of such a monstrOus crime. Miss
Korbel was 81 years of age, prepos-
sessing and one Of the most popular
servant girls in the city-everyonc
being Mollie's friend.
The lynching sentiment sprang
from the very moment of the first
discovery of the shocking crime,
but the sheriff being away and Dep
uty Pelham being alone-and the
criminal back of the bars, the cooler
headed citizens held back pending
the sheriff's return, who drove all
night, getting here early the MORN
ing following the crime, Deputy
Pelham having sworn in a goodly
number of deputies for that night.
All day Thursday the remains lay
in view in the court room, and a
steady flow of sympathiz'ng friends
passed the coffin.
= Elmer was brought up for exam
ination before Justice Gray that
afternoon. which was conducted
back of locked doors, and he waived
examination.
: THE BEAST LYNCIIED.
1t is with deep sense of relief
and satisfaction that TIE TIMES is
to-day enabled to publish the fact
that Wahpeton manhood has risen
and avenged one of the most das-
tardly murders ever committed upon
pure young womanhood. 1t was no
excited pell nell and unorganized
mob which stormed the sheriff's
quarters this morning at one o'clock,
but a thoroughly organized we'll
equipped and splendldly manned
body of deliberate citizens who went
through ordinary doors with a bat
tering ram and ovcrpowering Sher-
iff Miller, Deputy Pelham and a
host of special deputies. soon broke
into the main jail-and through two
massive doors of the inner cage to
reach their man, consuming, prob
ably, half an hours time. There
was positively no resisting the solid
front shown by that body of mask
ed men, and as they passed through
doors, cheer after cheer rent the
air from without and very shortly
the court house yard was filled
with solid mass of men-it was
everywhere admitted Elmer wa.
doomed to fate he had richly
earned. 1t was noticed, however
that Elmer had a piece of rope in
his cell and made two attempts tc
hang himself, and at one time
grew black in the face before lie
was cut down, but the second time
he was gotten down, more easily, as
the men with the sledge hammers
rained blows thick and fast upon
the bolts and locks, but when his
cage door was battered open. he
walked out and the rope being
placed about his neck he was lead