The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1888-08-10
BY The ROPE ROUTE.
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Beatrice dispatch. Fremont E~HYions,
the murderer OF Bertha StAultz, was
lynched Mt Pawnee City, the scene Of
the crime, at an early hour this morn
ing. The particulars are as follows:
Sheriff Strunk, of Pawnee county, left
Beatrice yesterday with Emmons, at
irving at Pawnee City in the afternoon.
The prisoner was promptly a~rraigned
before Judge Belding and given Il hear
Ting. He plead not guilty and waived
examination. The people were all the
more infuriated at EmmOns' effrontery
in pleading not guilty to q charge SO
heinous and so clearly proven, and ne
fore dark groups of men could be seen
gathered at different places i'll town.
That Emmons' fate was sealed went
without question. Slowly the groups of
men drifted towards the court house, in
the basement of which building is also
the Jail. The county. attorney and n
deputy sheriff, noticing the danger,
sought to elude the hungry mob by
taking the prisoner to the third floor Of
the building. About / o'clock forty
masked men entered tie building. and
proceeding to the basement found the
doors of the Jail unlocked, and their
bird flown. After making II careful
search here they proceeded to the court
room, which was in turn ransacked.
Not finding him here some one cried,
"Look up on the third floor" The mob
broke down the door leading up stairs,
and a mad rush was made for the land
ing, where they espied standing before
them Deputy Sheriff Liebienderfor. who
commanded a halt. The command was
oheyed for a second only. A rush for
! Emmons was made, and in a few mo-
ments he was dragged down stairs, a
rope was put about his neck, and he was
marched off in the direction of the Rock
Island depot. Near this depot is Il wa
gon bridge over the railroad, to which
they were first going to hang the victim,
but owing to the protestations of citizens
living near there they marched him to a
railroad bridge spanning the b. 81 NJ.
tracks. Here the rope was fastened to a
tie and Emmons was given thirty min
utes to say what he desired. He talked
nationally and prayed frequently, ac-
knowledging having committed the
lii lldt1IS hlltSItu, IlllIlloiiS wac
told to jump from the bridge. He re-
pushed off he hesitated, then leaped into
the space below. The drop was about
twelve feet and his neck was apparently
broken. He died without n struggle. A
coroner's jury was empanelled this morn-
ING at sunrise, who cut the body down
and returned Il verdict of death at the
hands of paop1a unknown
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Pawnee City dispatch: There was
great excitement here yesterday among
the citizens when Fremont Emmons, the
villain who SO brutally murdered Bertha
Schultz on last Friday evening, was
brought in on the Rock Island road from
Beatrice, where it will be remembered
he was taken by the sheriff to prevent
his being lynched. On stepping from
the train, with a deputy on each side, he
rushed for the bus Us if afraid of being
fouIly dealt with. The news soon spread
that he was in the city, and everyone
was curious to see him. He was taken
before Judge Bedding for preliminary
examination, which he waived and was
placed in Jail under the court house.
Great excitement prevailed during the
afternoon and evening, and it became
almost certain that justice would be
melted out in a much speedier manner
than through the courts. Groups of
men, engaged in earnest conversation,
could be seen on every corner, but about
midnight everything became quiet and
all seemed we'll. Deputies Liebendorfer
and Sullivan were arranging to take En-
mons away, as an attack was feared at
most any time, and had taken him out OF
his cell, but found they were being
closely watched and were afraid to risk
starting with him, so they determined to
secret him in the court house, which
they did. Between 2 and 3 o'clock a. m.
a body of about 200 men marched stead
lily into the court yard, two men being
detailed as guards at each corner
of the building. The jail door had
been left open and the mob soon found
it was empty, but were determined not
to be baffled in their purpose, and be-
gan Il thorough search of the court
house. They soon found their man,
and a rope was Immediately put around
high railroad bridge on the Rock Island
road crossing the B. & NJ. Here En-
mons was told he had but a short time
to prepare to die. After saying all that
he wished, a minister was called for by
the crowd. One responded, when chats
off" was the order, and the minister led
in prayer, being followed by the pris-
oner. Rising from his knees he said:
'Boys, I will die like a man. I won't
show the white feather. Now [ am
ready. Where is your leader?" With
this the party started for the bridge,
and the rope was finally tied to a beam,
his hands pinioned, and he was told to
step off. He said if it was to step off or
be pushed off he chose the former.
Feeling his way to the end of the
bridge he sprang off with q drop of
about sixteen feet, and was found dan
Cling in the air by the coroner. The
verdict of the coroner's jury is that EN-
mons came to his death at the hands of
parties unknown. The prisoner con-
fessed he had deliberately murdered
the girl because she had refused to
marry him. The sentiment of our peo-
pie generally is that the law should
have taken its course, but that full JUS
tice was done the wretch. At this time
everything is as quiet as if nothing I'M
usual had happened.
Murder and Suicide.
CHICAGO. Aug. 1.-The mystery sur
rounding the death of Henry Heesch and
his wife was lifted to-day. The couple
were supposed by Heesch's neighbors to
have l;v>d happily together, and sudden
insanity on the part of one or both seemed
the only theory to explain the death of the
pair, when the CHASTITY bodies were found
in their apartments Monday. This after.
noon a verdict was returned by a coroner's
jury declaring that Heesch. who was a
wealthy ex-salooa keeper, had deliberately
strangled his hand; ONE wife and
then shielded by hanging. An
examination of the woman body by the