The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
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Andrew Grandsta6 Arrested for the
Butchery Of the Drake Family I'm Wis
consin-His Horrible Confession So En-.
rages Citizens That They Break Into
the Jail Mt viroqua, secure the Wretch
and Lynch Him.
VIRoQUA, Wis, June 2, 3:3O a. m.-An-
drew GrandstafY, the murderer OF old Reu-
ben Drake, his wife and two grandchiI-
dren, who was captured Thursday night,
was taken from the Jail last night by an ex-
cited crowd of men and hanged to tree.
The officers found Grandstah in bed %
the residence Of man named Jennings IN
the backwoods of the town Of Liberty,
near the Kickapoo river, where he had
made his headquarters for some days. He
was taken to Readstown and kept during
the night, when the detectives and officers
pumped full confession out of him
Grandstaff says that he left the house Of
Jennings at o'clock on the morning Of the
murder and secreted himself in the woods
all day, and arrived at a safe distance from
the Drake homestead at about O'Clock.
He continued:
II staid there until dark Then Invent down
into the bottom and up to the house, stopped
and looked into the window. then knocked
ut the door. The old gentleman tDrake1
said come in. l entered the house and
asked him for Q drink Of water. took
the drink and spoke few words to him.
They called me by name asked him
II he had money and he said he had not Then
drew a revolver and told him l wanted his
money. He said he did not have any, but was
expecting or looking for some soon.
When he said this the second time
shot him. When / first went into
the house Mrs. Drake was putting the
two grandchildren to bed. She went into
the bedroom TO go to bed before l shot. This
was after the children were in bed. just afte1
/ shot she came out with the Winchester
rife. think had then shot at the old man
twice and he had fallen. AS Mrs. Drake
came out OF the bedroom door l shot
her and just as shot her she let the rife fall.
shot her twice. think looked into every
thing but found no money. The children wer0
then awake, and both stood up In bed on thei1
arms looking out at me. Thought | would have
TO kill them for II did not they would tell on mo.
Then cut their throats-the little girls trst.
She was ON the front side OF the bed. The boy
was upon his elbow when took hold Of him.
and he struggled. I cut his throat, but do not
remember OF stabbing him."
The prisoner says that he took the muir.
dered mans rife and departed by the back
door over the hills ten miles to the Kicka-
poo river, where he washed himself, and
then wandered through the woods and slept
in . shanty till o'clock in the morning be.
fore he returned to jennings place,
where he changed his clothing. He de-
| scribes the spot where he hid the gun, how
he spent the next day going from place to
place, and how he freely conversed with
many people along the road concerning the
murder, etc. The knife and revolver with
which the crime was committed were
found on his person when captured. The
revolver is five-shooter, 32-caliber, and
L A. r. NJ .-.1~
/ A few hours after the arrival Of the pris-
oner in this city yesterday there was loud
talk OF lynching, and crowds Of excited
men from the neighborhood where the MUIR
der occurred began to gather. The crowd
and the excitement continued to in
crease until about II o'clock, when
| mob of fully 1000 determined men
marched upon the Jail and demanded the
murderer. The officers resisted and the
barriers to the Jail were broken down. One
hour was consumed in breaking down the
steel cage in the upper room Of the
/ Jail, where the prisoner was confined.
He fought desperately and warded
| Of every body, but was finally overcome
A rope was put about his neck and he was
brought to the porch below, where ht
firmly protested his innocence. But
two or three in the crowd were aware oi
| MS confession and they refused TO give
evidence. The scene at the Jail was hor-
| rible. The prisoner was covered with
| blood, having been terribly mangled while
the steel cage was being battered down, and
stood for an hour with the halter about his
neck, pleading for his life.
At l2:45 this morning the mob hanged the
| prisoner to tree in front of the court
house, and let him down again to see if he
| would confess. The mob strung Grandstah
| up four times and the last time left his
body hanging to the tree, where it remains.
/ The murderer, Andrew Grandstaff, was a
young man, "a years Of age. He was born
in this county, in the town Of Franklin, OF
illegitimate parentage. He was ignorant
of learning and could neither read or write
He was of daring temperament, but had
never been considered desperate or de
prayed enough to commit wholesale mur
/ der