River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-06-07
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Andrss GrsnasfzH Arrested for the
hatchery ~ the Drake Family In Wis
synsin--Efis HorrsDfe Coafessisn - En-
RACES Citizens That They Break Into
the jail ~ Flroqsss secure the Wretch
ara Lynch Him.
Ernoqra. Wis, Juns 2. ina ua.-An-
drew BrandstaS. the Murderer u Old Rg1-
ben DRAKE, his wife aad two grzndchiE
sren, Who was captured thursday nizhz.
was taken from the JAIL last Night o. an ex-
cited crowd 81 meh and hanged 70 : tree.
Tie osiosrs foand GranassaT il. bid AZ
the residence u mar naaged Jennings in
the bacxUoods q the town u Liberty,
near TIE Kickapoo river, where be had
made bic headquarters for some days. He
tgss taken - seSasiOrn ard kept during
the night, when tne detectives and 0fficers
pumpet . FIJI confession oct 81 him
Graads.sH says thas he Left the house %
geBzln.rs a. oscI0ck On sse morning % ms
murdof z1d secretsd himself IL the woods
al ds.y. an6 arrived Al q safe distance from
the Drake Homestead AZ abyEt o'csoez.
He roatlnEed.
stasd thsrs zns1 dark. Thea rTs1t down
ir.to re bottom zEd - - rs lloass. stopped
Sad Iooxsd into tas si1GoW- tEsu knocked
AZ ne ooors TIE ola zsuf.sman fDFaks)
sad eeaas ~. ent~rea the ho1ss and
tne frl1k ara sp0<s lev words - hiua.
They called ne - nzre. I ssssd blz
y ne had money ara b. satI - had no1. Then
I GrsN revolver &nd tod am / waited his
n1oneT. lie sad he d hos lave aay. bat vas
fxpsctszZ o. looking FOR some SOFA
shot hsm- WAea first Wsat lai0
the hoass Nrs Drake Uss p1tslng the
tW0 zrazdchiidrsa 20 led she vest into
ne bedroom 70 g % bed before ! ssos This
vas after tas children we're "a bed ggsf after
SHOT are came out with she Wlncnester
Ffae. fth1nk had tnsn shot - ne Old msa
twice ard hc had fallen. - Nrzs Drake
came ont o. TIE bedroom door shot
her. ard list a. SAINT her SIZE let the r5ee fall
: shCf her tWice. Z tEink / i0ozsd INTO every
th4nz bgt found 10 money. Tae children we're
then awake. ard both stood - ~ bed On their
arms looking ont Al ne Itboa9nt Eoai9 aazs
~ XII tasn for III did not they WoEld tel On me.
Then cat tHeir fhr0afs--ths l4rtIe zlrl's aFst.
she vas o. ne ffgs side y The bed TIE roy
vas apou his elsov when took bold 81 hila.
and b strugzisd. at his tbreat. bat Do not
remember q stabalE ( hlm-
The prisoner 81 that he took the mur-
deree mans rfiie and Departed - she back
door over the bills Ten miles 70 ihe Kieka-
POO river, wLsre be washed himself and
then wandered through the u0o.sls ard slept
On a shsatY till oclOck ~ the morning he
where be changed his clothing, He de-
scrlbss the spot where be hid The gun, how
hc spent ths next day going from place 20
pace, ard h. " he freely cOnrcrsed with
many people alG-g the road concerning the
murder. SIC. The knife s--fi revolver with
which the crime vas col.s snitted we're
found on his person when Cap,ss-ad The
revolver f. q FIVE shooter. 82czs1s her, AMI
the knife long bladed JACK knife.
a few hours after the arrival Of the pris-
oner In this city yesterday there was loud
talk Of iVnching. and crowds Of excited
men from the neighDOrhOod where the muir
der occurred began 20 gather. The crowd
and the excitement continued 70 in
crease until about II O'Clock, when
= mob Of fully 100 determined men
marched upon the jail and demanded tho
murderer. The officers resisted and the
barriers % the jail we're broken down. One
hour was consumed IN breaking down the
steel cage in the upper room Of the
Jail, where the prisoner was confined
re fought desperately and warded
81 every body, but was finally overcome.
4 rope vas put about his neck and be was
brought % the porch below, where he
firmly protested his Innocence. But
two or three in tho crowd we're aware u
his confession and they refused % give
evidence. The scene at the jail was hor-
rible- The prisoner was covered With
blood, having been terribly H.sngled while
the steel cage was being battered down, and
stood for an hour with the halter about his
neck, pleading for his life.
At 1916 this morning the mob hanged the
prisoner 70 tree In front o. the court
house and let him down again 70 see II he
would confess The mob strung Grandstaff
- ~ 81 q = -
body hanging 70 the tree, where i remains.
The murderer. Andrew Grards was q
young man, "A years Of age He was born
In this county. in the town Of Franklin, Of
ilegitimate pareniage. He was ignorant
Of learning aad could neither read or write
He was u daring temperament, but mad
never been considered desperate or de-
PRAYED enough r. commit wholesale muir
der