The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-02
nd Ben cas him horribly and killed him.

and Bell cut him horribly and killed him.
! was afraid and helped him.
We wrapped Small up in Quilt which
BELL used for iap-robe and after he had
quit bleeding we put him in the buggy.
beii drove tour miles eastward, buried him
in field. got on the pony and rode
!" A soon as Bennett told the story Of
the crime | telegraphed to the sheriff at
Pierre to arrest Bell for murder and he did
%. The newspapers got hold of the tele-
gram and published it, and rs everybody
knew the man great excitement was
raised. No one believed him guilty. Bell
was arrested Sunday morning and when
arrived with Bennett the defendant de-
manded an immediate hearing before the
justice OF the peace Bell had engaged two
good lawyers to defend him and gave them
deed to 100 acres of land as payment We
wanted the case continued-that was Sat
urday morning-snd Bells two attorneys
would not hear of it, but howled that Bell
was being prosecuted by his enemies, that
there was no evidence against their client
and that Bennett had been frightened into
telling lie. Who knows but that this
man small may not walk in here at any
moment 2 shouted one of the attorneys.
THE district attorney then got up and
said There Is no danger of Small ever
walking into this courtroom. your honor. .
he is dead. If you will continue this case
until Monday morning ct 8 o'clock We viii
guarantee to have Small's body in court. ;
1.-THE justice continued the case, of
course, and then there was excitement.
went out and got buggy and span Of
speedy mares. drove up in front of the Jail
seat beside me. Under his direction we
went along for twenty-five miles A few
miles out of town we looked back from the
top of q knoll and the road was lined with
men on foot, in wagons, buggies and on
horseback. The whole town was following
Bennett and me. The sheriff had told
them where had gone and they imme-
diately followed.
FINALLY we drove into field and BEN
nett, pointing at the foot OF knoll,
said that Small's body was buried there.
By that time at least 200 men were on the
ground and q whole dozen commenced
digging. They found coat covered with
blood. recognized by everyone az having
been worn by Bell. In an inside pocket
was letter addressed to Bell. Then they
came to the body. When they saw how
horribly the body was mutilated the men
went wild and in about thirty seconds q
wagon tongue had been jerked out and set
in the ground. A rope was handy, but
when they looked around for Bennett he
was gone. had seen what was coming
an: and hustled him :. into the buggy: and be.
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out of sight behind arolling knoll of the
prairie.
The preliminary examination came off,
and it only tended to make the people
more incensed. One dark, rainy night
mob broke the Jail. and taking Bell out,
they hanged him TO a Iamp-post.
A few days later Bells younger brother
appeared in Pierre. He wished to see if
his brother had left any money. The
peOplc didn't like him. and gave him
twenty-fours to leave. Heleft. He is now
in jail in San Francisco, charged with
murder, and believe will soon be given
trial"