Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-26
Darlington in La Fayette County tbs
Scene of Sensational
Occurrence.
Anton Sieboldt, Who Brutally Mur-
drrtd James Mcehan, Strung
Up TO Il iIee.
The Criminal Snatehed from the
Court Room While Undergo
ING Examination.

MONROE Wis, Special Telegram, Sers
% Anton S,rbclit, who LrutalIy muir.
dered James Meehan at Darlington lass
Wednesday was ynrhtd at that place
about 3 O'Clock today, His examination
was being held before Judge Smith whee
posse Of enuged citizens entered the
court room, bound the sheriff aud deputy
with cords, threw q loop over Sieboldt's
neck, dragged him from the room ans
pulled him up ever the limb u
a tree. A mob surrounded the iail in bar
hngtou the night following the murder
and intended 20 string up Sieb5Ijt'bt
but the sheriff quietly spirited him away
right under the eyes Of the mob and
brought him TO this place where be WINS
k,ptunti 1890 this morning, wheu b,
Wa. taken back to Darlington for a het
ing, He is young, unmarried man and
has long been known as q tough character
Another Account
DARLINGTON, Wis, Sept 81 This
.u,ually quiet village was the scene Of ex-
traordinary excitement at noon today
whtu Anton Sl,boIdt, the man who so
brutality murdered James Meehan las
Wednesday afternoon. was taken from the
Jail where he was confined and strung to q
tree in The park where he hung until
dead
Last Thursday a mo- gathered at the
Jail with the avowed intention of lyncbing
Sieboldt, but the sheriff took the murderer
to Monroe, Green county for safe-keeping
There he remained until to-day, tie late
set for bis preliminary hearing, when he
arrived in town ON the II 10 .. NJ tram
and was placed in Jail
The news that the slayer Of Meehan was
in town quickly spread, and at noon, less
than halt an hour after his arrival, Il large
crowd gathered about the jail doors This
sheriff and other officers were O, empowered
and Sleboldt was taken out, a rope wac
quickly adjusted about lis neck and be
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making no struggle whatever, evidently
/ knowing that resistance would be useless.
+ In fact, with his own hands he placed the
rope about his neck and folded his hnnds
across his breast After the body was eiss
down it was given TO an undertaken aud
the crowd quietly dispersed The Iynchug
meets with general satisfaction.
The body hung for about twenty MIN.
utes The ynchers wore no masks fhs
old mother and father Of Steholdt arrived
in town to attend the hearing just after
the body was cut down There was a saA
scene in the jail when the mother went is
10 see the body Sheriff Lindsay was
completely Frustrated after the struggle
with the mob The sheriff and deputie,
did all in their power TO prevent the
lynchiug sieboldt was struc, in the
head with a blunt instrument while on tbs
way out Of Jail He also had knife
wound on the jaw.
The murder for which Seboet paid
such u fearful pendIl was amost atrocious
one Last Wednesday he and James Nee.
han, farmer living in the town Of VIII
low Springs, six miles from here, wers
riding home together on a load Of lumber
q quarrel arose, and Seboldt knocked
Meehan of the wagon, pounding HE head
to Jelly he then got wagon wrench
and continued to pound his victims head,
until the textures were unrec0gnizabl.
Some passers by saw the last part Of tho
tragedy and sicbojt said to them He
tried TO XII me bot I've finished him in
good shape. tie then unhtched the
horses, and riding one and leading the
other, rode on He was Oyertaken I'd
Furnace Springs and brought back by tht
sheriff There was great excitement rs
the time, and Siebodt narrowly escapes
then the tate that overlook him today.