Telegram-herald., 1891-09-23
LYNCHED BY A MOB.

Anton Sieboldt Taken from Jail and
Hanged to u Tree at Darlington. Wis.
DARLINGTON, Wis, Sept. 22.-Anton
Sicbolt, who Wednesday of last week
murdered James Meehan near this city,
was taken from the jail Monday by q
mob and lynched. Friday evening of
last week the friends of Meehan gath
cred in the city for the purpose Of
hanging Siebolt, but the sheriff
hearing of their designs put the
prisoner in carriage and took
him to the poorhonse, kept him there
all night, and in the morning drove to
Dunbarton, rut the prisoner on train,
took him to Monroe and lodged him in
jail. His examination was set for Mon
day, and, fearing no danger, the pris-
oner was returned to this city, arriving
on the 1l:i0 a. IN. train. During
the morning hours friends of the
murdered man, singly, in couples
and small groHps, entered the
city, but remained scattered through
out the city, and did not attempt
to meet at any rendezvous. When the
train bearing the murderer rolled into
the city, although there was large
crowd at the depot, there was TO dis
turbance, and not single threat was
heard. After the prisoner had been
lodged in jail a crowd began to collect
there, but the uninitiated supposed
they were drawn there by idle curios-
ity, and no attention was paid to them.
Sheriff Lindsay and his deputy,
John Hamilton, were eating dinner in
the dining-room and Siebolt in his cell
had just finished his repast, when sud-
denly with wild yell the crowd made
rush for the Jail. Hamilton was inn
mediately overpowered, but Sheriff
Lindsay sprang upstairs and for
short time succeeded in holding the
crowd at bay, but he was ovcrpowercd,
tied, carried into room and
guarded. With sledge the crowd then
battered off the lock of the cell in
which Siebolt was confined, threw
rope around his neck, and with tri-
,umphant yell dragged him down the
stairs into the street, and leading him
to tree threw the rope over limb.
drew him up, and held him there until
he was dead. The avengers then quiet
~ dispersed. and within thirty min
utes all were out of the city on their
way home. Siebolt's. remains were cut
down and turned over to the under
taker. In the evening at 5 o'clock his
body was buried in the potter's field.
Last Wednesday Siebolt, who was
farm hand about 25 years of age, bru-
tally murdered James Meehan, a
young farmer. The two men had
been drinking together in Darlington
and were partially intoxicated when
they started home. When about . mile
from town an alteration arose. Sic
bolt threw Meehan from the wagon.
tramped on his PROSTATE form, and
finished his brutal crime by beating
his victims head to . jelly with Q
wagon wrench.
Public sentiment Is all with the
lyncners. Siebolt WIS q desperate
character. who is credited with having
contributed to the death of one brother
and made desperate assault upon
another brother. His body was taken
to the courthouse and a cor
oner's Jury was at once im-
paneled, but as the sheriff. who
Is the prime pal witness was ex-
hausted by his struggles with the mob.
the inquest was postponed until
Wednesday. Most of the leaders OF
the moo are known. but no arrests
have been made and IL Is improbable
that any viii be- There have been
several murders in the county during
the last few years and no adequate
punishment has been metcd out, which
fact served 10 enrage the people and to
nerve them 10 this lawlcss act
Driven 20 saicise by Baseball.
MccoSSErIsvILLE. O.. Sept Al.
T. Thompson, one of the wealthiest
residents of Morgan county, CON-
rnitted suicide Monday by cutting
his throat He lived at the edge of the