Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-08-10
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A Mob Undertakes to Hang Two BROTH
ers Accused of killing Their Father
Near Coryllon, Intl.-The Hunted Men
Fire on Their Assailants. killing Four
and Fatally Wounding AnOther-Thcy
/ Escape.
CoRYDoN, Ind, Aug. 7.-Boone town
ship, not far from here, was the scene
of terrible tragedy early Sunday
morning, four men being killed and one
fatally wounded. The dead are all
farmers, as follows: Edward Houston,
Isaac Howe, John Timberlake and Will
liam Wiseman. William May, also q
farmer, was fatally injured.
Four months ago Samuel and William
Conrad, farmers. aged ~ and 81, living
in Boone township with their mother
and sister, were suspected of killing
with his head crushed and bloody
club lying near by. After a short time
the boys were arrested and charged
with the crime, the supposition
being that they put their father out of
the way in order to get his property,
the old man being pretty we'll off.
There was good deal of excitement at
the trial. the court room being crowded
at every sitting, but the state could get
no proof and the prisoners were dis
charged. This angered the farmers in
the community where the Conrads lived
and it was determined to raise body
of men and try the young fellows in
the court of Judge Lynch.
| But the neighbors had misjudged the
metal of the suspected brothers. The
latter said nothing when they heard
that mob was proposed. but quietly
1, loaded up their shotguns and waited.
About midnight Saturday 100 men
or more assembled at small school,
house not far from the home of the
Conrads and marched to the house,
| reaching there about o'clock in the
morning. Some of the members of the
mob were masked and others made no
attempt at concealment.
After the Conrads had received warm
ing of the visit they hid themselves
under a porch on the front part of the
house. They had made several auger
holes in the flooring of the porch,
through which the muzzles of the guns
could be thrust and fred at close range
with deadly execution. When the gang
approached the house and stepped on
the porch they demanded Abundance.
At that moment the Conrads fired. The
contents found Judgment in the bodies
of the mob and two men fell dead on
the porch. Two others were found sew
eral hours later few hundred yards
from the house stone dead. 1t is also
reported that Mrs. Conrad was injured
in the fight.
Finding it impossible to dislodge the
brothers the mob withdrew to the
woods and held consultation. The
lynchers hadn't expected such a de.
termined resistance and didn't know
exactly what to do. It was final
ly decided to wait till daylight
and then make another attack.
When the dawn came and it was clear
daylight another advance was made
upon the house, but everything was
still and the house appeared deserted.
The mob approached the place unmo-
Tested and meeting with no resistance
broken open the front door. No
one was in the lower part of the
house and search was made
of the upper story. Some
blood was found upon the floor, and II
was evident that one or both of the
brothers had been wounded. A search
of the stable showed that the two horses
were gone. The brothers had fed.
AS soon as word reached this city OF
the killing the sheriff and several dep.
uties, accompanied by the coroner, set
out for Boone township to make an in
vestig alton. lnquests upon the bodies
Of the dead men will be held to-day. It
is probable there will be FIVE bodies to
sit upon. The buckshot with which
the shotguns were loaded tore q great
hole in William Mays left breast and
almost severed his left arm from the
shoulder.
Word has been sent to New Albany,
Jeffersonville, Louisville and other
towns on the river to be on the look.
out for the Conrad brothers. Should
they be caught and brought back here
their fate would soon be sealed, as the
farmers of Boone township are deter.
mined to hang them. The sheriff and
posse are now searching the country
between Boone township and the Ohio
river.
At the preliminary trial of the Con.
rad boys for numbering their father il
was said that while out in the woods
chopping a dispute arose among them
in which the old man was killed by his
sons. The brothers testified at the tria
that the old man fell against
the stove in their house and sus
tanned injuries which caused hi.
death. Mrs. Gonrad's testimony wa.
in favor OF the boys story, ane
while it was generally believed they
were guilty the justice could do moth
ing under the circumstances but dis
charge them. The Conrad boys always
had borne a good reputation prior tt
! the murder of their father. and by
many of the best people in their neigh
borhood the suspicion of guilt for tina
deed was not entertained. Both me1
are unmarried.
! The country around here is frequent
~ the scene of white cap visitat;ons
It is known that some of the men who
took part in the mob OF this morning
belonged to the white cap order, bu
how many has not yet been ascertained
In the main, however, the mob wa!
composed of farmers living in The
neighborhood who thought the Conrad
brothers were guilty of the murder o
their father and that the best thing tx
do was to hang them.
KILLED IN a PRIZE FIGHT.
Bobby" Taylor Dies at Denver After
Mill with :. Kid Robinson.
DENVER, Col. Aug. 5. Sailor Kid
or Bobby Taylor, died Friday after
noon. A blood vessel was ruptured a
the base of the brain as the result 5
punishment in prize fight Thurs
day night with KID Robinson (col
ored), which lasted for twenty-tw,
rounds and at midnight was declared !.
draw. The Kid was carried ava,
unconscious and never recovered
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