The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-08-12
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| n f0fty OF hOufG-be LyntneEs oc -
Quest Of Blood and Furnish the Victims
Themselves Arrested for Murder.
hut Discharged for wansssf Evidence.
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Preservation
LoUIsvILLE, Ky., Aug. IA special
from Corydon. Ind, brings the start
ling news of the slaughter of q lynch
ing party by two men whom they were
trying to lynch for the murder of their
father. The fearful affray took place
near Laeonia, about sixteen miles from
this place, on Saturday night.
Four men were instantly killed, one
fatally wounded and several others
more or less injured. William and Sam
Conrad were the murderers whom the
mob intended to string up Several
weeks ago the father of these men was
foully murdered His dead body was
found in q wood with bis sskull crushed.
Suspicion ut once fell on the sons, who
are desperate characters They were
| arrested, but on their preliminary hear
ing were discharged fer want of evi-
dcncc.
Indignation ran high among the
people and Saturday night 4 mob
gathered for the purpose of lynching
the Conrads- The house where the
men lived was attacked, but the Con-
RAIDS had been warned and were pre-
pared. As the mob advanced on the
house they poured a deadly volley into
its ranks. Four men dropped dead in
their tracks and several fell wounded.
The Conrads then fled while the un-
harmed were caring for the dead and
dying. Thelfour men killed are:
Ed. Hustin.
John Timberlake.
viii Wiseman.
Isaac Howe.
VIII May was fatally wounded.
Excitement runs high. Armed bands
are securing the country for the Con-
RAIDS If caught they will be instantly
killed.
At the preliminary trial of the Con-
rad boys for numbering their father.
it was claimed that while out in the
woods chopping wood dispute arose
among them in which the old man was
killed by the SONS. The brothers
claimed at the trial that the old man
fell against the stove in their house
and sustained injuries which caused
his death. Mrs. Conrad's testimony
was in favor of the boys story, and
while it was generally believed that
they were guilty the justice could do
nothing under the circumstances but
discharge them.
Since that time the feeling against
!. the Conrads has been growing stronger,
and they had received several letters
from whitecaps warning them to leave
the neighbOrhoOd or suffer the conse-
quences. They did not obey the re-
quest, but, on the contrary. said they
would be prepared for any visitation
from the night raiders. Several days
ago barn and its contents belonging
to a man named Frakes, residing near
the Conrads, was burned, and the Con-
! RAIDS were accused of the act. This
they denied. Last week they made IL
trip to Elizabeth, Harrison county, and
purchased u large supply of buckshot
in anticipation of whitccap visitation,
as they had just received another
notice couched in stronger terms, i'll
which it was threatened that in addi-
ticn to being switched on the bare back
they would he hanged.
When the gang approached and
stepped on the porch they demanded
admittance. At that instant the Con-
RAIDS fred. Their bullets found lodg-
ment in the bodies of the mob, and
two men fell dead on the porch. Tive
others were found several hours later
a few hundred yards distant from the
house, stone dead. All. it is said. were
wcll-to-dO farmers in that section.
Howe was so years old and leaves fam
lily. He was brother of John Howe,
who is bartender in James Harbe-
sons saloon on West Main street, in
New Albany. lie was constable OF
Boone township and highly respected.
The home of the Conrads is in the
very wilds of Harrison county and
almost inaccessible to the county seat.
CorydOn. 1t is near the river and
mile distant from any other habitation
on the banks of Mosquito creek. A
rough wagon road. which is almost
impassabie, leads past the house.
Another report was brought to New
Albany by James Wolpert, who resides
on East Thirteenth and Spring streets,
and who was visiting Saturday in
Eliza beth. several miles south of Con-
RAIDS house He was seen at night by
a Commercial reporter. He says that
after the Conrads had received warning
of the visit. they hid themselves
under porch in the front part of the
honse. They had made several augur
holes in the flooring of the porch
through which the muZzles of their guns
could be thrust and fired at close range
with deadly execution.
Houston was the son of Rev. W. +.
Houston and was about as years old
and unmarried. Rev. Houston was
killed about fifteen years ago in a run
away accident, the wagon running
over him and mashing his skull.
Will May was about % years old. and
was engaged to be married to Miss
Lou Collins, a young lady of that
neighbOrhoOd.
Timberlallc was the oldest one of the
crowd. and was about 81 years of age
and unmarried.
1t was also reported that Mrs. Conrad
was injured in the fight.
After the discharge of the firearms
the rest of the gang fled.
The Conrad's have disappeared from
the neighborhOod and will probably
never return unless captured and
brought back for trial.
Additional Suits Against Kansas City Bank
Ohicials.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Aug. 6.-Several