The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-17
HANGED BY A MOB.
George Rose, Who Shot Karl
 Kuhl, Put in Jail.
THEN LYNCHED BY MASKED MEN.
The Body Left Dangling from a Bridge Over the Cottonwood RIver-The Murderers of the Meeks Fam
 fly Not Yet Caught.

STRONG CITY, Kan, May 14.-On Fri day evening at 6;3O, Karl Kuhl, assist ant postmaster at Cottonwood Falls, twenty-two miles west of Emporia, was shot and instantly killed while'at work in the office, by printer named George Rose. An alarm was instantly given, and in few minutes several hundred men were in pursuit of the murderer The river banks were secured and thorough search made in all directions, but without effect until about II o'clock the same night when it was found that Rose had gone to the sheriff and given himself up,
 A large crowd immediately surround ed the jail and demanded his surren- der, and were with great difficulty, and the persuasion of shotguns in the hands of deputies, induced to forego their in tention of then and there lynching him. After this things quieted down somewhat, but all during Saturday forenoon much excitement was mani. fest In the afternoon, however, it seemed to have blown over, and it was generally supposed all thought of lynching had been given up, until about II o'clock at night, when Sheriff Hodge Murdocll was called to the door by a quiet rap, which he answered, only to find himself suddenly seized and pulled outside his door.
 Several pistols were presented at his head by masked men and he was con- ducted to the door of the cell, which l,. tg Th;e nff protesting, he was forced to do, the lynchers assuring him that they would have their man if they had to tear the courthouse and jail down. Every ap- proach to the courthouse had been care fully guarded with armed men. All was done in very quiet and orderly manner, every man seeming to know just what he was to do. After secur- ing the prisoner the masked men, about fifty in number, surrounded him and proceeded east to a railroad bridge
 In the meantime the news had spread and crowd of about 500 people had surrounded the place, and as the lynch CTS started made rush for the prison. CT. The masked men fired few shots in the air and ordered the crowd to fall back Their orders were complied with, and they proceeded to the rail- road bridge, about a quarter of mile away, where a rope was placed about Roses neck, when he was thrust from the east side of the bridge, falling about ten feet
 Death was instantaneous. The lynch CTS then quietly dispersed, leaving the body dangling between the bridge and the waters of the Cottonwood river, where it remained until about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, awaiting the ar rival of the coroner, when an inquest was held and verdict rendered of death by hanging by parties un- known" The body was buried by the county in the evening.
 THE TAYLORs nor CAUGHT YET
 BLOOMFIELD, Mo, May l4.-Up to 2:SO this morning the force of men search ing for the Taylor brothers, who mur- dered the Meeks family, have been un- able to locate them, and there are no new developments in the case. The bloodhounds, which have been used in the chase, struck the trail two or three times, but lost it again owing to il crossing the creek