Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-30
.TBLEGRAPHlC.
MOB RULE WITH FIRE
re-, sinners Burned to Death BY a
gI,ndlsh, CursIng Crowd
a .rncr ron THE vIcrla''


.-,.vrtLr, Dec. Ca 'Pee'1l to
C,mmsreial from Le1Rn'n' hyp
~ Wuhln two miles OF this city
~" .,,hta relentless mob burned to
~ he preEnan, woman ami hidi'd
M, ,uIlets her gray.hAlrsd paramount
, " ~. rlachened snd disiigured eofi'es
, ~ yietime, Mu. Thomss West anu
:, ,,,, I' psvores, were found In tho
,.,o, the woman's home today ny
M, ,a ii.ysar.Old daughter Of the old
mar. 1T. ,,,,,
..,,.t ever enacted under the grne'
'am, way o. Judge Lynch. Despite
,bo plsadingo Tor her fathers liie o,
n,ilolad. frightened child, aud the
nA N.,,s and teafs OF the ~ aud help
l''' ,,..,,,ap. the mob wont through
~, AZ. work with cOld-0l0odeIi ciuti
1.,lberatlon, and only LETT whtu ctT-
~ that both msn and woman were
ieaJ. a., .,,t.,,,,,t, n, the
rms nIIAlN NNH w.
s,o,v Of iailhlciB vile AMI
Wv ,,'t,f busbnnL. Several months
ensyefrs. "A mldilt-igut widOWrL
~ ascnssI by Thomar Wrei, a pros
"sfous farmer, oi intimacy win Alsa.
W,.f. Quarrel lollowtoa qlsfel
t5fourhout tue fal, nniii WEI lnsu.
iufeI divorce pfoceodngsand decisteu
Dever,i must die. The mon met IN
Lsbsnon, aud WeSt snapped hls Re-
volvet, watch missed hfe, while
J'vrtei killrd him on the SPOT Tho
,gufdsror aucurtd bail, and moved
ma Westia house. The relatives oi
i1o murdered husband Hwgro NungC-
nsre. Close 10 10 O'Clock last night
mud Of men rode up 10 tho Nts1
lguestead and demanded admlttanoe.
Urom West 10 dead. Now ips your
turn. - the npUkcsman called, anu De-
,.fe. and the woman hW0ke TO MOI
tBrIf houso sugf0uuiea. Mra. West
ru5n,d 10 a dafkoned window aud be-
gsnA wild, hysiorlcal plea for mercy
a dozen bullets answered her ohes,
and the demanu for surrender wEr IL
ufa,ed. Dsyefur, too, asked Tor hear
lag, but MS rtquesI was greeted with
thowef Of shots.
UWr'll give you ten minulVa 10 npou
nm. then you burn,O raid tho mob's
leader, ana his men quietly retired
from the door.
a hurried consultation was hold In.
aide tho mouse, aud then, white ana
isuor.slrioson, the little girl OF d..
yeges was thrust uut TO plead with tGs
mob. Glad In her night robe, bareiootod
and unprotected, she bravely walked
cut into the moonlight anu sobb1d out
mayer for her whito.haited fathers
Ne,
"ue, out. YOU'RE liable to get alb OF
youuelf,N IufilAn said, ana thor
ourhly heightened, tho child nOd 10 the
abin Of negro nolghbor.
Mfs West then appeared At tho door
and, feiofring to her condition, made a
lat appsal for mercy. IL was I'M
Ayaillng, and In another moment the
house YVES fired. Ths shrioks Of the
Imprisoned wfetoheH failed 10 movo
thslf ,0IlufeTe, who, after the flames
reached the iivlng-rOom, could roe the
man and woman In tho Hgonies oil
duaih,
Just before the roof fell the woman
was NNNA W ANNA AAAhNN NhN ANNAA AhN
plunge hoadlOng into the fireplace
among the burning coals, anu there
she died. Wild with pain, Deveros nj
the lntt moment made n dash ioT llBgI'
~, but n score Of bullels stopped him
half dozen steps from tue door.
This morning the little girl led heI
negro protector 10 the scene, and there
tho bodies, seUrched beyond TroOgni.
lion, were found, untouched By the
lyneheTs. There In but little doubt thai
tho members Of the moi will be CAT
tured, VS. they were without masks ant
made no attempt nj secrecy.
IL 10 not improbable that the acenel
Of last night will be- Ts-enacted Ia to,
vIolnity shortly, as the outrage hni
aroused tue most Intense Indignation
among the people OF tho country. Be
cause OF the fact that Mes.'A relative
had threatened vengeance. there II ,
sIong belief that they were resp1ns
bic lot lest nights crime. UucettainlJ
~ TO Just VINO was Implicated has 81
NJ prevented further trouble.
The Guild OF Dsvores, WAC. was
witness 10 the tragedy, In dangerously
III asA result OF tho fright and expo
sure, but upon her recovery sho MAY
he able, It IA hoped, TO Identity somo o
The lynchets.
Devofes'a body was pierced by u
least twenty-five bulls,s. Before bill
desperate dash for liberty he had beer
iiightiully burned, anu would proba
ny have oiod without tho gunsbO
wounds. Hlh hair and beard wuT
burned OIL, his clothes were IN chsrro,
t1faas and his face blis,eged ana black
oled.
No arrests have 80 far been made
Dul developments aru expected tomoI
row.
Justice Nave late this afternson hel,
"a inquest upon ihs bodies OF the vic
Tins. Several witnesses were exam
med, but nothing tending to incrim
mate any one was developed. III
lhyesugaIion will be continued tomOr
row.
u DeveTeS formerly Lived at Knoxvlll,
Tenn.
IN HONOR OF COMPOS.
Communication In havana la Fave
OF the spanish cause.