Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1895-06-05
ALMOST LYNCHED.
A Negro Strung Up at St Paul, but
Allowed to Live.
At the Entreaties of the Woman He HAD
Attempted to Assault-He is Tough
Citizen and Tells Many DE-
ferent Stories. sv

ST.. PAUL, June st was singular
| and most exciting Sunday morning
scene in which the residents in the inn
mediate vicinity of Iglehart street and
Lexington avenue participated about
o'clock yesterday morning. Half an
hour before the occurrence related
above. the daring negro had climbed in
the window of a little cottage, 1895
Iglehart, in which slept Maggie, Frieda
and Katherine Ketchell. His object
was criminal assault He was discov-.
cred in the attempt, and the screams of
the frightened women, who rushed
from the house, aroused their brother,
who slept in the cottage next door. In
an instant he was out and discovered
the negro in fight. Divining the stu
alton the brother gave chase. attired
only in his night shirt. On his way he
was joined by cowboy and others
who were abroad, and after one of the
most exciting and remarkable chases
for man that ever occurred, the negro
was captured and brought back to the
scene of his intended crime. Here in
the presence of all he was strung up to
the big tree in the yard of the brothers
house, and had it not been for the en-
treaties of the women he would now
be corpse.
1t all happened so quickly and the.
people were so thoroughly aroused that
hours passed before they became suffi-
GENTLY composed to relate the story,
which is most thrilling and remarka-f
BILE one. Even in the afternoon, when
reporter called at the little house
on the corner of Iglehart street and
Lexington avenue, the young women
still trembled in the memory of the
most exciting experience of their lives.
A cowboy, three m1lkmen, brother
of the girls, neighbor and brother
in-law all took part in the race after
the negro, but it was ketchell, the ath-
letic young brother of the girls, who
finally captured the negro and con-
quered him after long and stubborn
struggle in the open fields near Kittson-
dale. Twice he had the negro down,
and twice the why scoundrel slipped
from his grasp and resumed his fight
The third time the brother was sc
thoroughly angered that he nearly
had the negro choked to death when
the other men reached the scene of
the struggle. He was brought back,
as related, and expected atevery foot
step to suffer death. His captors were
more merciful than he, however, and
to their humanity he owes his life.
When lodged in his cell at the station he
admitted his object, and stoutly denied
that there had been murder in his
heart. To look at him no one would
imagine he would care much wether- he
committed murder or not. He gave
his name as Hutson Osborne, admitted
having served time in prison for burg
larry, and said that for the last two
weeks he had been an extra waiter at
the West hotel in Minneapolis. He
simply lied.
Osborne is why fellow, about five
feet ten, and weighing about 15C
pounds. He is said to have intinfated
to Capt. Lowell that his purpose was to
assault the girls, or one of them. He
is said to have been hanging around
the place for day or two, although he
says he did not come to st. Paul until
SATURDAY.