Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-08-27
Four Men Eynched.


murderers lying this morning on the
floor of the fire engine house in the
old mining town of Yreka. 1t was
evident that Judge Lynch and his
jurors had been at work during the
night and their verdict was, death by
lynching" to four miserable wretches
IN the county Jail.
The victims are Lawrence johnson,
who on July 18th stabbed his wife to
death IN the town of Etna; William
Null, who shot Henry Harper in the
back near Galatians, April 21st; Louis
Moreno and Garland SENDER, who are
supposed to have killed George Sears
and Jasper Meirerhans, at Bal ly Hill,
August 9Th.
There was apparently no excite
ment in the town early last evening.
About 8 o'clock a straggler now and
then caught glimpses of dark objects
hanging around the suburbs of the
town, but nothing was thought of it.
, The dark objects thickened until along
toward midnight they assumed the
shape of silent and stern men, either
on horseback or foot. At midnight
prearranged plans or signals drew the
small army of some two hundred and
fifty men in the vicinity of the court
house square, while sentinels we're
placed throughout the town to ward
off the danger of discovery by the Of
ficers, the fire bells were tied up, night
watchmen sent to other parts of the
town on sham errands and stragglers
were detained.
At one o'clock, midnight, the aven-
gers of justice prepared to carry out
their plans. An old rail was taken
from the depot and stretched between
two ties in the Courthouse park, and
then began the descent upon the Jail.
A demand was made upon Deputy
Sheriff Radford for the keys, but he
did not yield. Henry Bradlaucht.
who was sleeping in the Jail, heard
the commotion and opened the door
to sec what the tro uble was and was
at once seized by the mob. The iron
doors were then forced open and John
son, Null, SENDER and Moreno were
marched out to the courtyard. The
condemned men were stoid and took
their fate without murmur, with the
exception of young SENDER, who
begged piteonsly for mercy. His age
is IS. 1t is said the scene was indeed
heartrending one, as young SENDER
broke forth in an agoniZing appeal
and cried out: "Tel my dear old
mother ] am innocent of the crime"
Sheriff Hobbs had given strict Or
ders that in case any attempt ut lynch.
ing was made. to ring the fire bells
and rouse the citizens, but the mob
anticipated this aud laid their plans
well. Every person about the streets
in the vicinity of the Jail was stopped.
s. F.. Miles and Sam Koop were going
to the house of the latter's mother
and were held at the scene of the
hanging.
Nearly every section of the country
, was represented in the mob. In fact,
ever since Null's cold blooded murder
of Henry Harper, lynching was freely
talked of in the western end of the
county, and when johnson killed his
wife the avenging sentiment kept on
fermenting. After the Baily Hill
murder the feeling reached danger
GUS stage.
During the lynching some one
awoke Sheriff Hobbs, who hurried
down town, and as he was going
through the Courthouse a Winches
ter was stuck in his face and he was
compelled to stand where he was.
The whole affair was carefully ar
, ranged and well executed, and not
over twenty minutes elapsed from the
time the keys were surrendered until
, the mob rode swiftly out Of town.
Easy to take sure to curo M min