The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-02-28
BANK ROBBERS LYNCH ED.

Wichita Falls, Tex, Feb. 27.-Foster
Crawford and Younger Lewis, alias
The Kid, who attempted to rob the City
National bank, killing Cashier Dorsey
and wounding Bookkeeper Fl. P. Lang
ford, were lynched here last night in
front of the scene of their crime. The
two men were arrested near Fort Worth
after a desperate battle with the ran
gers They were brought here yester-
day and placed in jail. With the an
|nouncement of their arrival in the city
mob of several hundred persons
quickly gathered, and went to the jail
and demanded the robbers and murder
ers.
Captain Mcdonald refused to give
them up and threatened to meet the
mob with force IL force was used to
break into the jail. The mob then
withdrew A few hours later Captain
Mcdonald received telegraph mes
sage calling him and his men at once
at Amarillo 1t Is now believed that
| this message WAS a ruse to get him out
of the way. AT $3.50 o'clock last night
the mob, reinforced by thousands Of
curiously inclined, attacked the jail.
There was no trouble in securing ad-
mittance and a demand for Crawford
and The Kid produced them immedi-
ately.
The first impulse Of. the half crazed
mob was to burn its victims at the
stake, and rush was made with the
two wretches for the public square.
Wiser counsel, however, checked the
rush of the mob, and a few hurried
words cautioned the leaders not TO re-
peat the awful disgrace Of Paris, Tex,
where a negro was burned at the stake
in the public square.
The mob, with it's Victims then turn
ed about and went to the bank, where
Tuesdays crime was committed, Here.
under a telegraph pole, rude seaffold
was mprovised Both men were forced
upon it, while nimble young fellow
climbed the pole and dropped two noos-
es over the lower cross arm. Then
yells arose:
Hang the Kid" while others shout
ed, No, hang Crawford first" 1t was
finally decided to give The Kid short
shrift hoping that he would be fright
ened into confessing former crimes
The young fellow, in answer to cries
from the mob, said that his right name
was Younger Lewis, and that his moth
err and father lived in Neosha, Mo. The
rope was placed about his neck, while
he alternately cursed and jeered the
crowd in front of him.
ANY message?" from voice in the
crowd.
well, tell my father that I died like
nervy man. was the reply.
Anything for your mother?'
mo, she will see the message to the
old man. Say, you fellows, go and look
in that dugout and you will find $10,-
600 there
The Kid continued chatting and
laughing with the crowd, poking fun
at them one moment and cursing them
the next, and then some one yelled,
Thine is up
The Kid said: Il am twenty years
old, and robbed that bank. I am dead
game and ready to die. Go ahead
/ In an instant he was pulled up above
the throng He never quivered or
kicked.
All the while Crawford was specta-
tor of the scene. He began to weaken
and confessed, giving some valuable in
formation. He placed the responsible
ity for the crime on The Kid. He ask
ed for Captain Burnett, who responded
and held a long conversation with him.
Crawford had worked on Burnett S
ranch for years, and was long trusted
man. He finally began stealing stock
from his empIoyer and associating with
territory outlaws. Crawford confessed
to the robbery. but denied the murder.
He asked for whiskey, which was Civ
en- to him. Then he again addressed
the crowd incoherently in Comanche
English and Spanish. He was soon
strung up along with his companion.
and their bodies were left hanging.