The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-27


says:
At $50 o'clock tonight. mob of sew
eral thousand persons attacked the
Jail here, where Foster Crawford ana
."rhe KID were confined. After show
of resistance on the part OF the author-
tiles. the mob battered in the Jail doors
and forcibly took possession OF the
prisoners.
"CALMER COUNSEL.
The two men were taken to the bank
which they attempted to rob yester-
day and an improvised scaffold erect
ed. The first impulse of the half crazed
mob was to burn the prisoners Out
calner counsel prevailed.
Yens of Hang the kid first went up
Then others, No hang the Oldest
first The Kid refused to say a
word. and those having him in charge
vanked him onto the box. The scene
was a weird one. He had on high
heeled boots, black pants and a deep
red flannel shirt which added grue-
some brilliancy to the scene. In a mo-
ment the rope was about his neck ana
a man who some say looked like one
of the men whose horses had been tax
en- yesterday, Skinned UP telegraph
pole and fixed one end of the rope
across the cross bar. All this time
1.-THE Kid" was jeering at the crowd,
laughing and cursing. He never quiv-
cred. He was asked to say what he
wanted and was told he would be givc1l
a hearing.
He said; "By God, that's all right.
If you are impatient swing me up now.
1 amt afraid to die. not a dam bit of
it. Pull the rope, by God
A voice in the audience-You'r re going
to die now. Tell US your name.
WAS AWFUL.
The Kid don't give a dam if do,
It's Younger Lewis, and my father and
mother reside at Neosho. Mo.
amy messenger" from a voice in the
crowd.
well. tell my father was not
scared a bit; that L died like a nervy
man"
Anything for your mother?"
mo, not a word. She will see the
message to the old man. Say, you fell
lows, go and look in that dugout and
you will find $4,000 there
The Kid - or Younger Lewis, as he
at the last 1nonN1t called himself, con-
tinued chatting and laughing with the
crowd poking fun at them and cursing
for moment, and then some one
yelled: Times up"
"The KID said: 81 am 20 years old.
I am dead game and ready to die; go
ahead"
NEVER KICKED.
In an instant he was pulled up above
the throng. He never quivered or
kicked. He just went up in the air
and he is hanging there now.
He was the coolest man in all the
crowd.
All the while Crawford was a specta-
tor of the scene He began to weaken
and confessed, giving some valuable
information He placed the response
bility for the crime on the kid The
mob showed him up to the improvised
platform next to the bank he attempt
ed to rob. and his head was about ON
a level with the dangling feet of his
companion. He asked for Captain
Burnett. The latter was a spectator
in the crowd He went to Crawford
and had a long talk Crawford had
worked on Burnett's ranch for years.
and was trusted man. He began
stealing his employers stock, however,
and associating with territory outlaws.
The two parted company.
CRAWFORD CONFESSED
to the robbery of yesterday, but de-
MED the murder He was small man.
poorly clad. with red face and short
clipped moustache.
When they began to look for a sec
ond rope The begged for whisky. 1t was
given him. He talked and then begged
for more. He again addressed the
crowd in Comanche, English and Span
ish. Those who understood him say
his utterances were incoherent.
The rope soon arrived, and it was
put about his neck He fell forward.
either in faint or from the effect of
the liquor be had drank. He was soon
strung up along with his companion.
and their bodies are still dangling in
midair.