Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1896-09-09
MurdererS of Sheriff Rogers at
Glencoe, Mimi, Taken From
Jail and LynChed.
Guards Were OverpoWered, the
Cell Doors Forced and the
Men Secured.
Indignation at the Jury'S Ver-
dict in the Case the Cause
of the Act.

SLENCOE, MILL, DSpt. t.-DoI uldu
Musgrove and Henry A. Cinqmars,
who shot and killed Sheriff Rogers
while resisting arrest less than three
months ago, were taken from the Jail
by mob shortly after midnight and
hanged to bridge across the Buffalo
river. Disappointment at what seemed
miscarriage of justice was the cause of
the mob's action.
Musgrove had been found guilty Sat-
urday by jury representing the best
manhood of the surrounding country,
and their verdict left him no hope but
to spend the remainder of his life in
imprisonment the other had secured a
change of venue, on account of the diff
Guilty of securing jury for his trial at
the scene of his crime Such was the
indignation of many of the citizens at
what they believed to be the mildness
of the punishment to be meted out to
the one, when tried within the very
pale of popular Indignation, that they
fancied that trial at a remote point
would but too likely end i'll what would
seem to them total miscarriage OF
justice.
Plans Were Well Prepared.
Bloodthirsty as their spirit was the
avengers had their plans carefully pre-
pared and they were carried out with
out hitch. The early part OF the
night was occupied with the arrange
ments of the plans and shortly after
midnight the mob marched on the Jail.
The turnkey at the Jail had no intima-
tion of the presence of the vigilantes
until they had overpowered him.
Guards, too, succumbed to the force of
this sudden attack, for such was the
fancied security of the authorities that
the Judge at whose bar one of the
prisoners was SO soon to receive his
sentence had scoffed at the necessity of
extra guards only the previous day. A
sledge hammer soon forced the doors OF
the cells where the frightened men,
conscious of their inevitable fate, cow
cred in the corners.
Bound and gagged, the prisoners
We're taken through the streets to the
bridge over the Buffalo river. at the
east end of town. The place had been
chosen well, the men were not molested.
The moose was slipped over the head of
each OF the captives. The ropes were
securely fastened to the ratings Of the
bridge, one ON either side of the road
way Scant ceremony was shown the
criminals Each was seized by party
of his captors, lifted over the rail, and
Dropped Into the Depths Below.
There was slight splash as Cinqmars'
feet struck the water, 10 feet below !;
the bodies swung to and fro as the rope,
stretching to its full length, slipped
over the projecting boards of the mar
row footpath with a doleful, creaking
sound The vigilantes dispersed as
quietly as they had come, leaving their
victims in the throes of death.
Meantime the guards at the Jail had
succeeded in giving an alarm, and not
huOWllS "uiSh way ohS pelby iittu
gone, it was some time before they
succeeded in locating the prisoners, who
were dead when found. Coroner
Miller was at once notified, and, pro-
ceeding to the scene, had the bodies cut
down and removed to the city morgue,
where an inquest will be held
County Attorney Allen at once tele-
graphed to Attorney General Childs in.
9earn,ipg aiG of the lynching and ask
ing his presence at the inquest
Lynching Had Been Feared.
The trial of Musgrove ended Satur-
day afternoon with verdict of murder
in the second degree. w. W. Erwin of
st. Paul defended the prisoner, and,
hearing that there was probability of
an attempt to lynch the prisoners, had
spoken to Judge Caldwell relative to the
ntimation he had received, but the
judge made light of the matter and
told Mr.. Erwin that there was not a
particle of danger from any lawlessness
ON the part of the citizens.
The crime for which the men were
lynched took place June "A last On
that day the two men, strangers in the
vicinity, killed dog belonging to Ben