The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-09-10
A Mob of Masked Men Breaks Into
the Jail, Bind the JaiIOr and
Guard and Secure MusgroNe ana
Cingmars-The Prisoners Plead
for Their Lives, but Are Hustled
to the Edge Of Town and Hanged
From a Bridge ON the Road to
the Scene of Their Crime.

cold in death. and their lives were
taken by Il reyengful mob Of friends
of the murdered man.
Between the hours of II and l Sat
urday night JailcrWaddell was aroused
from his slumbers by a gentle rap at
his door. and. opening il. Il crowd of
masked men. probably thirty in num-
her. confronted him and forced their
way into the residence portion of the
Jail. They then demanded the keys and
were refused. but in order To avoid
serious consequences the keys to the
corridor were finally turned over TO the
determined mob. The iailer refused to
obey the demand to open the doors and
was finally tied down to Il chair while
the mob proceeded 10 break the locks
to the cages. After accomplishing this
they seized the prisoners. ordered
them to dress hastily. and in spite of
their pitiful requests To be given an
opportunity To say Il few words. were
gagged and taken away. The jailcr i'm
mcdiately gave the alarm by notifying
Sheriff Sandman. who in turn notified
Coroner Miles. and Il search was i'm
mediately begun. \ short time later
the bodies were found
Hanging From the Bridge
tIbSSlIS buldlD tTtth. Oh the Totu
which leads to the scene of the crime.
The bodies We're not yet entirely stiff,
having apparently been hanging less
than an hour. The body of Cingmars
was hanging on the east side and hat
of MuSgrOve on the west. exactly as
they stood when the murder was com
mitted. The bodies We're raised To
the bridge by the sheriff and coroner
| anI taly.n tn thn 1ity hall yrh,r, tln,-
were prepared for burial. The o
used was an inch ROPE and the drop
was something like fifteen feet. Their
nccks were broken by the fail. When
found their feet were hanging in the
water about a loot No marks Of vi
olcnce were found on the bodies.
The two men. Jailor Waddcll and
Guard Hops. who were OycrpOwcrcd.
are i'm Il terrible state of mind over
their experience. and were so excited
1T the time that they were unable to
give any description Of the men who
comprised the mob. All wore black
masks and none but the leader spoke.
The locks were broken off the cages
with n sledgc hammer. The best pcO-
pie in the city are loud in their de-
nunciatiOn of the act, and while all
agree that the men should have been
made to suffer the extreme penalty.
they We're in favor of letting the law
take its course. The action of the mob
is being severely criticised by the res
dents and the feeling against mob
law is severe. An inquest will be
held over the remains tomorrow. The
mother of CingmarS is here and the
relatives Of both men have been mott
fled, but have not yet been heard from.
Musgrove was found guilty of murder
III the second degree. while Cingmars
had had no trial.
JniIor WnddcII's story.
Tailor Edward Waddcll told his story
to II reporter as follows:
Il beard u knock At the door of my
living rooms between l. and | o'clock.
| went and opened the door. and i'm
walked Il lot Of big. strong men with
black cloth masks OH their faces. They
demanded me to ODCn the door leading
into tho jail corridor. and when | re-
fused the leader of the party. n large.
heavy man, proceeded to break down
the iron door with Il slcdge hammer.
| told him not to break the door. rs I
was afraid the night watch on the in
/ Il would shoot when the door gave
way. He then took me by the shoulder
"'' '''' Nv wv -'l lHf h'A - III once.
II | started after them. the leader
pushing me along with orc hand and
holding the siedge in the other hand.
After ! got the keys they tied nv
hands behind me and then proceeded
to unlock the cage. but when the cells
were reached the keys could not he
found that fitted the large locks, and
the leader smashed them with his
Sledge. The night watch. Adolpb
Hops. was pushed into one corner OF
the Jail and held there by seyeral Of
the party. l said to the mob: Men.
lI,ihk over what You are going To do.
me DAY VIII come when YOU will re-
gret your actions here O-nipbt Lot
lhe INV take its course but no plead
llgs OF mine could stop the determined
iloD. After the mob reached tho coll
the prisoners We're told to dress hur-
ricdiy, II | hope | may never live 70
witness such Il terrible sight again
Inc We men prayed and begged pito.
"uSiy. hut they were not allowed to
"ren their mouths. and were gagged
ana Il cloth tied Ovor their heads In
lehdliig the prisoners our. rs tbov
passed me they tried to tell ne some
'nlnS. put the only word | could hear
was Mother. from Cingmars. After
,ie mon passed out. and as soon as |
was united by the night watch | gave
the alarm to the sheriff"
June - Dorman Musgrove of Ken
lucky and {. A. Cingmars Of Rhine !
lahoer' wis, killed Sheriff Joseph Rop-
eLs wnlie he was attempting to arrest |
.neni Tor ~asSaulting a farmer. An AZ |
.ehhpt was made to lynch them and n |
company OF militia was sent from ST
laul 10 protect them. The men were
taken to st. Paul for safe keeniny mn
til the trial last weel, ~ W.