The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-06
RANGED AND RipoLEo.

the Wschita Pals nxnk Eos,i.sr. 4 apsur~a
~ Rangers T@ksn from San and Hanged
by . Mob The Mara@E 81 aasi.s.r Hss,--
sey Terribly Avenged ~insula- Ere
s~"tssaseat 90 HIS late hxpr...~a b. the
IAcaa Cashier.
WICHITA FAILS Tex. Feb e-.-At
$50 yesterday morning tke robbers
Foster Crawford aud The Xii. ala.
Younger Lewis. were cAptars,l by
po>ses Of rangers under command ~
Capt w. J. Mcdonald. ia a thickrt. IS
miles from Wichita Falls When called
upon 10 surrender they replied. We
will surrender under condition. ,hat
you guarantee u protection against
any mob violence On our bcing car
back 10 Wichita Falls
Capt McDonali's reply Wa. -.will
bore hole through YOU il you don't
surrender. Euf We viii enaearO- 10
tho best Of my ability 70 protect you.
About four o'clock the rangers
reached Wichita Falls with the prison
ers- When the city was reached il
was found 10 be in a state II u orosr.
Many threats were made. the mob c-v-
ing that We viii lynch them. tive
them a taste OF Tyler: tina. what
they deserve But they finally
reached the jail and landed .he:- pris-
oncrs in safety
shortly afterward a crowd os we'll
armed men gathered together and re-
paired 10 the jail. where they remained
all night discussing the situation and
swearing dire vengeance o. the p-.s-
oners-
When daylight came the entire pop
ulation o. Wichita Falls had assembled
an the vicinity OF the jail. each man
seeming % bring . weapon Tho~.
who could not boast a Winchester evil
DENLY had some species ~ -irca-l1 con
ecaled on their person 10 Judge from
the appearance " their POCKETS
At $50 J. a. Kemp. president ~ the
robbed bank. and AZ least twenty men
were admitted - the jail Iiea1ircz-
tion vas instantaneous
Distric; Judge George T.. Nille- al
this junciure aEpearci on The streets
in a buggy and drove from group %
group. pleading with them - 30 moth
ing rash and ALLOW the las 70 take its
course
Suddenly the report was heard on
all sides that the ranger, were going
to slip him of - For. Worth In the
twinkliEg Of an eye hundreds ot Min
chesters appeared , p the scene ant the
mob at once made an assault On The
jail After some moments thev src-
cceicd in securing an entrance and.
taking the prisoners from the i4il- they
proceeded with them - the northwest
corner. where Dorsey was ki-iea. and
where a pile y. ina4 NINA bic material
was reas.y. Two telegraph pole. were
selected and Two ropes t4rswn over
Them ia the ends OF which loops hai
been placed. which were placed around
the n.cixs OF The men and tie word
given 10 pull In an instant the two
men were swinging oe;re.a earth and
sky
The loud cries Riddle them were
The signal for the firing ID commence.
The bodies were riddlcd ~-n bullets.
and left swinging.
There are peculiar things con recse5
with this robbery several DAYS zro
Dorsey. cashier os the robbed bank.
received information that plan uas IA
loot To RIB the bank and informed
President Kemp Of the same.
IF the bank j. robbed | Vii. De
Siilcd, and know i. he said. Prcsi-
lent Kemp laughed a. him. bat. a,
ais urgent request guards were s-a-
.ioned for some time over the hank.
nut after some little time they rse-s