Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-02-29

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News from Wichita Falls, Tex, saws;
At $50 O'Clock tonight mob Of sew
eral thousand persons attacked the iail
here, where Foster Crawford and aThe
Kid" were confined. After a sh6@ IN,
, resistance on the part of the authdFlxssS.
the mob battered in the Jail doors srs.l
toreibly took possession of the pfasnns1s.
The two men were taken TO ~ -
which they attempted to rob yestasl
and an improvised scaffold was 81
The first impulse of the half sraA a.
was to burn the prisoners, ~ Rnol
counsel prevailed. ralmel
"Yelis OF SLANG The KID
up. Then others: "No, tssss fFti3 wen
first" me oIdes
"The Kid" refused to say
those having him in chseke word, an
on to the box He -haAl Am shnked hiT
boots, black pants and Adesp u /. high-he
shirt, which added 4 A4spme brilliancy
to the scene. In q nomsnf the rope
was about his nee and man who
some say, looked Lie One u the men
whose horses had been ta&Nh yesterday
climbed up telegraph pole and fixed
one end of the rope ACROSS the cross
bar. All this time "The Kid" was jeer-
ing at the crowd, laughing and cursing.
He never quivered. He was asked to
say what he wanted, and was told he
would be given hearing.
ale said: "By God, that's all right. If
you are impatient swing me up now. +
amt afraid to die, not damn bit of it,
Pull the rope, by God"
A voice in the audience-You're CO.
ing to die now. Tell US your name
The Kidd don't give damn If do
It's Younger Lewis, and my father and
mother reside in Meosho Mo.
"Any message" from voice in the
crowd.
well, tell my father was not scared
a bit; that died like nervy man"
Anything for your motheri"
No, not word. She will see the mes
sage to the old man. Say, you fellows
go and look in that dugout and you will
/ nd $4,000 there"
The Kid, or Younger Lewis, as he at
the last moment called himself con
tinued laughing and chatting with the
crowd, poking fun at them and cursing
for moment, and then someone yelled,
Time is up"
The Kid said: ~ am 20 years old.
am dead game and ready to die; go
ahead +"
In an instant he was pulled up above
the throrg. He never quivered or
kicked lie 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 specta-
tor of the scene. He began to weaken
and confessed, giving some valuable in
zaKmation. He placed the responsibility
acrime upon the Kid. The mob
skdgea BIN uR - the improyised plat
tst 4 "a haak 81 ssEesnpsed To-
Sid h Maan a. a,ssa.se M s ssss
th the dangiiAa #et 4 ~ u :. -
p asAed lot AaPt. burnett. go
was spectator In the crowd. He went
to Crawford and had long talk. Craw-
ford had worked on Burnett's ranch for
years, and was a trustee man. He began
stealing his employers stock, however.
and associating with he Territory ont
laws, The two sarteS company. Craw-
ford confessed 10 a. -, ssse - ,--vsSrs
day, but denied the murder. He was
a small man, poorly clad, with red
face and short clipped black mustaehe.
When they began to look for sec.
ond rope he begged for whiskey. 1t
was given him. He talked and then
begged for more lie again addressed
the crowd in Comanche, English and
Spanish. Those who understood him
say his ntterances were incoherent.
The rope soon arrived and II was put
about his neck. He fell forward, either
in faint or from the effects Of the
liquor he had drunk He was soon
strung up along with MS companion,
and their bodies are still dangling in
mid air.