The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-01-04
KILLED BY A MOB.
Terrible Fate of 81 gull! f"'r '

r.rr,,,.. Fate Of 81 Guilty Pair IN
Kentucky.
Ieh,non. Ky. Dec. 31.-Wltmh wv"
niles of this city last night IL :'lti'-
loss mob burned to death a nrcs''an.
woman and riddled With nuiict> lei
gray haired paramount. Tie b~larkriicH
onI disiiyured corIses Of the vicllli's
Thomas West and william l,c-
vnres were found in the ruins OF 'he
womau's home to-day by the tour,'ei,
ve,r-oll daughter of the m"roe's"
man. , ~
The tragedy was II of thr mos
brutal ever enacted under II srue-
some swan of dread Judge ''ylc!.
Dcsnite the plcadings for her fa1hers
life of a half-clad, frightened emu;
/ and the prayers and tears or lie II.
and HELPLESS woman the mob wei'
through with its work. the coiu-
hloodrd. cruel delibcration. ana ohiy
left when certain that both man ana
woman We're dead. ,,u
The affair was the outgloWth oi ''''
| old story of a faithless wife ana IL
ycngcfui husband. Several months
ago Dcyeres. IL middle aged wldowef'
was accused by Thomas West: Il pros
nervous farmer. of intimacy with Mrs;
West. Quarrel followed lulricl
throughout the family until West m
! s1itutcd divorce proceedings and de-
clarud Deyercs must die. The men
mel i'm Lebanon. West snapped ms
| revolver. which missed fire. and PC
| vercs killed him on the spot. On the
| plea of self-defense the Sc
cured bail and scandaliZcd the neigh
borhood by taking his w daughters
| and moving into Vests house. Inc
| relatives of the murdered husband
SwOre Vengeance,
| and last night it came. Close 70 ~
I O'Clock a hand of men rode up to the
West homestead and demanded all
| mittancc. Tom West is dead. NOW
it is your turn the spokesman called,
and Deveres and the oma aWoke
to find their house urrOundcd MIS-.
West rushed to a darkened WINDOW
and began a wild hysterical plea 1or
| mercy. \ dozen bullets answered her
| cries and the demand for immediate
| surrender was repeated. Deveres. too.
asked for a hearing. but his request
was greeted with a shower of shots.
Well give you ten minutes to open
up. Then you burn said the leader
| Of the mob. and his men quietly re-
| tired from the door. A hurried con-
| sultation was held inside the house.
| and then. white and terrOr-strlcken,
| the little girl of Deveres was thrust
| out to plead with the mob. Clad In
her night robe. barefooted and unpro-
| tected. she bravely walked out into
/ the moonlight and sobbed out Il prayer
for her white-haired fathers life.
Get out; you're liable to get shot
YOURSELF" a ruttian shouted. and thor
oughly panic-stricken. the child fled
to the cabin of Il negro neighbor. Mrs.
| West then appeared at the door. ana,
| referring to her condition, made
4 Last Appeal for Mercy.
1t WAS unavailing, and in another mo-
mcnt the house was fired. The shrieks
| of the imprisoned wretcheS failed to
move their tormcntors, who. after the
| flames reached the living oom could
see the man and woman in the agony
| of death by the fire. Just before the
roof fell the woman was seen to reel
( across the room and plunged headlong
into the Fireplace among the burning
| Goals, and there she died. Wild with
pain, Deveres at the last moment,
| made a dash for liberty. but a score
VI UIISt S&tplSN@ ihHA AoA " "N"S
| steps from the door.
This morning the little girl led her
negro protector to the scene. and there
| the bodies. scolched beyond recogni-
| ton. We're found. untoushed by the
l%ynchers. The scene of the horror was
visited by crowds of curious people to-
| day. and it was well toward Oon be-
| fore the bodies were cared for by an
undertaken. Mrs. Vests corpse was
charred almost beyond human sem
blancc. Overcome by the flames she
had fallen into the large old fashioned
fireplace of the living DOM. and her
head was almost burned from her
body. Devere's body was pierced by
at least twenty-five bullets. Before
his desperate dash for liberty he had
been frightfully burned and would
probably have died without the gun
shot wounds. His hair and beard
| were burned off. his clothes were in
charred shreds. and his face blistcred
and b%lackened.