The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-02-29
BANDITS LYNCHED.
The ''Kid- shows Wonderful Nerve Ia
the Face OF His Doom and Dies
Came-His Partner In
Crime Woakens.

| Wichita Falls, Tex, Feb. 27.-The two
| men who attempted to rob the City ma
| tional bank and killed Cashier Dorsey
Tuesday. and who were captured and
brought to this city, were taken from
| Jail Wednesday night by a mob and
hanged 70 telegraph pole in front of
the bank they tried TO rob. The crowd
began TO gather as soon as the captiyes
arrived. and the first idea was to take
the robbers TO the public square and
burn them 10 death. This plan was
finally abandoned in favor of hanging.
The rangers few hours before the
hunging got n sudden chi 10 Arnnriiio
and left the men in charge OF a few citi-
xens. who Immediately turned them
over TO the mob.
The scene was q weird one. The
'Kid" had on high-heeled boots. black
trousers and deep red flannel shirt,
which added q grewsome brilliancy 10
the scene. In a moment the rope was
about his neck and one end of the rope
was stretched across the cross-bar. All
this time the kid" was jeering at the
audience. He never quivered. He was
asked TO say what he wanted and was
told he would be given a hearing. He
said:
That's all right. II you are impa-
tient, swing me up now. ain't afraid
to die, not bit oft. Phil the rope"
A voice in the audience: You're go-
ing TO die now. Tell US your name"
The kid" replied: 1T is Younger
Lewis, and my father and mother re-
side In Neosha, Mo-"
"Any messenger" from voice in the
crowd.
'Well, tell my father / was not scared
bit; that died like a nervy man."
Anything for your mother?"
"No, not n word. She will see the
message TO the other man. Say, you fell
ows go and look in that dugout and
you will find $4,000 there"
The kid" or Younger Lewis, as he at
the last moment said he was, continued
chatting and laughing with the crowd,
polSing fun at them and cnrsing for a
moment, and then some one yelled:
"Time is up"
The ''Kid" said: II am 20 years old
and robbed that bank. am dead game
and ready TO die; go ahead"
In an instant he was pulled up above
the throng He never quivered or
kicked. He just went up in the air, and
he is hanging there now.
All the while Crawford was spec
tator of the scene. He began to weaken
and confessed, giving some valuable in
la x,Iu ~
ity for the crime on "'rhc Kid The
mob pulled him off the improvised
platform next to the bank he attempted
TO rob and his head was about on n
level with the dangling feet OF his COM
panion. He asked for Capt. Burnett.
The latter was spectator in the crowd.
He went 10 Crawford and had long
talk. Crawford had worked on Bur-
nett's ranch for years and long was a
trusted man. He began stealing his
employers stock, however. and asso-
ciatiug with territory outlaws. Tho
two parted company.
Crawford confessed TO the robbery.
but denied the murder. He was n small
man. poorly clad, with red face and
short-c:ipped black mustache. When
they began 20 look for a second rope
he begged for whisky. IL was given
him. He talked and then begged for
more. He again addressed the crowd
in Comanche, English and Spanish.
Those who understood say his utter
ances were incoherent. The rope soon
arrived, and when IL was put about his
neck he fell either in faint or from
the effects of the liquor he had drank.
He was soon strung up along with his
companion.