Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-09-11
HANGED TO A BRIDGE
Murderers of Sheriff Rogers at
Glencoe, Mimi, Taken From
Jail and Lynched.
Guards We're Overpowered, the
Cell Doors Forced and the
\ Men Secured.
Indignation at the Jury's YER
dict in the Case the Cause
>+. of the Act.

of the Act. -
GLENCOE. Mimi, Sept. 1--Dorman
Musgrove and Henry A. Cinqmars,
who shot and killed Sheriff Rogers
while resisting arrest less than three
months ago, were taken from the Jail
by mob shortly after midnight and
hanged to bridge across the Buffalo
river. Disappointment at what seemed
miscarriage of justice was the cause OF
the mob's action.
Musgrove had been found guilty Sat-
urday by jury representing the best
manhood of the surrounding country,
and their verdict left him no hope but
to spend the remainder of his life in
imprisonment; the other had secured q
change Of venue, on account Of the diff
Guilty of securing jury for his trial at
the scene of his crime. Such was the
Indignation of many Of the citizens at
what they believed to be the mildness
of the punishment to be melted out to
the one, when tried within the very
pale of popular indignation, that they
fancied that a trial at a remote point
would but too likely end in what would
seem to them a total miscarriage of
justice.
Plans Were Well Prepared.
Bloodthirsty as their spirit was the
avengers had their plans carefully pre-
pared and they were carried out with
out hitch. The early part of the
night was occupied with the arrange
ments of the plans and shortly after
midnight the mob marched on the jail.
The turnkey at the Jail had no intima-
ton Of the presence Of the vigilantes
until they had overpowered him.
Guards, too, succumbed to the force of
this sudden attack, for such was the
fancied security of the authorities that
the judge at whose bar one of the
prisoners was so soon to receive his
sentence had scoffed at the necessity of
extra guards only the previous day. A
sledge hammer soon forced the doors of
the cells where the frightened men,
conscious of their inevitable fate, cow
cred in the corners.
Bound and gagged, the prisoners
were taken through the streets to the
bridge over the Buffalo river, at the
east end of town. The place had been
chosen well, the men were not molested
The moose was slipped over the head Of
each of the captives. The ropes were
securely fastened to the ratings of the
bridge, one on either side of the road.
way. Scant ceremony was shown the
criminals. Each was seized by party
of his captors, lifted over the rail, and
Dropped Into the Depths Below.
There was slight splash al Cinqmars'
feet struck the water, Is feet below;
the bodies swung to and fro as the rope,
stretching to it's full length, slipped
over the projecting boards of the mar
row footpath with a !dole1ul, creaklng
sound: The vigilantes dispersed =. as
quietly as they had co1ue, leaving their
victims in the throes Of DEATH.
Meantime the guards at the jail had
succeeded in giving an alarm, and not
knowing which way the party had
gone, it was some time before they
succeeded in locating the prisoners, who
were dead when found. Coroner
Miller was at once notified, and, pro.
ceeding to the scene, had the bodies cut
down and removed to the city morgue,
where an inquest will be held.
County Attorney Allen at once tele.
graphed to Attorney General Childs in.
forming him of the lynching and ask.
ing his presence at the inquest.
Lynohing Had Been Feared. i
The trial of Musgrove ended Satur-
day afternoon with verdict Of murder
in the second degree. W. w. Erwin. OF
St. Paul defended. the prisoner, and,
hearing that there was q probability Of
an attempt to lynch the prisoners, had
spoken to Judge Caldwell relative to- the
animation he had received, but the
judge made light Of the matter and
told Mr.. Erwin that there was not .
particle Of danger from any lawlessness
on the part of the citizens. ~,,..
=" The crime for which the men were
lynched took place June ~ last. On
that day the two men, strangers in the
vicinity, killed a dog belonging to Ben
Matthews, a farmer residing near Glen.
coe. Matthews swore out, q, warrant
for their arrest and it was placed in the
hands Of Sheriff Rogers to serve.
Rogers overlook the mon four miles
from town and was shot and instantly
killed in attempting to place them un-
der arrest. The men were captured by
a posse after lively chase and taken
to St. Paul for safekeeping, being re.
turned to Glencoe about the middle of
August to stand trial. Musgrove is q
native of Alabama and Cinqmars' par
ents reside in Wisconsin.
Was an Authority on Fish.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-Dr. George
B.. Goode, assistant secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, and probable
the leading authority on fish and fish.
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