Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-28
STRUNG UP.
Texas Rangers Avenge the Out
rage at Wichita Falls.
Bank Robbers Captured and Brought
Back to the Prison in the Town.
After Being Positively Identified n Mob
Forms and Attack tho Jail-Prisoners
Are Taken Out, Hanged, and Their
Bodies Riddled with Bullets.

WICHITA FALLS, Tex, Fob. 27.-At
$3.50 Tuesday night the robbers, Foster
Crawford and 1.-The Kid" alias Younger
Lewis, were captured by posses of rang
ers in thiclSet, 16 miles from here.
When called upon to surrender
they replied: Eve will sur
render under condition that you
guarantee us protection against
any mob violence on being carried back
to Wichita Falls" Capt. Mcdonald
replied: "Will bore holes through you
If you don't surrender. But will en-
deavor to best of my ability to protect
YOU" About four o'clock the rangers
reached Wichita Falls with the prison
ers. When the city was reached it was
found to be in state of uproar. Many
threats were made. the mob crying:
Lynch them; give them a taste of Ty-
Ter, that's what they deserve"
But they finally reached the Jail and
landed their prisoners in safety. Short
ly afterward a crowd of well-armed
men gathered together and repaired to
the Jail, where they remained all night
discussing the situation and swearing
dire vengeance on the prisoners.
When daylight came the entire popu-
lation of Wichita Falls had assembled
in the vicinity of the Jail. each seeming
to bring weapon. Those who could
not boast Winchester, evidently had
some species of frearm concealed on
their person, to Judge from
the appearance of their pockets. At
$50 J. A. Kemp, president of the robbed
bank, and 20 men were admitted to the
jail, Identification was instantaneous
and undeniable. The men were posi-
lively identified as above. District
Judge George Z. Miller at this juncture
appeared on the streets in a buggy. and
drove from group to group pleading
with them to do nothing rash and allow
the law to take its course.
Suddenly the report was heard on all
sides that the rangers were going to
slip them off to Fort Worth. In the
twinkling of an eye hundreds of Win
chesters appeared on the scene, and the
mob at once made an assault on the
Jail. After some moments they sue
cceded in securing an entrance and TAX
ing the prisoners from the Jail they
proceeded with them to the North
west corner on which Dorsey was killed
where pile of inhammable material
was ready. Two telegraph poles were
erected and two ropes thrown over
them in the ends of which loops had
been made which were placed
around the neclls of the men and the
word given to pull. In an instant the
two men were swinging between earth
and sky.
The loud cries riddle them" was
the signal for the firing to commence.
The bodies were riddled with bullets
and left swinging. There are peculiar
things connected with the robbery.
Several days ago Dorsey. cashier of
the robbed bank, received infor-
nation that a plan was on foot
to rob the bank and informed President
Kemp of the same. If the bank is
robbed | will be killed and l know it,"
he said. President Kemp laughed at
him, but at his urgent request, guards
We're stationed for some time over the
bank, but after some little time they
were withdrawn.