The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-11
HANGED BY JUDGE LYNCH
.hc winner Family Murder Avenged Mon
Law In Missouri

IlNlNiIbN, NO., l'N'. ~ WV IuIF
bred unmaSicd men from Ray county
broke into the Jail here last night,
took Jesse Winner aad James Nelson,
who were charged with the murder of
Mrs. Winner and her two children,
near Richmond. October -. acrJss tn.
river aud hanged them. The bodies
were found this morning.
Lon Lackcy, the third man accused
" completely in the crime, was brought
here this m"ruiug from Richmond. aud
it is feared the mob may return somo
night for him.
Winner was brought here ten days
ago for safe keeping, II Nelson was
put in Jail here Saturday. That even
ing there were many rumorS that Ray
county people were organizing tocone
here To lynch the two men, and tho
jail was, by order of Judge Rylnnd,
strongly guarded. No mob appeared,
aud last night very few men were on
duty, while sheriff Wright was ut his
farm near Wellington aud the Jail was
in charge of Deputies Fulkcrson and
Goodc.
At 1905 o'clock Night Waterman
Crowdcr saw u band Of fully 200 un-
masked men coming down the street
and ran to notify the guard ut the Jail
but was captured by the mob and held
bv il. The mob then surrounded the
Jail without making any noise and had
the guards covered with Winchcstcrs
before they knew that lynchcrs were
in the county.
The mob demanded the keys To the
iail from Jnilcr Goodc, but he refused
To- give them up. They told him IL was
the keys or death, but he replied; Let
II then be death"
Deputy FulkcrSon drew his revolver
and i'm an instant was covered by u
hundred or moro rifles. Night Watch
man Crowdcr shouted to the guards to
/, he brave, boys and u number of
guns were placed against his heud and
body and he was warned to keep quiet.
! Finding that they could not get tho
keys, the l%ynchcrs, who had brought
tools of all kinds with considerable
dynamite, which they declared they
l would use, broke the locks of the cor
ridor door and entered the Jail. Then
they brolw the lock off the cell door
: and were in possession Of the I'VE men.
I HANGED uroN ON TREE LINZ.
Winner and Nelson pleaded for their
4 lives. standing in the presence of
r Almighty God, | swear | did not muir.
. der my wife and children" pleaded
. Winner.
: IL swear | am innocent" added Mel.
. son.
The pleading Of the I'VE men was Of
no avail and both were bound and
dragged out. Winner was trembling
and pale, but Nelson was cool. The
}; leader of the mob then orderd all to
march to Ray county, saying that the
lynchcrs would spare Lafayette county
n the expense of burying the bodies.
The other prisoners in the Jail were
d warned not To try to escape or they
e would Ice severely dealt with.
IL Then with it's two victims the mol
n went quietly down Eleventh str"et to
- the river, crossed in skiifs and hanged
Ir the two men To u burr oak tree side by
X side on one limb. The bodies were
a, found this morning. Nelson's toes
X were touching the ground and there
was n stoical look of bravndo IN his
face. Winners face had an expression
of horror upon it. Winners watch was
in his pocket and was stopped at 5:i5
o'clock. His feet we're touching the
e. ground and his legs were bent at the
knees.
q Deputy sheriff Richard Green OF Ray
- county arrived here this morning will
Lon Lackey and lodged him in Jail
~ lie did not learn of the mob here las
IL night until he arrived here this morn
IN ing. Lackey will De taken to thu
Of Kansas City Jail this evening.
10 LYNCHERs 70 NE PROSECUTED.
III Prosecuting Attorney Aull said thi
n morning: Il have evidence enough u
:" identify some Of the lynchers and hav
ID the names Of many others. II it is tn
last act of my life | expect to brin,
the perpetrators to justice, and shall
n request the assistance of the attorne.
lis general and all the power the stat
er can lend To see that such conspir6cie
yn against the law are punished and tn
lis conspirators brought to justice. The
Of treated our officers like brutes an
ito showed as little regard for law as the
il. claimed had the alleged murderers the
were seeking. Had they come tn
ar. night before, some OF Thorn would hav
been in the hands of the undertaken o
in the Lafayette county Jail. TIL
" officers did their full duty, but wer
~ helpless under the circumstances"
1t can he truly SAID that the deputiC
81 and guards did all In their power I
save the prisoners. They could no
ei have saved them had they known tn
~ mob was coming unless they coul
have gotten the prisoners out of tow
"a. This was deputy Fullterson's idea, bu
rst no one thought there was any danger
THE CRIME DRIEPLY REVIEWED.
~ The Winners lived northeast of Ricl
mond, on n small farm, and Winnie
he worked in the town as II miner. Oct,
,ly Der % the woman and two small chi
zee drcn were found with their throat
AS cut and their heads crushed with n
'ep axe. A deaf mute child escaped dealt
on but could throw no light on the traS
.ho cdy. Winner and Lackey, the latte
M Winners farm hand, were arreste
,al soon after the murder and both pre-
tested innocence. Winner tried I
of prove an alibi, but strong evidence WI
found against him, and it was ais
known that he had been intimate wit