The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-09-12
A DOUBLE LYNCHINo.

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and Hanged for the killing of a Civil
Oflcer-The Murder Unproyoked and
the LynchIng Intended as q Rebuke to
the Courts for Their Failure to A9miuis-
ter Justice.
GLENCOE. Mimi, Sept AT 1:20
o'clock yesterday morning Charles
Cingmars and German Musgrove, muir
derers of Sheriff Rogers in Minnesota,
were hanged to the railroad bridge,
less than 4 quarter of { mile out OF
town. One of the men "a hanged
from the north side of the bridge and
the other from the south side. The
deed was done by 100 citizens of Nc
Leod county, who thus expressed
their disapproval of Saturdays YER
diet that Musgrove be confined to he
state prison for life instead of being
sent to the gallows. Clingman had not
yet been tried.
The murder was one of the most
cold blooded in the annals of Minne-
sofa. Cingmars and Nusgrove, two
tramp desperadoes, were travelling
northwa-d, according to their w
story, to the wheat fields of North
Dakota. \ few miles below Glencoe
they accosted 4 farmer, took possess
sion of his team and drove into town.
On the way up they beat him him in a
brutal manner for trying to handle
his own team.
The farmer reported them to the
officers at Glencoe, and q warrant was
issued for the arrest of the men, who
by this time had disappeared Sheriff
Rogers took the papers himself and
started in pursuit of the desperadoes.
just at dusk on the evening of June
20 he overlook the two men five miles
south of Glencoe. Riding up to them,
he said:
Boys, l want you TO go back to
Glencoe with me-"
We'll. we don't have to-" said Mus
grove, as he brought a Winchester
rifle to his shoulder. Before Sheriff
Rogers could say another word the
tramp began firing on him and he fell
dead, his body pierced with five bull
lets.
Twenty-fOur hours later the two
iends were captured by a posse of 500
men in n neighboring county and
taken to Glencoe. The Jail was sur
rounded by several hundred men, and
a lynching would have occurred but
for the prompt action Of Gov. Clough,
who sent a company of militia from st.
Paul just as the hanging was about
to come Off. The prisoners were i'm
mediately taken to st. Paul and put
in jail there.
The trial of the two men for murder
in the first degree opened here about
two weeks ago, with W. W. Erwin for
the defense. Erwin moved for sep
arate trials, and the ease of Musgrove
was taken up first. The trial closed
on Thursday; and at one o'clock FRI
day morning the jury returned with a
verdict of murder in the second de.
gree after being out eight hours.
This, together with the fact that
Cingmars' trial would have to occur
in another county, owing to the diff
ficulty of securing a jury, incensed a
large portion of the community, who
are not backward in expressing their
commentator of the actions of the
mob.
The mob consisted of about a hun
tACU A4Chs pei 4SSl4S oOOCA anu "C41
organized They came quietly upon
the Jail, o~verpowered the turnkey and
guards, and by means of a sledge ham
mer soon had custody of the men
within.
The mob went directly to the bridge
in the eastern limits of the town. The
ropes were made secure to the railing
or cross beams and the two were
thrown over, one from one side of the
bridge and the other from the oppo-
site.
When the men were discovered, Cing-
mars feet were touching the water Is
feet below. The bodies were taken
down atan early hour yesterday morn
ing, and are at present in the city
morgue awaiting the action of the
c%oroner's jury.
Mrs Cingmars, mother of one of the
men, has been in this city for the last
two weeks attending the trial. She
knew nothing of the occurrence until
yesterday morning. Her grief was
pitiable.