Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-11-18

There were about 40 men concerned in
the lynclhng.w They rode into Will,
SliamSport pMhps eback late atnighEand
tethered their horsesa shorf dshncd
from the city that they might secure
them again as speedily as necessary
after the deed WAS done. The Jail in
which tile prisoners Mere confined is a
substantial stone structure and was in
charge Of Deputy Sheriff Thomas Kel-
ley: u Since the confinement IF the pris-
oners therein So great has been the fear
that q they mEht esnpe SiHT some way
that one man has watched all night
within the Jail, and Friday night Kel--
ley was on watch: s.. *~=
At about two O'Clock in the morni4rg.
there VAS k.rap 4t the outek. dodr If thu
jaH and KeHeyA aross quickly land
turned the key in the; lock, thinking
that some persons he expected to meet
had a1rived.a Ko sooner'hatl he opened
the door Than the mob crowded into the
corridors 'Ahs: Of them were masked
and the eadefscarfisd ropes purchased
for the occasion. Kelley at once real
ized. that. the mob had come after his
prisoners Mhesly chersWare quiet, but
determined. The leaders presented a
revolver at the eheadryofa The deputy
sheriff and told him they wanted his
prisoners. and demanded that he open,
the cells which they were confined in.
Kelley xdemurFed but Saw that resist
rnse vas useless ana>~pn1oeksd ths q
Two of the prisoners were confined in
one cell land the other, in separate
celE They had been aroused from sleep
by the entrance Of the men and sat up
half awake ana trembling with terror.
RolytracRs and ireland were dragged
from their beds, ropes were fastened
about their necks and they were
dragged outSSonl the grolundsafter being
told to prepare for death. The men
were then dragged to O. huge beef wind
lass which hadGsbeens erected to sus-
pend the: carcasses Of slaughtered
beeves, and strung up Of .: cross beam.
Coddot vas TIC farsf mai Ito be
hanged. It is reported that he was
asked before he; was banged whether
Black fHaWK hnI Defender had also
been concerned in the murder for which
he was about tp#be hanged. He an
iswered that they had beeiJ TUE fope
which had been fastened about his neck
was then thrown over the cross beam
and he was raised off the ground and
suspended in the air. .Holytrack and
1rehhd sxere"xo~ nearlN unconscious
from the effects of the dragging 1hat
atheyadn not realize whatswas about TO
happen when the ropes about their
'necksnwere stossedaoversthesseme-beaa
They were unable to stand and were
slowly raised from the ground on which
they lay until their bodies swung into
the air and adangled from the windlass
with that Of "Coudo i. he: mob then
dispersed mounted their horses and
rode away.s - .sesM
ne crime 1orz ~ fh,,s
,membs the sptcegf mil !. snG q mona,
last winter. The bodies Of Thaanu bspicerT;
fla1sWtf IS sdaughter 1drs.5 II Suaes -. Her
i twin: child nd llen 1dldf6n,
his m0thef- slaw, de foun1kt flfsSpicer
f ess .ad ?:
whesWere lyashsdR lly esafs III
is :andis=
The confession Of the
time IA tsts uthsrs Indians,
Hack 5s55rge 'Defsnaer, who
arasak IN the Jan in this
city. to which fact rs aus their escape from
the fate of their comrades. The Indians.
who. were sexecuted were feaidentsaok the
Standing Rock Indian reservation. Two
of them +tHolYtrack, and Ireland--were
mere bedysss enesA and the sdther II ssears.of
age. Coudot was French and Indian half
ffrd