The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-21
Ike Warren Kills the Sheriff of a
Kansas Town.
VENGEANCE DEMANDED
ONE OF THE oUTcoMEs OF THE
PROHIBITION LAW.
Secret Meetings to Organize a Lynch
ing Bee-Deceptive Measures to
Elude the Mob-Rope Carried by a
Little Girl - Sheriff Popular
Man.

Manhattan, Kan, Oct. 20.-A crowd
of excited citizens throng the streets
here tonight in the vicinity OF the
county Jail. threatening summary
vengeance upon the murderer of sher-
if s. 3. Laird, who was shot down to-
day while in the performance of ofhelai
duties at Leonardville, a village 70
miles northwest of Manhattan The
murderer. whose death is demanded by
the clamorOus mob. is Ike Warren, a
notorious '-bootlegger" of LeonardYille.
Sheriff Laird and a deputy arrested
Warren at LeonarGviIle this afternoon,
upon warrants sworn out by some OF
the prohibition people OF the place, ana
when the killing occurred we're on the
way with him 70 the railway station
The deputy. who is said to have been
drinking. carried two REVIEWERS, one q
which he carel essly exposed within
reach of the prisoner
Warren, who was drunk grabbed
one of these weapons and turned upon
Sheriff Laird. He fired one bullet 7lto
the sheriff's head, and as the officer
fell. a second bullet took effect in the
body. near the heart. Warren, break
ing loose from his remaining captor.
dashed down the street His flight was
stopped by Banker Sparks of Leonard
vile, who. having seen the shooting OF
the sheriff drew a revolver and began
shooting at Warren. a bullet which
took effect in the neck brought the
murderer to q standstill. This wound
is not serious.
The shooting caused great excitement
in Leonardville and the murderer
might have been roughly handled but
for the fact that two deputy sheriHs
hurried off with him to the depot. and
soon had him aboard the train for
Manhattan.
Sheriff Laird died within few min
utes and the sheriff was telegraphed
here When the train bearing the mur-
derer arrived here at $50 o'clock a
crowd of several hundred men sur
rounded the station. The cry of Lynch
him was Immediately heard, and the
crowd gathered in upon the prisoner.
The six deputy sheriffs who had War
rem in custody drew their reyolyers
and threatened to shoot the first man
who made q hostile move. The mur-
derer, who was Shaking with fright,
was drawn to an omnibus, six deputies
jumped in, the horses were lashed into
a run and the reins were not drawn I'M
til the county jail was reached. The
mob followed and soon surrounding the
county jail, demanded the hfe of the
murderer.
4 little girl came into the crowd.
carrying a flour sack containing 80
feet of rope. She could not say who
had sent her. The crowd became still
more demonstrative and finally Deputy
Sheriff Marsh came to the Jail steps
and urged the citizens to allow the law
to take its course. He told them that
the murderer had been shot in the
neck and was badly hurt and urged the
crowd not to attempt the life of man
who might die of his wounds. This
seemed to quiet the crowd for time,
but it soon became known that Warren
was not badly hurt and the talk OF
lynehing became more pronounced.
At II O'Clock tonight the town Is
somewhat quieter but it is reported
that several secret meetings are being
held with the intention of organizing
for a Iynehing.
One story has IT that no lynching will
be attempted tonight. but THAI the two
sons of the dead Sheriff, both young
men, are being urged to lead a lynch
ing party tomorrow night.
Sheriff Laird was very popular
throughout the country