The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-15

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BISMARCK, N. D., Nov. 4-Alec
Coudot, Indian half breed; Paul Holy
| Track and Philip Ireland, full-blooded
Indians; the first Of whom was SEN
fenced to death for the murder of six
members of the Spicer family last Feb
ruary and had just been granted
new trial by the supreme court, and
the latter two self-confessed accessories
in the murder, were taken from the
county Jail in Emmons county last
night and Iynched by mob. The
lynching had been apparently coolly
planned, and was carried out without
break in the programme, and sudden
and swift retribution was meted out
by the mob to the murderers.
Williamsport, where the hanging took
place, is about forty miles from this
city and off the railroad. The first news
of the hanging was received in this city
this afternoon, when a mounted mes
senger arrived, his horse lathered with
foam from a swift ride, and announced
that the three men had been lynched.
The sheriff of the county, Peter Shier,
was in this city at the time the hang
ing occurred, and it was to summon
him that the messenger rode in hot
haste to this city.
The men had been under the custody
Of Deputy Sheriff Tom Kelly, and they
We're taken from his custody by the
mob and hanged to a beef windlass
several hundred yards from the jail,
where their bodies were swinging to
the breeze during all the day, the cor
oner not having arrived yet, and no
one volunteering to cut them down.
! There were about forty men concerned
in the lynching. They rode into Will
Transport on horseback late at night
and picketed their horses outside the
city, that they might secure them
again as speedily as necessary after
the deed was done. The Jail in which
| the prisoners were confined is a sub
stantial stone structure, and was in
charge of Deputy Sheriff Thomas Kel-
ly. Since the confinement of the pris-
oners therein so great has been the fear
that they might escape in some way
that one man has watched all night
within the Jail, and last night Kelly
was on watch. There was a meeting
Of the lodge of Woodmen in a build
ing near the Jail, and, as Kelly was
a member, he expected to meet some
of the members of the lodge after the
meeting had adjourned, to consult with
them about some matter under con-
sideration by the lodge. To while away
the time during the night hours he
was playing solitaire at a. little table
in front of the cells in which the mur-
derers were confined. AT about o'clock
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THERE WAS A RAP
at the outer door of the Jail, and
Kelly arose quickly and turned the
key in the lock, thinking that the
! persons he expected to meet had ar
rived. No sooner had he opened the
door than the members of the mob
crowded into the small Jail corridor.
leaders carried ropes, purchased new
for the occasion. Kelly at once real
lied that the mob had come after his
prisoners. The lynchers were quiet
but determined. The leader presented
a revolver at the head Of the deputy
sheriff and told him they wanted his
prisoners, and demanded that he open
the cells in which they were confined.
Kelly demurred, but the leader of the
mob told him that they desired to
gain access to the cells, and, while
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useless for him to resist, as the were
in force. Kelly saw that resistance
was useless and unlocked the cells.
Two of the prisoners were confined in
one cell. and the other in a separate
CELL They had been aroused from
sleep by the entrance of the men. and
sat up half awake and trembling with
terror. Holy Track and Ireland were
dragged from their beds, ropes were
fastened about their necks and they
were dragged out of the Jail building,
after being told to prepare for death.
The mob had more consideration for
] Coudot. since the other two had con-