Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-07

mob laid their plans that at this time tbue
was NO suspicion Of violence.
The 1aburing men Of the. town weKe no.
ing % tteiP homes The ffithful city e.
ton was lighting the little Oh lamps at the
cofners that make the streets paeeable nj
night.
Suddenly, ~ ire wagons emerge from
the engine houses whom an alarm g turned
In, from i've different sections Of the town
- many csrrisgss spfang rapidly into tie
public road, and before the half startled.
half frightened natives could realize the
situation were poying at terrific ,speed
over the route travelled few miuuSS1 NJ.
lier By Dr.. Ryder. ard his guards. ~
The truth dawned upon the sheriff. In
b minutes 9 posse, headed BY the Old On.
Ger and Professor Ryder, brother Of the
prisoner, was In hot pursuit. Tho lynch.
ers were pursuing Dr.. Ryder. The poas
was pursuing the lynchers Every man
was AIMED. ~
III we do not protect the doctor" aid
the old vigilant, sit will be because they
can dodge bullets faster than We can shoot
them" He meant what be said His a.
sociates were not less determined.
They did not protect the doUtor, how.
ever. They moved toward Wayrly Han
with all the speed their hoEsss cduId CON-
mand. The mob in front did the same.
when three miles THE ode of the station,
the posse met a carriage. Tho driver
shouted, The mob II Just sheaAp'
The posse moved on. Little did they
drea m that the object Of their defense wa
In that very vehicle, but such was the
case. The night was dark. The other
carriages occupied BY the mob had been
hidden behind the shfubbery along The
roadside
The ono carriage driven BY the leader
Of the mob and in which DR.. Ryder had
been thrown when captured from his
guards was left on the road with the pre.
tense Of innocently moving ahead when
the posse was heard to approach.
This was in Harris county. The mob
desired &c lynch Ryder in Talbot county,
a. IL was In that county he committed The
crime, and In that county the chances for
the subsequent projection Of the lynohsrs
would be greater. Two miles ahead Wa
the county line.
The sheriff and his posse, thrown of
their guard for the time at least, the mob
made q mad rush for the county line.
The line once crossed, a convenient tree
was easily found. DR.. Ryder was made
~ osesDu0opOu inc Bedb OF DIE CARTHAGE.
Tho canopy was lowered. A rope was tied
closely about his neck. The end of Il was
thrown over limb and tied about the
bsdy Of tho tree.
The carriage was driven from under
him, and DIR. ". +. Ryder, erstwhile 80
ciety man, scholar, gentleman, was swung
INTO eternity. The Enchers scattered in
different directions, while the earriaees
wer6 driven rapidly to Talbotton.
The sheriff and his POSSE soon returned
on tho same road and passed within the
shadow Of the CHASTITY object Of their search,
but pushed on to Talbstton no wiser than
when they started6n the wild, desperate,
but unsuccessful ride.
The coroner Of the county examined two
witnesses on the following morning Who
could not have known anything concern
Ing the lynchlng and returned the usual
verdict thatSthe deceased came b his
death BY strangulation at the hands Of
parties unknown"
Tho parties are known, however. De-
tecttves are now on tho scene, and the