Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
LYNCHED A SUSPECT.
Washington State Officers Offer no Resist
ance.
MAN HANGED FROM THE PRISON WINDOW.


Colfax. Wash. Jan. s.-Marshall
Chadwick, the suspected murderer of
young Hayden near Pennington. the
night of october 20. was taken from
jail by a mob at o'clock this morning
and hanged to the west wall of the
courthouse.
Yesterday there was a suspicion that
mob was collecting but the officers
made no preparation to resist it. The
train from Spokane last night arrived
at 1 o'clock. an hour late. A few min
utes afterwards the prisoners saw a
body Of masked men march up Mill
street east of the jail. Jailer II. Is.
rre1, who was the only officer about
the courthouse, was awakened and
notified that an officer wanted a pris-
oner locked up. He dressed and came
out and was then confronted by
masked men with drawn revolvers.
Ireu was informed that the men want
ed to hang "Blackeye Marshall
Chadwick and Dakota Slim" McDou-
aid, and demanded that Tref give iip
the jail keys. The officer was led to the
sherifi's offices, got the keys and gave
them to his captors. Twelve of the
mob then entered the jail, taking Trem
with them.
At first the mob went into the wo-
mans wing, where Dakota Slim" was
confined. slim" protested innocence
and said; Take Blackeye, who ad-
mits his guilt and II he duplicates me
| VIII GO" The mob thought this a
fair proposition and went into the
east wing of the jail. where Black
eyes cell was unlocked. He had on
" time to say don't hurt me, before
God | am innocent" when one of the
mob struck him heavy blow over the
hau stFlNl t8.. 4. -.
n rope was then fastened around his
neck and he was dragged out of the
JAN and up the narrow stairs to the
superior court room to a double win
dow, where the rope was tied around
standard between the windows.
Biackeyes' body was then pitched
out head foremost and left dangling
at the end OF an eight foot rope against
the court house wall In plain view of
the people on Main street.
While this YVES being done, part OF
the mob went to Dakota Sims" cell
again. During their absence. the
prisoner had stuffed the keyhole of the
cell door with rags and fastened n
sharp knife to the end of broom
stick. With this spear he kept jab-
bling through the barred door of his
cell, thus preventing anyone from APP
preaching the door to pick the rags
out of the leyhole. His cell had two
steel, and be hind this, he protected
his body. Finally one OF the mob,
catching n glimpse of Sims" Shout
der, fired shot at him. The bullet
passed through his sleeve, struck the
wall, and rebounded, striking him on
the breast. He fell to the floor. ex-
claiming, my God, they have killed
me-"
One of the mob was heard to say,
Lets be sure we've Killed him."
Another said: Lets give him another
shot and finish him." Finally they de-
clded that "Slim" was dead, and left.
His wounds, however, are not serious.
The mob was at the jail less than
ten minutes. and the Jailor's family,
who occupied rooms directly beneath
the jail, didnot know of any disturb
ance until "Biackeye's' body was taken
down, an hour later.
sheriff Sims left yesterday afternoon
for Spokane. and Is expected to re-
turn at noon. Nothing Is being done
to learn the identity of the lynchers.