Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14
Sfashln9ton Standard
\ HORRIBLE DEED.
A PRISONER LYNCHED AT COL
FAX. WASH.

Terrible Struggle ny one of the
Mcn-Takcn From Jail ut Mid
night - Marshall Hanged by
Masked Men to TIL Wall of the
Court House.
\ Cvlfax dispatch "i the Sth inst.
states;
Chadwick Marshall, the suspected
murderer OF Young Hayden, near
Pennington, October 32d, WAS taken
from Jail 10y mob ut L. o'clock mid
night and hanged to the west wall Of
the court hou>c.
Yesterday there was suspicion
that a mob was collecting, but the
officers made no preparations to resist
it. The train from Spokane last
night arrived Just after midnight. \
few minutes afterwards the prisoners
in Jail saw body OF masked men
march on Mill street east of the jail
Jailer Trcn, who was the only Of
ticer about the court house, was
awakened and notified that an officer
wanted prisoner locked up. He
dressed and came out and was then
confronted by masked men, with
drawn revolvers.
Trcff was informed that the mob
wanted to hang " Blackeye" Marshall
and dakota Sim" Mcdonald, and
demanded that Trcf give up the Jail
keys.
The officer was led to the Shcriii's
office, got the keys and gave them to
his captors. Twelve of the mob then
entered the Jail, taking Tref with
them.
At first the mob went into the wo-
mans wing, where dakota Slim"
was confined. "Slim" protested his
innocence, and said, Take Buckeye
who admits his guilt, and if he impli-
Gates me will 60"
The mob thought this fair propo-
sition and went into the east wing Of
the Jail where the Blackeye cell was
unlocked. He had only time to say,
"Don't hurt me; before God l am in
nocent," when one of the mob struck
him heavy blow over the head with
an iron bar, stunning him.
A rope was then fastened around
his neck and he was dragged out Of
the Jail and up the narrow stairs to
the Superior Court room to a double
window, where rope was tied around
standard between the windows.
Blackeye's body was then pitched
out head foremost and left dangling
at the end of an eight-foot rope
against the courthouse wall in plair
view of people on the main street.
While this was being done, part O
the mob went to " Dakota Sims" eel
again.
During their absence, the prisoner
had stuffed the keyhole of the eel
door with rags and fastened sharl
knife on the end of a broomstick
With this spear he kept jabbinl
through the barred door of his cell
thus preventing any one from ap
preaching the door to pick the rag
out of the keybole.
His cell had two doors, the innel
one being of solid steel, and behind
this he protected his body. FINAL!
one of the mob, catching glimpse o
Sims shoulders, fired shot at him
The bullet passed through his sleeve
struck the wall and rebounded, strik
ing him on the breast.
He fell to the floor exclaiming
any God they have killed me-" On
of the mob was heard to say, Let
be sure we've killed him." Anothe
said, Let's give him another sho
and finish him."
Finally they decided that Slim wa
dead, and left. His wound, however
is not serious.
The mob was at the Jail less thar
10 minutes, and the jailer's family
who occupied rooms directly beneath
the Jail, did not know of any disturb
ancc until Buckeyes" body was