Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-01-06

Tor THIS era r1ob, so you had best come {
quietly and make no bones about IT, Al I
On thenatural impulse of the mo-
ment I#starteds away from him.. His /
hand shot out with more quickness than
! should have given him credit for, and
dropped upon my sleeve with q tight
professional grip. IT sfsI J ~ !
-: It q no use your trying that move"
said he to me, land let me tell you the I
more you struggles the Wuss It looks.
The station is quite respectable place |
or should rot be there myself, and il
you are innocent it won't hurt you 70
come along with ma. If you aim + limo. I
cent, you are making yourself lock all |
the b]acker by resisting - 81 :: ">
l saw there was reason in what the !
man said, and agreed to go with him |
quietly as soon as the woman's body |
was taken care of, bus before this could |
be done new aspect was put upon the |
face Of matters The crowd which had [
been rapidly collecting now surged I
round US thickly. had no idea that !
such ravenous horde existed within
miles They all seemed wet, squalid !
and hungry. Their clothes were all
black, and above the solid barrier of
clothes was all array of white, sickly
faces. had never seen such crowd: | !
confess the aspect Of it frightened NE.
Then shout arose, and I thought J
recognized the thin, cracked tones Of
the individual who called himself DR.
Fitzgerald
Hes been numbering a woman,
boys' Let's lynch him!''
The crowd sent up yell of cruel ap-
prevail and surged forward. saw the
white, haggard faces lit up with hate
and the lust OF revenge. The policeman,
without leaving go Of my arm, drew
out truncheon with bis spare hand
and backed up against the wall Of the
houses. l went with him willingly
enough, for felt that in another mo-
ment l might have to fight for my life
with crew Of wild human beasts.
AS regards the policeman the crowd
Was not i'll uatured The innate respec;
which every Briton has for the law
showed itself even at this moment,
They jostled him certainly and tried to
separate him from his apture, but they
did not strike him and confined their
efforts to aiming blows at myself.
weapons seemed to come into their
hands as if by magic-sticks, umbrella
handles and missiles Of all descriptions.
They even picked up garbage from the
road and threw that. The policeman,
with a wooden courage, defended the
pair of us manfully. He was perfectly
cool and hit out with bis truncheon in
all directions, and from the remarks
with which his blows were received
gathered he did not hit lightly. For
myself l remained for some time on the
defensive only, but the shower of blows
th1ckened, and the pain of them mad
dened lne. At last snatched bludgeon
from the hands of great ruffian, who
was most incessant in his attacks, and
set myself to work to hack and thrust
with all the frenzy of man who felt
! that he was fighting for his life. How
it would have ended had we been left
there to fight it out there could be no
doubt The crowd was overwhelming
III its numbers and was increasing every
moment. The foremost members OF it
with whom the pair of US were engaged,
were getting furious under the pain OF
our blows and n1addened with the lust
of battle. If either of US had gone down,
he would not have risen again In say
age rage the mob would have trodden
and torn him out of all semblance to
humanity. But relief was at hand Ny
captor' S whistle had been heard. 1t had
been repeated down the beats, and half
dozen sturdy police were elbowirg
their way through the crowd Their an.
proach was heralded by the querulou>
complaints of those whose feet were
trodden OH and those whose ribs were
crushed. But the warcry OF the moi
was silenced Until then the frantic
yells of Lynch him-lynoh him.
were echoing high between the wet
walls of the houses.
Come now, get back, the lot of
you, said the foremost of the newcom.
ers, and the crowd surged back invol.
unfairly Hello! What's this? A WON
an down and you've been trampling on
her? You brutes!''
AA1S SAo" ~ oAA SOO U1Ch 1dltuCT, DuG IL
did not stand away from US long. New
corners kept pouring in by regiments
from behind, and the news spread to
them, and once more the cry arose of
Lynch him!' The police dragged the
wolnan's body to my feet and formed
round manfully. Though they were
strong men, yet they were a mere hand |
full compared with the teenin. fifties of j.!
the mob. Inch by inch they were beaten
back, struggling and gasping, and for
myself death had never doomed 80 near.
But was not frightened then l was
cool and collected, and, if the truth be
told, not half averse to death. What I
had seen during the last few minutes had
dealt me a shock which seemed to have
soured my life. George Fenton had been
to ME AS brother, and now knew him
to be brutal murderer
But. as it happened, was not des-
tined to come by my end in that OBJ
scure street in Mayfair The police
showed more powers of strategy than | |