The Mena star., 1899-03-30
Henry Sanderson Is Taken by a Mob in the Middle of the Night
 and Strung Up.
HE TRIED TO MURDER HIS SWEETHEART.
Hut Fatally Wounded the Girls Aunt--The Victim Said to Have Had Aspirations to Re Thought n Despsrado--A Statement by sanderson as to What Led to the Shooting.

Topeka, Kan, March 20. "A special to the State Journal from Holton, Kan, says: Henry Sanderson. the young farmer who attempted to mur- der his sweetheart, Myrtle Fleisher, near Mayetta Sunday afternoon, but instead wounded Mrs. John Flcisher, her aunt, who was at her side, so that she died at two o'clock this morning, was lynchcd at two o'clock this morn ing by a mob from Mayetta. Al though nominally in Sheriff George N. Hass' hands, Sanderson was under the guard of one man in back room of Nat Horr's restaurant This was for two reasons During Sander son's attempt to escape immediately after shooting Mrs. Fleisher he started to extract some shells from his Win chester and one accidentally exploded, shattering his right arm. Again there had been jail delivery at Holton the previous night and the prison was not considered safe.
 About three o'clock this morning Nat Horr, keeper of the restaurant, alone on night duty, was surprised by two men armed with revolvers who demanded Sanderson At the same moment men burst in the back door of the restaurant with drawn revolvers. The single guard was simply par alyzed with fear and made no resist ance. Sanderson was lying in bed asleep, but was awakened by the noise. Without n protest Sander son arose. partially dressed and conducted by the silent guard passed out of the door to his death. The mob with Sanderson marched to Ban ner creek, tied rope around his neck and fastened the other end to beam. They then gave him kick and with few convulsive jerks Sanderson was dead. His neck was disjointed by the fall of 12 feet and death must have come almost instantly. The mob then quietly dispersed. The body was cut down by Sheriff Hass about five o'clock this morning and taken to To- cal undertaking establishment, where it lies awaiting disposition by rela- tives. None of the mob are known by the officials
 Sanderson was light-haired young man with ruddy complexion and rather strongly built In his com munity he had the reputation of being wild and it was said had aspiration to be true desperate. He delighted to talk of his fcarlessness and the terror he inspired in lis home neigh borhood. When asked yesterday what led to the shooting, he said
 We were all sitting in the house chatting pleasantly and presently my cousin, Emmett Donnelly, Mrs John Fleisher. Myrtle Fleisher and myself went out toward the barn. Having been hunting all day had Winchester rife with me In the garb the folks made fun of mo and became so angry that simply pulled up and fired four shots at Myrtle The first shot struck Mrs Fleisher and she dropped Myrtle and Donnelly both ran toward the house and fired three shots and then walked away
 Mrs. Fleisher was the wife of John Fleisher, of North Topeka, and was on visit at the home of her brother-in- law at Mayetta. She WIS not, of course, concerned in any of Sander sons quarrels, but became the un- fortunate victim of his wild desire to show himself s'bad man.