The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-03
HANGED ny A MONTANA xOB.
Assaiisnt Of . Gbild Tai en- Prom the County
Jail and Lynch~d.

HELENA. Mon. OCT. 3-While the Sheriff
slept soundly In HIS apartmsnts sdloin-
ing the county jail at iSo O'Clock this MORN
ing q masked mob battered down the jail
door. overpowered the jailer. q from
his custody James Edward Brady. who
was char ged with assault upon little Hazel
Pugsley. and hanged him from . telegraph
pole on Main street
The lyncher- numbered perhaps thirty,
all masked. while the misrelianeo,s crowd
that gathered numbered about 200. With
the aid Of a eledge hammer and crowbar
the Jail door wa~ besten In and the jailer.
who was attracted 10 tho front 81 the b,hld-
ing y the noise. was met In the ve~tibuls
and overpowered. Brady was identified
and hustled out Of the building and marched
to the .o.-ne 20 the execution. A rope
va. thrown around his neck and tho lynoh-
erp marohed on all sides u him In COM
pact formation.
The father Of the girl stepped out from
tho crowd AZ tho doomed man stood with
moose about HE neck and struck him twice
In the face. SalOonkecper piny Identified
Brady a. thf man who wA In bis saloon
with tho child
Now then. Brady. YOU time on earth
h short. have you any onfession 20 maker
HraiN fpnNel tnAt no nau 1rs~fNrl
hundred timeo that h. was innocent Brady
never WINGED except to our-e ocosrson-
allv at his exscutioners. He made the
following final statement, which had no
bearing on the crime
want YOU 20 write 70 Elmer Lsrrrn'
at Mitchell He Ia the man who lived With
ms last winter, and ! I'VE him some money.
Tell him TO opll,ct the money duo me from
the compan and send II Ia my little niece.
who H. NJ the School for the blind NJ Boulder
Tell him Ia send 1, 70 the superintendent
When asked II he wanted a. say q fnA
pray.r. he r-plied tina, he did not know
how a. pray. and asked some one 70 pray
for him
May the lord help you. Brady, that
H. ali I can say for you was the reeponse
OF one Of the lynch.rs. after some he~i-
tatLpn. and that's more than he deserves.
re~ponded some one else.
Adozen hands grabbed The rore and the
body shot high into the air When the
Coroner arrived a few minutes later life
Was extinct An inquest will be held
None OF the lyncher- wac identified
The affair was the first - it- kind that
has occurred IN Helena FOR a number Of
wears. and mora speedy Justice was melted
out TO Brady han followed the horse thieves
who were executed 10y the N~igilsntcs
IN the early history ~ Montana.
The body ~ae later cut down hy the police.
The rope was cut up by the crowd AZ souv-
enirs OF the first lynching In Montana
for nsarly tvauty years The community
ss-,nl. to approve Of the mob's action.
The penAltv for the crime five years In
the penitentiary was deemed insufficient
Judge Henry & Smith this afternoon
called a Grand Jury aud doing ~ denounced
in unmoAsurcd terms the illegal execution
of Brady Ia Court said; II appearing
a. tho court from a reading Of IA" morning
papars that tho capital city of the state Of
Montana has hesn diSgracrd by n mob 81
i~rrcsponsihle hOodhims and toughs, who
have tpeu apparently allowed 10 take a
prisoner out ~ the county jail without any
effort on tho par Of the officers In charge
81 that Institution Ia prevent said outrage,
and 4, further appearing that a man named
Brady was murdered by said mobon n public
square Of the city Of Helena. with
out trial or proof % guilt. IL IL nn-
sidered that a Grand Jury Is nee
e~-ary "a investigate the said crime and
bring the perpetrators thereof Ia the bar Of
this onurt, and IL IL therefore ordered that a
Grand Jury b. drawn and summoned to
attend lrfore Depart ment No. 1 of this court,
that fourteen juror be drawn and sum
moned 10 appear before this court at 10
o check 4 VI. on Oct \. 1891
Speaking ~ the lvnching Gov. J X.
Toola. sad
i dcplore as much NJ any one can the
cause which I'D up "a this unfortunate
affair. II has alw ayS been found saf. To
lcave punishment Ia the courts 81 this
state. Last nights tragedy took us back
thirty wears In one short hour.