Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-01
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Negro Pays the Penalty Of Awful
Crime at Hands of Infuri-
ated Mob.
ASSAULTS AND KILLS ROOL-TEACHER,
Taller ATTEMPTS TO Defend His Pris-
Oner and Succeeds in RepulsinE
First Attack of Mob-Negro First
Hanged from Bridge and the Body
Then Burned.

Terre Haute, Ind, Feb. 27.-George
Ward, the negro who confessed to the
murder of Miss Ida Finkelstein, was
taken from the Vigo county Jail by
mob at 10: Tuesday. The mob, which
had been once repulsed by deputy sher-
ifs with shotguns. broke into Jail while
the sheriff was at the courthouse. A
rope was placed around the negroes
neck and he was dragged to the wagon
bridge across the Wabash river, three
blocks away, and hanged to the draw
bridge.
Mob Quickly Gathers.
A crowd variously estimated at from
1900 to 3,Go0 gathered at the Jail imme-
diately after it became known that the
murderer was under arrest
The mob used q large piece of tim
Der for battering-ram and broke in
the Jail door and with clubs. guns and
reyolvers drove back the few deputies
on duty. On the way to the bridge the
victim was beaten with sticks and shot
at by members of the mob and he was
unconscious when hanged and in all
reliability dead.
The Body Is Burned.
When the BODY was dropped from the
and the leaders of the mob, thinking
that their victim might drop into the
river, hauled the body up again and it
was dragged to the west side OF the
river and burned.
The Negroes Crime.
The crime for which the negro SUI
fered the awful penalty was the rob-
berry, murder and assault of Ida
Finkelstein, aged 81, a teacher in a
school near this city. 1t occurred late
Monday afternoon as she was coming
from her school on road through the
woods. She was taken to the hospital,
where she died at 1880 o'clock Monday
night.
BY writing when her throat was
bleeding TOO much to talk, and by talk
ing when she could. Miss Finkelstein
told the story of her terrible expert
ence. She saw the negro off 10 one side
Of the road. and he called TO her TO
stop. but she hurried on. and when he
called the second time she ran. Then
he fired one charge from his shotgun.
ano she says some OF the shot struck
her in the back Q: her head. but they
made no serious wounds. Al that she
stopped and he came up TO her, de-
man6ing her money. She handed him a
purse containing three dollars and
started 10 run. but he caught her. She
struggled TO free herself. but he threw
her down. S1ir she tried &c get free
and he became enraged and cut her
throat. L Is long cash but need not
pronp, treatment. After he negro
eft Ter she walked half mile 10 3
honse. aa6 fell taiating Al the door. It
vss noEe shzn AZ hour atterward be-
FORE 6oczoF zr-iTe6 Il was three
hours after the outrage before me po-
Ice were put o. The case.
Relatives Live in Chicago.
Mss Filkels-sin has 10 relatives il
Tsrre HauEe, but she has many friends
among The Jewish residents % the
city. vho know CT hsr heroic struggles
10 support widowed mother With SIX
Younger children. Sever years ago her
.a.her. pack peddlsr. was murdered
4 saloon a Hyne-a. mining ROWE.
After that time she was graduated
from The high school with high honors.
and then spent TWO years il the state
normal school she has been teaching
for :hree years TWO years q The little
counTry schoolhouse from which she
was coming Tuesday afternoon. Her
mother and brothers sa6 sisters moved
to Chicago some tine ago, and The
daughter sent 10 them nearly al heT
salary as a teacher.
Another Lynehing Probable.
indianapolis, Ind. Feb. pa negro,
who is thought 10 be the ore who az
sauited Miss Dorothy Darter. IN
Iryington. last Thursday. and for
whom a iarge.reward has been offered
is being held at New Castle Ind. The
police here have been notified and from