The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1902-03-29
CONDEMNED MAN EAECUTED ON
DAY SET, ALTHOUGH COURT
GRANTED A STAY.
LYNCH LAW IN WYOMING
Murderer Of Sheriff Kicker Taken
From Jail at Casper ard Strunn Up
on Seaffold Erected for His Lcnal
Executi ution-Cflccrs Reused 70 Give
Up Keys and the lrfafiated Crcv.d
Beats Down the Doors.

Casper Wy. March -a.-Charlos
Francis Woodward. the condemned
murderer Of Sh rin William & Rick,
or. was hanged about 3 a. n. by an IN
iurlatei mob OF 2po mon.
Under cover Of darkness All orgaui-
2a,!on was formed. Crowds began to
gather il the vicinity q the Jail early
D the evening
About 8 oelocl. tho meb descendt
un til jail and the leaders demand,
ihc keys oi tile sheriff iIe refused /,
give them u and the crowd then So
cured number OF sledp.s and ham
,uers ana beat down the Jail door.
Once inside tAe jail a rope was
quickly thrown around Woodward $
mech and hc Was roughly dragged
from tn building lie was taheu To
Tho seafuld which had h,ou erected
Tor his legal execution. Sofue On
pushed him On 10 TIL trap but t. gas
a leap before the trap could be spruI-
and iell from The eallo~s hangiae
himself.
Woodward was to have beeu hang a
| Friday but The supreme 6oart 0n TueS.
day last granted a stay u execution.
Less than hal! al hour ~a> occupied
In tha hanging Gons!aefahi eNclte-
meut prevailed Int little was sal.
| Woodward attempted 10 tails to tn.
leaders hat they refused 10 Il haar hiE
An Immense crowd Witnessed tie
lynch.ns several hundred sie.p aad
eatilemtn cam 10 town during t..
previous das and tN.rt corner @as I'll
scene ot a discussion of Tho repiltte
granted by the supreme court
After the lynchllg the mob Asi'trs-
eli anu greater part oi those from aat
o. toAn lett for their homes
sherG Talbs found pinned - f.Ie
scaGola note reading a. follows,
The process OF law Is a lit,le SLOW
! This il the road 4ou vii all haNe s.
travel Mufderers ah3 thEGs beware.
Story Of Woooward's Crime.
Tn crime for which Charles Fran.
cis Woodward paid the penalty ".'h
his lite Was committed 81 thc st@'364-
of Jan. . last. at WoolWarI5s ran a
near Garfield Park. III thu Raul asnahe
mountains - miles west ~ Caspef
when he shaf to death and MutI4aiea
thc body of sheriff William {. ltte h
.r uf <atroIa county
Woodward. Win his Wife Bertha
and brother. Clarence. was arr, sted
last November on the charge 81 sie,!
ing clothing and provisions from a
ranch II MAS alleged that Wood
wards ranch was the headquarters q
band OF cattle and horse thieves
At the preliminary trial bertha
Woodward Mas released from custody
Tn. brothers We're hcld 10 the dlstre'
court but Mere unahl" 10 iurnlSt
bonds. ON the night ot Dec ~. lhll
thcv sawed on the bars ot Their ceA'
, and got away. At the stock yaIas 1as'
. ~ ,nwr Charles Woodward secures z
r;stol which had been placed there ~
n friend Near Casper he si"lh
horse and rode 10 his ranch. reacalht
There on the evening oi Jan. y ltt'-
Instead of finding friends ready - as
sis, him he found ShcEif klth'f 'ih'
two deputies at the house Waltti~ fol
him He went TO the barn. lnittGla&
,o abandon his horse and steal "h'
from the sheriff. tie mounted ohe .
The horses and was ready To TIC" away
whom the sherill came ont oi u. ENHS'
md ordered him to surrender. '"u
, ward instantly shot the shern thloasi
The body. mortaly woundins hiin
f, Woodward then. il is said. went 70 th'
diving man and struck him in III iac'
| with his six shooter. lie took = on
., the officers pockets and rode OH
I He was captured hy posse seIeia
| weeks afterwards rear Billings. non,
I md brought back 10 Casper. ne i"
, mi,tcd the killing ANA was con'iete'
md scntevccd to hang Friday i-aS
Tupsdav the supreme court Efah'to
, stay of execution which would ma.
, ,iy,n Woodward AT least three mohlh'
mere OF life.