The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-08-08
AT ROPES END.
BRUTE PAID PENALTY OF
CRIME AGAINST THIR-
TEEN-YEAR.OLD GIRL.

aud Outraged Her While She
Was on the Way to Sun
day School-Other
News.
Spokane, Wash, Aug. 4.-The
whole country about Anatooe is in
a frenzy today over the awful crime
uerpetra,ed by some fend during
Sunday, but which was not discov-
cred until yesterday afternooo.
Last Sabbath, Mabel Richards,
the l3-vear-old daughter of Sheriff
Richards of Asotin county, left her
home TO attend Sunday school,
about half mile from her father 8
residence. The little girl was in
company of three other children,
but left them in order to take a
shorter route. She never appeared
at the church, neither did she re-
turn home at nightfall.
A dilgent search was instituted,
and yesterday afternoon her dead
body was found in clump of bush
rs. By the side was the club with
whicil death was administer d. The
chiId's head was crushed, her cloth
ing was literally torn from her body
and she had been outraged.
A farmer named Philip Hamil-
ton, who lives in the neighborhood.
was at once suspected of the crime
aud was arrested.
About 1915. 90 masked men,
their faces concealed with handker-
chiefs. marched in an orderly man
ner up the street toward the jail.
When they got in sight the guards
thrown about the structure called
upon them to halt. The answer Of
the masked men was to throw the
guards to the ground. The keys
were taken from the guards, the
jailyard entered and finally an en-
trance was affected into the Jail
proper.
When the cell containing the
gully man was reached no key
could be found to fit it 1t was me-
ceseary TO saw and hack the bars
uotil the door could be opened.
What transpired during the opera
too, what Hamilton said. probably
viii not be known until some of the
lyneaers makes public the details,
but Ha amilton, after about Is min-
utes delay, was dragged out of the
cell and down into the yard.
Meanwhile another company of
masked men about 80 in number
had marched up she street and tax
en- positions about the entrance. to
the Jail. All we're masked and all
were orderly. With these men none
attempted to interfere. They kept
back the crowd, which had filled
tine streets all night waiting for the
lynching they were certain would
occur. AS soon as the attack was
made upon Hamilton's cell the en-
tire population of the town, their
numbers swelled by the people from
the surrounding country, gathered
about the jail.
Soon there came a procession
from the jailyard. On either side
Of the doomed wretch was a mask
cd man, clutching the murderer's
arm and hauling him along. Be-
hind him another masked man
pressed closely, with his hand over
the murderer's mouth, to prevent
possible outcry. Other members of
ths iail-storming mob came behind.
As the sinister group came forward
the masked men who had been
guarding the entrance to the Jail
formed a linked chain about the
0aptors and captive and in this
they proceeded, keeping the
crowd at respectful distance, a.
boat three blocks up the street. Ev.
identity they had their programme
all mapped out.
When the lypchers and Hamil.
ton reached the corner of First and
Fillmore streets, they halted under
a guy wire whi h crosses the street
and joins electric light poles. Here
sne of the leaders asked Hamilton
If he wanted to confess. Heidi SO,
substantially the story
told in the afternoon. He spoke in
an exceedingly low tone, not being
heard more than ten feet away. FL
nany he asked that his jewelry,
some triaing trinkets he had in his
possession and his watch be given
TO his father and mother, and the
promise was made him:
Then there WAS another short.
wait. The manner of Hamilton s
death was under discussion. Some
of the mob thought hanging too
good for him. Some one produ
q black mask like that ueed in
legal hanging and it was put over
the head of Hamilton. It reached
down to his shoulders. The rope
was then produced, placed about his
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