The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-20
LAWLESS MOB LYNGHES TWO
SAVAGE ATTACH MADE ON 4
 WYOMING JAIL.
Deputy shsrin shot Through the Hear. -Man Who biurdsrsd His Brother and One Who KiIied.a Widow Because she Would Nor Marry Him Quickly Killed -ss.eriG Asks for hiiiitia.

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 Butte. Mont. July 19.-A special to
 the Miner from Red Lodge. Mont, says:
 Jim German, who killed his brother
 about a year ago and ran off with his
 brothers wife. and a man named Wall
 ters, who killed a widow named Hooper
 at the Hot Springs two years ago. be-
 cause she refused to marry him, were
 lynched at Basin, Wyo., to-day. c. E.
 Pierce. deputy sheriff, was killed dur ing the attack on the jail.
 A state of lawlessness now prevails in
 northern Wyoming as a result of which
 all law and order seems to have been abolished.
 Sheriff Fenton of Big Horn county, who has arrested a number of proni- nent cat.lemen near Thermopolic and has appealed to he governor of Wyo-
 ming for assistance of the militia in get ting his prisoners to the Basin.
 It was reported to Sheriff Fenton last "Wednesday morning that mob was
 coming ID 10 Basin from Haittsville and Tonslip, to lynch German and Wal ters and the sheriff took these two men
 and a horse thief from jail and secreted them in gulley near town under guard.
 German managed. to slip his hand- cuffs and make his escape. He swan the Big Horn river. and made for the mountains. A posse was quickly organ ized and he was recaDtured early yes terday morning about fifty miles from Basin.
 Last night a mob of about fifty un- masked men rode uD the east bank of the Big Horn and compelled the ferry man to carry them across the river. The mob proceeded at once to the county jail and fired 6 volley into the Jail. Dep- uty Pierce and Special Deputy Meade were guarding the prisoners at the time. One bullet grazed Meade's shoulder and entered Pierce's heart. Members of the the mob then tore up telephone poles and battered the jail doors down. They first came to. Walters cell. who was crouched in his cell begging piteously for mercy. Walters was shot instantly. The mob next found German, whose body was pierced by five bullets.
 A still more alarming state of affairs l is reported from the vicinity of Ther- mopolis. About six weeks ago, as a re- suit of the range feud that has been, so l bitterly waged. a sheerflan. Ben Min nick. was killed by cattlemen. The sheriff, 1t is asserted, has captured the Inurderers. who are all prominent cat | tie men and whose names have been withheld owing to threats made against the sheriff. Sheriff Fenton is unable to l get his prisoners to Basin. It is said | the same mob that lynched German and Walters are sympat thizers and have de- eclared that Sheriff Fenton will never get out of the locality alive with his prisoners. Sheriff Fenton has wired the governor of Wyoming for permission to luse the state militia at Lander, and has also sent a telephone message to Basin l and other towns asking for volunteers | to assist him in upho!ding the law.
 Everywhere hardy Westeeners are re- spending to the8call arming themselves land hastering toward ThcrnIcpolis. It is probable the militia will be ordered to the scene and a bloody battle may be fought. The country about Therrnopolis lis wild and lawless one. The last mes sage from Sheriff Fenton said he still l held the prisoners and that he believed he could hold out until endorsements leone