Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22
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'Yl1oMING ny oBs II is sA COUPLE
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General alylessness Prevails IN 9tI1e S
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Northern Part of the State and an
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|S Arminn and 4 Battle With officers
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| Butte, Mont July &c. - special
| from Red Lodge, Mont. to the Miner
ifsays III Jim German. ~ who killed his
brother ato,1t a yea Z = % IL = ran otf
with his hroth e,.,s @w;fa nd i, :, y
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nained ie W .a ne hol3 n we
years ago. recauses sneS reused m sec 20 mar
~ him, were slynched at Basin, Wyo., 81
early Sunday. G. E. Pierce, deputy
sheriff, was killed during the attack I
on the iaiI. . 4
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- - iaN oroer , seem '9 20 nave
peen s1 I g polMlshed M From President Moi
~ OF the Is Montana 20 ; and Wyoming Telef
sp1hone l'1o company, VINO IS now making q :
loar g o1 Inspection OF his compa1ly's$
l1'sSs, INES, comes the news OF the lynching
all.'|5= and 1of#a an appeal for help from Sheriff
Fenlon eanlr11l of Big horn, who has arrested
q, numperSof u f1ll prominent ttlemen near
Inerrmlopollls. ne and has appealed to- the Il
sistanca @ rn, gu i Ior as
/ prisoners to Basin. a$s s; ,..@ q .szI .@3:s
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was reported to Sheriff Fenton
lasJE wednesday ,es v sc morning ~ lg that a mob
| was coming up 70 Bason from: HATS
vlllle ana Ionsllp, Tor the purpose Of
slynlcfhlng yll;fg :Gorman and Walters. AS
/ measure e;asl OF precaution the sheriff took
these, TWO men and a horsethief out
OF the jail and secreted them in a gull
ley near town under guard of Deputy
j Sheriffs Felix Eel Alston and G. e. Pierce.
German ma-aged to slip. his hand
cuffs and make his escape. He swan
the Big Horn river, an unpreced Tented
feat, and made for the mountains, a.
posse of seven men quietly organized
4 and German was recaptured early Sat-
urday morning about fifty miles from
Basin. # & IT, t.s5 4 Z 7 81. IL
Saturday night a mob of about SO un-s
masked men rode up the east bank Of
the Big Horn n and compelled the ferry 4
/ man to carry them across the river:
i They made no'demonstration until they
entered a Basin; when n FIVE shots " were /.
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1g>S5 -1rseo l1reo "a asvolley3 Into the Jali-#9
Deputy Pierce III and Special Deputy
i Meade were guarding the prisoners at 4
the time One bullet grazed Meade's
shoulder and entered Pierce's heart
Members OF the mob zen tore up the
telephone poles and battered the Jail
doors down, They first came to Wal
ters, who was Ecroucheds in his cell
piteously M begging for mercy n 3 /
edless tort ure was Iesorted TO. w al
tiers was shot Instantly 55z. Z. IL @sE. I, 55z7z
1 The mob next fould German, whose
body was pierced by five bullets and
was left presumably dead. He.linger-
ed, however. until Sunday 2 forenoo I. ..zs
] 81 a still more alarming state Of affairs
| is reported from the vicinity OF her
I nopolls. About six weeks ago, as
result OF a range feud that has been
SO bitterly Waged. ash apinsn az, Ben
Minnick was killed by esttlemen}The y
sherlH it Is z as asserted "a mas aptured
cattlemen e and whose Y names have 9 been
IWlCul1SAuSOWlASa aIO Cul6dlS buidQS against
the IS 3sherlff.s.s o E#: # s@...z 81:
.s$=: ,7 Battle ilttls May Be Fought
Sheriff s1nel Fentoil q is unable to get his
prisoners TO Basin SIN II IS said the
same mop .tnat lyncneds Gorman and and
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