Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-10-21
JACKSON A
MOB VICTIM
Murderer Of Little Fonnie Buck is
Taken From Jail and Strung Up
to Electric LiuNt Pole.
DELAY OF LEGAL EXECUTION
Mob Very Quiet oJt Determined
Take Officers of the Jail by Sur.
prise-No Resistance Offered.

Hamilton. Mont. O,'. i-Walter
Jackson, the author 81 the most helm
ous crime in the catalogue, is dead,
dead at the hands of !. mob Despite
all rumors pro and con, a mob of some
700 or $50 masked men made an rs
sault upon the Hamilton jail about /
O'Clock this morning. 4 more order
/ ly crowd with the sam. intention
would be hard to imagine. The nuc-
lDus of The mob formed at Stevens.
ville the scene OF h dastardly act
OF their intended victim. and gathered
in its march up rh' Valley Every
man was resolute AID marched with
measured tread as they entered two
by two. AT the southwest corner of the
jail yard. halting on N. north side Of
I the Jail. Several men stopped from
/ the ranks and proceeded to the en-
trance of the jail thor. demanding Of
Jailer stephens the keys. They were
forthwith given up, az the jailer was
alone and resistance was useless.
These men quietly marched to Jack
sons cell Jackson made a desperate
struggle as an attempt was made to
slip the moose over bis head, hC
caught the rope between his teeth and
il took the combined Efforts OF sey-
cral of the crowd 10 disludge Il. This
f-l.. H..
the jail to an electric light pole. op
posite the southeast corner Of the Ra-
yalli hotel Here Jackson was given
an opportunity to speak, but he only
said, Il am not guilty; have mercy on
me- AT two minutes past one Jack
son was swung into the air, where he
was left hanging until 1907, at tho
expiration OF which time Coroner
Lockwood was notified that Jackson
was dead and that hc 'uuld have tho
coroner Immediately appeared upon
coroner Immediately apepared upon
the scene, where ~ found jackson
suspended in the air With his hands
securely tied behind nlm. He was
bar efoot ana dressed IN his under
clothes. The body was cut down ana
taken to the undertaking rooms
where II was viewed by many during
the entire day. Not expecting a mob
10 act at this time. no precautions
were taken 10 resist IL therefore the
mob had clear sailing and its object
was easily accomplished.
This is the end OF the Walter Jack
son case. II was different ending
from what had been expected and
looked forward TO. Il rad been hop
cd that Jackson would be legally
hanged. Dire rumors oi mob violence
had been freely circulated ever since
the commission of the deed, but when
these Tumors were sifted they seem
ed To be only an ignis iatus. These
rumOrs were In circulation az late as
yesterday evening, but nobody Needed
them. thinking II was only another
cry Of wolf" The wolf indeed. "A
citizen OF Steyensville yesterday az.
I ternoon stated on the streets Of Ham
! ilton that everything was perfectly
quiet in the former place and that
there was nothing 20 indicate the
least suspicion of moi violence. He
was perhaps correct: ID. members of
\ the mob seemed 10 nav. kept their
counsel and so quiet were their ac-
tions, that the suspicious Of the most
cxcitable were allayed. All rumOrs
TO the effect that Hamilton has been
agOg with excitement is all mistake.
/ There has been no excitement. A
| funeral procession aOuld not have
been more quiet.
A jury was impaneied at I O'Clock
this afternoon 10 inquire into the
cause OF his death, the Jurors being
Frank Drinkenberg, w A. Strange,
Fred Burdette Joe Brown, J. j. Back.
us and j. A. Rockefellow. A verdict
was rendered that Jackson came 10
his death at the hands OF an unknown
mob