The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-20
CATTLEMEN IN LYNCHlNG MOB.
KIM TWO MI RDERERS AND A
DEPUTY SHERIFF.
Attack the jail al basin, WyO.. and shoot
Two Men Under Death Sentcnce-One
Guard Killed and the Other Wounded
.-Cattlemen lHeld-'TrOOps Asked For.

Two Men Under Death sentcnce--One
Guard Killed and the Other Wounded
-CattIemen lIcld-'TrOOps Asked For.
RED LODGE, Mon, July 19.A double
,ynchnlg occurred at Basin, Wyo., early
tbismorning, and az a result Sheriff Fenton
If Big Horn county has arrested several
monument cattlemen near Thermopolis
and has appealed to the Governor of Wyom-
ing for the assistance Of the militia in get
,jna his prisoners to the Basin Jail.
The men lvnched were two condemned
murdercrs and the mob also shot and killed
a deputy sheriff. The murderers were
Jim German, who killed his brother about
a year ago and ran off with his brothers
wife. and man named Walters, travel
ling man, who killed widow named Hoover
At Thcrmopols Hot Springs two years ago
because she refused TO marry him.
Il was reported TO Sheriff Fenton on last
Wednesday morning that mob was coming
m to Basin along the Big Horn River for
the purpose Of lynching German and Walt
ers As a measure of precaution the Sheriff
took these two men and horse thief out
cf the Jail and secreted them in a gully
near town under guard Of Deputy Sheriff
Felix Aston and Deputy G. f. Price.
German, who had exceptionally small
hands. managed to slip his handouts and
make his escape Deputy Price fired one
shot at the fugitive az he disappeared in
the brush. but the bullet went wide Cor
man swan the Big Horn River and made
for the mountains A posse Of seven men
quickly organized and German was re-
captured early Yesterday morning on Trap
Ter Creek, al out fifty miles from Basin
From Wednesday until Saturday morning
he had not eaten a mouthful of food and
was exceedingly weak He had no fire.
arms and offered no resistance.
Meantime Sheriff Fenton had replaced
Walters and the horse thief in the Basin
jail Last evening German was also placed
in Jail and force Of fifteen deputies was
sworn in.
Feeling had been running high among
the people for a long time. German 3
crime was considered particularly inhuman
and atrocious. He shot his brother Tom.
at the latters ranch on Shell Creek, near
Thermopols, and then ran of with Tom s
wife, Maggie, who is held IA an accom-
plice in the crime but Is out on bail.
German had two trials, each resulting
in sentence OF death by hanging, hut his
attorney took the case to the Appellate
Supreme Court The ranchers believed
Justice would be defeated,
Walters fell In love with a Mrs. Hoover
She refused to marry him and he shot
her. Justice has been delayed in his case
also.
Last evening q mob Of about thirty men,
masked and In perfect order, rode up the
u east bark OF the Big Horn, dismounted,
tethered their horses aud compelled the
ferryman to carry them across the river.
They made no demonstration until they
entered Basin, when five shots were fired
as warning.
The mob proceeded at once to the build
ing which is courthouse and jail COM
bined and fred a volley into the jail.
Deputy G. f. Price and Special Deputy
George s. Mead were guarding the pris-
oners One bullet grazed Mead's shoulder
and entered Prices heart, killing him
Instantly.
Members Of the mob then gu ickly pro-
cured telephone poles and battered the
Jail door down. They first came to Walters.
who crouched on his cot begging for mercy.
No needless torture was resorted to, but
Walters was shot instantly.
The mob next found German, whose body
was pierced by five bullets, and he was left
presumably dead He fingered until $40
this morning. when he died. He made no
statement, but asked to soc Maggie German,
is accomplish. She was far away and
his dying re quest could not he granted
lis Wort; done. the mob quickly disap-
lcar'd. one report is that not n single
number Cf tn" mob was recognized. An
ulh,r statement is that Deputy Mead recog-
nlHd IN" h adler, hut will not make known
VI" mans identity. Price, the deputy
who was killed is n nephew Of Jacob Price,
'"anag of the Mubar ranch.
still more alarming statement OF af-
'aIrs is reported from the neighborhood Of
Ih"rmopos. About siy weeks ago, as a
result # The range reud that has been so
bitterly wagcd, n sh"cpmau named Ben
NhnIck was killed by cattlemen. Sheriff
femon, il is said, has captured the MUIR
"rr"rr, who are all prominent oattlemen
md whose names have been withheld.
Bnt on account of the threats made against
nm Sheriff Fcnton is unable to get his
lrisonerS 10 Basin.
i is said that the same mob that lynched
"orman and Walters, or it's sympathizers,
has declared that Sheriff Fenton will never
get out of tn" region alive with his prisoners.
Nh"rih Fcnon has telegraphed the Gov
ernor of Wyoming for permission to Use
me State militia at Landers and has also
sent telephone messages to Cody Basin,
Aeete"tse and other Wyoming towns
asking for volunteers to assist him in up
holding the law.
Everywhere hardy Wcsterners are re-
spending TO the call arming themselves
ana Fastening toward Thermopols
II Is probable that militia will also he
ordered to tho scene The country about
lhermopoIis is wild and lawless. A mes
Sge received at Cody this morning from
'herif Fenton said that he still had the
prlsoners in his possession and that he be-
"eVed he could hold out until reinforce
mHnts should come