Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-08-05
MOB LAW in
NEW LONDON
IOWA TOWN THE SCENE OF At
TEMPT TO LYNCH MAN
FOR CRUELTY.
MANY WRONGS ALLEGED
Victor Lee Is Accused OF Securing the
Confinement of His Wife In the In
sane Asylum Though She Is Said to
Be sane-Mob Throws Eaes-Ralse
Funds to Release Her.

New London, Aug. 8. - An at.
tempt at lynching on the part Of an
angry mob yesterday of Victor Lee.
when Deputy Sheriff Campbell tried
to take Mrs. Lee to the asylum at Mt.
Pleasant was followed last night by a
bombardment of eggs on Mr.. and Mrs.
Green Lee, the mans parents as they
alighted from Burlington passenger
train No A, returning from Mt Pleas
ant This in brief eliminated one Of
the most eventful and exciting days In
The history of New London.
Indignant over the treatment ac,
corded Mrs. Lee, whom the deputy
was taking to the hospital against her
will, a crowd of citizens started de-
monstration against the husband aud
but for the vigilance of the police the
man would no doubt have been strung
TO telegraph pole. He was spirited
away and his present whereabouts Is
secret
Woman's Condition InfIsmes Public.
For some. time there has been
much talk to the effect that Mrs. Lee
has been subjected to i'll treatment by
her husband. The pitiable appeals of
Mrs. Lee, who publicly proclaimed
that she was sane but a wronged and
much abused woman, famed into a
fierce flame the resentment against
Victor Lee and he narrowly escaped
violence at the hands Of the crowd.
In spite of her efforts to secure her
liberty Mrs. Lee was taken to the hos.
pital from which she was released on
rarole few months ago
About six months ago Mrs. Lee was
adjudged insane and committed to the
asylum at Mt Pleasant. After she
was released, many of her friends de-
elared she was sane but was deeply
wronged by her husband. The latter
took her lefcre the board of commits
Eioners of insanity and 1t was or
dereq that she be confined again. The
presence of the sheriff from TIE eoun
ty seat to take Mrs. Lee back, on the
wish of her husband, caused the dis.
turbance, and 1t did not take long for
. mol, of about o.e hundred to gather
about the deputy and Mr., and Mrs
Lee
Unarmed and with extreme diff
Guilty Mr.. Campbell succeeded in say.
Ing Lee from the hands OF the angry
crowd, who threatened his life in nc
uncertain terms. The man was finally
gotten away, but feeling Is SO high
here that his life will be endangered
should he return.
Raise Fund to Release Her.
The case having gotten into the
hands Of the public in the manner II
did caused a public rove to Ia made
IN the way of helping the woman Out
of her difficulties and considerable
money was subscribed to this end
Within a few minutes S400 was
raised to secure her release from tbs
institution and large number Of New
London citizens went to Mt Pleasant
today where habeas corpus proceed
ings will probably be begun to secure
her freedom,
II is stated that Mrs Lee has con
siderable money and at the time she
was committed to the hospital her hus
band was made her guardian. His enc
mics accuse him of trying to get pos
session of these funds, and of mis-
treating his wife. Mrs. Lee hersel
nrefers not to go back to the hospital