Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-12

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Tor your stomach and nerves.
desperation the crazed man sprang
to his feet and threw himself upon the
citizens of Charles City. Into the very
center of the shifting, tossing mass
of men he threw himself. and he was
swallowed up Scratching, biting,
I clutching at throats. and crying like
wounded animal. he fought on. Time
after time, he tore himself away from
one pair of arms that flung themselves
! about him, only to be clutched in Il
fiercer embrace.
Down the corridor of the Jail, always
struggling, he was dragged, the men
with the lantern leading the way Half
fainting, almost dead, he was pulled
up the main street, and men and
! women ran along the outskirts and
pressed in upon the center of the
4 crowd
"No Louis Busse Justice"
!. "There'll be no Louis Busse justice
in this" shouted man in the crowd,
and the slogan was taken up and
passed down the street.
At the approach to the bridge the
procession parted in the middle, a
black mass seen only by the Pickering
of the two lanterns, stringing to both
edges of the bridge like forked
tongue. In the center was the party
thta bore the helpless captive.
/ Wien the center of the bridge was
reached, the prisoner was jerked to
his feet, but he haa become so weak
that he could scarcely stand He
wavered and would have fallen, but
for the press about him. An expectant
hush came over the mob. The ring.
leaders advanced to the center and
one man produced a rope, a manila
affair. Cullen was supported while
the knot was being adjusted about
his throat The moose was slipped
tightly. The other end of the rope
was taken by eager hands and the
: murderer was pushed to the edge al
the bridge.
; 1t was at this point that the spirit
of the crowd throughout was made
; manifest.
"Shoot him full of holes before
throwing him over" shouted some,
one.
A dozen weapons were half drawn
but before the call could be obeyed
calmer voice was heard.
"This Is No Butchery."
This is no butchery, gentlemen
/. Yours guns back, every one of you
Hanging goes, tonight; but not mur
der!"
The weapons were replaced and nc
further unnecessary violence was of
. fered
By this time half of the town had
collected at the bridge. No attempt to
interfere was made. Silently the rope
was tied and in silence Cullen faced
his executioners. He was asked il
!, he had anything to say concerning his
crime-any excuse to offer any JUST
fication that he could bring forward
"They attacked me and had tc
kill them" he cried.
my wife and my boy would have
killed me if l hadn't killed them"
That was all the leaders waited
for, and they would have carried ou
the sentence by throwing him from
: the bridge then but for the interior
5 ence of Ensign Roper. He stepped
t forward with his offer of prayer. Cul
/ len scorned his offers. The next III
r slant he was dangling at the end o
the rope.
Had An Estate of $4,000.
. Cullen's executloners declare tina
the estate of $4,000 which h,
/ had accumulated as contractor would
r have been used to fight his case il
4 the courts and it would hav'
:, been years before he would have beer
;. punished, if ever.
/ w. w. Schermerhorn, the sheriff
. has just gone into Office as successo
2 to Guilford Flent.
t Owing to his eccentrcities, Cutler
had been regarded as half insane 70
4 years. This, the more highly arouse,
j, declared, would result in his escapin!
s punishment on the plea Of insanity.
q Las. night crowd of boys gath
Il cred around the Jail and after caus
ing much commotion hung Cullen il
; efiigy.
Cullen's Crime.
Cullen, about O'Clock Trasda
, morning, murdered his wife by stat
bling her in the neck with a butche
, knife. Then he went to the roor
y where his 15-year-old stepson, Jane
= Eastman, was sleeping, and started t
p cut his throat The boy awakene
! as the knife touched his throat an
= after a fierce struggle with Guile
- wrestled the knife from him.
g Boarders in the Cullen home, a
. well as Cullen's brother, hichard Gu
. len. who had been summoned frol
= Warren, H., were awakened by til
. boys cries and rushed to his assis
= ance
They though to keep CEllen in I'll
house until an officer could arriv,
y Young Eastman started for the ma