The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-20
HUNG FROM BARN RAFIERS
 SHORT DISTANCE FROM JAH
Dead Men Were Wealthy Ranch
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The saen Were. HsId On Charge ox Csns- plfcity In Murder or Ferner Y Usits1 states Maruhai
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| citizens, of Oklahoma, practically aIl of them of the better class. who were thoroughly disgustcd at the kind of | justice meted out to criminals fin the smaller towns of oklahoma, today took the law into their own hands and hanged four men for the murder of Deputy United States Marshal A. [. Bobbitt The Iynched victims are: J. B. Miller. Fort Worth, Texas cat-
 B. B. Burreil, Duncan. okla. ranch
 Jose west. Canadian. Texas, ranch | owner.
 Joe Allen. Canadian, Texas. ranch A few minutes after 3 o'clock this morning, the electric lights were sud- denly shut off and the city was plunged into darkness. Telephone communica-| tion was also cut off. Soon. few straggiers began to appear near the | jail buiiJing H
 "Gsod morning. nefghbor." was the greeting, tits fine day for day. and | the new conner, admitting that it was. soon found htnself chatting with those l who strode in apparent leisure to the spot The crowd grew larger and there was little said. peared. ''Giad to see you boys.v-@ he said Are you all really" | A suppressed ory was the only answer. The men silently made their way toward the jail few blocks away. They had scarcely gone a block when County Attorney Robert winbish. who had received word that the mob was forming. met them. The crowd came to a stop at his request. Attorney l Wimbish said:
 'sMen of Ada. you gre disgraoinx this communfty in the eyes of the world. Think this matter ovsr calmly and let the. law take it's course. appeal to you as sn officer of the law to re- I turn to your humes.ft \ ss E .s N
 Tie mob iisteneI astentinzlv. then 4 pr0ceedsd on its w4y. Ths attpfrex l attempted again to talk to tbexif
 'sThs& ia no time for 6D94Hn&H,F N21d 1 the leader ana tho march was rssussl<1 \ The ieil wAs soon rsachad A high board fence surreundiug t waa thrown closure. There was whispered con yersation and then the tail man fn the slouch hat advanced and pounded on the jail door. only one man. Guard l Mccarthy. was on duty
 "McCarthy. said the leader, aopen this door at once We mean business. Hurry. it's near daylight
 
 responded the officer. This door VIII never open from this side.s Another whispered conference, and then three of the mob threw them l selves against the frail door and the mob rushed.
 Guard Mccarthy was struck with revolver and rendered unconscious. | The four prisoners were quickly secur- ed West fought desperately. The others made no resistance. If you're going to hang me. do ik quick" said Miller. The mob led the four men to q barn few hundred feet away and stood them in a, straight line.
 ''Tell us what you devils know about BobbItts murder" shouted the mob leader.
 'swsst answered for the four. He said:
 we don't know who you men are and we don't care. For myself. I know if had e six shooter a few of you would bite the dust; but that's talk. as my shooting iron Is in Texas. You don't you do it. We won't tell any thing and you"
 "The ropes" the leader broke in and the four men were carried to a beam and strung up. Just as the rope was placed about his neck. Miller calmly LGttaON6Q n ufAlu0n4 lTou1 HkN EHtEA front and requested that 1t be sent to his wife in Fort Worth. From his neck tie. he drew out a diamond scarf pin with the request that 1t be given to guard Mccarthy for his kindness to him.
 At daylight. the bodies of the iynched men were cut down
 When the mob removed the men from the jail. they failed to moiest Oscar Peeler. i7 year old boy. who was implicated in the murder. but who had turned stete's, evidence. The boy con- fessed this afternoon. He said that Miller killed Bobbitt. Jesse west paid Miller to commit the murder.
 The coroner's jury met this after- noen and returned the following ver- diet:
 We find that Jim Miller. B. E. Bur. ren, Joe Allen and Jesse West met their death by being hung by a rope. and that the death of each was caused by stranguiation produced by the ropes placed about their necixe. by parties whose names are to the jury unknown. The jury makes no recommendn tfon that the matter be investigated. The county attorney declared today that he will investigate the yynchlnsr but asserts there iS no evidence anN that there probably will be no prosecu- tions.
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 Fort Worth. Texas. April 1a-whiie