Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-12-19

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Willistoll RI sslE,
EI9ulbertson 81, conV icte dersrs
three members i.loniI
family, lynche ed n 8sat soIl se III ock
Mond lay norning s5pff; tnirtys@I
Efve masked men who sformed the jjaiI.ss
|removed the risone ner aIl A hang ed StInlsA
from a hrid yer the Little afuadYasat
river, ~ mile G "a
liston
Sheriff Eiriick ol
/ ty, awakened sfby tlie shout i, lof tlastt
mob when ali bait erin tlesI
front door of With u.
main, loe eked himself iins the cell within
The prisoner
the crowd &: SS
When the slier ted Stes des,
fend the risotaer
volVer, was it'll covered
a doYen reYo1 Yers and III az 81; and the
mob comp letsd th efir of5 sbrealss
ing into the 3.
fCul bertson, cad fng fol mercy
was dragged out int tllle and 4.
rope was placed out ssY.s
eral men hold ing the 11er en- Ieapas
ed into ar obl Z, I'LL hi, ll,e
and Al hal asbert "A every
step Ssiiffss.f
was sspartl ged u All part
ed and partl ed stfie the bridge
from lie sss
bertson bod was tllalg Dill
the end when
officials reached tn 3 Gene shortly
afterwards. El eY en- ssa4s1bllll let VoTpdsi
were found I'M III, and there vas slin.5
) mista kable eviidence ofs brutal reats
ment Will he va y beiing gged over
the hard rolnd
I 4: JAMES of on
was attract tsd III
+ beaten sby thes san q
scious 1lia ord
illiston al lsc treated
i the crowd when he attenlpted
Il terferes being IN; armed and beaten
55,. Sheriff EricHson escape Cd ulgl
treatment at the hands III the crowd:
/ stat torney1 said at
he would cause u y lete inYestigas
OFFICIALS Wers as
to the identity offs a were
compile etely masked .s S:ss
j$ gnl bertson' piteous cries Tor mercy
are describes 2bya sssler ifff Fri ckson saSha
says the spris isoneIs, B on his Bonded
knees, prayed TO his HE mob
would let him
Monday Fisit of the mob
and its Iynchirl lbart som was
the second
Saturday Al aS arge numb of men
appeared il hut not hing Was
done, a1thongh eInpt ed sto stir
. up excitement
z The lynehingg gre Ry8 8sonts lofs bitterness
against the jury Yerd let Of i'm
/ prisonme for the prisoner 0slae
brutality murd cred nd s'
1 Hon and the daught tllles:
farm near on October AS last
g Gulbertsoils & ii rfIne was ithont no
and d col llooded
ss5 very extreme;
Ats the III ME 3sof "a aeI
\, son asaI:rested talere
/: were threat and ollls
general cont dence that u d
4 han b ould Rbes IL, sadas
Off pfence
ion conI ted
Thur rsda Soff5s ssmli1 der THE sIe
\ reas ana sentenced tfo life Oh
8sment. hat al ght off ficial fsareit
trouble, but nottllling occurred, ami
4 D they held Cub bertson alesrs ffornaa
sentence, which was Ell Iudg'
~ Fisk Monday C,ll bert son
:haye been snit tentissT.!
Tnesday
Z While no iat tails pf the scene llA
occurred he abridg hen uibert l,i
son was swung Into eterility can y,
Oh btained icial bel liege chat fh
prisoner as id SSbrut eyl
denced reat atnnent lill i
both at Jail and on
tle place Wh here iile eys cut
aminati ion oil The round syile ei'
tats a ali rred that i,I'as
iicaliy all faernbe the mo
were Oh ttla5 ge when ma
alig 3sA pest NOR NJ
peeted to show spr 4 sSya
still living be- flos
ttlfle sbrid
Tlle Job orgalai'
ed, an lll sres sasssi ~
.toS Iheir diffferent suifotlnI h
Sing; the ts,s reyenf possi5
ma n tiisn
hers III the mob seras use q tilgel 81
evidentl eef ollsls99S 2i 4
sig1ied to the teriil used 4 IL II
ID on PEI 81 EIGHT