The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-11
Moose IL Placed Around Neck
Of Piersol. But He Fails to
Confess
PRISONER TELLS MOB
HE NEVER SAW CHILD
Second Crowd Forms Around
Jail But captives Have Long
Been Removed to Kansas
] City

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- : renrrt hera that 4 secpnd mob
NJ Tnrrr~A shnnt tha etockton TAIL.
- Ana strs4srv - aherfn webb had
Ss~s~ ~tr~~ 10000 fha urfaoners in
srs.s ~, $500 n vaa Known that
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49, may slements Of authenticity.
Springfield No. June lo.--sittins
J. D his 3rona porch today. mud oespAI-
4 pesed ana weary rom ms exeruons u
sGMvfn4 the Alleend anduc&ors o. the
3 fArss- million dollar baby. Buddy
4ee1 Sheriff Webb, OF Sprineneia,
9old tho story or how the mob fol-
Osarks: how they overcams him: how
4hey promised to return them II they
ala not confess and. finally. how they
lid 4 moose around the neck Of
Claude r4ersol in an effort to make
him confess.
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1he elnc,su, svtdsrce Of thsir failure:
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Ill COHhpe. hm y .seuIn - 'o 1
mk-piace 20 aid nis men. An TWO
days ne has NOT slept
Ina1 she prisoners were once % tne
BANGS ~ tne mon. - autnoritauvety
y announced oy the insernataonai news
service last nfsht there - no lon9er
4 doubt. Sheriff Webb In his state
& rnenf this afternoon plainly stated that
ne men were turned over 70 che mob
y ~ him, His stCty 1cli0ws:
ss ~ dnfM A110nt I'D Xegter-
that the hAbys body had been found.
+ rot two automobiles ana rushed the
prisoners into Il
g.ss willing IN Leave.
Were they willing to got"
Wtllingy You could not have got
Ten them away II you tried They were
frightened pale. We drove at break
neck speed. No. hadn't any place
IN my mind. just drove and drove
s4Ast ! wanted TO get whore could
1 seck them up In jail. But nobody
would take them In We went from
sUvn to town and everywhere there
vas . jail asked Tor admission and
lAey all refu:ed- ] did not blame
mem would not want 70 take pris-
ensra into my jail here. II was sure
fhax In . few minutes a mob would
b there to do violence
= avoided going through the main
parts OF town because ! knew there
Nculd b trouble We swerved around
the edgs OF every place ana all the
nine the prisoners were pale as death.
Mrs. Adams sat with me. Her HIPS
Woge tight ana her eyes wide. but
ohe aid little.
when We werS outside OF STOCK
IN the mob IN tho automobiles over
|. 4eok M They were orderly and made
thear plans known TO mo At once. /.
I'll siv$ them to you. ! told
4hoaa u vob promise to return them
- me Just "a gave them to you
knew the men. they were honest
Asllows and needed only their word.
j eeid ala not want trouble. put.
~ God. e they wanted It they could
law It. Ihey assured me there would
- no useless rouoie witnout z com
4anion. Then turned over Iaylor
i A6ams and Ciaude Plersoi ana they
Z took them g etoc1ton. cont Know
know what tney dio. ! did NOT want
~ know WAT Iney saIo Ana = Ions
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ANA Trat's Al. SO now 70 Ia IT.
Rorc Takexs From Neck.