The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1888-01-20 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE CENTRAL GLAMORGAN GAZE'TTE--rITDAY, JANUARY 20, leSs.  A FAMILY OF MLJBDEIftItS LYNC Fl ED.  A discovery hoe been reeds in 1 zits which has startled Vyinn the inhabitants of that lawless State. A man who was missing was traced to a half-way house kept 'Mot- 0 k Ci y by a family named Kelly, end frequented by ,t tie-men and others who Mel money and carried it with them. On the house being seal-died, his dead body was found in a cellar. Five other bodies were found in the cellar, and tour more (including that of a woman) in a stebt:. The Kelly family, which °wielded of William, mod fifty-live years ; Bill, a eon aged twenty ; Kate, the old men's wife ; and " .the eighteen-year-old daughter, laud disappeared some time before. lVl,øu informetion of the discovery rerteleai Beaver City, it was recollected that the 'Kelly family laid passed through the town arty it,g e itu of lines, and apparently haying pLeet:, 4,1 money. Twenty citizens at Once started in persuit. When at length they sighted the party they mounted fresh horses and gave chase. After two hours' hear riding the horse ridden by Mrs. Kelly stumried and tell. Holding ' on, the put-ewes were in lu.if an hour near enough to the Hon and daughter to shoot. They stopped when called ; but the old man, who rode a bettor horse, kept on. Upon the rtrizens coming up with Bill snit Kit mlii mitl began to beg for mercy, tnying ale "never killed anybody." Bill said: "Oh! shut up. It isn't any use, Kit • you've get to go with me. You know you had just as much to do about it as 1." Ropes were speedily procured, and the two were bound. One ot the pee .y ()hutted a tree ana slipped two ropes over ene of the outstretched branches, at theeed of which two naming nooses had been made. The madmen:l were. then platted beneath them, the ropes adjusted about their necks, and in a netuieut ;he t a bodi• fo were hanging in mid. The ropes w • re tiet to tin adjoining sapling, and the bodies tett banging, while the citizens redo on after old mitt Kely, who by this time had disappealed i I 0.11 sight. His trail wax easily followed. Aii el: lire, hours of territio riding the party Canna 1.11.:4C mit u,tm 0 the old man to order him to halt. This hereiii,oel to do, when a shot was tired. Still he kept on, when another shot was fired and tile old luau stopped his horse. In an instant the band surrounded him and dismounted. The leader told him that he had but it short time to live, and that tatty thing he had to cay would be licat d. Thu old man imminent:eel talking in an almost inaudible voice, and mode a brie% 'statement. Preparations were at once nta GU 1.. bong him. in a few nuautes his body was ew ineing in the air. He was then let down, end ask i to ...elated his crime. This he did. He atel all the members of his family were equally guilty. He said they hail killed and robbed nine men and two women. its told where the money was hidden aid had boon taken, and gave up what lie had mu his person. He professed mit to know whim e the murdered persons came :tom. Ile was again swung up and left to hang. Ilie accident to the wife ended fatally, and made her extenition ituueces,ary.