USA > Missouri > Greene County > Springfield > Items of genealogical interest in the Springfield, Greene County, Missouri newspapers, the Springfield leader and the Springfield daily news for 1928, Part 2 > Part 27
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76
-- --
Veteran Congressman, Bank- er and Educator Expires At Lebanon Home
Thomas L. Rubey will be buried Sunday afternoon.
The veteran congressman from the sixteenth district, and president of the Lebanon State bank, in lll health for some time, died at his Lebanon home at 9:15 o'clock last night. ! Death came after a stroke of paraly- ! sls.
Services are to be conducted at the Rubey home in Lebanon at 2 o'clock. tomorrow afternoon with burial in the Lebanon cemetery. -
.. .
Serving Eighth Term
Mr. Rubey was a veteran congrese- man, banker and former school teacher. After his re-nomination for congressman from the Sixteenth dia- trict, he withdrew this year because of ull health. Previously he bad de- clined to enter the race for United States senator to succeed James A. Reed. He was serving his eighth term in congress at the time of his death.
He organized the State Bank of iLebanon with his father. Captain C. W. Rubey. In 1905, and remained with the institution during his po- i litical career. serving as president st the time of his death. --
Mr. Rubey was born in Lebanon. September 27. 1862, spending his early life on a farm. He received his early education In district schools and later attended a school In a neighboring town. He was gradu- ated from the University of Missouri with an A. B. degree In 1885 and during that year he inarried Miss Fannie Horner of Columbia, Mo., who ' survives. He received his master's degree from the University of Mls- sourl In 1889.
Active In State Politics
Following his schooling, Mr. Rubey taught for several years, serving as superintendent at Lebanon five years. He also was a member of the faculty at th' Missouri School of Mines at Rolla, Mo.
During his political career he served
-
in the Missouri house of representa- Lives and also in the Missourt sen- ate, In which he was president pro tem. In 1903 he became lieutenant governor. serving two years.
In 1910 he was elected to the house of representatives. taking office with the 62nd congress In March, 191). He served until 1921, being defeated in the republican landelide in 1920. He again was elected In 1922, taking office in 1923 and had served until his death. In the first session of the 70th congress he was a member of the committee on agriculture. The ! 18th district Includes the countlea of Crawford, Dallas, Dent, Laclede. MA - rles, Phelps, Pulaski. Shannon, Texas. Webster and Wright.
DEATHS
JOHN 8. ROTHERMEL
Funersi services for John 8. Roth- ermel will be conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Klingner Funeral obapel. Interment will be in Hazelwood cemetery.
KENNEDY SERVICES
Funeral services were conducted today at Diggins, Mo., for William Kennedy, under the direction of the Herman H. Lohmeyer Funeral home here. Burial was in the cemetery at Diggins.
RUDDLES SERVICES
Funeral services for Levi Ruddies were conducted at 10 o'clock this morning at the Starne mortuary. In- terment was in Hazelwood cemetery.
MRS. MARY McPHERSON
Funeral services for Mr. Mary Mc- Pherson were conducted at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the W. L. Starne Mortuary. The body will be shipped Sunday to Burgman. Ark .. where interment will be held lu Lesd Hill cemetery.
TALLMAN SERVICES
Funeral services for Mrs. Luella Tsulman will be conducted at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon st the Klingner Funeral chapel.
GRANT Q. JONES
Funeral services for Grant G. Jones were conducted at 10 o'clock this morning at the Klingner Funeral chapel. Interment was In Glover cemetery, 25 miles north of Spring- field.
875
PRICE INFANT
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon for Ruth Marle Price. Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Price of Kansas City, at St. John's Episcopal church. Interment was In Maple Park cemetery.
2- CARDS OF THANKS
CARD OP THANKO We wish to thank our friends and neigh- bors for their kindness and sympathy dur. Ing the illness and death of Charles Les- ter Robertson. Also for the beautiful floral offertogt. MR. and MRS. C. O. ROBERTSON MR. And MRS. H. L. POTTER. MR. and MRS. C. W. DULIN MR. and MRS PAUL W. VASS
MYSTERY MAN' KILLED BY CAR TAKE PRISONER
Absence of Some Toes and Flattened Nose Chief Clues to Victim Here
ARREST SPRINGFIELDIAN
Faces Coroner's Inquest Aft- er Vague Explanation of Accident
Outcome of a coroner's Inquest at police headquarters late this after- noon will determine whether V. L. Rice. 119 North Main avenue, le to be charged with manslaughter in the death of an unidentified man who was run down by a motor car and killed on North Nationel avenue inst night.
The accident victim's flat, broken nose, and the fact that he had no tocs on his right foot, today furnish- ed the chief clued to his identity. His body lies at the W. L. Starne mortuary, unclelmed, and few have visited the morgue to inquire about him. He appeared about 80 years old.
Knight of the Road
The man's clothing indicated plain- If that he was a tramp weeking"plok- ups".Wong the highway. He wore & corduroy ; wait beneath blue overalls and 'e juinper, and carried & knap- Rad' and' rubber. raincost .. Five feet Ding Thebes tau, he was Stockily Fullt. 1
weighing - about 175 pounds, and marks on the body made the somme! that he may. have been . pueslist. A Flat brocda dos and knocked down kauckles on both hands supported this theory., The man's eyes were thị già nụ bại light, brown." French harp, And. 16; omte mir)' found in his pocket. Tha knapsack contained goly Avariety of vegetables and- wane fold - clothing.
tex to the pollos' Hans what Booked i tor - investigation petidtor too coroner's inquest this atttroon, but. "Inter . was released without bond: and ordered to report back for the coroner's investigation. A motor car/ speeding in the 2800 block on North National avenue struck the trump shortly before, ID o'clock last night, apparently, killing him mniethtly and dragging the body 100 feet down the highway. A single scream just before the accident at- tracted the.attention of James Motely and wife,; pegroes who live nearby.
Motoring is Arrested
Summaid to the scene, Mr. Win- dle found a roadster In the ditch a short distance to the north; blood was on the fenders and bumpers, the coroner auld. and one headlight, the fender and one alde of the car's hood had been damaged. Rice was arrest- ed by Windle and taken to the po- lice station, and officers who saw him there declared he appeared dazed.
Rice told a story after his arrest of trying to avoid hitting an approach- ing motor car traveling on the wrong side of the highway. As he attempt- ed to punt the car. he said he heard a crash .and thought the other car had struck his machine. Then bis car went into the ditch, he told offl- cera, and be believed his.car had been damaged.
"Home Conflict Found"
Miss Frieda Mallenowasky .. employe of « meatfacturing firm here, who was fourth in the car with Rice after the, socitent, told a. similar story, but thestoileted Rice was driving on' the Hift"uof of the street. Blood,was found of the right side of the car. Mr. Winch said, and officers declared another schachine . could not have struck the Bios car on this side un- lettfit. dime out of a fleld or both cars :: were. traveling on the wrong ade'of the highway.
Motely and his wife, the negroes who Lipe nearby, said they saw but one.car,, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Croste. Lado live on a farm north of the olty. were.driving' a short distance . bebind Rice's cat, and they also declare they saw. no other machine.
876
SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1928 -- NEWS and LEADER
Page 1: B. W. Baty committed suicide .**
Page 2A: A. M. Haswell continues his articles on the history of Springfield .**
Page 6A: Mrs. Mary McPherson died .**
Page 1C: A son George Richard Dillard was born October 25 to Mr. and Mrs. George Dillard of Route 2.
Page 2C: Benjamin Franklin Hood died .**
Mrs. Luella Taulman died .**
Page 3C: Mrs. Rena Smith and Joe Finn, both of Monett, were married October 28 south of Purdy.
Mrs. E. L. Stow died October 4 at Verona. She was a sister of Mrs. J. E. Tyhurst of Monett and a sisterinlaw of John Stow, an engineer for the Frisco.
Mrs. Margaret Hall, 78, died October 28 at the home of her daughter Mrs. John O'Connell in Monett. She will be buried at Eureka Springs.
E. M. Tomia, a Frisco engineer, died in Monett.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Sanders of Monett celebrated their golden wedding anniversary October 28 in Monett. Mr. Sanders is 72. His wife is 70.
Mrs. McNair died at Pierce City. She was the grandmother of Mrs. Frank King who came from Amarillo, Texas, with her children for the funeral.
Page 5C: Miss Lizzie Roy of Webb City left her money to the alms house. Her relatives may try to break the will. William Cash of near Springfield is her brother. She also has another brother and two sisters.
Page 6C: Cards of thanks .*
Page 2D: Miss Fern Keltner and Mr. Omar H. Simmons were married .** Miss Loretta Bowman and Dr. Harry Wilkins were married .**
Page 3D: Miss Mary Margaret Kerr and Mr. Seanor Abbott are engaged to marry .**
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Vaughn, 717 North Broad avenue, announce the birth of a son, Richard Eugene. Oc- tober 27.
MR8, MARY M'PHERSON Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Mc. Pherson will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the W. L Starne Funeral home. Interment will be in Maple Park cemetery.
Mrs. Rena Smith and Joe Finn ---- both of Monett were married at home of Rev. C M. Bramford, south of Purdy. Sunday Oct. 28. They will re- alde al 223 1-2 Broadway.
Mrs E. L. Stow dled at Verona Sunday Oct 4. She was a alster of Mrs. J. E. Tyhurel of Monelt. A 815- terinlaw of John Stow, an engineer on the Frisco.
Mrs Margaret Hall, age 78. mother of Mra. John O'Connell, died at the ' home of her daughter. 408 Central avenue Monday. Oct. 28. After A service at the home the body BAS taken to Eureka Springs.
Funeral services were held at the , Callaway Funeral home Sunday eve- ning for E M. Tomia, a Frisco engl- neer who died suddenly of heart fall- ure. P. W. Gooch and E. A. Early acted as Knights Templar guard from Monett to burial place.
MRS. ROY'S RELATIVES MAY BREAK HER WILL
Special lo The News and Leader
CARTHAGE, Mo., Nov. 3-Reiatives of Mrs. Lizzie Roy of Webb City, who) died Tuesday, leaving $8000 to the Jasper county court for the county aimshouse and Its inmatea, are ex- pected to attempt to break the will.
Mrs. Roy, 11 15 said. could neither rend nor write, and she refused to pay for her expense at a Webb City santi- tarlum where she spent several months. She also refused to pay a nurse who was sent to her home to care for her. relatives stated.
--
-
It has been hinted that relatives would attempt to have the will set aside on the ground that the woman was insane at the time she made it The will was drawn on Saturday and she died on Tuesday.
William Cash, residing near Spring- fleld is a brother of Mrs. Roy. She is survived by another brother and two sisters, but leavea no children.
877
CITY MAN ENDS LIFE IN CELL, FOILING LAW
B. W. Baty, Former Salesman, Quaffs Poi- son After Identification as Pennsboro Robber; Quakingly Denied Guilt
STAKING his life in a gamble for riches, B. W. Baty, middle-aged Springfield business man, found the cards stacked against him.
The game ended early Saturday night in a cell at the Central police station when Baty gulped two ounces of deadly acid, corked the bottle and lay down on his steel cot to die. He expired a few minutes later at a hospital.
1
IDENTIFIED AS PENNSBORO BANDIT -
-
Charged with robbing the Bank of Pennsboro at Pennsboro. Mo., late Friday, Baty was arrested yesterday afternoon by H. L. Teaff, assistant police chief.
As Teaff walked into the Peter Pan Cleaning shop at the corner of Main avenue and Nichols street, which Baty operated. the man walked hur- riedly to the rear of the plant and then returned to see the officer.
It is known now that be slipped a bottle of acid into his pocket when be . walked to the bachaof the pho
A short time before the man com- mitted, suicide in hid cell at the po- lice station at 8:50 o'clock. Assistant Chief Teaff Isid all the law's cards on the table before him.
QUAILS BEFORE OFFICERS
+ The officer frankly told the man of the evidence againat him-how hia alibis had been checked and beaten down, how he had been identified by the bank officiel he robbed and how he had been followed after the robbery and the license number of his car taken.
Baty seemed nervous and fright- ened when Teaff last saw him in his cell.
"What should I do?" he kept ask- ing repeatedly.
"Get a lawyer," was all the advice the officer could give him.
It was only a few minutes later. after Teaff had left the station. that officers on the ground floor of the police station, below the cells, heard sickening moans from Baty's cell.
Half a dozen pollcemen hurried to the cell, threw it open and found the man lying on the cell cot. his face contorted with pain.
- GASPS FINAL WORDS
"I've killed myself." he moaned to the flrat officer who entered, and that was the last be mid.
They dragged hun out of the . o W.La Starne ambulance coul thive He seemed to lose consciousacis. be- fore he was placed in the ambulance. and he died soon after reaching the Springfield Baptist hospital.
Apparently, the man had been de- termined to take his own life If he was caught. Charles Melton. bis partner of the Peter Pan Cleaning shop, told officers of finding the bottle of acid at the plant several days ago, and of asking Baty about it. Baty told him gruffly that he had bought it, and the matter was dropped.
1
CONCEALED IN COAT
From the time of his arrest, and even after he was placed in a cell. Baty wore a heavy overcoat, and it is belleved he kept the bottle concealed in a sleeve of the coat. The custom- ery search when he was booked by the desk sergeant did not reveal its presence. and he was visited only by his wife and Gene Diemer, attorney.
Baty. who lived at 894 Normal street, was arrested late In the after- noon by Mr. Teaff at the cleaning plant on North Main avenue.
878
No. 2 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
should kill himself does not seem to them quite so strange. He was ol & nervous temperament, they say, and subject to worries and depression. His family background was one of moodinees and nervousness. His te- ther. Abraham Baty, who died about a year ago, im remambered u a neri - ous man of uncertain temper. HL9 uncle. George Baty, watchman at the baseball park here. committed sui- cide a few months ago. The only ap- parent reasons were old age and lone- liness, causing depression.
Since his father's death. Mr. Baly has been much worried about his mother, who still lives at Sparta, and has gone to Sparta every Sunday to visit her and to manage ber prop- arty for her. She is old and in fall- ing health, that worried him.
Mr. Baty was both member and regular attendant at the First Bap- tlat church here, where bla wife teaches a Sunday school class.
His wife and daughters. Adrian. 16. and Betty, 10. were called immediate- ly to the hospital after he drank a deadly acid, but he was dead before they arrived. They did not return to their attractive bungalow home at 394 Normal street, but spent last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Witt, east of the city on the Cherry street road. Mr. Witt is the brother of Mr. Baty's first wife, and . the two familles have always been close frienda.
Neither Mrs. Batay nor the girla have been quite able aa yet to realize their loss-dry-eyed, they alt numbed by the tragedy. .
Besides his wife. daughters. and mother, Mr. Baty is survived Ly one alster. Mra. Ruth Nelson of Sparta.
Funeral arrangements were lucoin- plete last night, but probably will be Monday afternoon with service and burial at Sparta. The Kleeper U ::. detarking company of Ozark is 13 charge.
2 -- CARDS OF THANKS
CARD OF THANKS
We wished to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and tym. pathy chown us during the death of our beloved husband and father and also for the beautiful floral offering. also we wish to thank the Springfield Furniture Co. and Dillon Motor Lo. and Quinn & Berry Coffee Co. and Missouri Pacific Railway MRS. JAMES BIMON. MR. W. D. BIMON. MRS. FRED BRENDEBERU. MR. AND MRS. C. E. SIMON. MR. AND MRS J. J. SIMON MR. AND MRS. JAMES BRUER. MR. AND MRS. O. C. CARROLL. MR. AND MRS. E. E. BIMON. MR. AND MRS J. A. BTEONER,
MR. AND MRS. THOMAS and family. JAMES Jr. BIMON.
WE WISH to thenk our friends, relatives and Odd Fellows for their kindness and sympathy shown us during the dicknrss and death of our dear husband and fa- ther. Also for the many beautiful floret offerings. We wish to thank the Rever- end H. A. Wood for his kind words of sympathy and the Campbell Street Meth- odist choir. Mra John Gottas Miss Dorothy Gottas Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Gottar and family Hr. and Mra. John T. Gottas and family.
DEATHS
BENJAMIN HOOD
Benjamin Franklin Hood, 30, died Friday morning at his home, 842 South Kanms avenue, following . brief Ulness. He is survived by the widow, one daughter, June Marle. one son, Ben Jr .; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Hood. of Sapulpa, Okis .. one sister, Mrs. Allen Richardson, of Carthage, Mo., and aix brothers Homer. Herman, Ralph, Oval and Fred of Diamond, Mo, and Virgil, of Jeplin Mo. The body was shipped last night by the W. L. starne Funeral home to Joplin for burial, which will be held near Granby. Mo. -
-Photo by Lytle Siodle
Miss Mary Margaret Kerr, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Kerr of Crane. Mo., whose engagement to Mr. Beanor Abbott of St. Louis, Mo., has been announced. Mlas Kerr is a graduate of Drury college and is well known in this city.
Announcement Is Made
Mr. And Mrs. A F. Bowman of Ka ::- sas City. Mo., recently announce! the marriage of their daughter. Loretta. to D :. Harry Wilkins of St. Louis. 31 Mrs. Wilkins was formerly a Spri:g- fteld girl Dr. and Mrs. Wilkins will inake ' their home in St. Louis.
--
879
Engagement Announced In Cranc
Mrs. H. L. Kerr of Crane, Mo. en- t.rtained a number of her friends at her home Friday evening at which time she announced The engagement , and approaching marriage of fel , daughter. Mary Margaret. to Mr Seanor Abbott of St. Louis, Mo. The [ wedding will be celebrated November 18 in St. Louis.
At the close of the bridge game Mrs. Rudolph Cook received the favor for high score.
Refreshments were served on the : card tables to sixteen guests. .
1
TAULMAN SERVICES
Funeral services for Mrs. Luella Tsulman, which were to have been conducted at the Klingner Funeral home, will be conducted at the home address instead, 2007 Taylor avenue. this afternoon at 9:30 o'clock. Inter- ment will be in Greenlawn ceme- tery, under direction of the Klingner chapel.
Miss Fern Keltner Ts Married
The borne of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Kaltner. was the scene of a pretty home wedding Tuesday night when their daughter. Fern, become the bride of Mr. Omar H. Bimmoos.
The house was decorated with a profusion of flowers and ferns. and an improvised altar of chrysantbe- mums and roses was built before the are-place. . .
Preceding the ceremony Mrs. Harold Grove sang. "O Promise Me" (De- Koren) and Mr. Francis Brewster cang. "I promise Thee." Both were accompanied by Miss Eunice White of Joplin, who also played Lohengrin's wedding march, as the bridal party entered the room. Bhe also played "I Love You Truly" during the cere- mony.
The single ring service was read by the Reverend G. O. Van Noy of Rob- berson Avenue Baptist church.
The bride was attended by Mra. Homer T. Brown, matron of honor. and Miss Dorothy Dennehy as maid of honor. Mr. Kenneth Keltner. brother of the bride, was best man. The bride wore a frock of pale green georgette, embroidered in crystal beads with aliver accessories and car- ried a bouquet of roses and lilles of the valley. Mrs. Brown wore apricot colored georgette trimmed with silver Lace and Miss Dennehy wore orchid taffeta. Mr. Brown and Miss Denne- hy carried bouquets of pink roses.
Miss Pauline Bryant and Miss Dora Ids Nichols were usbers and wore trocks of pink and white georgette.
An Informal reception followed the wedding, after which Mr. and Mrs. Simmons left for a short wedding trip to Chicago. They Will be at bore atter November 18 at 789 South Kickapoo avenue.
About 75 guests attended the wed- dine.
-
PIONEER RECALLS HOW-KILLER DIED AT HANDS OF MOB
Residents' Anger Inflamed By Finding of Woman's Nude Body In Shaft After Man's Second Marriage
By A. M. HASWELL
TN A former sketch I have told of the trial, conviction and sen- tencing to death of a little boy on a murder charge, and of his acquit- tal at a second trial, due to the elo- quence of the late O. H. Travers.
Eighteen years after that boy's trial, there occurred one of the most brutal murders in the history of the southwest, followed by swift ven- reance on the murderer, and then by & long trial of two women, friends of the murderer, who were accused of being accomplices after the fact. A trial, Which owing to the prom !- ngos of one of the accused women, attracted nationwide attention.
During the winter of 1004-1005 the First Congregational church Springfield Invited odlebrated woman evangelist, Mrs. Emma Mol- loy, to hold a series of revival serv- loss with the church. The cun was accepted, and abe conducted a long and successful revival. Mrs. Malloy was a remarkable - woman. Besides her renown as & pulpit orator she acquired fame and wealth by taking hold of . a struggling temperance paper, which she had built up to an Immerse circulation. As a temper- ance speaker, and as an evangelist her reputation' was international.
1 GRIM CRIME DISCLOSED
-
On the platform few men or . women of her generation even ap- prosched her in eloquence or powe ofer an audience. With Mra. Mollo' there came to Springfield her adopter daughter. Cora Lee. Boon there also came George Graham, the business manager of Mrs. Molloy's paper. "The Morning and Day of Reform." Evi- dently ha was a well educated and capable business man. He was also an ardent multor of Cora Lee's.
· After holding meetings in both old' and new town, Mrs. Molloy bough. a small farm a few miles east of the little town of Brookline, and there
880
Cora Lee and George Graham were married. A short time after the wed- ding @ lady arrived in Springfield. who announced herself. as the sister of Grahim's, chris and lawful wife. ! The Deticocker declared that there had been:no. divorce, and that tr marrying, Does. Les, Graham' bad ....
-
The authorities examined to case found the charge well founded,' and Graham was arrested and placed ir the old county jail, which stood in the rear of the court bouw. Mean- While the neighbors around the Mol- loy farm, and the people of Brook- Line, were searching for Graham legal wife. Her sister. who had proved the nemesis of Graham, felt mure that the wife had been made amy with, and as the days passed that Iden became generally adopted. +-
1 COUNTY JAIL STORMED
+ One morning a group of men from Brookline visited the Molloy farm de- termined to give the place & thor- ough search, for many people be- Uved that the wife had been killed there. In a corner of the farm. they found an old shaft started years be- fore to search of lead ore. The shaft had come down onto solld limestone rock, and had been abandoned.
Into this old shaft one of the searchers, Imao Else, was lowered. and in an opening of the rock at the bottom be found the nude body of George Graham's murdered wife! The news spread on the wings of the wind; never in Greene county history had any deed of violence fired such a flame of indignation. Quickly it was found that on the very night before the wedding of Cors Lee and Graham, that cold blooded villain had left the Frisco passenger train at Dorchester (now Haseltine) sta- tion, five miles west of Springfield. accompanied by the asme little woman whose dead body was after- wards found in the old shart.
Meanwhile Graham had employed the late Thomas J. Delaney, one of the brightest criminal lawyers who ever practiced at the Springfield ber. Delaney's aim was to get Graham out of jail by a writ of habeas corpus. Of course nothing was yet known of the murder when Delaney brought application for that writ. Probably the bringing of that plea for & writ
-
to let Graham out of jail. was what brought matters to a swift climax To those grim and indignant men who had found that poor nude body It looked u if the door was opening to let the murderer escape; and any such escape was not in their pro- gram.
1
HANGED BY MOB -
That very night & small but de- termined band of men called at the Jell. The sheriff. P. M. Donnell. heard the knocking and. as he had done many times before in the ordi- nary course of business, opened the door. and instantly found himself facing half a dozen revolvers in the bands of determined men who de- manded instant possession of the jall keys. Donnell was an old soldle' of the Civil war. and as brave as the bravest, but he knew when men meant business and he handed over the by.
It took but a few minutes to un- lock the cell and drag forth the trembling. shrieking wretch. bind htm hand and foot, and throw him Into a wagon. Men said later that when be ftret realized that he was doomed, he gave one unearthly cry and thrust something into his mouth whfin tendered him insensible be. fore be reached the door of the jail. |Be that as it may, he was quickly hauled to . grove which then stood in what is now the north edge « Grant Beach park, and there be was "strung up" to . little post oak tree. It is a strange fact that in less than a month after serving as a gallows. that tree was withered and dead.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.