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BOYS LYNCH” ONE 'OF THEIR “BUNCH”Wtfd West Motion Pictures Lead Youngsters to Hofd a Mock Lynching Bee.Juliet, 111 Moving pictures inspiredfen hoy* to lynch” Olenn Hrown. their nine year-old playmate, horn lha other day.It Man a wild went” plcthro, absurd to the practical mind In lla unrealities, that nave the hoy* their IdeaThey saw In the flickering ptctnrea a score of row boy a. their rerolvcra strapped on the u rung aide, while they mounted their horses also from theHI* Pleas Brought Renewed Whoop*wrens ride mol rude with the grace and skill of wooden Indiana,leit's play wild weal, one ten-year-old enthusiast propoHi *1 after tho Show The vote «1I unanimous.Wooden revolvora were fashioned Father*’ ill Hoarded hat a took the place of sombreros.» Ilrootnaticka nerved uw prancing hronolma.Who'll we lynch?” one naked fill tin I trow n waa aelected Ilia dnrk hair nnd eyea led to hla unwilling selection by them for the rolo ol villain,They tied a clothas-llne under hla arttift nnd threw tho ropn over a branch of a tree. Whooping madly, In true moving picture wild writ fash-ton, they pulled him up until hi* feet were fur from the ground.The thin rope cut Into hta tender flc*h He struggled and Implored hta comrades to let him down. Hla plena bronchi renewed whoop*. II id not the ’villain In Iho moving pictures struggled and cried for mercy?For half an hour they kept hint there. Then they cut tho rope nnd let hln burly fall to tho ground. Their childish eyes did not see that he wan unconscious. They Belted the rope and dragged him for several minutes, lenvlnc hint on the ground to find hla way home alone.Physicians who examined him declared that he may be disabled permanently
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Red Cloud Chief
Red Cloud, Nebraska, US
Thu, Dec 12, 1912
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