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koisi©ei»a«HOrftrA HORRIBLE CRIME-TI»o Murlt;1«r*r of the Dnikc Family Ar* rested, and a Confession Ki tot ted—A Rope Around Ills Neck.VisoQtja, Wl«., June 1—10:30 p. in.—Amob in gathering at the jail where AndrewGrandstaff, the confessed murderer of theDrake family is contiued, and he will un-doubtedly be lynched before morning. The mob is composed of a determined set of men, who have gathered in la/ge numbers from the neighborhood where the crime was committed. The officers are well org niied and will do all in their power to prevent the 8 | lynching.g j Later.—Fully one thousand determined \ | men marched upon the jail and demanded the murdere r. The officers resisted and tbs barriers to the Jail were broken down. One hour was cons arnsd in breaking down the steel cage in the upper part of the Jail, where the prisoner was contiued. He fought desperately and warded off everybody, but was finally overcome. A rope was put about \ j his neck ami he was brought to the porch below, where be firmly protested his innocence. But two or three in the crowd were aware of his confession, and they refused to give evidence. The mob is now somewhat j I quieted, but will no doubt finish the work shortly.t J The ttonr of a Most IIorrlble Crime.Viroqua, Wie., June 1.—The brutal murder committed in the township of Kicka-poo, Vernon county, the night of May 24,M still fresh in the minds of every body. It was just one week to an hour after the tragedy that the villain was captured and five hours later his full confession was made to the officers.The murderer. Andrew Orundstoff, was captured while iu bed lest night by P. J. Farrell, a detective, who has been working the case for two days or has. He was assisted in the arrest by ex Sheriffs Morley and Goodell of this county. They found the murderer at the residence ot a man named Jennings, in the backwoods of the township of Liberty, near tbe Kickapoo Kiver, where he had made his headquarters for some days. He was taken to Beards* town and kept during the night, and the detective and officers extracted a full confession from him. Gran 1st off said:“I left the house of Jennings at » o’clock the morning of the murder and secreted myself in the woods all d.»y aud arrived at s ite distance from the Drake homestead about 4 o’clock. I staid there until dark. Then I went down into the button and up to the house. 1 Stopped, looked into the window, and then knocked at the door. The old man Drake said. ’Come iu.’ I entered the house and asked for a driuk of water. I took the driuk aud spoke a few words to him. They culled me by name.I *o*kod him if he had auy money, and he suid he had not. I drew a revolver, and told him I wauted his money. He said hodid not have auy, but was expecting andu he sal*looking for some soon. When he said this the second time I shot him.“Win n I first wb**u into the house Mrs. Drake was putting the two grandchildren to bad. She went into the bedcoooi to go to bed before I shot the old man. This was after the children w* re iu bad. Just after I shot Drake she cam© out with a Winchester rifle. 1 think I had then shot at the old man twice and he had falleu. As Mrs.Drake came out of the bedroom door I shot her, ami she let the rifle fall. I shot her twice, I think. I looked into everything, but found no money.“The children were then awakeucd. Both sat up in bed on their arms looking at me. I thought I would have to kill them, for if I did not they would tell on me. Ho I cut their throats, the little girl’s And. Hi e was on the front side of the bed. The bo was leaning upon his elbow when I too hold of him aud he struggled. 1 cut his throat, but do not remember that I stabbedbim.MTbt prisoner Mid that b© took the murdered man’s rifle aud left by the beok door. He went over the hill ten miles to the Kickapoo Biver, when he wa bed himself. He wandered through the woods aud slept in a shanty till 7 o’clock iu the moruiug he returned to Jennings place, where he changed his clothing. He described the spot where he hid the gun, how he spent the next day going from place to place, how freely ha conversed with many people along the road concerning the murder, etc. Tbe knife aud revolver with which the crime was committed, were found on his person when captured. Tbe revolver is a five shooter, 32 calibre; the knife a long, bladed jack knife.Andrew Orandstaff is 21 years of age. He was born in this county in the town of Franklin. • He can neither read nor write, lie Is of daring temperament, but has never been considered deeper*!© or depraved enough to commit wholesale murder. He is five feet ten inches high, and weighs 170 pounds. He has run a mill most of bis life, and hi* associates have not been of the best class, still he has always had many filendsaud was generally liked. He has been involved iu numerous scrapes in years past up aud down the KtokApoo river, where he ha* been employed in rafting In February last during a school meeting at Kickapoo Centre he engaged In a row. and wm shot in the bowels by Dick Osborne. A robust constitution saved his life. In jail her© he has shown no signs of f«ar, ©atiug heartily, sleeping well, and smoking Juei as if uotb mg had happened,A few hours after his arrival in this city to-day there was loud talk of lynching, and had the angry crowd been in possession of the information that was in the bauds of tbe officers Andrew GrandMaff would cer tainly htti etfitehed hemp it fhftl time. The officers attempted to remove him from the county for safe keeping, but were prevented from «o doing by the crowd, F.x oihmeut ran high and fears were entertain ed that be would tie hanged during the night. Nothing but the suppression of thefull fACts prolonged his life, the public be. ing ignorant of bis confession.
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Bloomington Daily Leader
Bloomington, Illinois, US
Sat, Jun 02, 1888
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