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LYNCHED THE DRAKE BUTCHER. IA Mob at Vlroqua, Wis., Strings Up theMurderer of the Drake Family—His Con*Cession.Chicago, Ills., June 2.—The following dis* patch from Viroqua, Wis, , was received her# this morning:At 11 o’clock last night a mob collected at the jail here for the purpose of lynching Andrew GrandstafT, who was confined on charge of murdering the Drake family. Th€ sheriff ordered the'mob to disperse, but the axes swung with greater violence, and when the bars were sprung so levers could be inserted the door was quickly torn away.Then the desperate struggle began. Determined men—among them people who had known and respected GrandstafT before he committed the horrible murder at the old man Drake’s—rushed into the cell. Grand* staff met them halfway.Then they took him to a handy tree.At 1 o'clock they pulled him up to get a confession. They held him too long. When he was lowered to confess be failed to come to.It was thought he might be feigning. Re was pulled twice more to the top of the court house oak. Then the mob disperse I ami tic*sheriff began to clean up for the coroner and the funeral.The officers had his full confession in their possession, but would not give it out until the mob had finished its work.The First Dispatch,Yiuoqca, Wis., June 2.—At a into hour Thursday night Andrew GrandstafT was arrested at Kickupoo Center, charged with themurder of the Drake family on the 24Ih uit. He was brought to this city yesterday morning and lodged in jail. It is not known what the character of the proof against him is, but sufficient evidence, it is said, has been secured by the detective who has been here some days working up the case to warrant his arrest. It is rumored that the prisoner hasmade a confession of his guilt to the officers, but the terms, of the alleged confession don’t fit the case at all. GrandstafT is 25 years of age and has borne an exceedingly bard reputation up and down the Kickupoo l iver, where he has put in the last few years. Many depredations have been laid at his door, but he never was arrested for them.There is a good deal of excitement here, and an attempt to take the prisoner away for safety was abandoned because of threats of lynching if it was done. Still the air is full of lynching talk and a heavy guard is on hand at the jail, and the sheriff says there will be bloodshed if any lawless attempt to punish the prisoner is made.
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Goshen Daily News
Goshen, Indiana, US
Sun, Jun 03, 1888
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