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crowbars, ptefcaxes and ad .-cm«u or weapon?, trying to t ff *ct an entrance If the mob get-bold of the B :rber* they will be strung up a* short n-.tice.Tin: LATENT—Ul'SO BY A 'JOB ‘ *Dc null's, June S.—The “Herald’s” special from VVaverly says the Barber boys were t iki 11 from jiil by a mob at 11:3 I to-ni_:Ut uni hu: g to a tree, half a mile east of t he jail. '1 he m .t was composed of men from Fayette county, and were led by a I r ther of Ma’iou h* r herd, whom the Barbers killed last fall. The sheriff rcfu- .‘ i to giv.* up the kej and the mob battered down the door* with sled e h immtrs.aml aftt ruth rt delay brought the crlrnin i!s out with a rope aruun 1 their necks. The boys dUl not flinch a particle, and did not even plead for mere i during the whole ordeal.A Sketch of the Lives of the Desperadoes.The Barber boys have long b*-n notorious as horse thieves, and their deeds in Illinois were of such a nature as to warrant the offer of *5,0 o by the state for their capture. On August '20th, the b-die- of Charles Me Mahon, a wealthy bachelor farmer, and two hired hands, John Carloek an ! Robert Ma thenv, were found a few miles east of Mount l*alatkf. 111.. having been deal fcver.tl days. McMahon’* nca-1 was battered almost beyond recognition, and thv. heads of Carloek and Ma theny had been n -iriy severed from their bodies. Matheny came frlt;m Hszel Dell, Wis. McMahon was evidently murdered for his money, and his men, ; re. tnna'' y, btcaust thy interfem-d to save him. Toe Barber brothers were suspected of this triple butchery. The specific, however, for which they have at list come to grief, was committed in Wadena, a small town of Fayette county, Iowa, on the «th of September last. The town was at hat time filled wih laborers on the ex-
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Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 14, 1883
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