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took the prisoner away from the sheriff, and without, any delay hung him to a tree by the aide of the road. This was done about nine, o'clock in the ven[ug| aiid he waa found utili hanging to the tree on Tuesday morning.This is by-uo inean* the flr^toffense of the kind that McKoberta had bean guilty of, and it la reported to u* that he;ooofeee0d^tci bavefbem orii of 'tie men- who t aJu'adked and * robbed vmrl Mills, near Shell Rock, last winter. He had become a desperate and much dreaded. thahfcler in thie. neighbor-hood in which he resided, hut we do not offer thjaas an appology for this utter disregard Arthe law. ' The law provides a way for all such charac-terato WdeAlt with. .:i; ...itcRoberts' oiice lived with M. I*. Knapp, of this place, and up to the time ongoing into the annyt waa rc^ gfU'ded as a “reflpectable yf'img man, but those best acquainted with him after his enlistment ' in the Iowa third, inform us that he would murder his heat„frieud. for five dollars.The atTtilrLijfts caused much excitement, and the people of Bremer county,are .indignant over ^his,summary course of proceeding, although they have 110 sympathy for the man, and are glad Tar _their sake and that of the unfortunate wretch, .that he Is out ofjh© ^ _We h a/ve *not learned vr hkEf' eiflbrt has been made to • arrest tho parties who wore engaged In this unceremonious nxwitfcinn.
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Cedar Falls Gazette
Cedar Falls, Iowa, US
Fri, May 15, 1868
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Daniel H.
CT, USA 19 Oct 2017
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