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enterp^sc.rd Annual alley Sab-Hi be held nimmenc-ling’tlu^ehasmade nt In the !oor» to go as hereto* kc It more•to on the have Wen postponed vff .will be 11 parts of I lately oneault-[- Kent ley, r to reside.* a of finin-h/ta their le citizen.; wish Mrj ich as he. Cotter ifago roi^teTliey rioW lug op til© eEaet andwithhim to a tree by the aide of the road. This was done about nine, o’clock in the Veii[ug|. and he wa* found still hanging to the tree on Tuesday morning.This labyoio means the fin offense of the kind that McKoberta had been guilty or, and it la reported to u* that he;conreeaed’;tb have; been orii of rtfie ole'll- who t aittaCked and ? robbed vafrl Mills, near Shell Rock, last winter. He had become a desperate and much dreaded Character iu thfc neighborhood in which he resided, hut we do not offer thjs as an appology for this utter disregard Aft he law:v The law provides a way for all such character* to be dealt with. .:i; ...itcRoberts ohco lived with M. I*. Knapp, of this place, imd up to the time ongoing into the army, wss re^ garded as a-respectable young man, but those best acquainted with him after his enlistment'1 in the Iowa third, inform us that he would murder his best^frieud. for five dollars.The fTtilrLhfts caused much excite-ment, and the people of Bremer county, are J ndiguant over ^is summary course of proceeding, although' they have 110 sympathy for the man, and are glad Torufcheir sake and that of the unfortunate wretch, .that he Is out oTJhejnyj _ .... ^^We h avc *not learned w h'a£ eif!oHl has been made to ■ arrest the parlieswlll\ WAffl ilrifrarrail tn .Mil. hhaa.a
Newspaper Details
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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