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slderable difficulty in forcing their way to the head of the stalis and into the door. Once inside the little room the prisoner was at their mercy, and before he.had a chance to say a word he was dangling ip the air a lifeless mabe,TiIIE ROVE EXtOEE.After the body had remained suspended several minutes, the rope broke, precipitating the corpse to the sidewalk, from which it was pttfced tip and thrown into wagon, and amid the hoota and cries of the now thoroughly excited mob, the wagon im driven at a rapid rate to the jail, followed by the mob.The rope with which the fiend was hung was brought to the ecene by the mother of the child, and by her fnrn-iehed to the mob at the moment he fell into their hands.AT THE JAIL.The mob surrounded the entrance of the Jail and demanded to know If the ■wretch was dead or alive. Mayor Ln-Farce mounted a high box and saMrMHen of Ottumwa, the man is dead A'ow quietly disperse. Ton bar* done all you can do. He is s dead man** -3fow quietly disperse. Bo nothing now to disgrace yourselves.”Voices called out “That’s right, aud the mob gradually broke up and die* perediLATEST,The body was taken to the undertakers at 3:00 o'clock and there no longercfffCwelaiErthlt;ftiBTVaseestnaKe1£.TvHiEoulia. 2docitluikntin1OClt;Gri«2Ctlwc
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Oskaloosa Herald
Oskaloosa, Iowa, US
Thu, Nov 23, 1893
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