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JJOV T,GGOad-,1 let-and onta! ^ds of ^.vw/5ket'lour.WhfSc ol. liou aloore, “but it wouiu Boem irom certain rumors that a few of our Swedish citizens feel that Johnson was not given the eame protection that an American would have received. Of course, this impression is an erroneous one, and we do not think it i6 stared by any considerable number of our city. Johnson was accused of the moat dastardly crime that ever disgraced the name of the city of Ottumwa. The evidence of h:s guilt was complete and overcoming and conclusive. In the minds of the people of this city there wae not the slightest doubt that he was the guilty man. S locked, horrified,,engaged beyond control, the people of Ottumwa, tired and disgusted with the delays of the law and the lax administration of justice, took the law into their own lands, and inrepged the frightful crime.•‘While all good citizens will deprecate mob violence, find will regret the fact that saeh an uprising should occur in Ottumwa, we have not heard ono man say ihat Frank Johnson did not deserve all the punishment that he received. In the meantime little Sarah Sax, a mere babe, who was a victim lt;3? the dastard's brutal assault, although still alive, is in a precarious condition, and Ler recovery is by no means certain.• One thing is sure—the people of Ot-tcm^a, by their action last Tuesday, have served notice that they will protect their houics and their loved ones at all hazards, and froui this time on this community will not be a healthy one for brutal monsters like Frank Johnson.*'The Washington Post's latest budget from Honolulu includes anannounce
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Burlington Daily Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Tue, Nov 28, 1893
Page 2
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