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rest m puuce. au.il s wii.il luu x:auu3 tuy.THE BELTON LYNCHING.Yonr roaders have doubtless already bceii in-funned of the Bcltou massacre. for by that name we must call it, whether the parties wen; guilty or not. Niue mou oouduud in tiio Heltonjail on Monday, the ‘24th ult., were set upon byan armed hand of viglluuts and shot to death.The sheriff, jailer and guards were powerless to protect their prisoners from the vengeance of the aroused people. Plight of the persons thus shot, had been committed to jail on a charge of horso-stealiug. Tlio ninth man was a man bearing the name of Coleman, who murdered his wife some mouths ago in Colville county. The murdered prisoners all bore the reputation of I icing desperadoes. Whatever may have been the number and the character or tlieir crimes. icarXully have they met all, anti harshly, toe, perhaps too harshly for the character of their misdeeds. The people are in no humor to stay the hand of justice, as they call these lyne-hings out here. There is no doubt that there Los been suhieient provocation for all the lyuchinga which have yet taken place, but the danger is that private revenge may take the place of justice, and that clinics may be committed 111 the name of justice by a populace thatalways runs to extremes.
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St Louis Republican
St Louis, Missouri, US
Thu, Jun 18, 1874
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