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MINERS LYNCHAFTER ALLEGED WORDSHACKING PRESIDENTWashington Officials Fear Repetition of MobViolence in Absence of Power to Punish by U. S. AuthoritiesW ASttlNGTOX, April 5.—Attorney General Gregory took to the cabinet nu'eting today a report of tlie lynching of a German. RobertI*. Prager. at Collinsville, III., last night, for discussion with President W ilson Tlie government is expected to denonnce the mob’s lawless ■«1, and to express the hope that there will In* no repetition elsewhere.A brief report of the lynehing reached the attorney general today frooi rtilted ^tatlt;*s Attorney Charles A. Karvb. Further details were asked.Officials made plain that they deplored the Incident, both be-ij cause of the efTeet in this couutry aud also because it is feared reprisals may be made in Germany ®n Americans.H*/VHJ.IXSVILLK. III., April 5.— Roliert P. Prager, to year** old. and^ German born, after twice escaping mob violence, was hanged to a I j tree shortly after midnight by a mob of .‘*r*0 persona who declared heI | had made disloyal uttcrum'es. He war dragged froni the basemeut of the. | city hall here “where lie '.:ad been in hiding” through the main street of) j the city to a point one mile west, and then* his lody was found thismorning dangling to the limb of a tree-.
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La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Apr 05, 1918
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