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Show MURDERER IS HANGED BY IB Slayer of North Dakota Family Meets With oummary Vengeance. JAIL BATTERED DOWN Prisoner Lynched and Body Riddled With Bullets by Enraged Men. YilIl8ton. S. D, Dec. 16 Clevc Culbertson. recenth convicted of mur derlng three members of tho Dillon family at Ray, N. D, was taken from the Williams county Jail by a mob today and hanged from a bridge neat here. Culbertson was lynched short l be fore daybreak. The lynching party which consisted of a large number ut masKeu men, Dattcrcd down the dooia of the Jail with a heavy Iron pipe Despite the warnings of Sheriff Er ickson the mob rushed Into the jail tore the doors off tho cell occupied by the prisoner and dragged him out of the building He was taken to the Middle Muddy, a mile and a halt from town, where he was hanged from the wagon bridge spanning the stream When the body was cut shortly afterward, it was found to have been riddled with bullets. Pleas for Mercy. Culbertson while being taken from jail, pleaded for mercy, but was met with the reply: ' Vou did not show any mercy to the Dillons and we "ill show none to you." Policeman Luclnford, and Jamca Johnson, a laborer, attracted by the shouts of the mob. attempted to Interfere and were badly beaten. After the conviction of Culbeztson last week, w hich carried a prison Ben tence for life, there was considerable dissatisfaction expressed because the death penalty had not been imposed and threats of lynching were freely made. The mob. which was thoroughly or ganized, is believed by the- sherift lo have come Irom the vicinity of Ray. where Mr. and .Mrs D. T. Dillon and invir nausnier were iuuru reu on tne I night of October 18. There was no , known cause for the killing of the Dillons. Culbertson received his for mal sentence yesterday and was to , have been taken to the penitentiary today |