Show FIFTY MEN ARE IMPLICATED Startling Disclosures i the Bar 5 rett Scott Lynching Case MANY ARE PROMINENT WAS THE WORK OP AN1 OATH BOUND ORGANIZATION < LIlt of the Members of the Vigilance Committee Tow in the Ilandt of tlC AttorneyGeneral Given Array By Members of the Order Which Ins Held Sway in Holt County For n Quarter of n Century Cen-tury Omaha Neb Jan 23A special to the nee from ONeill says Developments today to-day in the Scott case have laid bare the whole conspiracy which resulted i the lynching before the authorities I The information is furnished by a member mem-ber of the vigilance committee FIt men are involved in he affair many off of-f state prominence I proves to be tho I work of the oath bound organization I which has for a quarter of a century held I sway In Holt county and defied all law i I The members of the committee who were friendly to Scott knew that he was to be lynched but they were not made acquainted ac-quainted with the time and place at f which the murderous work was to be accomplished ac-complished How fa the conspiracy extended is indicated in-dicated by the list of the members of the committee that Is now in the han of the attorneygeneral This includes over fifty names among them being one or two exmembers of the legislature Tho meetings of the committee were held at the house of John Hopkins Fred Harris A Dan Binkhard John Davidson and I M Bradstreet These and additional facts were disclosed bY men within the naar few days who are actually members of the Vigilantes and who had actually taktu the ironclad oath of secrecy I These men did not participate in the lynching but they knew It was to cc cur within a few days |