Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1907-01-10 | Page 1 | Iowa Murderer Lynched

IOWA MURDERER lYNCHED Four or Five Ministers and a Large Number of Women Present Dur During During ing the Ceremony Charles Cit City la Ia Jan Cul Cullen Cullen len who murdered his wiCe and 15 yesterday was taken from Floyd Flord count county jail here to tonight night by a mob and hanged to the Ce Cedar day dar river bridge The fhe mob broke into the jaIl and quickly 0 overcame what resistance SherIff was able to offer Many of the leading cit citi cithens i hens ens of the town were n the crowd They l hey made no attempt to disguise I themselves Cullen fought hard hartl He declared that his wIfe and son had at attacked attacked tacked him and that tie he had kIlled them in Four or 1 live ye mInisters and n a large number of women the 1 aging from the expressions ns heard about town tonight the hanging is largely the result of the pardon grant granted ed to Louis the Breamer coun county county ty wife murderer Dusse murdered lila his wife trite within fifteen een miles of Charles I City has twice tIce been grunted re reprieves rieves and then his hig sentence was commuted to life i Cullen had been married d three times Men who in the affair stated tonight that the they Y did not fear prosecution They said they disliked d mob violence bu hut that they consid considered ered execution was was justifiable in the thease th thease ease ase of Cull Cuhl n They declared the es eos estate tate of he had ed Cd would hR hac been used to fight his Case ase in the courts and that It would have been years ehe was pun punished d