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Show MET A WARM RECEPTION How a Missouri Mob Wns Received by a Father and Son. Cajieron, Mo., June 27. At 12 o'clock last night a mob of forty men gathered twelve miles northwest of hero and went to the farm house of Watt Squires to tar and feather his son Bud, aged 21, whom it was alleged had caused the ruin of a young girl in tho neighborhood. The young man and his father commenced firing aud the crowd did likewise, about fifty loads being discharged. Old Mr. Squires, 60 roars of age, was hit in the stomach, but his injuries are not fatal. A young fellow in tho crowd, Will Knott, 21 years old, was also hit in the pit of tho stomach and it is feared his wound will prove fatal. Intense excitement prevails pre-vails and another attempt will be made tonight. |