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Show AVould-be Lynchers Foiled. ixdian.woi.is, Dec. 1. The county jail situated in the very center of the city, was surrounded by a mob of 300, infuriated people peo-ple shortly before midnight last-night thirsting'for the life of Charles Biersow. a ravishcr, confined within its walls. The man is an all-round criminal, and his latest crime was an outrageous assault on a little lit-tle girl named Blanche Stallon seven years of age. The jail, a tlimsy old structure was easily entered, but the mob got no further than the strong doors of the office. At one time they were on the point of giving into the blows of the sledge-hammers, but the Sheriff aud a posse, of officers cleared the room by a hard effort. Once disposed of, the backbone of the gang weakened aud the mob dispersed. |