| Show THE LYNCHING ING CASE give their ei evidence idenie MB nil eg IX 11 ins 1118 AID wo ve expect io a prove that on the ath of july I 1 last fit a roan man named joseph I 1 Fisher 35 33 years old was arrested that when arrested lie was wa wounded ovir over tile right eyo 10 that lie wili H lit taken to jail tt A large crowd following him whom w ore daniels d a regan and others that during tills this time they made m many ally threats that they would hang hamall hi him mall tanil tha ha during tile the vi whole hole of 0 the afternoon theto wro on for or prea this lug purpose we a shall show that jai jaa anti and others othera went to the store anti bought a rope and that this same barne rope vas vaa used in strangling fisher to death it will mill appear that ilia officers cerN lit it the afternoon re celled gotico indi cating what wilu would beaune be done with that tie de fen dmit A al J alier MIO the lio jail was opened atil iii 1 if this y man taken out aut lie ile 8 savage avage titling 9 I 1 il violation of liiri hia official duty and in inton concert cert with the others lie he was waa it men member ibero of tile the coroners jury wt we shall claim here that while he henna was not rating ila an openly as homo home other slin was waa ni and an 1 la is cilval culpable ly with moie open tors torm about dark a large crowd assembled at the jail j nl fi several overal men bobot 1 there un ua amita rin lied whom mr stanley had placid placcie there for corllie llie protection of the fall ill the crowd ordered them bliem to leave mr dir stand ing wont want to the jail where lie ha hoard heard tills this anil he was accosted and a demand deman d made of him jor for the keys of the jail uil lie ex postulated with thorn and at tin the sume bume tuno time the justice of ilia peace iii coi ninan led them in ill tile tho name of the law to disperse anil nil all these commands comm adds la thes theao 0 men until they murdered fie fisher h e r aters hie 6 officer was wan threatened with matli in instant a death if lie he would not give tip the keys and in fear ear of it death lie he gave them tit upwind and the crowd rushed fw for tile ow of tile jail file he first man mail fisher met ivas as who rei ce ived the keys from stanley I 1 Z c struggled until got the rope a around Tia herB neck P V struck him filin with a club und lie he sank mank to the th floor they then dragged him over a of a mile on 01 his backi back to where tie a was to bo be liun limit when they got there ho he was dead gut but one ona of tile tho crowd said we wa will A ill hang hiu him anyway and up u homent ho vent each man then eivore fidelity and kissed the hook book mr toleman testified that he lived in eu eureka ireka lived there last july was wan ft at blacksmith min it by trade was deputized to t maist lit in tha arrest of lisher fisher saw caw I 1 fisher illier again the morning hanging dead beadi the budy body lied had A on it one ovir over tile the right t eye ee hindi aich looked like ik it WM was uit cat by a blunt instrument made cat eaul exam examination ilij did not t hink it vory serious there was as a wound on the hip it a ni which blood and water oozed out it looked like it ft was mado made fro from in a club or by falling and his right ear car was partly torn ott off overtook fisher fiaher on tile tho way wa to the jai jail about eleven in LIZ he morning no ani when the arrest wits vi mado flaw S shields lie a I II arrington larrington and regan eliere there was gasn wasn a large crowd besides alutina ilia hie prisoner went with wilh others the lie next inor nimr after the lynching lunching lyn ching and cut tile I 1 iopa ape with winch ho he wits was hang ing ni whon when the ciolll surrounded surround oil the jail ail I 1 saw some borno of the defendants there 1 at regan said mell tako take ilia a of a bt out and hang him anyhow any liow saw J F T flat arington rington and pat sullivan there ditl ith regin regan I 1 remained roma ined there about ton aminat is then went over to the office of the IB justice of the pence peace I 1 saw a crowd atlle at the u il that thai tie no white man should associate alth they seemed very excited and talking among themselves Mes sirs Suva jabot ize montgomery Sl lombard and stanley and I 1 held fan aai inquest over the body about 8 0 duik in tile morning he wil WIH hanging with a slip loop around III his 11 neck and was about four feet from the ground delos lombard justice of the pence said he ha was not personally acquainted with fisher knew tile tho defendants i was out of tom toun n at ins his mine wha n 0 oconnor conner was w as killed killi d was B as met by a committee comi on in way homo home and was in i formed that roller isher had killed oconner I 1 hastened hinl enod down and found that ocon 0 conner lay in in tho the saloon dead I 1 issued sub for a jury and bield an inquest I 1 then ordered the boryto body to be removed in in the afternoon we had an examination of the aba testimony j saw baw fisher about seven lit the evening ee ning saw some of af tile the defendants defond inta ut at tho the jail nl dennis bennu hulln sullivan an put pat II arrington and others who iho are not here around tile jail ilar rin arington rington ton a and hulln u ilvan an crowded browde into the 11 jilt le when I 1 went vent in mr stanly was at t the i I 1 a door r heard a ard some parties call fisher a su sot fa a b I 1 was in jail about hall half an all hour mr r shea ordered the tha men out of the jail and the they were all out when I 1 hit t v liaa ha halt T f past seven or of eight in it the ting I 1 heard regan say fisher ought to 1 bo be bung ung and ill il bo be tino on to help hang him 11 another young oung man said ai I 1 estlin esth est liB A of a b 1 oy tight ought to be hung I 1 ordered them to to 1 quiet or I 1 would h have ave them arrested I 1 went back to the jail fail about nine saw trouble was brewing ewIng tr and ordered them to disperse and let the law take inks its course soma one in fit tile crowd said go away we BB dont want 1011 around ive ie are going to hail habib him I 1 saw sav that most moat of them were wera urn arbiol I 1 saw a rope lying across tile the ground near tile the jail door with avith several in mm at each end of it joo joe murphey told mo meto to eo away I 1 told him it ag w rong ile ho sa abid ito he knew it atmas was but wh what t can you or I 1 do they thay are going to liang him anyhow I 1 went tois ards my ho honea heard hoail them make a demand fort for the lie keys a ill and heard beanley stanle y refuse to g give ads them up saw alie a crowd serge bergt towards the door i there was quite a corn motion I 1 next nest saw fisher hanging banging by a rope ropo etc thursday mr Loni lombard bard on cross examination said that when lie he was w as at saloon examining tile body of oconnor conner mrs 0 conner tamo came rushing in in and was very wild HI maying ing give Giva me back my boy wheres the man that killed my iny b boy ill it fix him there was a big crowd in in tile the saloon and kept increasing both belli men and women hard h ard man maar re marks of ill will tow towards ardt fisher ank think there were over oer a hundred persons there not many left at home hoina in the toh town n they surrounded the jail I 1 went baik back to tile the jail at nine and they were wen very iry determined against the man fisher Fiali crit it win a universal iveral un feeling as a of tile pram peace I 1 till fill all I 1 could to keai keap down the ire ire anil and to pre vent any list between Bati veen if the to jail and ciui gai allows lovs tile wy is ve tery louglin 0 it rocks and brut brugli li I 1 went imir with i others t bunirs the noal in orning to where the ludy body was hanging it was as at the hoisting world of the norway m IT minnilie min inina tilie lie was hang ing to a beam him head not far ar from it and h lil Is feet a I 1 little tile distance front from tile the ground the hilf half hitch of the rope came up under ins ilnia we t took tk k tho the body down I 1 griped off elie clothing slid and ex I 1 tin the wo vio enli aali saw conc concesion anje I 1 hy a blunt over one eve ee one ear vi ana as loin fort air race fcc scratched crat ched and swollen there were markt marks a of the rope around hii neck ncik two slight gashes in III gitig lii breast and a small opening in the in ii i 1 near the ilic c enter ut ul tile baek like a inglet 1 1 et hole blood and ami matter issued tint out when I 1 pressed it like it came rox considerable depth I 1 considered it a serious wound along the tha back were scratches chen where lie ho had been dragged and pieces ot of sage brush were ticking sticking I 1 in n him all along I 1 heard pistol shots and saw baw tho the fire us as they were wera taking idin him to tile the callows 0 I 1 mallows harvey vey K X Thomp thompkins kinst live kt enar reka saw fisher in the evening of J uly july ath Othil I 1 wai near mr Lar Lats aberta berta office and saw a body of men surrounding the jail a number of shots were fired and they soon boon disappeared towards toward ii the tha gal iowa it wao between tight i g tit and an J nine at night I 1 went went in lh the direction of 0 the tha gallows soon boon afterwards with P t to find 1 isher fisher saw allo crowd rails airali ig over oer tile the I 1 lulls lills alid aiu soon saw fan fishers arm body u dy hinging lit in the air wo we went back and reported to mr lambert wm win T stanley was constable at eureka knew josepn Fishe rhad occasion occasion to arrest him on tile the oth at 0 lust last july guly I 1 I 1 deputized air toleman role roan and mr shield to me in taking him to tho the jail after arri ing at the hie jail mill I 1 saw some abonio of these defendants thero there they sat sal around there nearly rill all dall day i regan said celii we 11 take him out ot of t the ia jail and an d hang him I 1 left shields its aa a guard to ilia jail anti and wont to Ju alKas bijj u lice ice was away about swi aji hur and found thase men inin ther when ewhen I 1 returned they were nere sitting billini sil lini bielly ui elly was pretty drunk anddore and bore from his wounds which I 1 thought were pre pretty t t y I 1 serious erious one in the breast and ono one in in t the e back made with a knife and it wound over his eye they had been bleeding considerably mrs bacon and at mma ise J jann ano baxter came into the jail to see him I 1 cinno came back to the ali jail about four 0 clock anti anil these men some gorno of these defend ants were still there I 1 told them to go away anil and not hot ancito any one to violence they told me to go eo away that I 1 had i ing to do with it that they were there ap appointed hinted by it committee to see that the thin man was not taken away eliat thy at lied had let one man get out of reach aal and they were going to see that tins this one did not I 1 asked them who tile committee was as and they replied that it was none of I 1 my business I 1 next went to tile the jail jai about 7 and they were wera still around there th they tried to let crowd intact the jail fail but bat ft ere ordered b bade ack they were sere there at 80 8 c lock I 1 heard shots allots fired i proceedings of thursday afternoon were as follows foil owa win T stanleys Stan leys examination was wag resumed was about yards off when the shot was fired on my wa way to the jail and when about about 1 fit fact from the jail patey regan and shields took hold holdom t my arms find and demanded the keys of the jail I 1 told them I 1 would not give them up about that time JohnT john I 1 tf arrington and thy they also al 0 demanded the keys tile the fourno four bohling din g rne me then net filet old man 0 oconnor connor and lie he said you a of 0 a b ill 1111 kill you I 1 if f you don dont chive give iiii up the keys then savage bavage came along aud and said maid for heavens sake stanley Stanle vf give up we keys and dont don t make a a target of yourself then the crowd pulled me ina along with a rope around my nic kand when ve ive got to tile tiie jal ill I 1 then thea guiss gao up the iho keys to shea rho crowd rushed on the door which isas is as antim open tile the crowd that had hold held of mo me having surged foward ebward tile door the crowd did not go eo into the jail higher fisher camo came out with either proceeding r e him either iad had a p pistol ap both men were knocked on to the tha the crowd got hold of 1 isher fisher ind and bore him off to tho the north sad side of the jail the crowd drugging him along alone with the rope fisher seemed to be ba pushing himself back and called ont my aly godi where are all my friendel friend Ir lendi sl lie ile was struck with a club and lie he tell fell and I 1 dont think be getup again for he boo was dragged right abug a ong before he was struck some one tried to put something over ilia his head when either got on oil to ills hia feet he ha said baia to me n I 1 ayi if you u say so ill 1 II 11 turn my pistol loose lease a on n to the emd crowd 11 did not command him to do so BO next morning about 7 tile the gallows saw the body of I 1 isher fisher on oil the frame saw the body bruised I 1 oneff onto of the ears cars off air face scratched and a bruise over the eye the ilia back was u mounded oun ded scratched and had holes boles from which sticks were protruding ro caused ly by his being dragg dragged through tile the brush the clothing had all been torn off when I 1 arrested denis sullivan about al out july at lureka eureka he showed me blood on ilia hia pants lants and sald said Theres the blood of the thes s of ofa a banow now cross examined arrested fisher about 11 0 clock that day on oil the east pirt part of the town shields and tollman wore were standing I 1 there a ion fen there others were wera following fisher the woun wound daill in Fi fishers allers breast seemed to liine have been madowitz mada mado with a knife heard several beveral men luring during the day say that i isher fisher ought to do bo hanged did you nt not hoar hear some person say like this tins that this shooting men don clown was ge getting ing too common and it must bo be stop pe ped objected to objection sustained stained au heard no one say that I 1 isher fisher ought to be hanged except perhaps some soma of tho the defendant some borne other parties may have said it D dd d testily testify before lit commissioner that others beside the dv 1 I fend ants ints made marks of the kin kinia the commissioner would not lot 1 t we inu tell everything he only wanted testimony to show enow that t at theme theao defendants were etero there on the tha evening of at the lynching lunching lyn ching met john fl arrington near the jail asked him w what hat lie was doing there be li said guarding the jail I 1 naked him who put him blin there ard and ho he bald id tho the commit tee I 1 asked lim mm what committee and ho he answered that it was none of my bus bes mess iness I 1 wanted to tell the commissioner everything ever thing but he be would not let me witness here corrected himself a saying a it was mr dickson not tho the controls colmia aloner who prevented him from telling all lie he knew it was john T clarington who took hold of me I 1 told the crowd I 1 would not give th the key over oica to a mob did not sy say before ile the commissioner it was john t that took aal aol abold d of me luebs my memory w was a s as lear clear as it is ia now I 1 saw him there a and n d abour four men inen took told of me my testimony given before the commissioner was vim about right said then that it ws was red lied if boad nl shields camo came up and ana glared gathered onto on to roe dont think now it wits as I 1 true a think however that I 1 slid said john T harington was waa there I 1 was pulled along toward tho the jail met man OCo inor lied and afterwards savage who advised me to give up the kovs 0 did di I 1 you understand that savage w was as hostile to fisher |
