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Show KLOOUTIIIRSTLNESS. I Farm lalxirrr 3iiirdrrs Ills EmiiloTrr an J Ujiuiitrr, aod Crls I.jnriird. ACCIOCNT ON THE 'MICHIGAN CCNTRAL RAILROAD. A l.'Irl .r Mnrlrcn MarricI Ytfatlr L'nlrr Hi- Inflarnre f Ilrngs: IT FORMS AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. Krliirn vf a Sprlprtleld. 0., Kesl- denl aflrr cirnlis-n irara' 31terleas AbreBer. . D- Tewcrai k 1 Ike M: s.t Hi: II hi Ills m.i iuvi;!-. neat ll Lnlrr eln I.jnrlir.1 Hi ae I nrltti stnli. Omaha, Aug. 15. A Ike ivinl from ltlair, Nebraska, says: N. R. Towne, an old resMeiit of Washing tun County. living southwi-sl of Kennard, was shut and instantly killed ami his elaiighte-r Hattie protoUy fatally wounded by Charleit I'ratt, al an early Iwur thi-moriiing. thi-moriiing. I'rjlt lead formerly Is-en emidoyesi on Mr. Tonne's fanu. but was tiis- cliatgesl for making hive to Hattie. This im.rnlng alut sunrise he e-alleslawl was talking to the niri. when lier father ainarhesl ainl I'ratt, draw iinr a lev-dicr. shot him through the heieit. IhegirlMartesi to run. when I'ratt sIh.I Inriii tiie luck, producing a prutnl-ly fatal weund. I'ratt Heel, Wit was oVe-i-taken among a lot vf Inrvtst ImimIs by her bn.ther.wlio -uruesl him Willi a mu-ke t iimI kxlgesj him in jail. I'ratt was lynchtsl by a mob shurtiy Ufore iiildnighl fortlieniur-d.ro: fortlieniur-d.ro: F.irtmr Towne-, this morning. morn-ing. A tout II o'clock a hundred men came lu the city fiom the t-uuulry siirroundliig the Tnwne farm. Tln-y weie soon joined by two hundresl others Horn the city aiKl inare-licsl dires.-tly lu the j iii". riiesliefill, Frank Harriuiau, was therewith lUles-ii de4itks, all of wIhhii wrreartiHsl. They m nle ihi disjJjy of their weiiiis. All the lyiK-ln rs w e re armed u ith guie and rctedvers. Tlie sheriir refused to deliver the keys of the jail, licit wax hsjIi over-iaiw-i-rtsj. llieeleutie ellrinK Isit little resistams- lo the invaders. The crowd the n quhkly and quietly made its way In the cell in which I'ratt was confined, and sefxesi him, carries! him to a wagon, In which lie was taken ali-ut a mile fn.lu town, where his liaui- iihI feet were I-uiiikI. Harry 1'hwih-. a twenty 'Hiz-vrar-oM-iiii of tlx-u.ur-de-re-d man, who had cetme to tow u with the fniiuers a iju-ted the ruj around hs nick. i'ratt was then a-ki-I if he lead aire thing tu say. and he replied that Towne ha I wronged 'dm ami lie wassorry lie did nvt leill I hem all. White he was sj-akilg some one gate the rtsjs- a sill ami he died with hbjsiexsh tiiiDuisliesl. |