Show H H HH H l H-l H 1 oj- oj CAUGHT IN A COOP t 1 LOS ANGELES GELES Oct 28 S.- S. 4 i Caught in a chicken coop Cas Cas- Casi J oj- oj I. j per Benson a peddler was seri seri- seri seri- 4 1 I ous if not fatally injured late lato I last night 1 by a small sized mob oj- oj r 1 that made tho capture Only thel the tho l timely arrival of the police oj- oj v vr r 1 r saved Benson from being J r 1 lynched When he was wag taken i. i v vI I- I to the hospital it was found 4 I- I that ho was suffering from a pos pos- I 01 4 oj- oj sibly fractured skull severe se 44 4 oj- 4 i lacerations and bruises all over oer 4 oj- oj I Ithe the tho body i ir r 1 h Benson Denson was discovered in the v vJ J i. I chicken coop of C G. L. L Murphy 4 oj- b by Murphy himself Quietly ho he 4 I. 1 1 arous aroused several se neighbors who 41 r I surrounded the coop and Benson Benson Ben- Ben 4 4 son was ordered to come out and 41 4 oj- throw up his hands bands Benson 4 1 01 4 refused to obey and barred the 4 of- of 4 1 door This was battered down 44 4 i 4 with an ax and und Benson Denson was 4 4 dra dragged ed out after a desperate 44 4 4 lIght fight I. i. 4 1 The mob which numbered a II 44 4 i. 4 I. dozen men then pounced upon 4 44 oj- oj 4 oj- oj tho the prisoner Rop Ropes s were sc- sc 4 I. 4 4 4 cured and ho he was bound hand 4 4 44 4 of- of and foot When the police ar ar- 4 r 4 4 4 01 r rived cd preparations were bein being 44 4 4 4 made mado to hang him from a n tree 44 4 oj- 44 4 Several of the tho men protested 4 4 44 4 but hut most of them it is said 44 0 4 41 4 r 1 were determined to lynch tynch him hint 4 oj- 4 4 4 I M i I M I t i 1 v. I III i 1 1 i-i- i 1 H iii- H-H H 1 |