| Show WYOMING LYNCHING TWO CONDEMNED MURDERERS AND OFFICER KILLED mob attacks bas n ja I 1 and murder a a deputy sher ff if in endeavor to secure pr boners who were shot to death news has been received of a bloody lynching which occurred at basin wyo on sunday and of an appeal for help from sheriff fenton of big horn county who has arrested a num ber of prominent cattlemen near thermopolis Thermo polis and has appealed to the governor of wyoming for assistance of the militia in getting his prisoners to the basin nail jail the 1 aching resulted in the killing of two condemned murderers and also in the shooting of a deputy sher iff C E pierce who died instantly the murderers were jim german gorman who killed his brother about a year ago and ran off with his Dr brother others s wife and end a prisoner named walters a trav tray eling cling man who killed a widow named hoover at thermopolis Thermo polis hot springs two years ago because she refused to marry him A mob of about thirty men un masked and in perfect order rode up the east bani of the big dig horn dis mounted tethered their horses and compelled the ferryman to carry them across the river the made no demonstration until they entered basin when five shots were farea as a warning the mob proceeded at once to the building which is a court house and jail combined and fired a volley into the jail deputy pierce and special deputy ceo S mead were guarding the prisoners at the time one bullet grazed mead s shoulder and entered pierce s heart killing him instantly members of the mob then quickly procured telephone poles and battered the jail doors down they first came to walters who was crouched on his cot piteously begging for mercy no needless torture v yas as resorted to wal was shot instantly A still more alarming state of at af fairs Is reported from the vicinity of Therm opol s about six weeks ago as the result of a feud that has been so bitterly waged a ben minnick vas v as killed by cattlemen sheriff fenton it is claimed has captured the rn in who are all prominent catt emen and whose names have been withheld on account of threats made against them sher iff fenton is unable to get his prison ers to basin it is claimed the same mob that lynched german gorman and walters are s and hae hale declared that sheriff fenton will never get out of this locality alive with his prisoners sheriff fenton has wired the gov goy arnor of wyoming for permission to use the militia at lander and has also sent a telephone message to cody basin meeteetse Mee and other wyoming towns for volunteers to assist him in upholding the law everywhere hardy westerners are responding to the call arming them selves and hastening toward ther it is probable that the mi bill litia will be ordered to the scene and a bloody battle may be fought |
