Show LYNCHING BEE IN california gambler who murdered butcher hanged to telegraph pole rhyolite nev shortly after dusk wednesday night a small band ot of cit fzens at skidoo a camp in california fifty five miles south ot of here ovre powered the sheriffs guard in charge of 0 joe simpson the gambler who sh shot ot and ad ailed james arnold on sunday and hanged the prisoner to a telegraph pole where his body dangled in the morning as the cithens of the camp arose the lynching was accomplish ed quietly and no one in skidoo will acknowledge having any information relating to the affair simpson walked into arnold s butcher shop and shot arnold through the heart without ap provocation |