Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-04-18 | Page 1 | Lynched in Montana

LYHCHEiUKl MOM W I Alleged Murderer Strung H Up to a Tree Near H Rosebud H Forsyth. Mont, April IS. Harry H Hoffnor, alleged slayer of Mrs Wil- H Ham Merrill of Joppa, near tho town flH of Rosebud, Mont, 12 miles east of H here, was taken from the county jail H this morning by a crowd of GO or 7o masked and heavily armed men and H despite tho offorts of Sheriff Neil G. H TdcMullen and Deputy Sheriff Jay fl Fleming, was hanged to a trco on a H vacant lot adjoining the Masonic tern- H JmwmwM Hoeffner had confessed to a cor- H oner's jury that he bad killed Mrs. Morrill last Monday, when she resisted. H at attempt to rob her home. He an- H nnunced thnt he would pload guilty. -H but when arraigned yesterday ho H pleaded not guilty and his trial wan " set for the May term of court. Tho tl delay aroused intense feeling through- H out the town. H