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Show MOHDKALSOUT dkatii NEQRO TAKEN FROM LARAMIE JAIL AND HANGED. I Members of the Mob Wer Woundrd by the Drsparate Convict Bafor He Was Overpowered. A siieclal from l.irnmle. WyiK, say that Joo Martin, n m ro. was taken from tho county Jail at about 8 o'nli cll Monday evening and hnnged. Bis members of the mob wcrt wounded hy the convict befuro he win overpowered by tho mob. Tho lynching took placo In front nf tho reslil.-nco of District Judge Car penler In tho eastern part of tho ell), where thn victim of tho mob's vengeance ven-geance was drained after bo was taken tak-en from bla cell. Tha lynching la Ihn first one that ha occurred In Ijiramle for a mira-ber mira-ber of yenra, and waa canned by the attempt of Martin to kill a girl In the family of Ihe Jailer. Martin was a trusty, and wa employed em-ployed around thn Jolt, which gave hltn acccH to thn family quarters nf tho Jailer. Delia Crnuso, a white girl, was employed In the family, and Mar- tin was assHtlng her In the kitchen when h made advances to tho girl. !iih she repulsed. Thla Inrensed Martin, who grablml a butcher knlfo and slashed tbo girl's fare and neck six limes. Inflicting horrible wounds. Thn screams of the clrl brought kolp of the Jall'-r's family and others, Jnd Martin n ov.-rp- wcre l. taken into tho Jail and locked In a c.-ll. A moh of ?,ct'fi .'.ir-sK'-il men soon riitherc.l at the J ill and th" keys wero lak-n away rroni the offl.-.-rs. It was found ncces"nry to break thn drsnr of j Martin's coll with slmlgo hammers. 1 finally the it. sir yielded lo the moh nnd they rushed Into the cell. Martin nmdn a fearful fU ht. using portion of s bed which he had broken up, and -N's fists, snd six of Ihn mob wero moro or less severely Injured b.-foro ho was overpowered. Onco In tho bands of Ihe mob a rope was placed around his neck and ho waa draped through tho street until un-til tho home of District Judgo Carpenter Car-penter wa reached. At thl point thn mob stopped, Iho rope was quickly thrown over a crosspleco on a telephone tele-phone pole, snd ho wa strung up. Two bullets were then fired Into his body. These did not produce death and ho slowly straiiKl'-d lo dooth. |