Show f v 47 I A DESPERATE DUO V lynch justice exercised on amerl can falls sir IV F alien allen a young man from lincoln neb who haa has been laboring on the oregon short line during the summer called into our office P abi this morning an and gave the particulars of the HANGING OF TWO desperadoes by the citizens of american falls last Su liday oct ath these desperadoes a certain johnson and tex had bad been corn com depredations of all kinds in that place for some length of time until their drunken acts and damnable tricks became IlD unbearable bearable they were supposed to bo be tha the murderers of the chinaman brought brou glit to this ci city last evening n alie he citizens took it upon themselves to order the villains out of town giving them until sunday morn morning inet to 10 leave they did not leave however lio wever but instead offered threats saying there were not citizens enough to make them leave thereupon firing upon the i people who returned the shots and drove the rascals over the river river J and tex I threatened they would clean out tho tile town during the night and accordingly made an effort in the ov evening ening but met by the night watch and guards who FIRED AT THEM and struck johnson wounding him in the body arm and leg ho he fell to the ground dead tex rushed up and tried to kill the tile watchman a fight ensued in which the officer took him down pounded him with a pistol and otherwise beat him at this moment a large number of citizens came to tho scene with ropes no time was lost tho the wounded desperadoes were taken to the oregon short line bridge over the ameri can falls and HUNG TILL THEY WERE DEAD about four hours afterwards citizens cut down the bodies and hurriedly buried them and when tho the monday morning sun rose the r story f johnson and tex was ended |