Show T I w i I I I I I I LAW A mau man hanged for robbery on hip it f oregon short line the following graphic account of a lynching lunching lyn ching case is is froin the wood mood river tines times of october aoth about dusk last thursday evening john watson and cash austin railroad hands employed emp loved in grading near billingsleys Billine Billing allot and robbed william fox a fellow laborer olover of over s at a point about 10 miles below pattons Pat tons station pox fox was wounded in the wrist and side but made his way to hale smith A co g s camp earn where he lie related what had occurred occur occurred rek A strong posse was immediately raised to pursue the robbers which after an all night chase succeeded in cap capturing turin them tile next morning a and nd taking them to hale smith co s camp where they were identified ident ifie d by fox F x A court was improvised and tho the prisoners ant not upon trial tho evidence I was as clear against john watson lie ile had been a partner of foxs coxs for months anT past t steeping p cepin gand and eating cating with him and fired at fox as the tile latter was walking ahead of him on his way back from the kelton road crossing where ho lie had been to purchase some underclothes and a pair of overalls austin had at first refused to assist watson bat but the latter compelled him hi M to help by threatening to kill him the jury of railroad men condemned watson to be hung near the scene of the robbery and attempted rounder roun ler and ordered that austin bo be turned over to tho auth authorities ori ties for trial austin was therefore bent sent to in charge h of a deputy ty sheriff Slie rifE at tle conclusion of the trial a ropo rope was procured a noose made and passed around watsons neck and lie was led to the kelton crossing and hanged insight of tho the place his crime was committed tile hanging banging took place about friday afternoon over men attending atten din the ex ec ution A couple of hours later the body wr was stripped of ita its clothes and left hanging a nging A amet correspondent whitin writing from elizabeth postoffice posto post ture office billings leys says feeling ran very high and a regiment of soldiers could not havo saved him the people are determined ter mined to stop the sh shooting and d robbing that has been going on along alon the S L railway and they will mako make it sultry for any caught in the act watson and austin worked air oit the pado grado p ado boniv at intervals when they got broke their avocation was that of sagebrush gamblers gambl cre and they followed tile ralli railroad oad camps from granger ran derout out |