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Show STORMED! BY MOB Angry Men Force Way Into Cell and Shoot Murderer 'i Abilene. Texas. May 28. At 1 o'clock this morning, p. mob stormed the city jail and there shot to derjth Tom Baruett, recently convicted of the murder of Alexander Sears. Refused Re-fused admission by the jailor, the mob w'orked unsuccessfully for an hour to open the cell doors. "Thon the victim waa shot to death inside his cell. The proceedings wore conducted with com-paratime com-paratime quiet, and but few citizens were aware of the lynching until it was over. |