People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — Nebraska Farmers Talk of Lynching. [ARTICLE]

Nebraska Farmers Talk of Lynching.

Crawford, Neb., Jan. 15.—Five men are under arrest here charged with arson. They are strangers in this section and are alleged to have started the fire which destroyed the greater portion of the city Sunday night. Some of the goods from the buildings destroyed were found in their possession when captured. There are threats of lynching.