Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1860 — Horse Thieves Lynched in Iowa. [ARTICLE]

Horse Thieves Lynched in Iowa.

At Ferry, Tarra county, I >wu on the..7th inst., the bodies of two men were found hanging from trees in a grove not far from the village. The snow around was tram.,., !. giving evidence of a desperate struggle. The men w ere hung one upon the limb,of a fallen tree, which was but six feet Iroin the ground; the other not much higher. The one farthest west was evidently hungfir.-t. JLs hands were tied behind him, cross .1 at hi- , wrists. The knot..in the rope ar uni ills neck was behind bis, right ear. ILs l *;..-; were tlimed o.ck, the feet resting upon the ground. j here was no rope around ni, mgs, but evidently there had been. I'm- the purpose of p ilitng them from under him, ot icrwise lie would have rested on the ground, and the rope around his neck would have had no effect. IDs cap and shawl ..ere lying near .him. The other was secured like the first; the knot urns at the back of the hencl; a rope was a i oil mill is logs, used for the purpose of mii- . i.i g them out trout under him init-ti he died. Hm ip and shawl were tying beside linn. Biood was, or had been, issuing iroin one liost.ri i. A Coroner’s inquest was immediately held, by which it was shown that the d-ceased persons were two leathers named Bunker, who had been seized and put to death by three men named Small, Seamans and C'lirtgaman.wno at rested thein'for horse-steal ng. While in their charge the prisoners ha I un-suvci-ssiu liy attempted to escape, and w.-re thus summarily dealt with to save further trouble;