Lynch Law.
A mere boy, named Cobb, was hangei by a mob from a railway bridge on the outskirts of the town of Wind* field, Kansas, February Ist. It is said that the lad had his head turned by
reading about the exploits oft Jesse James and other brigands, and was determined to signalise himself m the same way. He killed a constable iv Jefferson County, and & few days afterwards shot and mortally wounded Sheriff Shenneman. \
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 154, 8 June 1883, Page 3
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76Lynch Law. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 154, 8 June 1883, Page 3
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