FATHER AND SON HANGED .
BOTH ARE SUSPENDED FROM THE
SAME LIMB.BY A MOB.
Eclensbueg, Washington. Samuei. Vinson and his son Charles were ; lynched at an early hour this morning for the muider during a drunken row on Sunday of Mike Kohlopp, a saloon? • keeper. The ringing of the bells was the signal for the crowd to assemble and- within three minutes a mob was battering down the doors nf .the County jail. It took an hour and'* a half to overpower the guards and force" an entrance to the jail. The victims were walked three blocks t> ,a tree.. The elder Vinson was soon strung up. Then someone -.said to Charles Vinson : ‘ Your pa is up there, go and soe him.’ The two men vVere hanged on the sayie limb,. their faces six inches apart.Both bodies were alldwed to'ha.iig after the mob dispersed. The sheriff was aware of the plan ,to lyueli the Vinsons, and although he had extra deputies on du%- at the jail, no violent measures were undertaken Against the mob. Charles,Vinson conspired with others to hold up a Northern Pacific train last April.* He informed on his confederates, who were caught at their rendezvous. He had previously served a term at the iState prison, i
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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1788, 20 November 1895, Page 2
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208FATHER AND SON HANGED. Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1788, 20 November 1895, Page 2
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