Morning Appeal

A REMARKABLE case of lynching occurred at Cheyenne, Wyoming, recently. A man named Dug Reed, obnoxious particularly to the citizens, was taken out of jail. Then, with unusual courtesy, the lynchers allowed Reed to select the method of death most agreeable to him; and when he stated that he would prefer to be hanged, they went still further and allowed him to be his own executioner. He took the rope in his hand, climbed a telegraph pole, fastened one end around the top, and formed a noose at the other end. Then he made his last dying speech, which was short, being no more than "Good-bye, boys," and jumping off, was launched into eternity. Some Coroner's Juries might find this to be a case of suicide; but, to some extent, the crowd at the foot of the pole must be considered as aiding and abetting.