The Daily Yellowstone, Miles City, MT, 20 Jan 1884
An Atrocious Murder
Some three months ago Mary Rose Matthews, a bright winsome little girl of 10 years, was adopted from the Denver Catholic orphans home by Mike Cuddihie and wife, living on a ranch ten miles from Ornay. Last Saturday morning little Rose suddenly died. The little girl was cruelly treated from the first the neighbors said and her mysterious death and hurried burial aroused their suspicians and the coroner of Ournay was notified. He immediately repaired to the ranch, found the grave and exhumed the body when unmistakable evidence of a cruel death were revealed. The body was covered with knife wounds, one leg was broken, the skull was crushed, and the limbs were frozen. She had no doubt been driven out in the winter snow to die. Cuddihie and his wife were immediately arrested and were jailed yesterday, and were tried and found guilty of murder. About one o'clock this morning a band of masked men went to the hotel where Cuddihie and wife were temporarily held in custody, overpowered the sheriff's guard, and took the prisoners away. They both cried out for mercy, but as they had ever been deaf to the pleadings of little Rose for mercy, so the vigilantes closed their ears to the cries of the prisoners. They were taken outside town limits where the woman was hung to the ridgepole, while her husband was strung up to a limb of a tree on the opposite side of the road. The bodies were cut down and buried by the coroner today. John Carroll, Cuddihie's brother-in-law, who was arrested with the others, but for want of sufficient evidence was allowed to go. This is the first instance of a woman being lynched in Colorado.
An Atrocious Murder
Some three months ago Mary Rose Matthews, a bright winsome little girl of 10 years, was adopted from the Denver Catholic orphans home by Mike Cuddihie and wife, living on a ranch ten miles from Ornay. Last Saturday morning little Rose suddenly died. The little girl was cruelly treated from the first the neighbors said and her mysterious death and hurried burial aroused their suspicians and the coroner of Ournay was notified. He immediately repaired to the ranch, found the grave and exhumed the body when unmistakable evidence of a cruel death were revealed. The body was covered with knife wounds, one leg was broken, the skull was crushed, and the limbs were frozen. She had no doubt been driven out in the winter snow to die. Cuddihie and his wife were immediately arrested and were jailed yesterday, and were tried and found guilty of murder. About one o'clock this morning a band of masked men went to the hotel where Cuddihie and wife were temporarily held in custody, overpowered the sheriff's guard, and took the prisoners away. They both cried out for mercy, but as they had ever been deaf to the pleadings of little Rose for mercy, so the vigilantes closed their ears to the cries of the prisoners. They were taken outside town limits where the woman was hung to the ridgepole, while her husband was strung up to a limb of a tree on the opposite side of the road. The bodies were cut down and buried by the coroner today. John Carroll, Cuddihie's brother-in-law, who was arrested with the others, but for want of sufficient evidence was allowed to go. This is the first instance of a woman being lynched in Colorado.
The Daily Yellowstone, Miles City, MT, 20 Jan 1884
An Atrocious Murder
Some three months ago Mary Rose Matthews, a bright winsome little girl of 10 years, was adopted from the Denver Catholic orphans home by Mike Cuddihie and wife, living on a ranch ten miles from Ornay. Last Saturday morning little Rose suddenly died. The little girl was cruelly treated from the first the neighbors said and her mysterious death and hurried burial aroused their suspicians and the coroner of Ournay was notified. He immediately repaired to the ranch, found the grave and exhumed the body when unmistakable evidence of a cruel death were revealed. The body was covered with knife wounds, one leg was broken, the skull was crushed, and the limbs were frozen. She had no doubt been driven out in the winter snow to die. Cuddihie and his wife were immediately arrested and were jailed yesterday, and were tried and found guilty of murder. About one o'clock this morning a band of masked men went to the hotel where Cuddihie and wife were temporarily held in custody, overpowered the sheriff's guard, and took the prisoners away. They both cried out for mercy, but as they had ever been deaf to the pleadings of little Rose for mercy, so the vigilantes closed their ears to the cries of the prisoners. They were taken outside town limits where the woman was hung to the ridgepole, while her husband was strung up to a limb of a tree on the opposite side of the road. The bodies were cut down and buried by the coroner today. John Carroll, Cuddihie's brother-in-law, who was arrested with the others, but for want of sufficient evidence was allowed to go. This is the first instance of a woman being lynched in Colorado.
An Atrocious Murder
Some three months ago Mary Rose Matthews, a bright winsome little girl of 10 years, was adopted from the Denver Catholic orphans home by Mike Cuddihie and wife, living on a ranch ten miles from Ornay. Last Saturday morning little Rose suddenly died. The little girl was cruelly treated from the first the neighbors said and her mysterious death and hurried burial aroused their suspicians and the coroner of Ournay was notified. He immediately repaired to the ranch, found the grave and exhumed the body when unmistakable evidence of a cruel death were revealed. The body was covered with knife wounds, one leg was broken, the skull was crushed, and the limbs were frozen. She had no doubt been driven out in the winter snow to die. Cuddihie and his wife were immediately arrested and were jailed yesterday, and were tried and found guilty of murder. About one o'clock this morning a band of masked men went to the hotel where Cuddihie and wife were temporarily held in custody, overpowered the sheriff's guard, and took the prisoners away. They both cried out for mercy, but as they had ever been deaf to the pleadings of little Rose for mercy, so the vigilantes closed their ears to the cries of the prisoners. They were taken outside town limits where the woman was hung to the ridgepole, while her husband was strung up to a limb of a tree on the opposite side of the road. The bodies were cut down and buried by the coroner today. John Carroll, Cuddihie's brother-in-law, who was arrested with the others, but for want of sufficient evidence was allowed to go. This is the first instance of a woman being lynched in Colorado.
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