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“A Mystery Solved” Special Dispatch to the Globe-Democrat Kansas City, MO, June 21 - Information was received today which solves the mystery of the headless floater found in the Missouri River near this city on Sunday. The body was that of the negro rapist who was hung by a mob at Weston last week. After the hanging the body had been cut down and the head preserved in alcohol, the remains being thrown into the river. The head was taken to Platte City, where it can now be seen by a select few who desire to gaze on the distorted features of the criminal. The details of the horrible crime for which he was arrested and subsequently lynched by a body of citizens, have already been published. The rope was tied about the black man’s neck, and he was shoved from the bridge by the injured girl’s brother. It was proved that had the good citizens of Weston allowed the wretch to rest in fancied security the deed would not have remained undone. About twenty minutes later a body of mounted farmers from the country arrived in the town and found the body of the black man swinging from the bridge; the purpose for which they came bad been accomplished. They then cut off the head of the rapist and threw the body into the river. The head was taken, rumor says, to Platte City and preserved in alcohol.Date(s) of Creation
6/22/1881
