Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-09-02
LATEST NEWS.
FURTHER FROM CALIFORNIA.
The Murders and Er cuiions in California =
The Disturbances Brftresn Foreigners ead


SUMMARY.
The steamer of to-day carries IN ltnchay aud
startling intelligence.
Ca the afternoon of the 9th July Joseph
lfethrringtou, native of England, but who came
To- this State in 1910. from ST. Louis, met DR.
Randall in the bar room Of the st. Nicholas Ito.
tel. and renewing mn old difficulty which had IL
origin in some money transactions between the
parties. commenced assault upon him
bv seizing hold "f his beard. Randall com
menced drawing n revolver. and llatheringiun al
so drew his. Two shots were frrd by Ilcther.
ngton and three by Randall The last shot #
| lIetherngton pistol entered the left temple Of
Randall aud penetrated the brain Randall iu-
mediately fell and expired the following Sunday.
IIetherington seized by the police of tue
! Vigilance Committee. conveyed 10 their ruom.
and locked up GA the death of Randall, the
committee proceeded al once to the trial of lielh
| erington for murder. 1t was clearly proven thai
! Hetherngton had been pursuing Randall for
months with threats that he intended II shoot
him 1t appears that Randall had borrowed mo
ney from Hetherington. which the hitter found II
! impossible to get back. This brought on quar-.
| rels and bad blood. which ended by determine
ton Oh the part of llethorington 10 take Randall
| life. lIetherington therefore convicted of
murder by the committee. He had previously
been cleared by the courts for killing another
man named Baldwin two years ago.
The Committee had also been engaged in the
trial of Phlander Brace for the murder Of Capt.
| West. His guilt clearly shown aud by his
! own admission. as well behavior after arrest.
| he must have been one of the most abandoned
men this age of the world has yet produced Both
| of these men were sentenced to death, which sen
tence the committee proceeded to put IN oXecu
tion on the afternoon of the Doth July. The seal
| fold was erected in Davis street, at the inter
| section of sacramento. Long before the hour
arrived, every approach to the spot was blocked
up by a dense throng Of curious spectators. com
! posed of men, women and children. Every
! house top was covered, and sach the rush
! that the roofs of several buildings gave way
der the pressure of the burden upon them.
\ the appointed time large force OF Visi
lance troops. consisting of infantry and cavalry,
numbering al least four thousand men, surroan-
ded the gallows with fixed bayonets and drawn
sabres. The prisoners were then conveyed 10
the scaffol1 in carriages. lletherngton VAS per
! fectly firm and composed-not nerve qn1vrled,
and although his arms pininned behind Ia,
back he walked up the steep steps of the scat
! fold without assistance, and took his position up
! on the trap, at the same time loosening his era
vat and hearing his neck for the halter Brace
! had to be assisted up the steps, but when his
eyes fell upon the gaping multitude the hendl,h
spirit of violence seemed 10 take possession OF
/ him. and he passed his few remaining moments
repeating most blasphemnus and obscene curses.
| Hetherington made few remarks, but WAS
much interrupted by Brace. At length the sig
nal was sounded upon the large bell of the com
| mittee. The two men were swung into eternity,
and the horrible spectacle upon which twenty
thousand human beings were feasting their eyes
was brought to n close.
The greatest Indignation excited through
out the State by the failure of Palmer, Cooke x
CO. to pay in July installments Of interest upon
/ State aud city bonds. This banking firm re
ceived the money aud has the sum, or ought II