Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-06-19

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TIE LATE SAN FRANCISCO
TRAGEDY.
We have heretofore noticed the murder ofJas
King, Esq, editor Of the Evening Bulletin, San
Francisco, by james p Casey, editorof the San
Francisco Sunday Times. Detailed accounts
appear in the papers giving particulars OF this
bloody tragedy.
It appears Casey published communication
rejecting upon the character of Mr.. King, and
Mr. King sought the name of the author, which
Casey refused to give, saying that he would MS
sumo the responsibility himself Subsequently
an article appeared in tho Bulletin exposing the
character Of Casey, and stating, among other
things, that he had been an inmate of Sing Sing
prisonrin Now York. Casey went to the office
oftfe Bulletin and demanded an czplatiOl,
whichlwas very decidedly refused by Mr.. King,
who showed Casey the door. The same day
Casey met King in Montgomery street, and, it's
said without giving any him warning, except
the hurried cry Of 'icOme OF" deliberately drew
out a.TevhlYer, which he pointedat Mr.. Kings
breast and fired. The shot passed through his
body
The atrocious act reused the Indignation of
the whole, city Tho better class Of citizens
wcrc not only mortified by the assassination of
one who had won their esteem and confidence,
but they regarded Mr.. King as the victim of .
conspiracy against his life, plotted in the yilest
h1unts of the city. The antecedents and asso-
Citations Of the assassin favored this belief, and
as Cora, who shot Richardson some time ago,
had as yet escaped punishment by the consttu-
ted authorities for his crime, they determined
that Mr.. Kings death should not so unayenged.
The old Vigilance Committec-wa soon revived,
4 a. H1,, Il
put on trial before the Committee. Down to
the latest dates (AIay 2lsD Casey had not been
hung; tit was supposed he would be, to-
gether with Cora .,s-,t,7
That Casey was employed commit the deed
Is nov generally conceded The tremendous as
Eaults which Mr.. King had made upon the
strongholds of corruption aud vice forced a large
body of men to organize for his overthrow and
DESTRUCTION. Various attempts were made to
get him into street fight that no might he as
sasSinated. All these attempts, however, failed.
He and his friends well understood their game,
aud avoided being thus cnsnarcd. This made
them desperate, for they well knew that if James
King lived he would finally succeed in hurting
them from the places they held and diSgraced.
Hencethe employment of this iSing-Sing convict
to assassinate himyia tqa 1850 stns
As soon us Mr.. King was shot Casey friends
suddenly appeared IN the street and took pos
session Of him, and with immediate dispatch
succeeded IN carrying IlIll 10 inc jan DeLOTe an
outraged people were able to seize him and
lynch INN. He was placed in the Jail about ono
minute before the people reached there. All
the city aud county officers were Immediately
on hand to defend tho prisoner against the en-
raged pop1lacc. Here great confusion prevail
cd !; but as there was no concert of action, and
as the multitude were without arms, nothing
was done.
The excitement became intense, and on the
afternoon of the attempted assassination of Mr..
King, a number of citizens met, and arranged
fora call Of the old vigilance committee. They
assembled at eight in the evening and re-organ-
lied Multit0dcs aockcd tOjoin them, butt
were allowed to be enrolled save those Of the
most reputable. AL were compelled to take an
oath to abide the action of the whole body
During their organization the bullies and gam
ble4s arc said to be organizingalso. They swore
the prisoner should not be taken, but by Satur-
day evening it WAS found that guns and amuni-
ton were being carried to the rooms of the COM
Inittee These demonstrations made the oppo-
nents Of the committee throughout the city
quail People from all parts of the State COM
inenced pouring into the city rs soon as they
heard Of the assassination of Mr.. King. In
deed, the excitement was, and is terrible over
the whole State.
It was not long until {, 600 citizens were en-
rolled in the committee, and on Sunday morn
ing, tito, A. NJ, they marched for the jail On
reaching the spot cannon was placed directly
in front of the door of the jail, to storm it in
case of resistance. twas soon found thatnear-
fy-slI of the valiant defenders of the jail had
fled Those who wore in it, with the sheriff,
yielded TO the demands of the committee. and
they were permitted to enter the prison and take
possession Of the persons of Casey and Cora
fhese two o1lprits were placed in a carriage and
conveyed under the charge of the. committee to
their rooms, whore they have been safely kept
over since.
Ttierc seemed TO exist no doubt that both Ca
sey and Cora would be hung, and many others
eof similar character. yetto be arrested.
The announcement of Mr.. Kings death caus-
cd intense feeling and It was believed the exc
eution would take place Immediately after his
funeral
a lettcr in tie National Intelligencer, dated
San Francisco, May 2ist, says
On Sunday, the 18th, OF 10 o'clock. the streets
were apparently quiet, and nothing unusual was
anticipated. At II o'clock, the Jail was sur
rounded by tWcnty-four hundred 1nuskets, with
q piece. ofs heavy ordnance, loaded, and match
lighted, planted directly In front of the door
The whole was tho work of an hour, although
tia organization had been going on for three
days Not a drum was heard-no shooting,
noise, or confusion; and when the prisoners
were brought out of jail, not word was spo-
ksn, al as quiet and decorous as-if it
wefs a ftnGlal. Casey looked dogSed, sullen,
ind detsrhin6d; Cora looked despair in its
deepest sense. He felt that his hour was come.
Report says that they arc 20 be hanged to-day
Attw0 CLOCK; but tho Executive Committee
(tgentysiiYe men OF the hest standing in the
city, chiefly merchantsl observe such masonic
secrecy, that We actually kglcao nothing until it
IS done.
You may Judge Of the state OF things there
hom the simple fact that this Gaseyis scoReiet
SiH9- Sing. He serxed his time out there,
md came immeliat6ly here, and hts ever since