Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1857-04-04
The Hanging at Bangor-NIore particulars.

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The three men who were hanged at Ban
gor on Wednesday night last, were arrested
in Yuba county, for robberies committed
there, and taken to Marysville, thence to
Bangor, in this county, on Wednesday last,
on the chage of numbering a Chinaman at
Bangor. on Sunday night last. They were
taken before Justice Lawrence, of Bangor,
and two of heir number put upon their ex-
animation. These two men were e. n. John
son and Chas Jones.
The examination continued until after
midnight, and Justice Lawrence was suffi-
GENTLY satisfied of their guilt to commit
them for trial. The examination with ref
ference to the other two, was then continued
until the next morning, and the four pris-
oners were placed in the hands of the consta-
BILE Some indications of the lynch process
were manifested, and the constable took the
four prisoners from the Bangor House, as
he stated, for safety, and conducted them TO
tie chapparal. Soon after this the populace
made descent upon them, and took them
from the constable, conducted them to an
oak tree below town, demanded confess
sion, etc Three who were afterward hanged,
refused to confess, but Chas. Jones came out
and g made clean breast Of it - in consid-
Grafton Of which, and the declarations of the
other three, that Jones had never shed HUI
man blood, the crowd spared Jones for the
time.
Several of the crowd were disguised, with
faces blackened, etc who proceeded to ad-
just the ropes about the necks of the three
who gave their names as Lake. johnson and
Ringgold, they having been placed upon bar
rcls set in wagon, and were called upon to
make a confession, when they replied that
they "did not know" they were guilty
The prisoners then called for brandy, which
was given them. They drank each about
pint; a short time afterward the wagon was
pulled from under them, and they were
launched into eternity! This took place
about an hour before daylight on Thursday
morning
| In the morning, at the hour of g. or o.
clock, the bodies of the three men were
taken down, Coroner's Jury called by Jus
tice Lawrence, and an inquest held The
verdict of the Coroner's Jury, after examin
ing several witnesses, was in substance, that
''the three men calling themselves several
ly, Johnson, Lake and Ringgold, came to
death from strangulation, by being hanged
bp their necks upon an oak tree, near BAN
gor, Butte county. CAL, effected by the
hands of persons unknown to the Jurors -
The prisoner, Chas. Jones, was kept in
custody until Sheriff Freer, District Attor-
ney Kleine, and Deputy Sherifs Hobart,
Mclaughlin, Simmons and Preston, brought
him away at o'clock P NJ and lodged him
in jail in Oroville. Jones was committed for
robbery, to await his trial at the May term
of the Court of Sessions.
During the time the above named officers
were at Bangor, District Attorney Kleine.
with Justices Lawrence and Mckenzie took
the prisoner, Chas: Jones, into private
room, and at the request of the prisoner,
took his dispositions in regard to the muir.
der Of the Chinaman at Bangor on Sunday
night, ana other matters not prudent to
make public at present
1t is to be hoped that the District Attor-
ney and the Sheriff have obtained some val
liable information, which may in future be
of use TO them in Riding the county Of some
of its worst enemies.