New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-02-29
LAvRsT PIOM THE Idaho MINES.
Thirteen Niehwaymen Hang.

Col. Foster, who arrived at St. Joseph, Mo,
last week. from Idaho. furnishes The Mas Of that city
with some interesting intelligence from the mines.
Col Foster left Virginia City on the nth and Ban
mock on the 22d ut He IN company with eight others,
packed through mules distance OF at ont 4Vo mics
until they struck the Mormon settlement about ~ mules
from Salt Lake City. From there they came to SAT-
Lake City in sleghs and thence through on tho over
land stage
Between Bannock and Salt Lake BE snow was from
four inches ~ fourteen feet deep and The weather in'
tepscy cold. The party lay over q few days at SAT-
Lake City to recuperate. They came through ron ot
Lake in twelve days.
caught a hiehwayman with whom the country hss 30
long been infested and cursed at Nevada in tLeycinlIy
of Virginia City and hung him. TEo more were
caught and hung ut French rancho In their confession
they gave the names Of e. Of their gang, and &C.
hnowicdged that they bad killed and robbed over 100
men. They told where number OF the Dodies were
concealed.
Virginia Citv was next surrounded and closely guard
cd by the eysspcrned men, early one morning NO one
permitted 70 go out but all could come in who de-
sired. Five men were arrested and guard placed
around them. They wanted to know what they wore
arrested for end we're promptly told est that hey had
already been tried BY tho Vigilance Con nttee and CON
demned and hat II they had any confessions u nAAo
1t was time they were making them.
They were examined oae at a time ont OF hearing o.
the rect aud they all implicated The same men, save the
names and told the same stoie' They were then
taken ont and cooy aAd elbeIately hnng. fivo men
ot the same gang were also arrested AID execuea ~
B0nnock, making thirteen in oil
AMONG those hung at Bannock was Henry hummer,
Nigh Sheriff, and George Lane alias "Cinb Foot
George ond Jack Gnllgner two OF h. deputies. IN
arrcstirs the lest batch one Of them Moxictr fred
on TIE srrcstng party from his domcilo, ard kied one
OF the best citizens in EGunOCk AID wounded anottF
tel hoWi'zcr vas then ranged and r5Eng fr9
opened the cabin completely Kidding H. ana severe
IL wounding tho desperate concealed within lie was
pken ont and hung the cabin then torn down and piled
IN lnd his remains placed on II and burned.
Among the despCrldJcs who were thus maze 10 *
plate their crimes and suffer the severcs penalties or an
outraged law NJ the end ~ haltcr. were. IN addition
10 those already named. the following weknown high
wOymen: Hays Lyon, Boone HelmD - hed -
Brown, - Parish. George Ives, Dutch John, and
Buck Stnson. The latter was formerly ton Andrew
County, this State.
About 100 men had gone over to Deer Lodge Dig.
ginCs when Col +. left 10 execute some more Of the
gang. TIE miners have sworn vengeance against
the hghwaymen ana ray they intend TO make clean
sweep Of them.
This desirable hanging and summary proceeding lad
already had a very desirable eject While before a
merchant coud not hang out coat, or landlord a
lamp, without their being stolen, our informant 90!
vhcn ne IN he verify believes bag Of gold might E1Te
been Jeff in the streets all night without being inter
rup,ed. he thinks under The present state 81 aiaT'
that Idcho is The least inviting place Of Ill others iol
highwaJmcn aid thieves TO ooasregata the eilsuin
Spring.
the dollar III gold dust ounce Of ID cnn be pur
a-ed for e2i or them. In Salt Lake ounce " gold
conid be purchased for e3 IN grccnbacks. ST. Louis
II Is so which, when coined 10 equal to SJj. COL =
gave he cst about s. OCO at Salt Lake through mis-
take in a telegraph dispatch. He inquired What gold
was selling at and the dispatch s0id - insead ~ ..
Alex. Davis formerly Representative from Buchanan
County in The Legislature, was elected Judge Of thG
Miners Court iho day before Col Foster icft nc &C
cides on Ill matters az equity ard jurisprudence from
miners claim down 10 divorce eases bis ONCE ghing
hir moro authority than that poss sseL By JncGe
CT tle Supreme Court Of tie United States.