Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-02-16
The Vigilance Committee at Bannock
CITY

The Salt Lake City correspondent Of the sacra-
,,.,,, E-siOa, gives the following graphic sketch
If ,b. hanging of Piunlmer, Jack Gallagher, and
o,bsrs. Mt Banaock City--a brief account Of which
We received by telegraph last week:
MANY of Your readers will readily recognize
among those hung in Idaho lately Henry Plumuier,
the gentleman" who, few years ago, was >her-
i'll OF Nevada county, California; subsequently
Of Virginia CITY, Nevada; and, at the time Of his
execution Marshal of Bannock City and Virginia
City, Idaho. know nothing of him, but by some
he is set down rs polished villain, AMI by Others
Us a gentlcuanly fellow. The ViGilamts no doubt
had the evidence of his guilt though some persons
intimately and closely acquainted with him. up TO
the hour of his execution profess the greatest as
constituent nj the charge preferred against him
of having been the chief of this organized band OF
fieuds. The Sisilants called upon PlumrIer about
ten o'clock in the evening of the 10Th OF
January, and for company TO him took along
Stnsou and Wagner. Their case was "cut ana
dried" and without any palavcr, by an hour later
they were dangling mid heaven and earth.
Piummer is said 10 have asked for five minutes to
pray: but the Nigilauts were busy and concluded
he might have more leisure thereafter than they
had ,iirp and be agreed to the decision and went
OF quietly. Love, the deputy TO Piummer at
Virginia was following the humble calling OF q
shoemaker when the Nigilants waited on him, anu
was taken from sOleing boots to tho scaito!d
and knew him 10 be in intimate relation with the
best citizens of Virginia, and believes him limo
cent OF the charge-Of being Lieutenant OF the
OrsaaiSatiOn-or having completely with the MUIR
drrs; and all that may be. HIS relation, Row
ever OF deputy TO Plummer, and other positive
facts known to the Nigilants, decided his fate and
AT o'clock in the morning, about the same date,
he was walked of 10 al unfinished bu!i'iinS,
where bcaIa extending from wall TO wal, sug-
gestcd itself for the place of execution rive
empty dry goods boxes were put i'll u line under
tn. beam and the condemned to that number were
helped Ito mount" Deputy Love asked the
witnesses OF his execution 10 believe IN his IN
nuccnc, and to pray for him, Us he talt the
need of assistance in his awkward position
;,rd looking round upon the four Others on the
boxes he confessed inability to witness their
ri-ht.-ope performances, and 50, finishing the
request for PRAYER in his behalf, he leapcd from
his box and hung himself The rope being too
long he reached the floor with his toes; but ulti-
narely Welded up mortality.
Jack Gallagher protested against the charge OF
lis cr!miuulitv, but he had different notions OF
things To Love jack did some tall swearing IL
the IS of b-s" who has brought him to that
box. and with hurrah for jeff. Davis. he follow.
ed the example of Lane. leaped from tho box anu
ended his miserable life. Something similar Is
reported OF Helm paying " the illustrions Presi'
dent Davis the same compliment; ana, oS tae
by il is not the first time that jeff. has h;.i the
similar circumstances.
As the Yigilants are not in the habit OF trying
before them the accused, gathering them up
has been quite al Interesting business. Oh Tue
night before the day appointed for the execution
the town where the condemned Were located was
surrounded BY Visilant guard and no person III
lowed to leave after dark. The following morn
ing the worrl WAS passed mp and down the gncAes
and shotguns and reVolverS were soon the order OF
the day Three separate parties made the search
and without difficulty the game was caught.
That the people of the mines have been unani'
nous and forced TO this course is evident to
every one There can be no nore justification OF
L,w!esSuess on the side of the majority than ON
that of the minority but there arr moments III
the history of new mining countries when the pe"'
pie have to take choice Of annihiiatIon or thc
adoption OF means for self preservation That Il
people were ever more threatened with certain
death than the people of East Idaho have been
do not believe No matter whether the orgau'Za-
zion of robbers and murlerers wis rs great Us re-
ported or not, or whether they had killed ten
or hundred persons, the terror they inspired was
sufficient to break up every thing that was for the
benefit of the Territory.