New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-08
THE RIOTS AT BEAR RIVER CITY.

Bear River City has sprung up within I'VE or
six weeks TO onefourh the size Of Denver II is about So
miles northeast Of Salt Lake City on the Bear River
that runs Into Salt Lake. rather. Sulphur Creek,
inst above SIS junction with Bear River IT surrounded
by mountains covered with cedars and about eight miles
distant heavy body Of timber as Is III he
Rocky Mountains There large cold sulphur springs
and coal he'd ten feet thick In town About three weeks
ago an election held for city officers the issue being
whether honest people or rognes should rule me latter
put forward their worst men for oice Fellows WHO tu
killed their man, broken jail been driven ont of the other
railroad towns &C. There are about hundred OF these
ruiinns and with theradmrers they came WITHIN lhr{
votes OF electng ticket On learning their strength
they became very bold. Three men were arrested;
tried, aud convicted oi garrounc' fODDlhR, hnu
pounding peoples heads with their revolver 10 Is an
unsettled question whether the town IL IN wyoming or
Utah but the general belief that IL Is ~ the latter Al
any rate Sheriff of Wuship County Utah. was on his
get these three prisoners "hen concluding tt
something must be done to put down the lana pirate OF
Into the custody OF the Sheriff II would end by
their escaping from him. the people huuIqenlg
gathered together one night, organized q vigilance
committee aud with the victims OF the garroters thelr
heads yet bound up from their brukcS' AS eaders le
went Ia the JAIL took out the three men, aud hanged
them The rough thinking that this was the WORK OF
the people, but rather that 81 the Vgantes from some
other town, went with their garrotng esiAbshing
meanwhile sort Of rendezvous in the
mountains adjacent Some more OF them
having been thrown iuto JAN, the Whole
tribe OF outlaws went down from their rendezvous one
night rescued the prisoners. and fired the JAIL standing
guard round IL while &c burned. Tho citizens armed
themselves promptly with rides, reyoVrrs. ana shOl-
guns and surrounding the roughs fred ON them, khg
eleven 81 them and WOundng twice or three times AS
many The robbers fed to the mountains, aud suDse-
0nrty returned with the intention OF burning the town
They received with another yOley, when 'hey gave
II up. and returned 20 their den , 4, -
According to another account one OF tne men VIM
hanged, James Reed. had been railroad haid, and
some ~ his friends yainly endeavored To rouse eS4hS
of revenge IN the railroad camp 10 which ne hhd De
iofrrd About weeks after the hanging, however,
one - the railroad formon was I'm town for the purpose
of aghting przcught ON his way 10 the ring De got
into difficulty aud arrested Baied out ne Went
Ia hs camp and returned the 2Otn ult., early, with
about They freely Piled with whisky, and
soon became Wild They first released all the prisoners
aud then burned down the jail Then they
burned Inc IHdcT Office Meanwhile the police and citi-
Gems tho number Of about %, gathered In house.
ariled themselves thoroughly, and organized One OF
them unknown the rest had gone 20 the mob ana told
them that n they didn't leave town within 20 minutes
they would be- fired They beat him back TO the house
with REVIEWERS aud clubs and as lac entered the
door shot him dead. His name was stephen
stocks and he the only citizen killed A. he fe the
armed party broke from the house and commenced hrng
on the mob who returned the fire a. long as they had
ammunition. the fire lasting ten minutes rs long as any
OF the rioters 10 be Eight were Killed or the
spot and about dozen wounded, three OF whom died
that night The citizens slept their arms and patfoled
day and night two, since when they have had peace