Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-07

Wildrick, and he offered no more resist
| ance to the mob than a stuffed bag would
have done.
HUNG TO TREE.
In the rear of the Jail stood tree, and
to this the body was dragged in silence,
as if every arrangement, down to the
minutest detail, had been made before
hand, and would be carried out. Still
not a word was spoken. The end of the
rope was thrown over limb, and the
body was drawn up until the feet of Pat
Wildrick left the ground, was made fast
to the tree, and the prisoner was left sus-
pended by the neck. Not a struggle was
witnessed in the body, and if the deceased
spoke word or whispered plea for mer-
cy, or left a dying request, IL Is known
oniy-to those who were in the immediate
vicinity, and they have good reasons for
keeping the whole affair quiet.
THE LYscnIgG AFFAIR
occupied but few moments in all its do.
tails, and we hear that 40 quietly was tho
whole thing done, that the fret intima-
! ton those living in the vicinity Of the
/ jail received was when they saw at day
! light tho lifolcss body Of Pat Wildriek
hanging from the tree. Who tho men
were is not known. A citizen Of Portage,
who saw an excitement at the jail and
attempted to approach it, was stoned by
the mob and driven away.
WHO COMPOSED THE MOE
We have it at noon to-day that not n
single citizen Of Portage City was engag-
ed in the lynching Of Pat Wildrick, al
4 tbnt,ot - ., L, 20 h..
place. A part of the crowd came from
Kilbourn City-at least some 80 Of them,
after the lyncbing, took the westward
bound train for that point. The others
came from Sank County and the Baraboo
Valley, where Gates was well known and
where Wildrick had been the terror Of
| the neighborhood for months commit
ting any crime his fancy might dictate
and escaping justice entirely, through his
own ingenuity or by the aid of his father
who always went his bail when arrested
A gentleman who LETT Portage yesterday
| said that it was well understood that
| Wildrick would be lynched, and at the
| time he left people Were coming on horse
back and on foot, as well as by teams,
with minds fully made up to do some des-
/ perate deed.
THE FEELING
against Wildrick's father is strong, and
many threats were made against him. 1t
is believed that he well knows who Were
the murderers of Gates, and that he
knows now where the murderers are, and
has helped to shield them from the law.
1t was not designed to kill the man, but
+ to hang him to a tree and thus force from
him the information he has, and that
which would aid in securing the murder
ers All is quiet to-day at PORTAGE ana
kilburn City. but it Is generally believed
that the end is not yet"
THE SHERIFF AND JkILER,
who were tied while the hanging Of Pat
Wildrick took place were Afterwards uu-
tied by the crowd before If di-lrrsai
and went its way to the city.
LEAVING THE NICiSITY
4 Whether vigilance committee ls-
been organized At Portage CitY nr not
more than one man Of doubtful character
hae been ordered - leave and never show
liz head there again. On the train this
morning, one man came az far a- Wat r
town aud lett there. He said he 49,
ordered away aud his life threatened fl
he did not leave. He raid roo. t'.af h.
was not the only one who bod he,J,
threatened.
WHAT - SAID Al PORTAGE
The following extra from the Portage
City Register, Issued this ~ fa aa,
reaches rs by telegraph 10 day tff
Wtidrick was notorious Il derperti3 a-
ever infested a conumu lify IL sfn9t it,
dlafed fir Il crime committed eiyilfaaa
months sfs4 charged with one 81 me ut,st
outrspsaas rJbberies ever herd us tar
tH4uuf gfstsa Lslug ahouf ~ 400 lh
yab.i Jaii 2as bruised mt .ie
sHqp5sri be dead, and The pfs1H ~
fta yanoz uifc, who va epeamped ea q
Ions jsltud with him. Violated ap1 tete
~ 80 ai4 f,rt whieh ias not tasH gsa-
"rulfy kaopa For tho uiis ~ fbie Sir
Gafes - Wldtiek bad formed ~ ~
0bmrnf N yeafs previous, vjs'ni. p B.
10 dr4tss. feeipfoeatei. but her ha4rt
sud band tero fnally 9tYou ~ Hr gtffs
( Wow let IL BE- remembered that by ~ 81.
man testimony could Pat Wildriek /"
consiotad excerpt by Mr. Gate-, aud he
uas murdered py ao ace,mpliee 1T Wi
dirk last Monday morning Now -
there no * usa for mob ilw III this Z
The law was - csrtain o. aisctste"
hirn "a the sun 10 riso tomorrow morn.
ing, and Pat Wildrick WIS just as
certainly guilty Of the enormous crime
lid 1T l,e bands. The hanging ~ this
clse would not have taken place. Ue hrn
~ bolievc, had there been the iea-t reason
- hope that Wildrick would l,ayo rscciv-
ed justice through the courts for the rnur-
( der OF the old man Gates. That was
\ rendered impossible.
From all appearances, aud from all we
con gather and learn, those concerned in
4 tie affui are not those who woald ever
violate a law, but il would seem thit they
bad sacred duty TO themselves and 70
tlI" community to perform, and our YER.
diet il they performed 1t well. In" men
engaged in 1t appear 10 have come from a
distance, and like orr own citizens, also
appear 10 be determined that this section
shall not b. harhor for all the murltrers,
outlaws. and de.pcrddoer that are dia-
charged into tie community. Good gov
eminent shall prevail, and scsere punish
meuf shall be melted 70 criminals. II
crimina!- don't like tho style of tho cum
inuniiy, they wi be welcome t. find 4
more cguYerial ono.
How joins IoRHssEY BEouGHf JIM
Fisk no 1ERMs--Thc New York Citizeu
giye- The following yor-ion u the wy "a
which Torriroy brought FISK to ternr
just nfier the late gold panic, when The
firm Of Smith, Gould and Martin werc
curry ing thiugs wifh such high hard IL
the matter Of settlement with their cred
ilors. The beet oi he joke - that fhg' i
Il u good deal 81 truth IN tho story
Muscle against Gold John II ori.scy
found himself tho creditor oi Jar -. F,.lg
/ H., after the gold speculation, I ,hc mn,
Of ninety thousand dollar which he
could not get paid Eelyi 20 On his nor.
sonal vigor, the ez-pugiliy sent word ~
our worthy sheriff, the redoubtnble Mr.
o'Brien, that if tho n oney wa. no, paid
within twenty -four ! ours. he should pur.
chase COW hide, and use it up in the
Interesting surgir al, but unpleasant per