The Shasta courier., 1870-04-23
SHASTA COURIER.
Conclusion.

"Your men are in Jail in irons," remarked
the chief, who at once accompanied him to
their place of Incarceration.
The prisoners, as might have been expec-
ted, were thundered- struck when Beechey ap-
peared at the CELL He shook hands with all
of them, during which Page scratched his
hand.
That's point made" he thought, "and
| will tell them what lad them arrested
for".. Then addressing the prisoner he said;
% Howard, have had you arrested for the
murder of Lloyd Magruder p
Page turned ashen pale, and again seized
Beechey's hand and scratched its palm. Ro-
maine was silent, but trembled like leaf
Lowry lau ghed at him, and muttered string
of oaths, while Howard looked him straight
in tbs eye, and said
Hill, you hare put your foot in it this
time; and mind you, when get out of this,
I'm going to make you suffer-.
Doc. Howard" said Beechey, in a dis
tinct tone of voice. ''you II necer get out of
this scrape But you and all the rest shall
have fair trial.
The murderers, it seems, after arriving at
San Francisco, took 9l7 900 worth of dust to
the mint, reserving a thousand dollars each
for the purchase of clothes, and for purposes
of gambling; and having been arrested upon
the third day after their arrival, but little of
the money had been squandered.
In the meantime. the widest excitement
had become rife at Lewiston. There were no
signs Of Magruder, dead or alive, and parties
were continually arriving who stated that
Magruder, and Allen, and Howard, and Ro.
maine, and others bad left Bannock City to-
gether Letters had been received from
Beechey, from Portland stating that the
hn cd ~.
town few weeks before were Howard, Ro-
maine, Lowry, and Page and that they had
lost at faro in that city over 81 900 each
Letters were subsequently received from
Mr.. Beechey, lat San Francisco@ giving a
detailed account Of all Of the circumstances
of the arrest-how he nearly lost his prison
ers through the technicalities of the law
how at last be obtained permission from the
authorities to take them to Lewiston, although
he had no proof against them regarding the
crime for which he had caused their arrest.
lie again wrote from Portland to Judge Ber-
ry, saying that, from observations made by
Howard to Romaine upon the steamer, not
only had Magruder been murdered, but
Charlie Allen. Bill Phillips and two others
On the 1th Of December, Beechey arrived
at Lewiston wiSh the prisoners, under
strong guard furnished by General Wright
lie was metat the riverby over thousand of
the best citizens of the place with four ropes
and other implements Of execution, who de-
manded the immediate surrender Of the muir
derers
. | shall only surrender them with my
life" said Beechey Il have promised Gov
ernor Stanford, of California the Chief of
Police of San Francisco, and the friends of
these boys, that they shall have fair and
impartial trial" These words were full of
courageous manhood and produced 1.-THE de-
sired effect.
As the day of trial approached the most
intense excitement prevailed Page, the
trapper, had confessed the circumstances of
the murder in detail, and had been accepted
as a witness against his associates. The trial
was conducted before Judge Park, and lasted
several days. during which Page rected the
tale Of the murder in all of its startling and
ravolting minuteness. The Jury without
leaving their seats rendered ii verdict, aud
the three men were sentenced to be hung on
the 4th Of March, 1861, VIII ch was legally
carried into effect.
This tragedy has no parallel in the annals
OF crime IN this or any other country. Iii |
Beechey, through whose indomitable courage
and energy the murderers were brought TO
justice resides at Elko, Nevada, on the line
u,
the noblest-hearted and best known men upon
the Pacific Coast. He is the proprietor of
the stage line from that point 10 Boise City,
Idaho, and to the White Pine mines. He
subsequently got an order from Chief Justice
Chase, then Secretary of the Treasury, to
turn over the Sl7 900 left at the San Fran
cisco miut by the murderers to Mrs. Magru-
der, while the Legislature Of Idaho remuner-
ated him for his services in the sum of SS, 900,
the money he had spent out of his own pocket.
Mr.. Beechey is now 10 this city, and is stop
ping at Wizards.
While upon the scaffold Howard said that the
real murderer of Magruder would some day
turn up. aud his blood must rest on Beechey s
head. He betrayed much emotion when the
rope was put around his neck, and had to be
held in a standing position. Romaine wept
bitterly, and confessed the crime in detail,
with the exception of changing places with
Page. a" | hope God will forgive us all, - he
said, and, added !" | die with no feeling
against Beechey Had | been in hi> place,
| would have done the same" Lowry, who
had betrayed no symptoms of fear in response
to the question, = Have you anything to
say?p replied BOYS, the Bible saws cursed
be the man that is hung from the branch of a
tree. I've managed to dodge that point,
haven't | ?" And again, when all was ready,
be shouted: Launch your boat; it's noth-
ing but an old scow at any rate"
The trapper. Page, who had turned States
evidence, and who dug the graves for his
associates, was shot dead in quarrel some
seventeen months afterward aud was buried
by their side.
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