New-York tribune., 1871-09-13

CalltNl. NV
.,d Judre Parsons Svcrcly drn"on''u' ,,tb of
mnnjty was prepared for anything "n 'no ,.ored n
lime. one jenkins who had Ill open u"' .orr;ctor.
store and knochcG down Sod ro"p'" "" .,rr4 and
,olc,, from t.c custody Of Parsons 20 do
was .'"'i .r,c orcau;zaton declared It's u'~
,r,iu9t -, that mo thief. burglar hv opib
o,,1;,~, sl,N ,sca,.e punishment e'n0 ~, a,ro.
,J..of ,,l.w.tic Insecurity OF pii'ou' Iovitv Of
-, .., .or~,,,,i,,., Of the police VI ~ ,.,ru
a., -, . ,,,..,,] 10 administer JuS','' ....;,o
'i'' was effected and adh'''
~,' VIZ T,is was all done Pu""''I' - Wv
"''''i' 81. anticipating III the i''''',' j''
J men of the biHneS' 'i
- substantial citi7'ns' WI" nv
Ia 'a-,,le places in pnhhc coh'"HV'' o'i"N
,..I:o ;lc leading Po>''"'4' =" '''
-. | non tine bodN Ol 'h'' NOV 'i''''.''
Ii Ic.,iuS alias bHI!He' na4'Evu i'' ""'
..',s ,,l,l,Iy. cc!o"cr JUtE 'C''n,''0 '''",''
raS'"GS ',scJ came 10 his death " by stranCHia-
., carsed By bc.nf S''i'"'''" - '''' n', ~ "''
.''' '"a'd '@,bed 10 the end of tho adobe b0Ild-
'''" ,be 1LzA. at the hands of, and IN
."E oo W of rlecoucercd action on the part
ossociation Of cltize0s calling themselves
c,",u;ttce Of Vigilance" This verdict was not
.loel No bv any action on the part Of The author
.in. b,nch the Vci!autcs lS& in number, published
-, address Ito vl "a they siIncd their names in fCl
:" which lh,y rdv" nplIco HAT they had hau.rd
Jrh!,i> and ready t. Vlsli Ills fto upon similar
,,crdrr, a.L nj iA' laws.
Tur rnlrI,. - cc,drd TO enlarge its op"IA-
.,np,. A Safety Committee of Thirty was al"
oon,cd :" cNa'a''" every vessel ARRIVING with
,.ShrIr'~ ''i~t'> or CunNIrtS on board. No l'"
= ~ >..>,, iou ihr more roi"r1ons Hounds ana
'>ylur, toI,> ,iat they must cunt the country or
iuder tlI' c"n>'Gucnccs; each snSptcted man Wa
egulalv tried before the Vigilance Court before
,eing >"ut OF and, # convicted, was let loose bl't
I coat lI:u.act"us, was scled ana Kept III
,nai"S ulii Hu opportunity offered 1nr Tran
llUr w h,u. Where criminals were brought hcfrrr
hrCoa't- IT, du' fo,m. delegates from tn" Ninlanc%
'o0r tjc" attended on III" PROCEEDINGS and reported
lpii th, progress OF the case III the Interest ol
vrct Justice. Two notorious criminals, w Whitaker
and MckcuIic were taken from the rooms OF the
,Iranc, uInu,.'tcr by the sheriff on the 2lst Of
August. '>l he NlCilaHtCs, on the 24th, broke
MO III" .ri. t"'t ON inc men. who had cont HNc'
.hrir gun. and nceI thrn il the presence "f ',1"
o~plc TT afternoon. III front of the Vigilance
Iul II, IL lid how been Hanged by the Commit.
tc, lar., ruuic;s had been sent abroad, and by
opc';tIHC Nith similar organizations which eWarG
NJ, III the tenor towns, the whole State had been
rIdted az criminals Of every class. Property W!N
nIof' secure tie courts resumed their normal
tered an men III power warned by tue fate ut The
cIllaIus whom they had encouraged, abandoned
AclI So"c;cs or Icrcd to prN ate NE 1t Is not ion
much /" ,.y that duing The brief interval winch
succeeded the caieer of the Vigilance Committee ot
ln,l HE ;d property were safe III any populated
nart q! Catalonia as ii MAhhJ t;an during thc Plilhi-
tive times II the carly Dutch burCheTs. No man
rad sunc;rd the extreme penaltv ot death without
iar rla ludge, lur sheriff, witnesses, and plcades
trlng re- ;irv authorized 10 act by the Vigilance
-'OniH.t;c.. WHO lacked only the form Of LEGAL
lc"u,c t. make IT JuNical and executive body. II
absolute. represented the popular Will!
TIE THIRD VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
To urc, gStand WHY San Francisco, purgcd and
terrified by a succession of fearless Vigilance Com
uittecs, should ever need another it should be
observed that no action heretofore taken had gone
,,,,p IN hp of crime and
chan driy .rg of or hanging the most notorious of
ihe criminals After the thorough work of 1851, the
actors in those stirring events returned TO then Shops
and merchandise ith a fatal belief in the assured
safety of tHe city The public business was left 10
the public servants without much oversight oI gen
c.al interest therein the baOtboxcs were neglected,
and des nIug plundeICTs stole In unobserYed az
before To- places of profit and cm0lument, by lHI
Che climax Of ills was reached. judges, public prose
cuton CITY officials, supervisors. and political mana
gers with but few exceptions. were alike bad. The
iusiness men were from Ncw-lork, NewEnCland,
France, England and Germany; but the politicians
and espc I&Y the Office-holders under Democratic
Administrations were from the Southern and South
Western States. The laws We're dened by gangs OF
rouehs Who not only controlled the local govern
rncnt but a." Courts. Ignorant and brutal row,Ic'
bought or crowded their way into the Board Of
Super, isors and ballot box stufinC openly and
Enthusiastically practiced in order to carry elections
for Ring pundercrs. Once more the sweet note a.
the pistol was the commonest sound in the streets
of San francisco. Ruffans infested every walk G"
life and flushed with politcal success. lavlAi"d III"
wealth of ;he city IN ploiuSt eAlcnditlle JHs lre
Bnd nur,lcrcrs escaped as the slayer OF Dorian has
lust ESCAPED at JODess Wood. or as lillian Foster
las clu,l,d the hand of justice by Juggery III the
tourts Even when men We're arrested foT cTiiI"s
which they did not deny, the weak plea that they
should not now be made examples OF, when 50 NAM
worse mCn had killed and pllhdeTrd with lDpu'lt\.
was admitted. and 50 a complete immunity was
gradual, established for theet ruhans.
At last. IN 1854 the bloody events eliminated.
James King of William had in The San Irdn"jsco
Bulletin ol which he was editor and founder, de-
nOunceG the corrupt rsscais vino ruled The cliy ny
name. OF this gang. Worth, Sullivan Casey and
Cora were most prominent III crimes against good
Dr'ier and popular government II was delegated 10
Casey tn got nd Of King. and tie wretch meeting,
him after the publication If one Cf ms vigorous CO.
itorals. shot him dead i'll the street. For moment
IL wa> thought that Casey would escape. a. hun
dreds Of r,itfsn- had before him; hut before velve
hours haG passed. the city aiiame with excite
nent he vigilance CoinIItiet S!hlt was TcNl'edi
the leading roughs were arrested by the rrorran
Hed COMMITTEE, and on the dav that James kIne
pi lllalu Wah buried, Casey and Cora were hanged
by the hCilant--; the cowaTdy, terrOI-striC ken
eUlhvan committed suicide while in their CUSTODY
snd the Committee went forward in their work.
1Aih uiiC tht Committee more thoroughly Ol-
ealiztd than before. Nine thousand men a. once
enrolled themselves on the books Of the OrcanIza-
a rHiid CoiiuCI was formed. a court organ
s1eo. and the headquarters Of the Committee were
t0rtled with gunuy- bags filed with sand. Within
ths fortlnc.tiou. called Port Gunny bags" the
Sommiltc' had GOO stand Of arms, and Dalnt aimed
tulct discipline. The work of warning second-class
IilhlLals and aTrestlng transporting the more
I'sp~rse ones conducted with Judicial rCgU-
.alIly and military promptncss. Within few
months four men were hanged and ahOuI
my Were transported. Some were landed III Pata-
to1ia some sent 10 South or Central America.
snu oGi lew found their way back to the slum, Of
SeN- loik oI New-OrleaLs, whence they Lad EN-
Ihe GoverrOr Of the State called on tie General
COulmanNltu fhl Inn. ID Ii, L..