St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-02-07

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stood close by ITS side Met rory ap-
Peaieu Wlth revolver and attempted
I" cock 1t, nut AtWcll caught 1t. Key
n"ldS, Marshal Myers. Johnson and 9th
erS Sranpcd MN anu he WAS hilallN dis
armed, having
\ PISTOL IN EACH HAND
When he came ont. Others soon came
ana ne WAS taken through the saloon
iii'" Ih' S'lee'' an" tleN started win
MN i"r llc county jail. AS soon as h"
reached the street Il crowd began to
Sl'hcr aii" loli"N; Near the bridge, ht
.Il' Mrlil'il il"'rl' ihc cry "I "liah%
MN WAS liiNe"' what hau been done
.'clh% S''hcl''ilN KNOWN. ne cry kept
.h;re"S.nS .h;l,'+. WIN % 'he 'l"NH' ana some
.IilS " 'h "''''''P' |" tahe MN from
w, pii''i> vas ,''''''' at !ii' jan """i
"''' ne WIS i'il''llH %"' iilSl"t 'hd P"' III
cell
THE TTRONG OF CITIZENS
Grew larger every moment and sheriff
! GlasscOck was called upon to give up
/ the prisoner. He refused, and appoint
cu >'H'ral "epllilcS 10 aSSl>i MN III
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| Were detailed I" guard tn" Jail t" pre-
/ vent McCr"ry'S being spirited out. of
course there was much loud talking and
tumult. but the crowd wa> calmly in
earnest a> to the object III vlcw-th"
/ taking ont OF Wet rory and his cNecu-
tiom. Tn" only thing WAS how best t"
20 about il. The officers maintained Il
firm front at the other hall door. which
WAS locked. and Stuhholnly resisted
whenever an attempt WAS made by any
of the crowd to force in. Finally ii
wa> determined tu break into the jail
immediately at all hazards. \ long
/ iron water pipe WAS obtained. some -
feet in length. fifty hands seized it, and
the officers. after
\ BRIEF But FIERCE >rrrGGLE.
/ W,,, t,r,cd ,,iJ,. tb, ,rt., hall do,,.
/ WAS sunn h,tr,rrd omen and IN, ,.itil.u>
/ were inside the hall. The ail door was
| now reached. The first door iS made
of douhlc->hcct iron and then there j. Il
/ stronger one of WrnUght-Iron croS>bar>
/ inside this. The first was forced with IL
/ crowhar. The second failed to Weld
Sheriff g la>Scock WAS then uverpuweIed
and searched for the KEYS. hut unSuc-
rcS>tullv. Deputy sheriff REYNOLDS
WAS next captured and searched. hut
/ the KEYS were not found on him. though
>rrrrtcd ON his prr>ou. The crowd
rushed i'm with imnlrmruts to break the
/ vrnurht iron door. sheriff C;Ia>>cnrk
and Deputies REYNOLDS and Parker he
/ iur released. Srrcrrrdcd in getting in
/ with the crowd. and made another at
TEMPT to prevent the ill being broken.
hut they were oVrrpnwrrrd instantly
hv still larger numbers and carried ont
side and placed under guard. Tw"
KEYS We're found on them ANA the door
SWING open. The names of the other
occupants "I 'hr jail were called and
answered to 10y them until Met rory :
cell WAS identified. It WAS unlocked
and McCr"ry wa~ found lying down in
side, completely
r1H\IYZEp WITH FEAR.
H.. r.f,...j to stand am hi. t,,, ,,
sneak. U, knew that hi, time had
come. Before the n,unIr h,d GOT in
side. he told the other n,iSnur,s tl,t
the crowd would >urlI yet in and
i,ur him ..rIraI, ont of the iaiI" and
implnIrd them to ..hrlp to iirht il out =
/ Kcrue\ told him that hc ..vouId pray
for him and he did 50. he saws. Nc
/ ;'rory Iyiu" down and irving himself