American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-17
LYNCH LAVA STORY OF THE
LEAD MINES

| 90, Ill
LII INC year 100 s''ia'i s,ei II W nee
| steamer ielt tne oroau 'rach Oh tne niSs 81,
| slppl Whlcn IL hiu peen Pio"iIS an ih'
way from st, LOUIS, ana entered the tevr'
hi'cr' 10 PICK us way up tIe tol'uou'
winnings Oh 'llat stream ilhaily rulnlh i
its Prov lhto the muu at the uaieHa i'ihd
ing.
| On BOARD were the usual compleneh
Vi oiiiceI ana ,iieh' 'oSe'hoI WIN eiSh' Vi
Ten strangers from pGlo"' VINO were Soip&
10 ING icdu mines Ihoy "eio di,eaiy oh
SaSeu, win one eAceptlol, anu VA.
young l'iih apout I" NV ca. vi "Sc
whose name upon inc poat D ieSiS'ef ap
pe,Ieu rs Nichaiu oiiiaiiey-
lie was evidently unused 10 work, ye
| he had but little money, SO could not pos
slbly ne SPECTATOR, ana ne WAS very re
lucent regarding MS business. Inc facts
were, he was gambler, who had con
celVeh the ldea Oh gong 10 the iead mines
ior tne purpose Oh replenlshlhS MS eA
haus'eu eAchequer lroin inc haTu-eatheu
wages OF The miners.
ne received no "eicome from Tue
CROWD VINO had oeen "alllhg lor haii an
hour Tor the boat 10 come; bus he ana not
NOTICE 'hat- ne look ms carpetDag ID
hand ana went ashore WIN tne rest win
whom he had become acquainted, and who
introduced nm 10 the HDosS" as man
who desired job. The question OF
wages was soon settled, and he, in com
pany with the rest, started Tor the dig
gins
soon he exhibited an evident dislike for
work, ana would nave Deen discharged
from the mines, but he had gone to the
boss" and begged to be retained; and
lor while ne ana better.
from 'he Jog mousse Wnich was 1neir
boarding place, many artlcles OF Vaiue,
such as coming, Walches ana money, nad
been stolen since the coming OF Smalley;
and no clew could be obtained of the
missing articles.
AS such thing as stealing had been
unknown previous 10 ms coming ana
regular Welsh and Cornish miners, sus-
plcion was quite naturally directed to
Smalley as the perpetrator OF the THEFT.
A close watch was Kept upon his move
ments, which resulted in nothing but a
loss OF sleep to the watchers, Tor long
time, until one night about twelve O'Clock
he was seen 10 dress hlmseif ana proceed
10 the chest OF comraoe, from whlch ne
distracted watch and small sum OF
money. Immediately the detectives
awok the "boss" and Smalley was taken
in charge and securely bound: Nothing
was done with him until morning, when
the boss" opened his court, and called
his gang OF miners to act as Jurymen.
The stolen goods being found upon his
person was sufficient evidence of his
guilt, and the question was not Whether
he should be punished, put what tne ma
ture of the punishment should be.
II propose, sald the boss" after he
had explained the nature OF the case, that
we fog him, and |, therefore, order that
he shall receive fifty blows upon his bare
back, from hazel bush CATO nine-tails,
we'll laid on by the man whose property
he has stolen"
The sentence was received with cheers
by the miners; IN silence by the culprlt.
He was stripped to the waist, and tied
to a small tree, while the men who had
oeen SEM lor WHIPS soon returned anu
,i ii ~ I', -, -
viz i 1870. peSI 'J ~ w .lio
Sliiie .on Wv an 1an one y, sne ;m
"', S, Va 80, :, ~ IN III ,' "a,,
oniaiiey S1pou II Wy ".il uii'ii ,"enty
pio"s Iau peeli "',ii =, "iich nc
pesaI 70 Er9 enough, anu seu " oe
iet on WIN mia' ne, ne iiau -, leceiv S
NO you uon saiu .lie I iuauel 'ainI
No Io,,,,d 70 ,rat tIa nh Of n,,r
We az o'ana u So f ~ I'm d u gu,
n1 - ;,,','rocntions ~ ~ r.; pt,n
tI'ir,' =, ,!oro 80, onJ ,ba .,n,ainst,,
~, , 49, ,,iSd;c.,;aI
vi I,ie Nv law d mns at W. AZ iau .o laura of
MS va, vi nv ia", my Ia Vi
80 e.. - 49, h., adn,ittod - ~; 81
has enacted some of the most ridiculous
laws extant.
After Sp,oIle,- had heep released and
was again clotbed he entered the house
and nresantI,- anneared Win his cornet'
bag. Outside he paused a moment and
said to the "boss.''
81 will kill won for vour share in this
work, I swear il and as true as God lets
mo live 7 will do itn
90 ret alonr ont of tbisr renIied ,he
boss "and if I ever catch Won sneakinr
around here will give YOU another fog
ging"
cmo11o,, ,-.Il,ed o1vav and woo COON
T., - j., ~
out , VI siss.. IL vas aso. ,t 'ai.eu 'nas nc
. .oon NV nis. oo'' uo"i nv ~, .na -
IN NJ" my e1.,,.n' az t. .u -
s'an'I was loi Sot'eh' "":io nav
t'ii pe.'ei lor 1'ii'e vi 'ie'i Il IL ii'''
ps. s1 leiiieliioeieu. -, 100000,
N1aii NM 3osis n". p ,,' """}
ye. .iiT super insenoen. Vas .io sa.nu oi'
posS iic ii"'. iiI'ii i'',, any. d any VI
chiiufeh nad sprung up around MN,
making MS nome nappy- ABOUT lhls
tiIhe one Oh tne chiluIen htu run ON
schooi oiie h.TT,, ant USING u in.o 'no
i'o VI n'M ,, o,'nht 10 t,nn ;, rani;od b.r
-, ny 81. ,!s!at ,r;,h Wv, r. Schnoi
m" i ,r,nr,imi.n
res, l N.oM' t''. lue' ai'el nonooi
was called ms AFTERNOON sehlieihan
caile IN cai I az anu asN ,I loI nei "a
nnt 49, Nm 1,a 'l All" g. sha ' ,ent With
h;r, and T s,,nnnSad sno was at home n
n ia,, ANY .hor np, En- ha ~
"a ,,,Nthar ~, NOV, bac,n,e alarmed and