The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-12
JUDGE EDWARD MCGOWAN.
BOUNDED orr or CALIFORNIA AND
WELCONED BdCh AGAIN.
The Man who was Followed all over tho
@,nte by the Vigilance Committee in 1857
Returns to san Frnnci-cO Amer Voting
for Ilacleit nud VI orrissey In New York.

for IiacLeit nud VI ogrisscy In New York.
SAN F-RANcfsco, Doc. 5.-Everybody was
glad e. see Ned McGoNan when he recently ar
rived here from New YORK, although he has been
ahecut from mi, state for ncarly twenty years,
and vas nearly bounded 10 death Ivy the vigil
lance Committee and others before he could get
away There Is probably no man whose nainc
mud deeds have been more talked of la Caiifor-
Mia and ON this cunst than his. lie said that he
would have reached this city few days earlier
had it not been that he desired 10 remain In
New York and vote for hls old friends Recorder
Ilarsctt aud John Monissey. When h4 arrival
was announced. the sporting men and politi-
clans Of the city. among them many who were
members ~ the famous Vtyldnics, who, years
ago. like -leuth hounds followed poor Ned,
grs, ped him Ivy the hand and welcomed him 60
tile city. what littlo hair ho has on his head IA
nearly white, aud 50 also IL his heavy nous
tachc. His teeth are ncirly az gone. yet he Is
-ill almost H. Nlgur1u, ~ uf old, and answers To
tho familiar tito ~ Judge" lie sat up nearly
all night with the hursomcn In the Lick House.
aud took his whiskcy at every round, with a
small allowance 81 water. He knew "llll ."
Sharon long before l3iil struck ne rich ore and
bcraine tinted states senator from Nevada.
Ga tho day after his arrival
mos. wM. SHARON
called upon Judge Edward McGowan ut tho Pal
n.c Hotel. and took him to tho Senator's resi-
doucc in ruttcr street, wi cre champt guc Is used
instead Of water. There iiiil and Ned talked
over Old times. the killing oi .umes King. editor
9i ,e Ermag 81, bu IN in l,5 l sy 1ame r.
one of Ned best friends the hanging II Casey
h} thr Vigilance Committee, sod many hiding
icrriblc roi,hinr a." whi..' he vas forced 90
undergo. 1hcn tho Scugtur with the my .tcrious
eyebrows tll.cd Of his uilsr ilccni Palace Hotel
aug about stocks. whether hc gave Ned any
points uu the mar,vt t. NOT ,upvu. Nod needs
coin he admits mat ami his principal object
in coming here VaH fo tty 90 recover some ot his
property. a." D. g ling tu Sacramento most week
60 ASK Tor relief from the Legislature. saw
him sitting 40 a comilriall' chair IN the Palace
lloirl reception room yc.f. rdnv. and We -n0ok
hands Ike old friends. II j. uu eSaegcration TO
-ay thai no Californian has seen more of the
state and been noro abused thnn has ned Sic
tuWHu. and his history. II II b. eyer fully told,
viii nat 10 shame All the dime novels Is,i;rr
of Western lie that were ever written. tie wa,
IN "a td alive mood whtn met MIN. aud. throw
ing down the newspaper which ne was reading.
he said that he had been waiting 10 see a man
Tor whom
lie WAS sFcoNp ~ 4 prEL
about twcnty-fpur year. ar'. Ned has the HON
CRADLE d fiuctipn Ol heiug B." forty-ulner, and
consequently has claim upon the Toy, who 10
catrd mere about tuut tue. lie was born in
rhiladel hia Ia lsi3 and learned the art of print
Ing in his native ely. lu lsi. hc Was elected
tlcrN of the District Of Nosansusinc. and was
reelected five years successfully 10 the same po-
e.tiuu. w. l'i- he Wa elected d" the Pcuh-y IVA
Mia It- .ltture, and 200 l>, was appointed 10y
GOV irryr 'ii"rn'c'in'Nl 81 we, Nihie 'lasa-
zinc for tho Eastern District ~ pennsylvania.
Two years aitcrWdrd ho wa. superintendent II
Police tor ono ~ tfe d -tliff. ui Philadelphia.
te caught the tdi 'ruia fever IN is'1 and ar
rived here Oh tle last day ~ October Of thut
Ntar lie 1. III offices pf honor and trust ia this
STAGE. ahi Ilc records nf ihe state Treasurer
B. aud Comptroller show fun accounting Tor
~ rtN "a, Bar tnai passed through his hands.
hiiu. hc referred hi, trlduccr, to his Intimate
tit-frrn friends, naming unoug them GuV. ia
Nd q. Porter. the Hon. ihcll.rd \auN. Pos;iuns-
Henry NJ Phillips and John ". Flrney. la ISL
nc claims 90 have been
THE VICTIM or \ POPULAR PERSECUTION,
which challenged tho annals Il hi- country Tor
Ini got come When he could visit upon the heads
/ 90 hi' prosecutors the tnundcrbolts NTH which
I'm 100 eoifur VI the EpthunD BdbtlH, a new spa
lci that iudul-ed ia the trauiiiuidl buwie-kuifc
thrii,t.. ANA its. l.. Casey editor IF the Silnd1y
IHtss' dealt "ui hot SHOT IA return. King and
,asey began To- take out the skeletons from each
| others private closcis, and the consequence WAS
! thht The Sidewalks became TOO narrow Tor casey
and King TO walk on AT the same time, aud In May,
lJj, Ca-oy shot and morially wounded King.
Casey Wa taken to prison, but WA, shortly after
ward escorted To u neishborng tree 10y the vigil
lance Committee and hanged. McGowan heard
THAI hu was accused OF being au accessory before
/ the fact iu thc murder HING, and thAt he WAS
wanted. Therefore hc srcrtted himself aud the
/ search Tor him was one ul the most remarkable
/ ON record. 1t WAS reis ttt4y reported iu the
new. phper' that hr hn been -c,n On the streets,
/ and II /, Il fact that nr several times Ncntured
out in disguise. ~ length. however. he escaped
from tur city uu sN 100 footed horse. with two
co.ap.ninns and starred Tor southern taliforuiA
HIS MANY HAltAkE AlfH L~NAlks
| from his pursuers aud from bandits and In
! dians, while crossing the plains OF travelling
over tho mountains, would MI, II recited. several
| volumes \ reward nhd been offered for his Al-
| prchcuslpn, and a. lac had been Justice OF the
| Peace and Judge Of the Court Of 81. sions IN
san Francisco, and was well known, the most
extraordinary efforts were made To capture him
toi unf Al Il" tihie he went with"ut iopd or Wa
ter The whole state seemed to he alive with
men In pursuit OF hifn, and his escape was mar
veiluus. lie slept ia the mount aims and In
dtcNts and ate law vegetable, and i-h. In
August, lsN. and Will" yet not out Of the StR'e
he n-tpnished all California by sending lonl
letter 10 the san r,ucisco Hfrdd. lie wrOt,
the letter in cornheld. ana trusty ludiar
mailed IL for him Al santa barbara Early II
loJ, lie was persuaded tn 20 To Sacramento u
asa Tor "a change OF venue from san Francisco
to some other county, and he boldly made tn,
he was tried In NApa county before Judge Nc
kinsty, now one of the Judges OF the supreme
Court. The jury, after listening to a vast amour
OF te-tinOny' promptly rendered u verdict VI no
guilty.
AFTER HIS AcQuIrrAL
he began the publication Of the PhHntr after
ward called thc Arg0tDin ia Sacramento, an,
took especial delight In rnkinR the Vigilance
Committee fore ana aft The result OF this war
threats against HE l.te. Parson Lacey tried har,
to convert him. aud failed. The paper live'
about nine months, and Ned, IN disguise, started
fCr san Francisco. When he landed here, lac wa
discovered ard marched 90 the city prison
where charges Of libel wcrN preferred again.
him. lie gave bail, and as ne was going from
the prison he was surrounded by twelve men
members OF the vigilance committee, Mhlcl
had sworn to ki him-one of whom lire,
~ him. Tho bullet went tllou III his clothing
but did not wound him. After u de perat
struggle, he escaped To Mciggs wharf, and afte
much strategy got aboard the Pacific, the sam
vessel which irw wteAs ago WAS sunk viii
nearly al her Passengers. He went to Victoria
aud there puarellrd with the an horities an
was arrested for heading an armed body of men
WHO BROKE OpES THE JAIL DOORS
and1beratcd several Americans. who. McGown
thought. had been uniustly imprisoned. III
| paid heavy nuo, aud then went from the Brit
l~h possessions to Mexico. This was in 1859, an,
there WAS then tails about the recently reviVo
annexation scheme. Ned and his companion
were limited IN their stay in Mexico 10y the Gov
eminent, which ordered thom TO "pack up AN
away lie next appeared Ia Arizona, aud wa
| elected IA, a Delegate to Congress. The Terri
tory had not been fully organized, hut lie Wen
TO Washington, and, through Daniel 4. Sickle
and Tom Florence, was given, by courtesy,
seat In the House. But it didn't pay, Ned say,
and no began to travel again When the wa
broke out, he entered the Confederate scryic,
He was made "A prisoner in Louisiana, and wa
sent to Fortress Monroe with other prisoner
under the care OF Wilson'S New York ZouaNe
When put on hoard the Maple Leaf in Ilpmpto
Roads he headed revolt and escaped to Ricl
mond, lie was robbed In Texas by jayhawkcT
nj the close OF the war, and went back 10 Pills
delphia. lie had three SONS Ia the korthcr
army and one In the southern, Since the war b
has lived in either New YORK, Philadelphia, Il
Washington. For the past four OF i've year