Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-18
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Mob in Carson = Great Excite.
ment at the Capital.
Yesterday afternoon we received a
telegram announcing the hanging of
one Burt, at Carson, by a vigilance
committee, and late last night we were
furnished the following additional par
ticulars as published by the Carson
Tribune. 1t appears hat Burt had
been concerned in various incendiary
attempts, and having refused to leave
after repeated warnings he was taken
out by a party Of masked men and
hanged. We are not much disposed
to countenance mob violence, but If
there he any justification for the oper-
atoms Of vigilance committees, it is in
just such cases as this-where il seems
TO have been proven beyond a reason
able doubt that the victim had en-
ga2ed in frequent attempts to fire the
town OF Carson, thus imperiling the
lives of women and children, to say
nothing OF the destruction of property.
Our first dispatch, which will be found
in our telegraphic columns, represents
that the greatest excitement prevails at
the Capital. though we infer from the
general tenor OF advices that fur
Their executions are not meditated.
Burt, it appears, formerly resided at
Hamilton. Following is the Itibune's
account of the affair as furnished us
by telegraph:
This morning [Dec. III. at daylight,
the citizens of Carson were startled 10y
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by the neck to the gate of >. G..
Wright's cemetery. Numbers OF citi-
zens forthwith rushed to the spot, and
there hung the dead body of a MAJ
with a paper pinned to his breast with
the figures 1901 T" written thereon. The
man who had suffered the death pen
al.y at the hands of an outraged com
munity bears IN name OF Burt and
Was of the witnesses who testified
against pettlin2 during his trial in the
District Court. 1t will Re remembered
that Dettling entirely cOntradicted the
testimony of Burt, and asserted that he
WAS led Into ways that are dark" by
said Burt and his partners, Lotter and
Piercey. Dettling vas convicted on
his own admission but there was 10
a man who listened to the testimony of
Burt but believed that he a the
greater william of the two. and the con
rocier of all the nefarious plots tina,
had been carried int execution We
understand that Burt mas been repeat
edlv recommended to leaye town, but
disregarded the warning. Yesterday,
so umo has it, Piercey and Lotler re-
ceiyed final notice. Lo ter concluded
that it was well to depart, and so
cleared out. Burt refused to GO; Civ.
ing as a reason that he had no money.
Coin was offered him, but he refused to
take it, retnarking: "They can't get
me out of this town unless they pack
me out" Every night lately d~epreda-
tions have been committed, and patty
thefts perpetrated. Only last evening
an attempt WAS made to fire
the soap factory in the southeastern
part of town. This, and the robbery of
the night before, doubtless determin
ing our. citizens to summary Ven
geancs on one they knew to be a cul
prit, aud so make of him an example
that might deter his associates from
further outrages. From a gentleman
who has charge of and sleeps in The
Curry engine house, we learn that
about half past M o'clock this morn
ing he heard a number of people
whispering in the engine house, and
| Ittf hz " nc ioiftI saw tttF w
dark lanters evidently seeking some
one. The men were disguised so that
our informant could moi recognize any
of them. 1t may be observed that the
man Burt and a few Others had for
some time slept in the engine house.
After sore time had elapsed the oh.
ject for which the masked men were
in search was discovered, ard in a low,
deep voice one of them called out
Burt, get up. and he d q quick
about it! Get your clothes on, for YOU
are wanted" No doubt Burt realized
the situation, aud without any ado,
rose and donned his clothing and was
led away bv his captors rs noiSele-sly
a. il ali were but a dream. Burt was
conveyed to the graveyard and there
hung hy the neck. We learn from a
respectable citizen of This town that
Burt was considered a very disreputa-
bile character when living at Hamilton,
White Pine county. and that by the
Interference of IA informant he was
saved from death at the hands of the
people of Hamilton for conduct similar
to that ~pracliced by him in this town;
and further. that when he left White
Pine he made his escape rom Jail He
was a native of New York, aged rs
years.
TRIMMINGS Birds, feathers, flow
ers, etc., a splendid lot of latest styles
just received by Aunt Hannah, nearly
opposite the Odd Fellows building.
Let no one who yearneth for a hat or
bonnet trimmed i'm the highest and
most fashionable style of the art longer
despair, for the necessary .parapher-
MALTA, including all of the dips, angles
and spurs, is now within the reach OF
all, Aunt Hannah having generously
marked these new and Indispensable
articles of female head gear down to
bed rock figures.
LAST PERFoRMANCE.-Our theater
patrons should bear in mind thai his
evening concludes the engagement OF
John Jack and the Firmin Sisters, at
Bigelow's Hall. An extra fine bill Is
out for tonight, n we'll worthy OF
~orowdiny tho houSa TO SuffOCatiOn. As