Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-21
An INDErENsIBIE OUTRAGE.

AN INDEFENSIBLE OUTRAGE.
We refer to the lynching of the In
dian who killed Toland, in Eastern
Nevada. The gang of white rufiians
who took him from the authorities and
murdered him, are precisely the kind
who bring Indian wars upon the coun-
try by their mingled brutality and
cOwardice. There was not the least
justification for this lynching. 1t was
4 wanton defiance OF law and order,
and what significance it has is to teach
the Indians that though there may be
laws for white men there are to be
none tor them. And who is this
Lieutenant" Jaeger, who permits a
prisoner to be taken from him by a
mobf BY his title we suppose him a
militia officer, but he certainly ought
70 have known his duty better than to
have surrendered the victim upon
much better for the cause of law and
order If he had killed about half q
dozen Of the rabble of murderers.-
Sacramento Record Union.
The above is a fair sample of an av-
erage newspaporial account OF a matter
written by a person who knows moth
ing Of the facts connected with the SUBJ
ject Of his article. "The gang of white
rufians" above alluded to was COM
posed Of some of the best citizens of
Eastern Nevada, who were actuated by
. desire to prevent, instead of to bring,
an indian war upon the country. They
preferred making an example of a
blood-thirsty murderer, by executing
him in the presence Of his band, to
giving encouragement to his comrades
by allowing him to escape the conse-
quences Of his atrocious crime; and in
stead eff signifying to the Indians that
there was no law for them, the act was
significant of the fact that retaliative
Justice, the fundamental principal of
the Indian code, would be applied to
them whenever they imbrued their
hands with the blood of a peaceful
settler or prospector. Lieutenant JAZZ
ger il not q militia officer. He is on
the regular service, and attached TO
the company Of infantry at present sta
toned ct Fort Halleck. He is q good
soldier and an efficient officer, and
acted wisely and in accordance with
the dictates Of humanity and justice
in yielding to the demand Of an over
powering force Of armed and justly in
censed citizens, who, with reason, be-
lieved that the future safety Of the set
tiers in that vicinity depended upon
the summary enforcement Of justice
upon the murderer Of Toland, and he
did right in choosing the alternative Of
delivering into their hands the treacher-
Gus and cowardly red fiend whom he
knew was deserving OF death
to imperiling the lives Of the
ten men who composed his
detachment, or taking the chances Of
being obliged to fire upon . force OF
citizens whose only offense was a de-
sire and determination to insure the
future safety Of themselves and their
families by netting out justice in ac-
cordance with the spirit If not the let
ter Of the law. 1t Is not such men as
tho citizens of Spring and Snake val
leys who participated in the ceremony
Of giving "Tobe" his send-off to the
joyous buffalo range that bring H.
dian wars upon the country. 1t Is a
class Of persons like the writer of the
Record Uniom, who, living remote
from the scenes of danger, can afford
to indulge in the luxury Of wasting
their sympathy upon murderous red
skins, any n of whom would appro-
pirate thei. ~scalp-locks as cheerfully Is
the msudlin Indian sympathizera
would apologize for the massacre OF a
hundred white women and children
by , band Of marauding redskins.