The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-07-20

guilty Of burglary, robbery and arson,
and we're sentenced to b hanged, as
rumor said. on the 2lss Of August.
The day before Gov. McDougsl issued
proclamation directed against the
vigilance committee, calling upon all
3w-abidiog citizens to oppose them.
10 the "Anns's Of San Francisco"
We lind that, though the governor in
his official capacity had frowned upon
them. as IN individual he indorsed
their actions.
Oa tine morning Of the 2lst, before
dawn. Sheriff John g. Hayes. holding
warrant Of hsbeas corpus. procured
upon the affidavit Of Gov. johnson
himself. went to the rooms Of the
. o nmlt.ee. which he entered without
experiencing any resistance. A party
1t r1l'cea,en followed in case Of need.
The guard Of the committee suffered
the prisoners to be removed. Some
OF the committee, however, fastened
to the California engine-house and
rang the bell This soon reused the
numerous members Of the committee,
and brought them to the scene Of
action. There WAS something strange
aud unexpected in the whole affair,
and treachery was suspected.
At halfpast two o'clock or the
afternoon OF Sunday, August "a.
thirty-six armed members of the
vigilance committee forcibly broke
into the Jail while religious services
were in progress. The slight defence
Of the jailers and guards vas Of no
avail. Whitaker and Mckenzie
were seized and put into q carriage.
which wac driven OF NJ full speed
and nearly At the same moment the
ominous bell Of the monumental
engine company rapidly and loudly
toiied for 10 immediate sssemblage
Of the committee sad the knell itself
Of the Doomed. The whole population
lesPed with excitement at the sound,
and . crowd buried to Battery
street. Three blocks with the neces-
sary tackle had been hastily fastened
to two beams which projected over
the windows Of the great hall Of the
committee. Within X venteen minutes
after the arrival Of the prisoners thew
were both hanging BY the neck from
these beams. Fully 5000 people
were present, who Kept an awful
silence during the short time the
preparations lasted. But as soon as
the wretches we're swung of one
tremendous shout burst from the
excited multitude, and then there was
silence again.
After the bMlies had hung about
halt as hour. the people we're ad.
dressed BY Messrs. Brsnuan, Peyran
and DR.. Robinson. IL the cur. e
Of an hour the 6odies were delivered
to the authorities. and q coroner's
jury rendered 4 verdict similar to
those in the former cases.
This was the last time the vigilance
committee Of 81 took or found occa-
sion to exercise their functions. The
civ was pretty we'll cleansed OF
crime, and the fate Of jenkins, Stuart,
Whitaker and Mckenzie shovel tina,
rogues and roguerv could no longer
expect to find a safe lurking piece in
San Francisco. The desperadoes Who
had terrorized our city we're scattered
abroad or had met their fate in the
mining regions OF the state. San
Francisco was >sfe. and the committed
duties being ended for the time being,
the Organization took q rest until
1856.
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