Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-09-23
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gsance on the miserable whslp Guiteau.
He has no friends. Even the men whose
duty 1t Is to guard and protect him in
his prison cell oil want to kill him. and
two Of them have already tried to do 30.
He il carefully confined within strong
prison walls ct the capital Of the nation.
protected BY government bayonets, with
. whole arsenal full Of weapons and
ammunition near BY and regiments Of
soldiers within call; yet the chances are
that Guitssu would b the easiest man
IN the world to capture II . band Of
rssolu,s men should undertake Il. His
prison walls. bolts and bars are literally
bis only protection. for not one Of his
jailsrs or guards would ARE to hurt any
body In the defense Of the oowsrdly.
Asndish wretch.
It IL we'll known that for weeks past
bodies Of men have been organized 10
Washington and nsishborins cities.
waiting for the proper opportunity to
vrssk summary vengeance upon Gull
tsau. In illustration OF this intense
popular demand for vengeance the fol.
lowing telegram will be read with in.
tsrest:
Nxw Yoax, September 20.-Ths Sun
publishes . special from Newark. which
says: 'In accordance with . previous
understanding. q body OF men met last
evening at 0 O'Clock in . little grove on
the roadside leading to Milburn. about
half q mile above Vaudeville. White
coverings concealed the faces Of these
men. When all bad assembled there
were about atty persons present. Two
were appointed to stand on the mao
sdsmized road, and three others were
stationed at . short distance In the
n~eighboring cofnaeld. About half .
mile further on stands the Milburn Town
P~oor-houss and farm. Within . stones
throw Of the site Of the meeting there Is
. very pretty white house with vine.
covered lattice wsrk at the entrance. and
q sign with the inscription Beware OF
the Deg conspicuous on Q large cherry
tree. After pickets had been posted.
the roll was called BY numbers. Each
person In responding went forward and
whispered the password to the person
Who acted as master OF ceremonies.
| Numbers ten. thirteen and forty-sevsn
were asked whether the resolutions were
to DO presented. They responded In the
aflrmsive. A paper was produced which
read IS follows:
WHEREAS. This association Of citizens
OF the United States. which will
bs known to its members a. the "Na-
tons Avengers" feel that II Is BY the
Divine mercy OF q just Providence that
We are enabled today to have living a
President OF these United States; and.
WHEREAS. By his Straightforward and
upright administration he had provoked
the anger Of Q contemplate and oowardly
assassin. who sought to deprive the ma
| ton Of one whose every heart threb
meets with . responsive pulsation at the
heart Of every true citizen Of the United
States, AMI
WHEREAS, In the event OF the recovery
Of the President. which Gsd grant may
occur. but o pitiable measure Of justice
will be mstsd ont TO Q bastard. whose
Just deserts would be the rack Of tho In
~quisition. and
wHrnxAs. II the worst should occur
and We are deprived OF eur Ged's noble
man By the hand Of this assassin. W
will witness one Of those everyday
scenes OF Q legal execution, wherein thu
assassin 10 made to appeSr more like
martyr; and.
wHrREAs. Il has been our experience
In the past that all executions that have
taken place have failed to stem the tid'
Of assassination. we deem II advisabl,
that some more fitting example be mad
Of o 90 deserving Of our wrath; there
fore. be IL
Resolved, That from among our rank
one or more shall bs appointed by loI
whose duty Il will be to spare neither
excuse nor energy 10 execute the orders
OF this body. CoMMrrrEr OF THRuE.
In the remarks subsequent to tn,
adoption Of the above there was but littls
discussion. with tho exception OF some
remarks condsmnipg the action Of Ser
eeant Mason. and calling him Q bunR'
ling brsseart. who either sought to do
What he dared not. or sought public no.
toriety BY his rash action. The under
standing was that no person would be
requested to got a. %sxscutioner for the
Council whs did not deem IL worthy Of
riskipg bis life 10 make an example Of
oil Who desire to obtain notoristy at the
cost Of the best blood Of the nation.
The matter Of drawing the lots was post.
poned until o was heard from the
chamber OF the suffering President. AZ
each one left the ground DO was secretly
informed Of the time Of the next meet
ing and the password. The entire meet.
ing did not occupy more than twenty
minutes, a. all the prsliminariss had
been arranged beforehand.