The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-22
TELEGRA-PHIC
THE AVENGERS.
Fifty of Them Meet in New
Jersey aud tSWear Ven
Geance on GuiGteau.
Other VIgiIaDts.

New York, 2U.-The Sun has this from
Newark: La accordance with previous
understanding body Of men met last
evening 1T 9 . clock II | tile grove on
the roadside leading to Medium, about
half mile above Middleville. White
coverings concealed the faces of these
men. W hen all had assembled there
we're about fifty persons present. Two
were a. pointed to stand on the Macads-
mixed road, and three others were Sta
toned at short distances in q neigh boring
cornfeld About half mile further on
stands Mplburn town, poornouse and
farm Within a stones throw of the
site OF the meeting there is very pretty
white house with vine covered lattice
work st the entrance and sign with the
Inscription, "Beware Of the Dog" con-
apicuuus on large cherry tree. After
the pics cts had been poste1 roll was
called by Iumkers. Each person in
responding went forward and whispered
a password to the person who acted az
NJ str of ceremonies. The numbers
ten, thirt en- and forty.seven were asked
whether the resolutions were to be pre-
scented. They responded in the afirma-
tive. A paper was produced which read:
Whereas, This association of citizens OF
the United States, which will be known
to It's mem bers as the Nations Avengers,
feel tina, il is not By the divine merry of
q just Providence that we are enabled to.
day to have living President of these
United States: and,
Whereas, By his straightforward ard
upright administration he had provoked
the anger of contemplate and cow
aldly assassin, who sought to deprive the
nation OF one whose every heart throb
meets with a responsive pulsation at the
hear. of every true citizen Of the United
State; and,
Whereas, In the event of the recovery
of the President, which God grant may
occur, but pi.isble measure OF justice
vii! be melted out to q bastard, whose just
deserts would be the rack of the lRquisl-
ton; and,
Whereas, If the worst should occur
and We are deprived OF one OF Gods
noblemen By the hand of this assassin,
we will witness one Of those every
day scenes Of legal execution,
wherein the sssassins are made to appear
more like martyr.
Whereas, II has been our experience in
the past that all executions that have
taken place have failed to stem the tide
of assassination, we deem it advisable
that some more fitting example be made
of one so deserving of our wrath.
Therefore, be it resolved that from
among our ranks one or more shall be
appointed by lot, whose duties 1t will be
to spare neither excuse or energy to exc
cute the orders of this body.
(Signed.) COMMITTEE OF THREE.
In the remarks subsequent to the adop-
ton of the above, there was but little
discussion, with the exception of some
remarks condemning the action of
Sergeant Mason land calling him
brungling braggart, who either sought to
do what he dared not or sought public
notoriety, by his rash action. The under
standing was that no person would be
requested 10 act as executioner
for the council who did not deem
it worthy Of risking bis life to
make an example of all who desire TO
obtain notoriety at the cost iof the best
blood of the nation. The matter of
drawing the lots was postponed until
more was heard from the chamber of the
suffering President. AS each one left the
ground he was secretly informed Of the
time Of the next meeting and the pass
word. The entire meeting did not occu-
py more than twenty minutes, as all the
preliminaries had been arranged before
hand.