Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1882-01-20
WESTERN DISPATCHES
THEE MEN LYsCHEB.
Summary Parliament Of Supposed
Criminals In Seattle.

SEATTLE. ". T.. January 20.-A tsls.
gram was sent from here on Monday
evening announcing tina. George B. Rsy-
nolds had been murdered by iootpsds in
the street ct 9 o'clock that evening. and
that the citizens had formed . committee
to hunt down the murderers and bring
them to justice. In less than four hours
James Sullivan, Q ons.armed man, and
William Howard were discovered by Q
SQUAD Of the committee in the hay on
the Harrington & Smith wharf. and
locked up In the County Jail. On one
was found . revolver with one chamber
empty. from which experts decided that
q cartridge had been discharged during
the evening. The men, ss far % age,
size and general appearance were con.
csrnsd, answered the description given
Of his a~sssilants by Reynolds. the muir.
dersd man, on his d~sath-bsd. and also
the descriptions given by Rev. John g.
Fair and Captain Weeks. Of the men
who stopped them on the street on
Monday night. demanding their money
or their lives.
On Tuesday morning the men were
srraiRued In the Police Court before
Justice Combes, Justice Cam and Chief
Justice Green, OF the Territorial Su.
prsms Court, sitting With him. The
prisoners were fully identified by Rev.
Mr.. Fair and Captain Weeks as the men
who had stopped them. The latter also
recognized the revolver found on Sulli.
van as the one leveled at hin by that
prisoner. A brother.in.law Of the mur.
dsred man, named Msydeubausr. idsnti.
hed the two men as having run past him
Immediately after the fatal shooting, and
az having Como through the muddy alley
In which were found tracks, casts from
which oorrespondsd with the shoes worn
BY the accused.
On this evidence Justice Combss was
about to commit the prisoners to await
the action Of the Grand Jury. when
strong men seized every officer In the
room and tightly held them. and other
men seized Sullivan and Howard, lifting
them up a. though they were small
children. and started on o q Tor the
plsos set for the execution. This was
on Occidental square, whore q strong
timber was adjusted In the forks Of two
trees. over which were passed ropes,
with nooses axsd at the ends. aud q
wagon standing underneath. The I'M
happy men were thrown into the wagon.
the moses were drawn tight around their
necks. the wagon Was drawn from under,
and Sullivan and Howard were suspend.
ed between earth and heaven. Their
struggles we're few and short, and 10 ten
minutes both were dead. though their
bodies were left banging for an hour.
A few minutes utter the hanging Judge
Green rushed to the spot. and With
drawn knife attempted TO cut the ropes
that held the men up. He was seized
by Q number OF citizens, overpowered,
and forcibly removed from the scene.
Immediately alter this double execu.
tlou u ucieBntiOu VI 1VV VI wv SoWhissee
marched to the Jail. aud forcibly enter
ing II, secured one Benjamin Payne, who
was held for the murder OF Special Po-
licemau David sires in October last.
Payne was taken to Occidental Square
and quickly strung up beside the other
victims. His only words previous to bis
execution were: "If you hang me, you
will hang on innocent man." He died
hard.
All these proceedings were directed BY
the business men OF the town, and with.
out effort ct c%onoealment. After the
execution an inquest was held on the
three victims. when the following ver.
dict was returned In each ease
We, the jury summoned In the above
case. find that there his name) came to
his death by hanging. but from the evi:
dsncs furnished We are unable to fnd
by whose hands. We are Satisfied that
In his death substantial and speedy JUS
tics has been subserved.
Congratulatory dispatches were sent
to the citizens OF Seattle by the citizens
Of Olympia and Port Townsend.