The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-08-26

vey's body from the crowd, Coroner
Taylor impanelled jury, consisting
of Messrs. w. w. Ritter, Joseph
Jennings and John Groesbeck, who,
after hearing all the evidence neces-
sary, returned verdict in substance
that the deceased came to his death
by means of hanging with rope by
an Infatuated mob whose names
We're to the jury unknown. Tha
corpse was then buried as previously
stated.
INCIDENTS.
Mr.. w. H. Sells, son of Colonel
Sells, was pretty roughly handled
for time. He was riding past the
City Hall in II buggy, at the time
the lynching was going on. Both
he and companion, fearing there
might be trouble, got out and went
into the Jail yard, where Mr.. Sells,
not knowing that the negro was
already dead, protested against any
unlawful measures being taken,
thus hoping to avert another crime,
The excited throng, however, think
ing he was reprimanding them, at
once became incensed against him.
Several pistols were drawn and the
crowd gathered around him. rhey
were
AT BLOODY BUSINESS
and the prevailing opinion among
those calmest at the time, is that
they were not particularly averse to
prosecuting the work further, on
provocation. Several PEI SONS, fear
ing the resentment Of the crowd
, would prove dangerous to MIR. Sells,
! called on other persons to take him
away and finally Officer Salmon
seized him. In second several of
the crowd were after tue officer and
Sells, but nr. Sells was placed in
the jail tor protection and renamed
there until the affair quoted DO gn.
Any number Of persons are con-
Ifirmed in the belief thai Officer
SalmOn's discretion and prompt &C
tion in the matter saved Mr.. Sells
life; but he is not of the opinion
that such extremes of anger would
have been visited upon him by the
crowd.
REMARKS.
Altogether, Saturday. August "a,
1888, figures in the history of Salt
Lake as the blo0die5t and most ex-
citing day in her history. A man
Standing nigh in tho community as
an officer and citizen, respected by
AL who knew him. is shot, maDgled
and killed by a semi-barbarian
another officer, while single-handed
attempting the arrest Of the MUIR
derer, is shot III the arm; the cul-
pTit is then seized by mass of
people who have become Infatuated
at the events just preceding, and
who thereupOn mangle his person
and then string him up 60 die like
the dog that he was. Harvey
RICHLY DESERVED HIS FATE;
He was nothing more or less than a
wild beast in human form, and il
his victim had been one of his own
or near bis own class in life, the
events of the day, evel including
the summary punishment, would
have been a matter of con-
graduation IN all quarters; but as it
IS, the taking Of the murderer's life
, did not restore that of Captain Burt
and it was doubtless this fact and
the realization of the attending cir.
cumstances, which made the crowd
so furious and ungovernable and
caused them to be called a mob.
They were incensed beyond the
point of endurance and did not try
to give their judgment full exer-
else; in this they acted as human
, nature generally prompts under
such circumstsn 81, and cannot lie
greatly blamed.
, The spectacle presented by TIT
suspended Odyo of the negro, wa,
one that will not soon be forgotten
by those who saw it. His neck was
stretched to twice its natural length
his head dropped towards the lef
: shoulder; his mouth was force(
. open by muscular contraction; hi
= face
> WAS A PERFECT JELLY
with bruises and cuts, and was GOV.
2 cred all over with blood, whicl
). streamed down upon his cloth
, ing and dyed it deepl.
] in the crimson tide. The HERALI
{ representative saw him as he wa
{ being taken to the City Hall, ant
5 hortly after he had been drawn u
: with the rope, and the two picture
/ were as dissimilar in their outward
seeming as any other two ever were
1t was horrifying sight, one upol
s which none but the most hard,
could look upon and afterwards slee
/ quietly and without disturbing
dreams.
THE MORAL EFFECTS
Of such spectacle are not health
u fEl. Lawlessness, no matter iron
what source or through whateve
. provOcation, should be frownet
down. The murderer deserved
3 death, but, as this is the extrem
penalty in any case, we owe it t
$ our humanity and civilization to a
+ least go no further. Mob law i
Z sometimes a necessity, and in thi
case it certainly was justiiable !
ever. We can readily excuse tn
preparation of an immediat
|, execution without due process o
q law when fhn offaOSa ia so napr3p