The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-02-08
JUDGE LYNCH.


lie Ofsiclatcs NJ tIis Execution - Ten
Montana Dcspcrasioe-.
Wecksyille. Montana, which has been the
champion town for ronghs and rustiers. l,
getting thorough purging II II NJ III.
eastern end of the western division ~ the
Northern Pacific. and for the past month has
been the scene Of ut least half a score Vt
murders and outrages and lately Of nearly
half a- many lynchings 4 gentleman from
that place, who recently arrived Mt Butte.
gives the following thrilling account of tho
summary manner in which the newly
organized vigilantea Of Weeksville dispense
even handed Justice: Less than ten days
we'll known IN Butte, was captured, shot all
to pieces and thrown into the river But
last Sunday was the bloodiest RED letter day
ever known at the terminus For many
weeks past spirit Of lawlessness, robbery
and murder had reigned supreme at that
point Good citizens were terrorized. and
the rule of the robbers was 10 potent that
1t became unsafe for any man with dollar
In his pocket to appear on the street.
even In broad daylight While under cover
Of the darkness carnival Of crime was con-
Quoted by the thugs and cut-throats. who
so greatly outnumbered the good citizens
that any attempt to arrest and punish the
criminals was attended with almost certain
death to those who might otherwise have
been willing to aid in the enforcement Of
law and in visiting upon the heads Of tho
guilty the proper penalties for its infracti0n.
Dire alarm took possession Of the business
community. and it finally became evil
dent that. unless all good men were
willing to sacrifice their property and
leave. some immediate and determined effort
was necessary to terminate the existing
reign Of terror. The courts were paralyzed
and their edicts were dafied. Urged to des-
pcration by The cxtremities of the situat on,
II vigilance committee was organized with
great secrecy, and the accessions were soon
sufficiently numerous 70 render it, members
bold enough To announce their purpose OF
suppressing the high handed outrages al
most hourly coming to light Once organ
ized no time was lost in carrying out
the object Of the association. On
last SUNDAY night three despera,toes
known a Ohio Dan, Blondy, Ed Enright and
another man were arrested. The three firSt
mentioned were hanged without ceremony.
and the fourth was converted into a lead
depository. At the "" another camp two
miles west Of Wceksville, similar scene was
enacted, three men. names unknown, bting
hanged on the same tree and all ut the same
time When the coach LETT Weeksville the
bodies of two men were still dangling In
the air from limb of a tree, giving an early
morning scene of ghastly aspect 1t was
also reported at the same time that the
three victims at the -Y- We're similarly
suspended. having been thus left by the
ayenging sigilantes. so that there should bo
no possibility Of return to life. On anoth-
er authority 1t H. learned that last Monday
witnessed the hanging of three more men
whose high crimes had become known. and
who were, considered too wicked TO be- NJ
lowed t. nii'ict the earth any longer with
their presence