The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-02-03
Prom the Daily n Thussday.
WDBKSVILLB V191LA0TB9.
Tho Scenes OF Alder Ouch In
1894 Re-enaoted m Ms
ooula County.

NObtOeIU T0CJUC JubSVsWNs SSuSs OOs'
imi the past three months bccGn,e no
tGDriOals asthe r1,uxhc-t On the line. II
has been nOstrangc thing to hear e:.cll
morning Of ss',m. "'se lHing rubbed 81
his ,nsney ar amy valuable, which, he
might hsve IL his possession du II ~
the previous night, and the rO6l'-ries
uut unfresluensly involved the hOrri'
bic murder vi sonle lnnpr victim. Al
,ne time the ''r,'llers," ~ they were
s.Ileti. haal gained such, nss'sntl..ncy Ia
the town th..t no n,an dared to iii
his hand ar voice In opposition Ia
their deeds Of crime aud riI':sge, and
. reign Of terr"r wa~ upon the town,
hut when the raiIr.,asl was completed
u this ln'int, the respectable law
abiding citizens determined, as there
seemed IL l'e y" law for their pro:ct'-
ton, they would make law unto
themselves. A committee Of safety
was organix.s', embracing IN It's n,en,-
bersl,ip the Osa.t citizens ii
the place, aud steps were
resolved upon which were calcuIst-
al to eiy1ctu:,llS rid the community
III the worst ~. IL foot-l'ads that ever
Infested any place Oh top Of GO<ls
green foot.tOol. With the or:,anixa-
tion of the vigilautes the fortunes
III the ''r,llers'' tNDk sudden turn
and the incitlemts Of tue past few
days have: We hope taught r'l,bers
and m,urdererx that Wreksville Is no
longer place k'r them ply
trade VI l'lsnHi with isnpanity. Sew
ersl days agO notices were posted In
conspicuous places about the town.
notify ing all persons who possessed
n" visible meats "f support to leave
the town and never again 10 lie stpn
In these parts. upon peril Oft suffering
the penalty Of the :; 80. The roll
ers" Paid hut little heed to the warming
and were inclined to defy the commit
tee ~ safety. which had been
formed for the protection II honest
people. 80 lest might the committee
assembled and securing y special
train, followed W and captured six
Of the defiant xcOunslrels, four. ~
whom, were hung atrrhOmlis."n river;
aud at Weeksviile this morning the
remaining two were found hanging
I" trees opposite the railroad camp.
Another Of the same class
Of numbering ,le~iera.locs was
shOt dead In Weeksville this morn
Ing; which In Ies~ than twelve hours
has rid the country Ut seven ~ der
perxte character. ever cut throat or
-cutiled q ship. 1t Is stated that one
Of the two men hung last night .Dm-
fsSsed TINT he hal killed Wen for
money and had l,een . roller, and
that his1 n,o.''rr always said i've
would be hung. The other weaker
ri aud w~l't while he pied S"r lis
Life. We hOle now, that We are rid
nj the n,urtleroGs gang. aud hereafter
citizens can walk the streets without
the tear Of death ut tile hands Ut an
assassiu, Or being stunned by =
.,ung shot aud rol'l~l vi his valua.
blss.''
The following additional particu-
lars with the names Of some of the
men who were lyn.hed. are gathered
fron, the .Nis4ou!;aM III January 18th:
meantime the vigiIamtss had been
showing strung hand, anil ordered
DOuse eight nsen u leave tlse country.
AnsOnx those were Joe Davis, man
kns,wn ~ OhiO Dan. 1.-THE Barl,er,"
BILLY the Kid" and others. M
.h~rees were brought against them;
hey were simply told 10 20. Davis
nd Ohio Dan y err given three days
y which 10 settle upaiiairs. and then
hey moved down to Sandy Point.
News was cent Up that there was =
lard gang collected there, and . par
y Ut vigilautes went down. took the
'arier aud Ohio Dan, and br0ught
hem ~ to the camp just be(Dw
Neekeville and hung them 10 trees
|ear there. II h said Dan DECLARED
hat he had done nothing worthy Ut
sash. and asked his executiO0ess tn
vsaH~ l>Sa ,r>1,Ao>oP haaf tn 1,nPfeP On