Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-09
MONTANA VIGILANTEs.

determined Efforts TO Put au End 10 a
Reign of TerrOr-Ten Men Lynched.
The Butte hter-W Mountain, a paper pub
lished in Western Montana, has an &C.
count of the lynching of ten men by vigi-
lantcs, which. although it must have
occurred more than week ago, has not
been heard of by telegraph. The lynching
occurred at Weeksville, a new railroad
point near Missouri. The Inter Mountain
says:
LESS than three days ago, it will be re-
membered, BILLY the Kid" we'll known
in Butte, was captured, shot all to pieces,
and thrown into the river, but last Sun
day was the blOodiest red-letter day ever
known at the terminus. For many weeks
past a spirit Of lawlessness, robbery, and
murder has reigIed supreme at the point
Coed citizens were tcroIiZed, and the
rules Of the robbers were SO potent that it
became unsafe for any man with a
dollar in his pocket to appear on the
street even in broad daylight, while under
cover of darkness a carnival of crime was
conducted by the thugs and cut throats
who SO greatly outuumbered the good cit
liens, that any attempt to arrest and pun
ish tho criminals was attended with almost
certain death to those who mil hit other.
wise have been willing to aid in the en-
forcement of law and in visiting upon the
head of the guilty the proper + .nalties for
its infraction. Dire alarm took possession
os the business community and it finally
became evident that unless all good
men were willing TO sacrifice their
property and leave it was necessary to
terminate the eSistin, reign OF terror.
The courts were raiatyzed aud their
edicts were dftied. Urged TO desperation
by the extremticS OF the situation, ylgi
lance committee was organized with great
secrecy, and the accessions were soon sui
fciently numerous TO render Its members
bold enough 10 announce their purpose OF
supuressirg the biz handed uutrages
almost hourly coming to light. Once or
gained. no time was lost III carry ing out
the object of the ass, '!ation. On last
S,nday night four despel ADDE'S. known as
Ohio Dan. Blondy.' Ed. Enlight aud
another man. were arrested. TIE 1i,St
three were hanged with"ut ceremony, and
the fourth was converted into a lead de
TosIt"Ty.
=" A; the " another camp two miles
w,>t cl Week svillr. a similar scene was
enacted, three msu, names anknu"u, beng
hanged ON TIE same tTre and n tie same
;.Iur. LIN thr coach lctt eekSNl.ie. So
=. ,..,> I>>,.! Err stated IL MIR. Hart. the
=. ,..,> ,; ;vr men Wee st.!! dangling III
= 2 49,: from ,.Ilh Of :, ;Irv. giving tt"
"a, \ rnc-i:,.G scene -hG>tiy aspect. Il
na> 3,i".l::.a L. h. that the three victims
= :ae y wr.r >.miiaIi! suspended. hav-
81. ,,,y.. iuu> LEI; 10y the avenglng vici
--.:> :. ;.4.- there should BE- DO prsslbi!
- 90, . :r;ITL a. lie.
!:s Ia, .tr- ci these sev, Ii men E"> ii
- Lk..hH i: .EeG:eG Z salutaTy effect i'll
:-lcov.-s .le morals Of the town and i
ILe l.y;rc-;ye s--.Cry hanged Only those
VII deserved he death penalty the fact
that the c.uTts were inoi oierative wilI
..---e'y justify -!ieir conduct. On another
aU-uc-irE il = ieaiDri that last MONDAY
witnessed t!-e hanging "t three more men
whose high ci;ni,> h~i become known.
and who We're considered; too wicked IT, be
al 'wed to @l.iict the earth any ioasee with
th4iT prescrc3."