The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-08-06
The Rule of the Outlaw.

For several weeks past the coun
try people of the Monday Greek ant
adjacent mining res ions, have beer
subjected to a reign of terror, i'm
posed on them by class ofoutlaws
whose headquarters is at Straits
vile.
\ The villains raid down the Val
ley, taking chickens, turkeys, pigs
property of any kind they desire
and when the farmer protests. they
draw relvolvers, threaten to XII.
him. and if he makes "a fuss about
IT." burn him ont. The country
people are completely subjugated
by this fawless class, and arc afraid
to speak above a whisper for feal
of the outlaws vengeance.
This state of affairs never before
existed in Hooking county. W.
read of it in the far, wild. West, hu,
in all the tales we have read there
is day of judgement and the out.
law hangs.
Our officers are powerless to pro-
tect the people. because the people
themselves arc afraid to make COM
plant, and apparently afraid to
make defense of their property.
Single handed a farmer canno
fight organized thieves. He submits
because he must.
But bl- Cd Is boiling on Monday
Greek. The people Of Ward ore
terrorized, and tho aggravatlon has
reached the point when Vigilance
Committee will be organized, and
tho thieves and outlaws, who are
beginning to become known, will be
taken to convenient tree and
hung.
The Sheriff of this county is pow
erless, because, up to this time the
people imposed on have been afraid
to open their lips and give testimo-
ny. But the limit has been reached.
Arrests will be made to day, and
resistance to arrest or retaliation up
on the people will result to the cut
law in DEATH.
1t is time, and high time, that on r
mining district bo cleansed of out
laws. The honest, honorable miner
whose fight we have always made,
is compromised by the thieves, who
claim to belong to his calling. The
business men, operator, the farmer,
everybody is disgraced by the sys
tenn of outlawry ,and Hooking coun-
ty will soon be in worse repute than
in the reign of the Mathenys.
The farmers of the Monday Greek
should organize Vigilance Com
mittee. THIS committee should ap-
point men TO watch for the outlaws.
w hen the villains are caught they
should be killed.
This may not be in accordance
with the law books, and other con-
trived schemes for screening GRIMM
ais, but the quick, short cut of JUS
tice is to shoot the thief on sight and
hang the outlaw as soon as you can
catch him. The honest men of this
country must run it. If they don't
they should die. A thief and
mad dog have no rights to respect.
and the sooner a community Is rid
of either or both, the better for the
CO immunity.
Let the Vigilance Committee Or
ganize, and EXECUTE. The ruff.
fans committing the outlawry we
speak of, undertake to claim assocl-
alton with the miners, that they
want something to eat and must
have it, and lot of talk of that
kind.
No man hungry, nor with a fam
lily needing food, ever asked in vain
in Hooking county. Our peoples
hearts are tender and their contribu-
tions have been generous. No per
son needs to suffer from hunger;in
this country. There is no occasion
to steal. The thieves engaged in
what seems to be systemized plan
# rascality. attempt to attach them
selves to the miners.
The Miners are noble men. They
are the best and purest of blood
They are men of pure instinct and
honest principle. They dispise a
thief. They hang an outlaw. They
are men who respect and observe
Law, because Law means right and
Justice. The Miners have no rela-
tion with the outlaws. and will be
among the foremost to bring the
sceundrels terrorizing the women
and children of the mining regions
to Justice and to PUNISHMENT.
What wo say has been said advis,
edIy.
The outlaws of the Hooking Val
ley must seek csver or they will b,
dealt with by a Peoples Court,
which administers Punishment.
The officers of the Law will do
their part in formal arrests. But
the People will be Executioners.-l
1t is bad state of affairs. but it is
so. The honest men of this county
will run it, and the sooner thieves
and dead beats and plunderers
know it. the better for them.