Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-03
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fhe ktoKis4a Assassi nalisu society,
( BUFFALO. \. Y, Feb. ALFRED Bid.
We'll, former citizen Of B1ffal 10 good
repuie, vho now lives at Sarasota,
fiorida. Is charged With being a mem
Der OF tbs uotoGieos Sarasota Assassi.
nation Society. This organization il
/ supposed 10 exist for the purpose of
secret numbering Of political opponents
and IS composed OF twenty members,
bound togsther by terrible oaths TO per
form the bloody work Of the band and
10 keep lts secrets inviolate. BidveII is
charged with being a party to the mur
der of G. r. Able. The society passed
sentence of death on Able IN April last,
but deferred its execution until aftef the
election. Several arrests we're made,
and Bidven is IN Jail awaiting the
action OF the grand jury. The informa-
ton received showed the assassination
society TO be one Of the most atrocious
orgasiz stions ever heard of. A DR..
Andrew was the ringleader, and many
rlch and Influential men of Florida are
said to belong to it. Ths msrder of
one Reilly several mosths ago and of
Charles Willard recently, were said 10
have been the work of the assassins.
Ihe victims are supposed 70 have suf-
ANAD@ AOA RkANdbC a. NCIl as
causes. In several Instances citizens of
hanatee county, Florida, we're way
layed and shot and their threats cut.
The Rev. Mr.. Low, of Sarasota, was
whipped by the assassination society
because Of a misunderstanding with his
stepson. Many reports of the bloody
work of this society are received. II
believed here, where Bidwell is well
known : "A fnFunaF a.1
right business man, that he Is the vio-
tim of perjury by his accusers, who are
themselves the guilty parties. Dis.
patches from Braidsntown, Florida. say
that ths community is greatly aroused
over the arrests, and is determined to
slft the matter to the bottom.
Fire at Marquette.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Feb. 9. Last
nights fire was confined TO the First Ma
tional Bank building, which is a com
plete wreck. The loss is $2ll 900; insur-
anee. 100000.
Prisoners Discharged.
NEW YoRK, Feb. 2-Wm. Butler, Jas.
Daily, Joseph Lamb and Charles Henry,
the men arrested charged with having
caused the explosion IN the store of
Garry Bros. on Grand street early yes
terday, we're arraignei ia court TODAY.
Several respectable witnesses testified
TO their good character, and the police
could present no evidence connecting
them with the explosion. The Court
therefore discharged thsm.
sone Talk from President TayIer.
SALT LAKE, Feb. 2.-President John
Taylor spoke in the Tabernacle yester-
day. He referred to his recent trip,
and said the Saints were being perse-
cuted in Arizona and sent to an Ameri-
can Siberia for living their religion.
He spoke of the Federal officers here
as sneaks and tramps intradinR with
processes from their courts into the
homes Of the people. This was hard to
bear. and forbearance might cease to be
a virtue. Yet stand 1t a little longer.
He did not want blood to flow Just yet.
There would be change before long.
He would not give up the law of God,
so help him God, and the congregation
shouted, amen ~ Prosecutions, he
continued, were making some of the
Saints think of going 10 a foreign
country to preserve religious liberty.
There might be another Pilgrims day.
He said the saints were illegally pun
ished at home, and killed in the South
ern States, and no one was punished
for numbering them. He intimated
that all must be silent in what they
knew, and thus thwart the wicked peo-
pie prosecuting them.