The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-03-17
A WESTERN LYNOHING PARTY.
From the ST. Louis Republican.

A changing bre" is always most
exciting event in a frontier settlement.
When it becomes known that Judge
Lynch is holding court, all the people
take to the streets 10 take in the sub
segment proceedings. Mines, saloons,
mills, samb ing rooms, law offices and
mercantile establishments are emptied,
aud business of nj kinds, save what is
in the hands "i Judge Lynch, ia for the
time suspended. The gamblers and
tOughs of western community can
kill each other At will and the decent
people never interfere, but whenever q
tough kills working man, II business
man, or any man known to be respect
able in his mode Of life, Judge Lynch
is called to adjudicato. In 1873 Bing-
ham cnnvon, in Utah, was IA furnishing
mining camp, and had large number
of very tough citizens. Shootings,
sta0biugs aud killings among the
gamblers were frequent. But they
seldom intrrtercd with the respectable
portion Of the people. Among the
gamblers was one named Alex Moore.
He had record. lie had killed men in
Frisco, in Cutromw0uh, in . .iland, in
Park CITY, in fact, nearly every mining
camp ia Liah. lie was Il magnificent
looking fellow, stood over 6 feet high,
always dressed TO perfection, aud his
golden hair and beard curlcd, and
were permitted To grow in protuslOn.
But he was a tiger. He delighted in
| shedding human blood, and was the
terror OF the people wherever he re-
sided
The town of Bingham was situated
at the mouth Of IL deep canyon In the
Unitah mountains, about thirty miles
from Salt Lake City. The reduction
works of the mining camp were located
i'll the town, but the principal mines
were from quarter of mile to three
miles up the canyon. The Old Tele-
graph lead and silver mine was at the
time the greatest ore producer i'll the
region. There were about 800 miners
employed in the Old Telegraph, and ON
Saturday night.as general thiug,th
went down 10 the town and helped to
make things lively. Among the Old
relcgra h miners was one named John
kemblc, commonly called Johnny to
distinguish him from his father, who
bore the same name and was also en-
ployed in the mine. The kcmb!es
were MissOuriaus AID were hard
working, industrious men. The young
man was very popular with the miners,
and was leader in all the entertain
ments gotten up by workers Tor their
own amusement. One Saturday
evening about O'Clock he went down
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outside saloon door. some words
passed between them, aud Moore Dire y
his pistol and shot the miner dead
Moore was Immediately 81 rested by the
town MAJ shal ami locked in the Gala
bOuse, substantial log cabin in tn,
center of the town. Twenty minutes
after Kemble's death the news reached
the Oid Telegraph mine. All the men
mad not yci quit work. The day shift
we're finishing and the ni9ht shit were
preparing to 90 on. a messenger
from town arrived, breathless, and
shouted III front OF the principal board
my house: ''Juhnny krnbie has been
murdered by Alex Moore" The cry
AS taken up and shouted from board
ing house to boarding house, from the
carpenters shop 10 the blacksmith r
shop, from the assay room TO the main
nine tunnel, and from there TO every
slope, winZs, drift, shaft, tunnel and
chute in the mine As soon rs the men
heard it they dropped their hammers,
,lrills, shovels, picks, barrows, powder
IAN, IuSc and tanpiug bars and rushed
ut of the mine as precipitate!y as il o
cry had been raised that the mine wa
N lire, or CaVIng. There was no
| meeting held. no conference, no eX-
;han1c Of views, but rs each man
emerged from The mine he rushed to
| MS room, 2rlSpGd his pistol and start
| ed off toward The town. Within ten
| minutes from the time the messenger
| irst brought the news Of kambiu's
| leath there "Crc 25D men on the road
jetween the Ola Telegraph and Bng-
| nm. They were al canning, the first
ut of the iHinr having the start oh ,h'
| road. The distance between the Oh'
Telegraph and Bingham was little
Ivrr Two miles. mo miners were
| stretched along ihC 'uIrc distance, al
hl>tenipg 80 the toWh. Nearly ali o.
| them cnyri Il their rcvulNrrS III THEN
| lands. They were dressed III thri
md desperate appearance. They iirs
| went To the cabin where the remain.
| pt their lave cumraIn lay on II cot
Their viewing of the remains was Il sigh
| never to be forgotten. Tears washed
| little strcak5 OF the yellow mud OF the
| mine from IhcIr faces, aud their SUP
pressed or'bs in the presence of the
dead revealed desperate purpose
There was no move iuI.le until all the
| miners reached Ihr cabin. One of the
| last To arrive was the venerable father
! I the dead man. He cOu,d not believe
hIi his SON was dead until he called
| him and received no answer, ielt of the
reurins and received no sign of recog
nitiun. aud saw the cruci trace of the
bullet directly over hi1 heart. Theu
the old man broke down. lie fell on
the rcmrirS f III, only boy, the pride
of his lltn. nnd walled pitrOnslv. Ills
wailing was audiblG hundred yards
away. The -uI ID 1t t,.- Ms a. 'pt
same effect on Ia crowd of excited
! mIuerS lual tho ldste vi blood would