, 1889-01-24

viaILANTEs In NEBRASKA.
Organizing to Clean Out . violent ssS
Desperate Commusity.
SfoUI CRY, Ia, Jan. 19.--rhe lavleas
saloon element here, which is held respos.
sible for the murder Of Rev. N. Hsddouk
three years ago, has kept rather quist
since that event. II 10 BY no meaas dead,
however. Tue law has been violates
whenever possible, and the Law and Or
cases Of illegal liquor sale,. Not : vssk
passes IN which from two 70 Q dozen r.
rests arc not made. Officers OF this e.
ganixation are subjected 10 oil kinds q
abuse. and lately the rough element IN
grown bolder.
The attorney Of ths league is p. n.
Grim. who dovotes large share Of his
time 70 liquor prosecutions. asi who b
particularly hrted By the liquor elsaset.
His friends have often cautioned bin =
violence be attempted. To-day he re-
ceived tho following letter. surmoaatsA
BY skull and croasboles: ..'l
Sioux CITY, Iowa, Jan. IL, 1889.
Philip II. Grim. Attorney Ut Law: l.
DnAR SiR-No doubt you have bssa
rware OF the order knova ~ "WhitD
Caps" You eaa. therefore. take dss
notice from this wArnisg. Liberal ei6-
zeus Of Sioux City have come 70 the sss-
your absence from this CITY 10 dsmaadsA
ct once. II you do not leave 1t sacs ysa
can depend that we will call upoa you In
full force. 4 word 10 the wise is ssk-
hcient. I.
Mr.. Grim expressed 10 fear and ssyv tbe
matter 10 but . blu6. but persons VIE
kaow the deep fesling Of revenge hes-
bored IN certain qus.tsrs would not -
surprised at repetition OF the Haddssk
tragedy. that grew out Of The Same eleae
meat Of those connected With the Hsddosk
murder tends 10 emboldsn those whom -
Lost his life In pfcsecutipg. --.I,,i..
Anosher extraordinary Iesale OF the ~
GRAFTON OF tho liquor lav here 10 seou =
the lietle town OF Covingt0n. Nsb,, jsst
across the Missouri from Sioux City. Sinaa
the lay went into eject that town hes ben
literally swarminG With the thugs. toast
chafasters, .dfunkards, ssloen-ksspefs asA
others xho haye beea driven .out Of Siesk
mass.meeting Of the psople OF Dakota
cousty was held yesterday 70 discuss ~
organization Of Q vigilanoe committee -
drive these pests out OF Covengtou. The
meeting had 10 be held u South SiouE
City, another town In the same county.
CovinRton 10 . name which contains
fourteen liquor saloons, i've or six eleRast-
ly appointed houses Of i'll reputs. and net
q store at which can be purchased hst sr
Q pair of shoes: Before the saloons we're
driven across the river il was very sleepy
little place, whose humdrum course of
life was hardly ever disturbed. Now il p
one of the livliest little places in the
country, but its only line Of business 10 the
traffic in liquor. Fight. braWls and
broken heads are OF almost daily oocsr-
renee, and several m men have met death
as the result Of their cArousAls. High-
way robbefies are common, and farmcss
from Dakota county who come -
Sioux City trade make il 4 roint TO re-
"held up and relieved OF their valuablea.
Once neat little church stood close 70
the river bank, but three-story sporting
house was built close Nv it, aud enc Sua-
day last fall. whea gang OF toughs saf
in its shade and played cards during Tie
hour Of divine worship, the pastor thouGht
It time to move, and the building was put
on rollers and hauled away. The loea
officers do not meet vth any marked de-
gree ot :uccess 10 enforcing the lave,
probably because the mayor 10 proprietsw
Of one OF the principal saloons.
The arguments in favor OF the organisa-
tion Of . vigilance committee coRs, e
couree, from the lav-abiding citizens 4
the county. A majority Of the most ser
ious crimes are osmmittsd in localities
where the criminal classes predomiaato -
such an extent that the reputable people
are actually afraid 10 furnish the evidence
essential 10 successful proseestions. Tsose
whs consider the Organization Of visi-
lance committees the quickest snd sarsss
plan Of ridding the county Of evii.dssrs 70
the larger. asd is increasing daily. .John
ArensdOrf and Paul Leader, two Of the d.
fendauts in the celebrated Haddock niue.
der case. operate Wholesale liquor hosrs
in C0vingten.