The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-21
A TALE OF JUDGE LYNCH.
DEATH OF an ARGON UT RE-
CALLS A THRILLING SToaY.

for ia-A Man and His Wife Who
Posed as r spect BILE Citizens
Found to be Assassins and Rob-
bers.
The friends Of Royal haywood. says the
Philadelphia Times. will learn with regret
of his death, whIch occurred in Paris On
Nov. Of this year. lie bad strange,
eventful career. Philadelphia was his birta-
place, and in 1850, at the age Of %, he left
home for Califoraia. His life henceforth
was associated with all that was Wild and
curious in the society Of the early minerS
III 1852 the mining camps on the Sacrs-
mento were filed with lawless characters,
and haywood organized and headed the first
vigilance committee on the coast. He was
elected sheriff Of Calveras county and was
the principal actor in the trial OF Tom
Brannon, curious episode In the early his-
tory OF California.
In 1854 haywood and . party Of friends
were prospecting in gulcn running down
TO the Sac amento river and made rich
find. Ia two weeks camp was organizod
with some four hundred miners aud tbs
gulch for twelty miles LAID OF IN claims.
Among the newcomers was an lrishman
named Tom Brannon. and With him wife
1.-The first woman that mad come to any
camp east of San Francisco. Tue couple
were made welcome ard all hands went to-
work aud built them log house.
Brannon opened saloon aud prospered..
He was "a jovial landlord, whose custom ipi
was TO give every oae OF hi; patrons hisl
morning cock all for nothing, and he be-,
came quite popular. His wife had buJ little
TO say, but ii was known that her temperS
was awful and she drank much. J
MURDERER IN CAMP.
Some Of the men speedily accumulateds
little fortunes in dust-a Scotchman namef
Moffit had made up his mind to start for the.
coast with his pile, vnlaed az $4,000. The :
day before he was - leave a hunter foundg
his dead body not 400 yards away from hisa
cabin, and his dust was gone There was,
terrible excitement; q murderer In camp.
and no ones life was safe.
Ons morning, about three weeks later, a.
man came TO the camp AID announced THAI
DIR. Heilbrun was missing, aud that there
were blood stains on his cabin floor. The
doctor was learned German " middle ago.
who was not My hs sole physician withirA
a hundred iniles, but a skilled assayer and
a man of good character and mucl re-
spected.
haywood was asked TO tak- charge OF tho
case He chose q shrewd Yankee named
Peck. brother Of the now governor Of Wis.,
consin, aud an old mountai hu ter uameckl
Myers, who had Ute Iadian follower. Az
the doctors cabin they found that body
had been dragged out through the do r, as
there was blood on the threshold. Insidei
there was every evidence of robtery havinRj
been committed.
Myers and his Indian quickly struck the
trail. The broken brush showed whore tho
body had been dragged, aud the Utsl
pointed out, on a bank OF clay, the tracks1
% .9tg o~f
made. Myers measured tho tracks anda
said: IL )ok yer, men, one OF the fellowsi
has no toes on one foot.n they pu heidi
ahead and found the body in sink-holsd
covered by large rock which had besnt
rolled on it. 4
The body was brought to the surface. 10
was crushed and maugled beyond recogni-
tion. Peck at once startled the others by
saying: THAT isn'b the doctor-it is q
taller man--and h dress is different" Tho,
majority Thought Peck was wrong. May
wood and his posse exa mined the ground
The tracks showed that IL was tho left foot
that lacked the toes-and strip OF red
wooden, evidently part OF shawl, was
found cIinging TO bush. All signs ceased
when they reached the road.
THE DOCTOR TURNS UP.
While looking around horses gallop waz
heard, and In few minutes DR.. Heilbrun
rode up.
why doctor, we were just trailing your
murderers,n said one Of the startled men.
aud they told him their story.
my Godl 1t is my brother they hav0s
killed. lie crossed the range yesterday andf
found his way TO my cabin, while | have
besu to The Sacramento ros.i 10 inset him,
We both look alike, but he Is taller than l.
IL was at once resolved % say nothing, so as
to throw the murderers OF their guard.
Next day was devoted 70 a still hunt and
examination OF all the hard characters abouu'
tie camp, but no conclusion sas reached.
and about BIgbtfall the three whites rode'
Off TO Brannon's saloon TO get drink Asa
they got there a door opene and man was
violently ejeot~1. Bra iaol followed him,
kicking and beating him.
He was little Eaglisnman named jack
sou. He was beside himself with rage. and
yelled out that he would let the peoples
know what Brannon was, ian escaped
convict aud murderer, AID his wife no.
better"
Hold on. jackson, what Is tao matter r.
said haywood.
"Mr. haywood, You are n gentleman.
and can talk to you. / will get even with
Tom Brannon. He escaped from The chain
gang at Habarttown. aud he has been I'M
more than one murder. He was one OF
0'Donahue's bushrangers and got his toes
shot off when The police broke up the gang.ne
Toes shot off; indeed, v hich footP'
" Ibe left, don't you SEQ how he limps.
AMI his womaa is devil"
The three men walked into the saloon.
Brannon received them with his usual
civiliry.
"Well, Tom, how's your wifel Can she
sew this strap for msg' said NJ wood.
"Well, she's little under the influence;
but she'll be proud to serve you, sir"
answered BrGnnon.
The party pushed by him Into the bach
room, and there sat the woman, very drunk.
red shawl was tied around her shoulders,
and 10 a moment Haywood fitted bis piece
to the torn end.
BROUGHT TO BAY.
"Bralnon. we want you" said haywood,
"for MURDER Tom made an attempt 10
draw knife, but was seizsd and tied. In
twenty minutes there were one hundred
men on the ground. DR.. Hellbrun was senn
for and the house searched.
Tine murdered man's watch AID a heavy
gold ring we're found, and a pair OF silver
mounted Derri gers, known to belong to
Motif A jury was cho e., aud hardly had
they taken their seats 10 the arroom when
.rther investigation was mads Unnecessary,
for the woman, with o yoiley Of oatns, de-
ella cd she would tell the whole story.
She had assisted her husband IN carrying
the body Of Heilurun away. and she also got
Moffi5 cut his cabin by a rstense. He was
st uck down by tns husJa d.
a Al. tx.f Ia Ca 10.