The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-30

And now begins the strange drama of to-
day in which one man held a whole village
at bay while he dickered and vacillated,
made promises and broke them.
The midnight watchers steal away to the
Village and report what they have seen,
and about forty men gather about the barn
and watch it the night long. Many of them
are armed with Remingtons, most of them
! have pistols and a few carry the pitch
| forks and the red-legged trousers which
they wore to distinguish one another when
| they were searching the woods and fields
and buildings for the murderer. The lead
| ing men of Hanover turned out, and there
was considerable talk of shooting the muir
derer on sight But the cool and tranquil
and misty night was rather a dampener on
the bloodthirsty spirit which had been so
rampant when the search was hot. There
were possibilities of defence in that silent
pile where the assassin lay hid which
were not pleasant to think upon. 1t would
be one man against a regiment, but such a
man. Even rat will fight and sell his life
dearly if you have him cornered.
When daylight had come the bolder
spirits in the crowd of watchers began to
search for Amy. 1t was evident that he
had followed out place in the hay which
hlled up the upper part of the barn, and the
crowd began TO probe this with sticks and
pitchforlis and whatever else came into
/ u
common in New England, boarded at the
sides below, but with an open space above
IN which the hay was stacked and a roof
over all.
ONE AGAINST FORTY.
Suddenly there was cry and student
Charles E. Stewart shouted, ''Here he is ~
But he fell back very quickly when pistol
ball came flying out of the hay and whizzed
past his head with an angry zipp, followed
by puff of smoke. Amy soon poured out
a rapid fusillade. AFRO Turner tumbled
into the hay with shreak OF pain and the
pitchfork brigade beat hasty retreat.
Turner was only slightly injured and made
off with the rest.
A council OF war was now held, and
there was call for volunteers. Twenty
determined men from the fast increasing
crowd stepped forth. Sheriffs Stevens, of
Lancaster, and Clark, of Lebanon, General
c. .Hurlbut, of Lebanon, and eX-Sherif n.
G. Bridgman took command of the storming
party. Those who had favored setting the
barn on fire and burning Amy to death
were outvoted by the majority, who
wanted him captured alive. The volun-
teers formed for this purpose and marched
in solid phalanx toward the assassin's hid
ing place.
1t was strange and solemn moment
Not sound was heard, save the usual
ones of nature-the clucklng of the
| hens, the songs of birds, the soughing Of
the morning breeze through the trees
With beating hearts the storming party
marched ahead. With tumult in theil
: breasts the others watched them.
AND HALT THEY DID.
Then sharp, stern voice rang out from
the ambuscade of the barn.
Halt If you come another step 1 will
fire.
The storming party obeyed orders, ant
: looked at each other in CONSERVATION.
81 want to see John Fuller" said Almy
Let him come alone to the loft"
Fuller and ex-Sheriff Bridgman mounted
the loft and had long confab with Amy
The latter demanded the assurance of Mr.
Fuller that he should not be lyncned if h.
) gave himself up. 1t was given him, but b.
wanted the crowd to be sounded first
Almy was pale, but determined. He had
big pistol in either hand, and was ready TO
instant work with them.
So the eX-sheriff returned, and mountin
. ladder, proceeded to make a speech.
THE LEGAL WAY.
"Fellow citizens said he, 'tAlmy ha
been found. Now / call on you in the nam
law and good order to restrain your ar
ger and let the law take its course wit
: this foul murderer l say this at the re
3 quest Of the county officials, men whom w
q chose by our vote to act for US. We a
have confidence in them. We have as goo
h courts as there are on the face of tn
earth Then, turning to the county sc
4 licitor. he said; solicitor Mitcell, ] thinl
4 can assure you that these fifteen hundre
! people, most of whom l know personally
8 will consent to let the law take its course.
II These remarks were greeted with erie
y of: Eyes yes; let the law take its course.
Mr f1r caiA Inv
= this moment concealed under twenty fee
y of hay. He says, If you don't give m
! protection / will sell my life as dearl
\ as possible and then kill myself, bu
: if you will guarantee me protection throug
4 John NJ. Fuller | will give up my arms an
n come out -
Il What should it be- peaceful surrender G
q a tight to the death. 1t was fifteen hui
"A dred to one, but that one was desperate an
"a might make several bite the dust before
= was overcome. The older heads voted fc
law and order. IT was plainly Ne
Hampshire crowd, not a southern ont
8 which would have had the murdert
" stretching hemp long before.
r The great crowd was formed into tw
fe line, between which Amy was to run tt
"A gauntlet but when John Turner babe hi
n come forth he fatty refused. He ha
d taken woman's privilege and changed h
&C mind. Now he wanted to see Solicitt
Ia Mitchell, who climbed into the loft al
e found him sitting on the hay nursing
~ broken leg. He acted like a man half Of
O of his mind with terror. At times
a. pointed his pistol at his head and threa
a ened to kill himself, but it was in a hal
is hearted way, as if he did not mean it. The
he huzzed the solicitor like a lawyer. Wou
the latter guarantee him q fair trial? H;
the authorities found out anything of
n past history At last he refused to con
out of the barn.
I: STILL MORE PALAvER.
ID Then A. A. Smith, medical student, h
w a talk with him. Amy said he did n
: mean to kill Christie. He fired the fir
az shot accidently and that threw him into
le frenzy and he fired again, he said, to p
re- her out of pain. If Mrs. Warden had i
an vited him to the house he would have 60
ne right along and there would have been
Je trouble.
a Having said this much and reliev
10 his mind, he suddenly turned his pistols
II. Smith and babe him get out in hurry.
no began to look as if he was trying the
sanity dodge
ga After this Amy called for Fuller aga
ed and the crowd sat on the grass and look
oh particularly foolish while the latter tri
or to persuade the murderer to give hims,
no up What grotesquerie! Fifteen hundr
en- men awaiting the will of one uuhu
To murderer.
10 The latter's talk had now grown maj
i'm lin He told how dearly he had loved
woman he slew, and gave to Fuller bu
die of papers which he had written.
knew where the empty cans were found
IN. Monday and had started to leave, but VIII
is he got as far as Hartford village, in V,
up mont the fascination of the place was
strong for him, SO he had come back aga
ost He had no intention of doing Christie bod