The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-07

SET OF fendons ana muscles moved the whole
mass Was sight worth going far to see The
absence OF military trappings and bolsterous
music invested the march with q solemnity
wnicn Otherwise 1t would not have possessed.
10 the spectator who lad nothing to fear from
.nc action OF the vigilance COMMITTEES it was a
grand AID impressive sight; 10 the criminal it
was spectacle fraught with terror and warn
ins, ana nearly all OF this class who could get
away nastened their departure without waiting
Tor the order to leave the city.
TAKING THE MEN our OF JAIL
Vn striving at the county Jail the command.
aas oncsrs gave the requisite orders to prevent
.ae escape OF any prisoners Men had been PIE.
sIoasy detailed to watch the prison. to see that
'ne "uiderers were not spirited away before the
committse called for them. Having stationed
the two loaded cannons ia front of the prison
oooss, ready for use in ease their demand wa.
.s.cseu' reputation of the leaders approached
sao su.tance aud demanded the surrender and
ous'ooy OF Casey and Cora After a parley of
some minutes during which the futility of re-
sssauce was pointed out to the jaiiers. they sur
Ienueseo the keys and directed the deputation
70 ~ .ae cells occupied by the men named. The
Iaasess were personal friends OF and owed their
poe'sons to Casey. Opening the doors aud
ssauaeuHng the prisoners, the deputation con-
Iue.eu tho men to the coach outside the jail.
a'ing mus accomplished their object the
colnmiteee marched back to their rooms on
e.clamento street. where Casey and Cora were
''iSo, found guilty and hanged two days later.
INC streets and alleys in the vicinity of the
!sa. Turing the scene Just described, presented
SaIious spectacle. Housetops, windows, fences.
o,ays, boxes, everything on which or in which
. ,ooung or seat could be obtained, were packed
win human beings, all eager to witness the
Drama that was being enacted In such closely
paSAeo crowd It would be strange ii disturbances
uio not occur. There were some slight rows,
ou' they were speedily checked; indeed, there
was no chance for q serious disturbance. Every
otner man in the crowd was q member of the
Viguance committee and instantly coilared any
one disposed to be disorcerly Even shouting
ana loud talking were not permitted Such pe..
iect order and decorum have rarely, IL ever,
oeen observed in crowd OF such magnitude
ALTA cALrFoEsrA
Like everybody else in those days the propri.
etors OF tho Alta California spent money faster
imam they earned ii, and consequently were al.
ways IN debt As result of their fast living
the plant and patronage were attached by the
sheriff and sold under the hammer in 1855. The
employees, myself among the number, were
among the creditors, and. to save their claims,
united with a leading attorney named Annis
Merrill, who agreed to furnish the money neces-
ssry 70 secure the property at the sale. To me
was assigned the duty of bidding. The
one-tenth the amount OF the attachments.
others we're there prepared to bid.
but when they saw how well we were backed
they decided that the competition would be
useless. So we took the paper and ran it till
1856 as Q joint stock concern. each man being
credited with the amount the old concern had
owed him. We just made expenses and earred
good wages. z. Gould Buffum was editor and
reporter. and ] was foreman OF the composing
room.
In 1856 Fred McCrellish got c. X. Garrison.
president OF the Nicaragua Steamship Com
pany, to put up enough money TO buy out the
employees Later, Mr.. Woodward came in from
Philadelphia, and joined McCrellish in the en-.
terprise OF running the paper
The alta must have been very profitable from
1856 to 1850, for during that period it got ell the
auction advertising and also the notices of de-
linquent assessments on mining stock. But
had then come up to Puget sound to live.
When Mr. McCrellish died few years ago IL
was found that the papers principal creditor
was Senator Leland Stanford. who had a mort
gage OF $4,000 on the concern. The property
fell into his hands, but he aiterward sold it to
Others.
volume might be written of subsequent
events, the outgrowth of the murder OF King
and the hanging Of Casey and Cora. But have
now written more than was Intended, and must
defer to another time any further matter in re-
lstion to it. CHAs. PRoscH.
SEATTLE, August so, 1890