The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-03
HOW HANGING FEELS.
The Gilman Victim D. cribes
the Sensation.
cssARoE or ARSON DISMISSED.


s - 20 plot 70 nre the Truman notel, was
1fysn ) hearing before Justice Neagle yes-
7or1iay on . charge Of attempted arson
- vs. discharged. There was abso-
1ulsly no evidence tending TO show that
A1Skunbenlt had attempted to set Ere TO
IL hotel. He vas arrested because he
hnA seven or eight bottles Of kerosene oil
inhIe possession. and be refused to tell
WtM Re intended doing with it, He Was
arrested on suspicion only.
william Paften. constable at Gilman,
uorufy GherifTs u. N. Rnmagc and B.
Coufdy and other persons from Gilman,
vho were summoned IS witnesses, testified
thu they knew nothing Of the reported
h6nkine. and they believed that the de-
lSu6nnt had made up the st0sy to excite
puhlic sympathy. They read the story in
~ rosr-Js1xLLIGEScKR, and it was the
AtSt they knew Of the occurrence. There
m two distinct marks on Archunbault's
neck, however. that could not have been
Mnde with anything else than rope. and
81 = the general impression the mob did
otsol him away and string him up in an at
tempt 10 force confession out Of him.
The witnesses for the state would not
6woer that he might not have been SO dealt
ujth.
Asehunbsult. or Jack Linsey. alias
semithy" The Is known by all three
npnnesl y about . years old. He is quite
rsddy 81 complexion. and withal a ''hard-
1ooking" citizen. His story Of the affair
= that late on Thursday night he was ar.
Sestod by deputy sheriff while coming
ont Of Davis saloon at Gilman. He was
taken 70 room he had engaged for him.
eelfi Davis lodging.house and was there
held : prisoner. He was stranger in the
place and. as he refused to tell his
bueincss, the miners were all against him.
One Of the miners, who was dcputized a.
~ oflicer. held him on the bed in his room
While crowd Of twenty or more angry
0en blocked the room and the hall and
douanded = confession Of him. He fought
md stormed around, but he was overpow-
6fed, and several men opened his baggage
end found the bottles Of kerosene. Then
fney renewed their demands for confess
sion. He was obdurafc, and insisted that
he WAS In town for no bad purpose, and
that be knew nothing about any attempted
nteon. !.
ss(tne fellow had bowie knife and
wanted to stick 1t into me-" said Arcllun-
bo1lt, "and another man had revolver
and WAS going to shoot me, but the man
With the dirk wanted first whack at me.
Finally the other men said:
Lets take him out and hang him
upf
The crowd all hellocd, and they caught
hold Of me from all sides, pulled me down
the stairs and into the street. was very
much frightened. came out to the Coast
three years ago from Minnesota. and that
n1oment was the first time have said my
pfayers since left home. thought
& va going to pass in my checks sure.
Several men ran TO get q rope and the
1pet pulled me to > tree. It was pitch
dark. was too scared to fight, and the
mob IVES drunk and desperate. One fell
1oW ticda knot In the rope. He didn't
10 + good or wouldn't have been here to
tell the tale. They threw the other end
over limb Of . tree and, putting the moose
ovof my head. ran me up. They failed to
~ my hands and l grabbed the rope.
The motion saved me . broken neck.
Oue Of the miners struck my hands with
eomething that forced me to let go. The
yope tightened around my neck and cut
al my wind. could feel the rope cutting
into tho flesh and il smartcd NY eyes
felt funny. thought they were out my
cheeks. felt-oh, felt like hell!
Then they let me down. One man
uaid:
- Did Hughes tell you to sci fire to the
building?' and ! said yes then remem-
herring that did not know Hughes. said
no. That made them mad and they put
mo up again. felt my head jerked back
and the pain was awful. I knew / was
not standing hut swinging. 1t was so
dark thought was dead and in another
world. wasn't in pain then.
II don't know how long ii was after
ward, but suddenly felt singing pains in
my head, and the pain shot down
my body. could hear voices.
/ thought l was dead, bat I
didn't know where / was couldn't
think, and would not open my eyes. Then
como one struck my face with something.
IL was black hat. saw whole lot OF
men, and my grip was on the foot of the
he'd. was in my own room in the Davis
house, and the miners were drunken than
before. l was lying down, and man was
sitting on my legs.
IF ever get out of this scrape, 1 won's
20 out to Gilman again.
While telling the story, Archunhault
showed the tell-talk blistered and red
marks about his neck ssThe first time the
rope caught under my chin and made this
upper mark. The knot came under the
left side of my Jaw. This big raw place is
where IT rubbed the flesh of when the
rope slipped tighter. The second time /,
caught lower downright across my
Adam. apple. and made the lower and
heavier mark. | don't know where the