The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-15

Prom The 81. Lost, GiSs.f smce-at
WAsEINoToN. Jan. 6.-Two or three niGhts
Ing: Ths Conversation shifted from. politics to
h O,sS IL Between cigars one Of them I'm re- re.
vile In the fall OF 1870. The narrator. had
s sss 7 az sy ysaE!t r. sss e p ssi SaE' ante R Rs55t 4 q VIVA Ma
aens eohnssssd viii tsss tsrEISIs double
lynching. The correspondent made an APP
was in possession OF the particulars upon
The night O. Saturday. Nov. is. 1916; was a
yintry one: The snow was coming down In
q . thick layer. and T. ebiitsratIns every trace Of
the sky and the peaks Of the Rocky Mountains.
living l%s; in nG SnaSs, His Ii /" sS Ss5' %as. on oare chcst hSX
street. and his home with his family at the
corner OF Maple and Main streets dr ,h;. After clos.
saturday night ho rss,arted to GO home. The
down the right hand side Of the block below
sHeatsfeh ssr meet tWc %en. oF FHsy ss sns Meg to f1 tx
him, pass between them. but closed III before
Pistol to III bis n nose. eenmanded him to hold
h"n ba Hns sonl k pat E ap rtIf liz 1 ii sis h nSSsfE said
throat and thrpsting the danger end OF the pis.
" ohuVh bio rvs.
q lsddiIe for q fsllsrE" saspod the little barber
Us with il. coat and ALL" commanded the
highwaymen stern;y. ,c,,r ,r,, :. .,x
shooter. Which suddenly exploded when in
range OF the robber's body. sending Q bullet
s sssTsSn th ssS S. seiga snd The bsu paa r sesn l sfoandS
and fell. firing a ball at the I%arber's head as
he went down. He soon regained his feet and
five shots were fired. in rapid succession. ono
Of them lodging in tho arm OF q second robber.
to Tho Jail Another orleer. who had been at.
tracted to the scene OF the afray. escorted the
The, little knot Of citizens arriving in. the
T. nsidT iseSss she s TaS I Enshf hSd Oh dis sns stsew and
ali over 'st. Ten minutes later Mrs. JOHN Atkins.
the wife OF a well-known newspaper publish
or. now OF Denver. who lived u few doors from
where the shooting took place, ogened a rear
two feet from the door was plainly dlscerned.
less. The lady informed her husband. and.
alter ascertaining that Ct The tSa man Mnr was DEAD DEAD the me
the folio Wing day the induest was held.
On SUNDAY night. Nov; ! IL. a : large rye e91neouEse
ing a vigilance committee. The Mayor was
consulted and expressed a hearty approval OF
cd the proposed course. and expressed them
selves as being willing either to pull the rope
gentleman kindly offered to deliver into the
hands Of n properly organized vigilance com;
prove to the satisfaction o! every man to be-
highwaymen and robbers OF the worst char.
aeter, The expression OF every person present
whose neme, bad been ascertained to be Pat
Stuart. should be hanged. but that after, his
the Infested streets and ali weIi-known dens
Of thieves. and there continue the hanging.
st MHts to et tSo k GIGaaa ~ tP PiFsmi o0,psS. E ena Ge ss
1 S . n. ,h nsaet tsf had bad pub Sssn fh pSs a &c dsnss
OF seventy-1ve different men who had been
compelled to stand on the dark streets OF
or more six.shootsrs held to Their noses.
while highwaymen rihcd their, pockets: and
Shutdown in the act. Naturally enough the
incident made q good many law.abiding citi-
was congregated than, that WHICH huddled
s nSade ass d on tS man ni nt the 81 Fe tHs Of trs Mr q Arki Pbs
sS i i s s'ss ss 'sSs Fl, %s S n %s Fl Il & t fsiSss s S$S:S % m e
pledged. ' Before the dead body Of the s THE, had
fairly grown oold-the proposition. assuming a
e er fu1 money Sss 'i Raised to aae paroS h 9TH" ths
M Whieh D Wepe s az s,sSentt gG pqes Salsn a To h fna'n'
At 4 o'clock In the afternoon q procession
was formed on harrisop Avenue ,r Of miners miners;
generally. The line was headed by a largo
banner; on one side OF which was printed In
TERROR TO uIGHwAYMES."
On the reverse side were tho words:
"Fo0TPAD EXTERMINAToR"
Behind this came Carl Boekhouse. the bar.
essy we eSa 1iiie ees the .n one a nj pIa W 7 s' the w VI ae
being carried on tho shoulders Of twenty men.
Following and surrounding this was a cheer;
Inn fhrnnO md N faw IQIIaS Thay m n rphAh
through Chestnut to Pine. to State. to Letter,
to Main. to Harrison. to state. 70 Pine; and
s sti9ator 70 Of ' The ' proc 'S's; was Nj Mr.: JOHN s." Steele.
the Leadyille, correspondent OF the Omaha
rom hesi t AZ, s stssie ad aal,ss ID a .t erow d Of IN fal lrs' 200. ssS
men. He thought it Wns time now i9T the
assert their DISCRIMINATION to drive out the
thieves and highwaymen who had SO long and
80 sors snSSs,ssif utayrh held f Nv cI,es M If ! sHtS9ls S Mas
outl' Lets hang the other onei" but no
general %allusion to the wounded and arrested
what is Contained in the following resolutions.
which were carried unanimously:
eu s..s,s's t. d dsiis. ri 70 f tHsy e aS,sSa'e Of ls ss FsiHss sas Stuart sst
l0 k. .@@sa' TIA. The e.rr.. brought a. the head o, .hi.
Obtained from the City Council.
Jailer Bright in a noat, speech. accepted the
cell below. The throng then Quietly dispersed.
For some reason past finding out the night
OF sunday passed away quietly. and tho high
waymnn In the city jail was not hanged.
Or Tuesday evening. Nov. Is. two large
bodies OF citizens met in different parts Of the
city and determined to strike terror to the
hearts OF all ,evil-doers by making an example
OF Stuart. There was some difference between
the, two bodies on Tuesday night, however,
sainmd. t tSg,SS ,b no, action SaeI was taken at that
the streets that the yatchtul reporters were on
O'clock. yainly looking for the fruit that tele-
graph poles and lamp posts some times hear
In this far Western land OF strange events.
Nothing TRANSFERRED. however. and therefore
the usual edition only Of the papers was printed
on Wednesday morning.
On the evening Of the SAM day, a noted char
mate Of the county Jail. and this circu instance.
insignificant as y may seem. was the incite-
history, u tho Wild West, This man was Ed
ward Frodsham. born u Rritisher. but reared
on the frontier border OF the United States. in
a community among which he soon distin-
gpished himself as 2 rniian and desperate
Frodsham' s arrival in Leadyille he opened a