The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-24
TARsxEY TELLS HIS STORY.
1t Is Miracle That He Escaped an
Awful DEATH.

Awful Death.
Denver, Colo, June PA representa-
Iticve Of the Associated Press called up
on General Tarsney at his residence
this evening. His story of his expert
ences differs from that already related,
only in that it is more detailed. Dur
ing the day, physicians attended him
and succeeded in removing every parti-
Gle Of the coal tar, and from his neck
down there remains no trace of his
experiences beyond an occasional abra-
sion of the skin. His face, however, is
infiamed and blistered because If the
kindly intended services of a woman
who removed the tar from face, neck
and hair by the use of coal oil
After finding himself surrounded by
the kidnapers in the office of the hotel
he was informed that he was to be
killed. He requested time in which to
write 10 the members of his family.
but was informed that there was no
time to waste. Then he was roughly
~hustled into the hack and hurried away.
NS1en the open country had been
Preached, his captors took him from the
Z hack to a place removed from the road
The masked men. with oaths and i'm
preca tons, formed a circle about him
and again he was informed that he was
to be killed. At the suggestion of the
1CducIs every Hldl WHO IelI so disposed
told the general what they proposed
10 do with him, why they proposed to
do it and their opinions of him
He was accused of waging war
against the mine owners and the depu-
ties; he was accused of handling the
state troops in the interest of the
strikers: he was accused of issuing an
order to the troops to fire upon the
deputies with the twelve Founders. and
finally he was accused of Indirectly be-
ing the cause of the death of the depu-
ties who were killed during the Bull
Hill campaign. For these things, thew
proposed to kill him. Every humiliat-
ing epithet that profanity and obscenity
could suggest was hurled t him
When all those who wished to had
had their say, General Tarsney was
given an opportunity to speak for him,
self
Without thought ether than that he
was in the presence Of DEATH but de
termined toamake every use of his only
weapons. argument and persu asion.
that his life might be spared to his
family, he pleaded as he had never
done in court. He rehearsed the entire
situation during the time the troops and
deputies were in the field. He explained
TO them that he was not in command
of the troops, but that General Brooks
was in command under Governor.
L
true, he mirgied with the miners. but
he had not tried to shield the leaders
by Withholding their names, for he
knew their names only by newspaper
and other common report. When the
order to fire the artillery upon the
deputies was given, he was miles away
from the scene. He knew that the men
before him but a few days before had
stood at the graves of their comrades
who had been killed, but as he was not
in command Of the troops, he was in
no manner connected with their death
If die he must, die he would, but they
had the wrong man, and punishment
by death would be unjust to him.
When he had concluded. the mer
held a. conference and decided to give
the general 100 lashes. When in
formed Of this, General Tarsney re.
ouested them to shoot him. as he could
never survive the punishment. anc
death by the bullet would be more
merciful The leader then turned tc
pne of the men and told him to get