The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-28
A MAN OF NERVE.
Incidents That Illustrate the De-
ceased's Personal Courage.

incidents IhaG illustrate tho De-
ceased'S Personal Courage.
Several stories are told which illustrates
the character of the deceased prelate. On
one occasion Father Manogue had to
make sick calls which compelled him to
make long journeys to distant regions
throughout Nevada, to Austin, Lander
County, or Reese River, as it was then
called, distance of $50 miles, over rough
roads and dreary deserts, often swept by
wintry blasts and buried deep in snow.
| one such call was to prepare for his death
q man condemned to be hanged. In the
| discharge OF this office he discovered
| something meritOrious in the mans case,
and plunging through wintry wastes on
All errand Of mercy. he procured re-
prleVe from Governor Nye, followed it
up with petition and other appeals, and
| by his zeal and influence ultimately Sc
cured the culprips liberation.
He had frequently to go to Walker
River and sometimes to Aurora, Esmer-
AIDA. On one occasion, arriving late at
! WeIlington's Station, Walker River, he
had no other bed but the floor of the bar
room, in the midst Of a few dozen hard
cases, teamsters, etc.
Mrs. Johnson, proprietress of the
! house, accidentally discovering that a
priest was occupying portion of the
( floor with the teamsters, had her hus-
! band arise from bed and hunt I'D the
clergyman, whom he found with his sad
die for pillow, but no covering or blan-
kets. The kindly couple vacated their
own bed for him.
Johnson was subsequently the immedi-
ate cause Of the organization of vigil
lance committee which hanged three
men. Father Manogue was in Austin
when friends of the doomed men tele-
! BVqnhpl for him n NirOi r1ia Tho
! dispatch was forwarded to him at 9
| o'clock at night. lie Instantly arose, or
| dered his horse and prepared for the jour-
ney. He telegraphed tosthe President of
the vigilance committee, asking him if he
could get through before the appointed
time, or the execution be postponed. The
reply was, impossible" The dispatch
from Aurora arrived in Austin about
midnight, the office being kept open on
account OF the excitement. The pleasure
Of the hardship was denied him, and he
was obliged reluctantly to send back his
horse 10 the stable.
Once. when on a sick call toward Pyra-
mid Lake. portion of the Truckee Mea-
dows was Hooded where the old road me-
andered. He kept on till he was equally
distant from land on every side. Soon
| the horse began to swim, having lost foot
ing, and few can Imagine the horrors OF
that journey, 1t being late and dark.
Wet as he was he had to go ten miles yet,
Notwithstanding the cold and his condi-
! ton.
At another time he had to ride twenty
five miles during the night to attend a
dying lady. Having arrived at the house
the husband of the lady met him at the
door, presenting a revolver, and swore all
sorts OF oaths that no priest should
enter his house. After some parleying
the cruel husband was on his back and
the priest had possession of the revolver
and full sway in the house, where he dis
charged his religious duties toward the
| dying woman.
When Colonel O'Connor was deposed
at Auburn by the English company who
sent new officers to take charge of their
/ imaginary mines in the Truckee Mea-
dows. O'Connor opposed the new officers,
receiving them only with shooting irons
and hostile threats. Just after the scrim-
mage ather Manogue arrived and set to
| work 10 calm hostilIties. Then the new
! officers repaired TO Stone d Gates bridge
on the Iruckee. while the warlike Colo
! mel paraded about Auburn looking for
| new victims. as he thought he had five of
! the Englishmen alreas5y silent from the
/ effects of his ready revolver.
soon Father ManOgue was riding
/ through the COlOnePs hostile camp, and
as soon was the Coloneps shotgun leyeled
at him. Being dark, the Colonel did not
/ II " A44ili. -ALLSI utGIlIS LIlS scream TO
| matt or be shot the horse was soon refined
! up. OConnOr, under the influence of
! liquor and full of excitement, portrayed
! his encounter with the knglishmen and
! described where five lay dead. Father
! ManOgue was invited to glass of wine
! in the Colonel's cottage. and, while sit
! ting at the table, dozen OF rifles were
| leveled at the table by the Sherifl's posse
detailed to arrest the slaughGerer OF the
/ Engllshmen. O'Connor was determined
/ not to be taken alive, but at the soiicita-
/ ton of Father ManOgue he gave himself
/ up provided the priest would accompany
/ him. So the Colonel and Father Manogue
rode on to Glendale by moonlight, sur
rounded on every side by rifles and gilt
! tering knives.
How he saved O'Connor when the in
! furiated miners were preparing TO hang
him has been often told. He was the first
! 10 telegraph to Sharon on the trouble
arising between the miners and China
/ men, and dictated the terms which were
/ afterwards adopted.