Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1895-09-22
THE DREAM.
1t Reused the Worst Passions Of
a Law Abiding Community.

On Friday evening about ) o'clock
there Has Il great deal Of suppressed
excitement in Carson among the read-
ers Of the Tribune. BY yesterday
morning it had spread to the balance
Of the community. The cause Of the
agitared condition Of the town arose
from the un~warrantabIe publication
in the issue Of Friday Of a poem called
The Editors Dream which occu-
pied three columns of the paper.
When the people read it they either
had a fit OF attempted 70 drown their
sorrows in red ljI1@r. At noon yes
terday the feeling took tangible shape
and a mass meeting was called to take
positive action. Mayor Yerin@tnn |
called the meeting to order and JOHN
kersey was elected Secretary. NJ.
Yerington said in a short speech thae
the meeting was called TO lynch the
Tribune poet. out he hoped nothing o.
the kind would take place. It would
be a blot on the fame Of the city to
hang the author Of the Iines-without
the most positive proof. It would be
a thing yer to be regretted if an in
nocent man was hung.
Most Of the crowd seemed to think
that way when John Kersey was called
on to read some OF the poetry. Ia a
husky voice he read as follows
Yes, yes he murmured to himself
II knew that very well.
They locked me up in the C~OuntvJail:
Kept house in a dingy cell.
The walls were painted China white,
And now [ come to think.
[ kicked because the bars We're black,
[ thought they oughter be pink.
But fell me if
Hold on" shouted Jack Furlong,
we've had enough
stop right there" Bring on the
rope" and such talk was heard on
every side. At this juncture the editor
Of the APPEAL got the floor and made
a plea for the editorial profession. He
I'll S'A q Ill l. cN July III SitS-
gested that Judge Healey, himself a
poet, be selected to impanel the Jury.
"Sit down." "Your in with him"
Get out" "TaEa a tumble and such
like expressions greeted the APPEAL
mans attempt to speak.
Al. Livingston then got the floor and
charged the APPEAL man with also
turning loose poetry in the town. Sew
eral persons corrOborated the charge
and there was a rush for the unfortu-
nate journalist. He was taken by the
mob and thrown out of the back win
dow, but fortunately fell on the night
Waterman who vas asleep in the rear
of the building and escaped with small
injuries.
By this time the excitement was in
tense and a proposition was sprung to
make a clean sweep Of all the poets in
town. Thaddius Warsaw Healey was
the next victim. He made a feeble
protest, but some verses on the Mute
leen and Mule" were found in his
jacket and he was strung up in short
order.
The cry was then raised for the edi-
tOress of the News who had written a
4th Of July address in metre and
rhyme. The crowd surged to the Of
flee, but the little lady explained
that she had assistance from other
ladies III town, and was asked to di-
vulge the names of her accOmplices.
She refused. but ont of consideration
for her sex she was spared. Over lGO
subscribers however stopped their pa
pers to show how they feel about it.
About 2 o'clock someone dug up
some back flies of the APPEAL con
tanning poetry and the mob at once
surrounded the office. The torch was
applied to several places at once and
men with drawn revolvers kept back
the Warren Junior Hose Company.
Editor Lennon was now looked fOl
by an excited crowd Of determined
men and is now supposed to be in the
hills west Of this city making his way
towards Amedee where he has friends
who will give him provisions and am
munition. When the crowd started t.
wreck the Tribune office the Odd Eel
t lows Society. who owned the building
interfered. and begged that the build
ing be spared, The leading Odd Eel
lows were asked to read some Of tn,
verses. Alter a few minutes perusa
of the lines they said quietly: 81
guess the building will have to go
: and made no further objections. [
!, vent.