The morning call., 1895-01-05
MAY RESORT TO LYNCH LAW
Posses i'm Pursuit of Tramps
and HOboes.
DESPERATE GANG IS CAPTURED
If a Burglar Is Found He Will Be
Hanged Without the Formality
of a Trial.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. A determined ef-
fort Is being made 10 rid this city OF the
hoboes who are believed TO be responsible
for the crimes recently committed here.
The finding of blood stained cudgels in
camps along the north leves convinced
the committee of safaty organized yester-
day that that quarter first demanded atten-
tion.
The following statement was given to
the Bee for publication By one Of thesexe
cutive officers of the committee to-day:
"Two posses have gone out. They are
made up of good citizens. They are fully
armed with shoiguns. rifles and revolvers.
They go ont to clean out the hobo camps
along the north levee.
ut is our intention to hang burglar as
soon as we find him. We will not take
him from Jail after he Is once in. but If
we meet him in the custody of policemen
on The street we will take him away from
them. We will be particular, of course,
to ascertain that he is the right man, if he
has burglarized house, IL he has at
tempted TO burglariZe house. If be has
stood up and robbed a man on the street
or attempted to do so, and if we can
fasten the crime upon him we shall string
him up.
'It is not our intention to give cut the
names of those who have gone out in
search of these men in this terrific storm
We do not want to advertise them 10 the
world. Bat what. they will do will be
known as the work of this committee. the
executive officers OF which all the citizens
know. You may publish this, so that all
the good people of the city will be In
formed, and so that the criminal element
now In the city Will be informed"
The ffty-fve men who went out this
morning to raid the hobo camps north of
the city returned dripping wet to the
city about noon, escorting twenty-five
prisoners to the city and county jails. One
of the camps was occupied by five men,
thought te be expert crooks. Two of them
raised loaded Winchester rifles at the posse
and warned them to come no nearer. They
were overpoweTed and brought to Jail. In
addition to the rifles, there were captured
pistols, dirk-knives. sack of fuse, lot of
giant powder and other explosives. includ-
ing a belt of cartridges. The posse will
make another raid Saturday morning.
Owing to the ncendary harangues by
Colonel Salisbury and Captain Miller,
two of Kelly's imported industrials from
Oakland, Chief of Police Drew determined
this evening to arrest them. Since Kelly
skipped the city these fellows have been
talking nightly to crowds of hoboes. and
advising them not to accept the work at
rock breaking offered by the citizens. but
to demand their rights. Ii refused aims at
private houses they were advised to help
themselves, and above all things not to
break rock unless they were paid in cash.
Tonight Salisbury and Miller mar
shaled their hobo gang and marched to
Fourth and K streets, where they intended
to hold an open meeting. but Officer
Fisher placed them both under arrest
The army, which has lost several of its
soldiers since the uprising against tramps
and criminals began. and is now not very
formidable, made a movement as If to
rescue its leaders, but several citizens in
terfered ana they quit and marched back
to their hall.
Tomorrow the campaign against tramps
will be resumed, and as the storm has
ceased the citizens engaged in the work
will have an easier job than they had to-
day in the rain while breaking up camps
in the brush outside the city.