The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-31

TIE body q a. unknown msn IS rstslnx
beneath a pifs uf szaaes raaress witsg.a
slaht ~ Gas Shaggy trail RE was shot
- vsslsaates for aay,ng steiea = sack of
Sour ard zgs aaun3S cf aae5n. Hs sasEhg
RE wrong 1n-alty for ssfs Depreciation.
TIE penalty was sw1ff sra terrltls-a ista
fcr a sack * reur ard - pounds ~ oacos-
here was m0 HESITATION ta melting oug
rough Justice 60 thss thief. Hs hs6 szo}en
faass-rscre preclo0s go fhess rrcSpesters
tAsn gold dust There was ne roon fer
sach as ae. and he was removed suetfeFsiy
and esfecsuAlly. \ prcsoun2 Impression
6zs been rns6e on sae minds OF tlae a&Sat-
fingered gentry tufeSs1ng fac crNsesa
trail They begin - understand Enzt tsey
are dealing with men of stern nsestie,
News of tnax, tAe 0Ts& eNeculaaa- Ffs
brought doEn ~ tAe steamer Jsefzt-
a hsch arrived early yesterday morning
from Skaguay with SIX passs ugers- \ L.
Parker ono - the Eto71as eA2TtefefS $
heard she story from passeE2gar Naa bad
ksaeu 20 rha sta4rnait TAe ~s0rv as t3sd -
sfr. Parker IS substantially s. Follsws-
a party eg Erospectors bad, after great
harish4p@ packed tbesr gods eSeF tae
worst part u the Skaguay tran EnFy
haa cached thef~ supplies and VeEe nseE-
ing the STAFF Is relays 20 the lakes. Sofus
of the goods had cosg 81 a hundred. oAe
aay. two weeks aga, they missed fr9sA
their cache a sack % Aagr ard 100 pounds
O. bacon. They bad taken 10 Isge,aa-
t5ons AGAINST theft. believing that under
such condftl0ns as exist in shat part 81
Alaska : mAn's property would he held
sacred.
Death to the Food Thief.
Immediately upoa discovering their loss.
they notified the ether miners in the NJ
elnify. 4 meeting was called at One.
Each gold seeker felt that his sack y
-four might se the next 70 SO. and tt
wns agreed that a food thief in their
midst was as dreasfnl "a enemy a.
murderer. Feed 10 these Eaen was hts.
A committee q SIX vtgii2ates was chosen
hy lot TO search cut the criminal and pun
ish him. what was the penalty 30 be
There vas bat a single Terdlct. Death.
In a tent nsar the spmulst stayesi
Frerchuau known Sc Pierre HIS sur
name was NOT known. RE was tp%
hF0wea and black eyed ana sUTiy. anl
suspicion vas attracted 70 him hy many
circumstances. He had no friends and
seemed not 20 desire them
Al dusk Of the day upon which the loss
% provisions bad been made known
the vigtlanfAs climbed 20 the F'TenchEnan's ,
tent They went stisntiy. and near the
tent paused. A fighE burned within ar
uTson the canvass. like n pmppet shadow.
was cast the form of TIC Frenehnan. tFe
was stopping close to TIRE ground Hes
burylng the grub" whispered one or TIE
vieiiantas 70 his ca-nranf9fsz-
Leaving two naen oufsfse. feuT now en-
tered the tent One was tne prpsnerter
Who had been robbed. Pierre started nn az
the appearance Of his visitors HIS move
rOeut for n gun was arrested bF q sharp
word az warning ana tna Freneseula
stood as though pstriaed his eyes rIs3ied
or The muxzles of four REVIEWERS.
There vas No need ~ reaching further.
In a rude hole dug from tha hard earth
"a the center of the test lsY TIRE saek %
-four and the bacon Thgir owuer rec1E-
nized the marks ard Identified them as his
property.
Bauna 20 n Pole and Executed.
without word The Freacauan Was
seiza5 and. with stout ropes arunEht along
f0r the purpose was ted hard and foot.
He begged pitsoEsiY for mercy. ara his
black whtskers stood cut or I. face nale
as that of , corpse. Hs appealed 80 haarts
of sfcae. there was no s0ftsainE ugag in
the eyes e h3s captors They carried hln
out and 70 a role before hls fra x{ls hah5ta-
ton they lashed him fast Al s.x vita
Grew a short distance. ara az a wc~d ssK
shots rang ont. sounding as aas. Then tha
vlgilantes left 4 isga for a sack of -four
ard Te9 pounds ~ haro-.
TIE Imp form bleeding from slx wcunda.
hung there al Night and The next Day il
hung. and fhe next over she TRAN q saart
distance away passed many nssn- whel
thsy locked towara the lonely tent and "a ~
is sentinel. they averteA thefr faees ami
hurried bY Even tde horses snaes see-n-
sng 70 feei the dread that hunE In the a.
usoSphere-
3Ede Grave Among the Rocks
The th}rf day care ard there vas
something more than dread tn tha air. Il
wss Ire sckeuiuz stencil - a r-trsfyine
hsnsr BODY. y was e horrible sraf1 tNsi
turned meas hearts to lsad. Late on ghni
third afternoon tws men ssage6 10 thet-
3ourney 20 Mnssh the verk - thr
vgxiianfes. They unooaud the esfr8ca
mass au3 ipgses !. fgrEher an tha hsil.
TNav cawlH nog Waft - aaE 4 grave. tst
shey piled stones hish afeewe TIE bsav
snd perhaps @lfh 8 -nustere8 prayer iaT'
q fneTs 10 rut.
The rock monument So fbere a. warn
inE 20 others who Ike Pierre ha7a te
reach TIRE Yukon wfth no osher oBl1f tnaa
q scared conscience. ard sll the fws o.
Alaska Wll not aage q usgre restraint ss
eTee- taan tae srneE zh3ah 81 waf.sa oTeG
Ssaguay trail oy hrsszss fraB ths ross
p4se.