The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-25

able to find at whose hands. We are sat
isfied that In their death speedy and SUBJ
s'antial justice has been snhserved-
Foreman
WILLIAM FL. REEVE,
L. DILLER.
~. +. FLOYD,
20. JACOBS,
II. A. ATKINS.
F. COOMBS. Justice OF the Peace
and Acting Coroner of King County"
Numerous congratuiatory messages were
received from the surrounding cities and
towns. all being glad that the citizens of
Seattle had taken justice into their own
hands. One of them. received the morn
ing OF the day OF the lynching from Capt.
Renton, of Port Biakeley. read as follows:
III the men arrested for the murder OF
George Reynolds are proven guilty and
the city OF Seattle needs any help to hang
them, / will shut down the mill and FUR
nish all the men needed"
Another read:
Port Madison congratulafes Seattle for
the prompt hanging of the desperadoes,
Sullivan. Howard and Payne"
While sullivan and Howard were still
!. twitchug."s continues the Post Intelligent
Ger account alluded TO, Judge Green ran
up. and with his penknise attempted TO
cut the rope and let one down. The Judge
was taken hold OF and hustled away from
there pretty lively. He offered no further
X.
The Judge Green was Roger s. Green.
, =
ME sketch of this hanging was drawn
by man named Piper. then a ba-
ker in this city. and Is said by those
who witnessed the affair to be a faithful
reproduction of the scene as they saw f.
Several well-known citizens appear In the
assembled crowd. notably Henry L. Yes
Ter, pursuing his accustomed occupation
of whiting stick. The house to the left
OF the hangers was Mayor Yesler's
1t is said that the very stick Mayor
Yesier was whiting at that time was
picked up by Samuel Crawford. of Craw-
ford & conover, and kept as memento
Mr., Crawford, who was then newspa-
per reporter and real estate agent. pre-
scented this same stick, with "a cho, ,e
bunch OF siisers. to Mayer Yeser. The day
of his second wedding, with the remark
Keep on whiting and youIl get there
Niger BILL" or William Gross. a mon
strou. coiored man about town at tina:
time. is also In the picture Niger BIZ,
was In the restaurant business. and claim
ed there was not a man ever came TO Sc
attic that he did not know or feed He
weighed nearly 40 pounds and when he
died IL took 100 feet OF lumber to box him
up. Another seen in the view il Jones the
cokored porter OF the Arlington whose
deep. bass voice and the one word sArling-
ton became famous TO all travels In this
vicinity. The tirabers on which the men
were hanged were left In their place among
the branches OF the trees for long time
and served as hint To the tough element
that their operations were not conducive
IN good health in Seattle.
The photograph OF the Occidental hotel
was taken several years prior 10 the hang
ing and ttpsfes an occasion when an Of
fetal Of prominence from Washington city
was delivering an address. He said, as
has been noted: When get back to the
United States Of America" He ran for
office several years later. but the news
papers and his opponents used his old
statement with such telling effect that he
vas overw heimingiy defeated. James
street IS shown on the left OF the picture.
and Yesier way Ia the right