CHAPTER XxXll.

Sample tragedy cases in the North-west, in brief, concluded.—What mem.
bers of the gang can do to others with impunity.—-Victims that were
not venerated or sanctified by the gang.—About land.—‘‘Shot him
dead.” —Stabbed him to the heart.—Stabbed him in the head.—Shot
down in cold blood.—The court burnt in effigy and why.—<A
dark scheme,” —‘‘ This is not the first time I have had to face lead to
protect my rights.”—‘‘Served the fiend right.”—Shooting a man
down in cold blood for a few dollars.—Killing a man for alleged threats
to burn his house.—‘‘The hero of the hour,” etc., etc.—From the
press, and how to read it ‘‘ between the lines.”

6eé
O. ... killed M... over a land claim. O... seen M... coming towards
him with a gun, when he shot him dead.”

«T,.. and §... had some trouble in a saloon, when T... went out,
armed himself with a big knife, returned and stabbed S... to the heart.”

“Capt. B... shot W... down in cold blood. The people burnt the
court in effigy for turning him loose.”

‘‘K,.. killed T... by stabbing him in the head. TT... having struck
him with his fist.”

‘DD... drew his pistol and commanded H... to leave the yard. H...
(who was unarmed and drunk) continued to advance, and D... fired,
shooting him through the body, and he died. D... will go free.”

“McC.. shot B.. ‘ There was a dark scheme on foot to get B... out of
the way.’”

“S,.. killed D... who was threatening to assault him or drive him
out of town; shot him twice, though D... was unarmed.”

“D... shot and killed L... The justice told him ‘to shoot,’ and he
did shoot. The Judge discharged him on the ground that ‘he had been
threatened, and, therefore, acted in self-defence,’”

‘“M... shot (hitting him three times) and killed F... Both parties
met. M... said he was ready, both fired at once. M... said, ‘this is not
the first time I have had to face lead, to protect my rights.’”’

‘‘B,,. shot and killed McD..., while attempting to crawl through a
window into his (F...’s) house. The verdict here is that it served the
fiend right.”

“P,.. shot and killed W... who was following P... with a shotgun.”
(444)

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“G... concealed himself with a shotgun behind the door of a black-
smith shop and shot P... dead across the street.”

‘A man under the influence of opium became enraged at Mrs. F...
and daughters, and chased them through the house with a knife. <A
gentleman came to their rescue and shot the man.”

‘““H... called K... over the fence and shot him five times.”
“Pp... stabbed B... to death over a mining claim.”

“L.. shot and killed D... for raising a singletree against him.”

‘A one-legged man (S...), having been thus crippled while in rail-
road employ, being broke, was put off a train; and, as he was leaving, was
shot and killed by a train man. Without warning, or cause of provocation,
pulled out a pistol and deliberately shot the retreating tramps.”

“Pp... shot and killed C... who was unarmed and retreating.”

“HA... went to M...’s house with a shotgun to settle their difficulties,
when M... wrenched the gun from him and clubbed him to death with it.
The verdict [of acquittal] meets with general approbation.”

“A,.. shot P... so he died, because A..’s wife told him that P.. had
abused her in dunning her for a debt.”

“§... shot and killed C... over money matters.”

‘‘A most heinous, dastardly and cowardly murder has been committed
by a number of thieving [‘ mysterious ’] vagabonds, and better known as
[Masons] stranglers. §..., my brother, while under the pretended pro-
tection of the [linked] constable and an assistant of his own choosing [an-
other], conducting him, under the order of the said stranglers, to town,
so that he could leave the country, in obedience to their orders, was, by a
band of those [mystic] cut-throats, fired upon and cruelly murdered by
them. And, not being satisfied with their dirty, cowardly work, after he
was lying upon the ground, his face downward, and, no doubt, dead, as
he already had received at their hands six mortal wounds, some one of the
heartless [Masons], more stee; ed in crime than the rest, (f such a thing
were possible), placed a gun to the back of hishead and shot him through,
the ball passing through the head and carrying his whiskers into the
ground. Then they departed and left the corpse from that time till ten
o'clock the next day, to be rooted around by hogs, or a prey for coyotes or
carion birds. [Such is their ‘charity.’] No effoit was made, or has been
made, to ascertain who committed this diabolical murder. Of course, the
oficers who had him in charge could not distinguish the murderers, though
nomasks were worn. No efforts were made by the [Masonic] officers to
save my brother. It is supposed that the murderers are well-known, but
no one has the temerity to ‘blow’ as yet, for fear their fate may be the
same as §,..’s. Nearly all good people unite in denouncing this murder

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as a most wanton, cruel, uncalled-for, dastardly, mean, contemptible,
cowardly and damnable murder, that would cause the blush of shame to
cover the brow of the most wanton savage. And when these [linked
Masons] are called upon to give their final account. if there is one place
more dreadful than another in the abode of the damned, it will certainly
be assigned to them, and they will be doubly damned for countless ages
of eternity. Lie Bas”

‘““W... took a shotgun and, Sunday, followed a man up who had
stolen his horse and, though unarmed, shot him down, and he expired in
about an hour in great agony.”

“Y... took Sherriff B...’s pistol from its holster and robbed him
of a few dollars in a saloon, 3B... then got another pistol of the bar-
tender, followed Y¥... and opened fire, shooting him down.” [Thus
shooting a man down in cold blood for a few dollars. |

““B... was discharged for killing a man on the ground that he had
threatened to burn his house.”

“A Grand Juror gave R... to understand that he could get no re-
dress at the hands of the court, and, therefore, advised him to take
the law in his own hands. So he went forthwith and shot the tres-
passer dead in his own house. He is the hero of the hour, and the
whole community think the shooting was justifiable.”

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