East Oregoni&n Round-Up Souvenir Editicn
Pendleton; Oregon, Friday, September, 25, 1914
Twenty-eight Pages
Page Fourteen
The San Francisco Vigilantes
Continued From Page Five
aomc it the very Union element
were after found comfort In the. eem
tnc jirotectlon of the Lw and Order
rriy. Hflifrnnr Johtmon waa tirired
to prriw our committee, and th
irovemor r'Potntd William Tecunwlt
Hhr-rmm. then a roemher of the bank
Ine flim of I'aite, T.acon A Company.
n leavo from the United SUtea array,
to hrad the elate militia. Sherman
found only a Kina.ll "army" to com
tnatid feventy-fne men. to be ex
art an nearly all the militia had
worn a)l((lance to the Vigilance
Committee.
PrM ent Coleman appointed an ex
ecutive committee a follows:
William T, Coleman, president;
Thou. J. U Smiley, vice president; O.
1. U rarwell, Sd vice president; Is
aac Ulnxome, aecretary; Charlea Lud
low, annlctant wcretary; Jules Davids,
treanurer; William Meyer, assistant
treasurer; Charles Doane. grand mar
shal; M. J. Burke, chief of police.
Arrlncton. Wm.. Britten. 3. W
BaHwmRe, I.. Caw. Cha. L.. Imp
Mer. C. J. Arrinjrton. X. O.. Burns A.
M., Brown. A. S.. Crary. O. B.. Downs,
Jamen. t llesnert. K.. Flint. E. P..
Orlsar, Knill, Oorham. E Hutchlnjrs.
T. P Jewup, B. M Monroe. J. P.,
Oe-Rood. O K., P.offers, W. H. Tlllinsc
bact, W. H Thompson. W. T Ward.
Oeorse U, Kmery, O. S, Fish. O. H,
Ooddard. E. B.. Oillr.le. C. D.. Hale.
II. M, Labott, H. J, Nutttnc. Calvin.
Pace, F. W. Rej-nolds. W. T., Thomp
son P. T, Truett. Myera F.
I was a member of the sub-committee
which vialted General Sherman
who received us very pleasantly and
assured us that he would resign the
governor's commission before be would
place himself In opposition to the com
mittee. In passing. I may say tbat I
met General Sherman In Washington
tn 1H 7, when he was second In com
mand, under General Grant, of the
armies of the United. States. Instant
ly he recalled me. saying: "Hello,
Flint "How's that committee In San
Francisco?"
The executive committee of the Vig
ilance Committee demanded of the
sheriff the surrender of Casey, which
was refused. On Sunday ' morning,
the military companies were ordered
to be under arms in their various ar
mories throughout the city', and at
about 10 o'clock they marched, to the
county Jail, surrounding it w 1th a com
plete cordon, and keeping the crowd
a block away. A cannon was planted
opposite the Jail entrance, the sheriff
waa called upon to surrender Casey,
and again he refused. After some
parleying he was given five minutes
In which to decide and I am told that
he Informed Casey of the situation
and the prisoner advised the sheriff
that it would be unwise further to re
sist. Just as the time limit was about
to expire, the sheriff threw open the
doors and permitted Marshal Doane,
President Coleman and one other to
enter and bring out the prisoner, who
w&a placed in a carriage and taken to
Fort Gunny Bags. Cora, the murder
er of Richardson, was surrendered on
the same day and taken by the com
mittee guard to be incarcerated in
the same building with Casey. Thus
were we spared the necessity of bat
tering down the Jail door with the
field-piec that had been trained up
on it.
The members of the executive com
mittee were so well known by the com
munity at large that there was no hes
itation about endorsing and accepting
its personnel, and the confidence of
the people increased daily as the com
mittee's responsibilities became great
er. The first trial was that of Cora. He
was summoned before the executive
committee and one of our number was
appointed to defend him. He was al
lowed the right to testify, summon
witnesses, or produce any evidence
that would avail him. But we did not
permit quibbling. There was not time
for the technicality which so often
saves the guilty criminal, and especi
ally in those days when the enforce
ment of the law was farcical. A very
speedy verdict of guilty was rendered
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In the case of Cora, and the death pen
aity inflicted. On the 10th of May
Mr. King died, and the same day the
Ural of Casey was begun. I cannot
say very much about the trial, for the
reason that there is little to be said
I recall that it was conducted In a dig
nified manner by the committee, and
every one of us was deeply sensible of
the grave responsibility that rested
upon us. "W felt that we were re
storing law to the land of our adop
tion, although apparently we were
defying the constituted authorities.
There Is ' no necessity for me to at
tempt to Justify our acts, for we all
felt that the vindication of Justice was
our greatest duty, and we did it un
flinchingly. CaSey was given a fair
trial. The proceedings were conduct
ed with the solemnity of a court-mar
tial, and the verdict of guilty was ren
dered on the morning of the 22d. the
day appointed for the funeral of King
his victim.
The funeral services of the mur
dered man were held In the Unitarian
church. In Stockton street, in the pres
ence of a large concourse of people
Preparations were under way to hang
Cora and Casey in the afternoon of the
same day. A priest was with them
for several hours, preparing them for
the end. A force of two thousand
armed Vigilantes filled the street In
front of Fort Gunny Bags. Members
of the Executive Committee were en
gaged with the details of the solemn
duty they had to perform. Planks
were laid through the main committee
room on the second floor of the head
quarters, the ends projecting through
two windows on Sacramento street.
The condemned men, hands tied be
hind them, attired in white robes and
wearing white caps, were led forward
on the planks to the open windows
where two ropes with nooses hung
from beams swung out over the win
dows, and the ends of the- planks had
been fixed with hinges so they would
drop when a weight was placed on
them. For a moment Cora and Casey
took a last look at the sky above, and
the waiting multitude in the street be
low ;then the caps were drawn over
their faces, the nooses were adjusted,
their legs strapped, and they were led
forward. In a moment their bodies
were handging outside the windows,
and the thousands who had marched
In the funeral cortege looked up In
awed silence.
The executions were especially try
ing upon the members of the execu
tive committee, w ho were stationed on
either side of the planks as the men
were taken out. I remember, for my
own part I did not desire to be Buch
a close witness, but President Cole
man said: "It Ms the duty of every
member to keep his post to the last.
The safety and security of all Call
fomia depended upon our realization
of stern duty, and it was gratifying
that the actions of the committee, had
a most salutary effect on evil-doers,
many of whom fled from the city.
Those who dared remain were watch
ed, and some of the more notorious
onea were arrested by the committee
There were Charley Duane. Mllly Mul
ligan. Bill Carr, Wooley Kearney, and
several others. These men were tried
and sentenced to banishment, and on
a certain night, when a steamer was
ready to depart for Panama, a strong
guard was seen taking them to the
until, aaosi or mem were glad to
escape, though they cursed the com
miuee ana threatened vengeance if
"J or us went to New Tork. Civil
suits for damages wcr twin in is.r.
agalnot Mr. Coleman but never came
to trial.
About this time Governor Johnson
issued a proclamation calling on the
committee to disband, which we re
fused to do, but replied. Justifying our
actions on the ground of public wel
fare, and pointing out that we had
the full approval of a vast majority
of the people of the city as well as
of the state.
About the middle of June excite
ment had subsided, business was be
ing resumed and membri were re
turning to their regular vocations
when David S. Terry, chief Justice of
the supreme court of California, came
from Sacramento and issued a writ
commanding the Vigilance Committee
to bring before him Billy Mulligan, a
prisoner. The writ was refused and
returned to Judge Terry. Coincident
ally, the committee learned that one
Maloney, who was wanted was at the
office of R. P. Ashe, naval officer of
the port, and Sterling Hopkins, one
of the police, was sent to arrest him
e round him In company of Ashe
and Judge Terry. An altercation en
sued, judge Terry drawing a pistol
wnich Hopkins seized Whereupon Ter
r w nipped out a bowie knife and
stabbed Hopkins in the neck. Hop
kins was taken to a hospital for treat
ment and Terry and Ashe retreated
to the armory of the San Francisco
Hlues. headquarters of the Jaw and
-raer I'arty. The Vigilance bell rang
out an ominous summons to arms, and
ine armory was surrounded auicklv
and a demand made for the surrender
of Ashe and Terry. Finally Ashe
agreed they would surrender if a-uar.
anteed safety while In the hands of
ine committee. Before the capltula
tion, however, our committee was ore
pared to act drastically, having drawn
up several cannon in front of the ar
mory.
There was Intense excitement over
ine arrest of the chief Justice of th
. supreme court, and lest there b-
, clash of arms between our cnmmlt
tee and members Mhe Idiv an nr.
der Party, the armories of that orga
mzauon were raided and stacks
arms and ammunition r..i.iF.j
besides several hundred "prisoners oi
war. These, however, were liberated
me following morning. Judge Tern
remained the "guest" of the Vigilance
committee for six exciting weeks,
fllcted upon Officer Hopkins. At the
end of that time, greatly to the relief
of the committee, Hopkins had so
far recovered that Judge Terry was
released, but he was urged by the
committee to resign his exalted position.
It is useless to speculate now on
what course the committee would
have taken with regard to Judge
Terry had Hopkins' wound resulted
fatally, but it la hardly probable that
there would have been any deviation
from the purpose of the committee
to see that the law were enforced
against all offenders, regardless ol
station.
In July we thought our work was
done, but a murder committed by a
man named Hetherington, who kilted
Dr. Randall, a weU-known cltlsen. In
an altercation, forced us to act He
was convicted and sentenced to be
hanged, in company with another
man. named Brace. Thse men were
executed July 24th in an open lot at
the northeast corner of Sacramento
and Davis streets In full view of an
immense crowd.
Thus ended the disagreeable work
of the committee, and we began pre
paring for adjournment. The date
fixed was August 18th. and the com
mittee decided upon a grand parade,
after which the membership would
disband and surrender control of the
city to the officials, whose ordinary
routine of duties had not been Inter
rupted. It wns truly a gala day. all
I business being suspended and the
streets were lined with happy people.
By 10 a. m. the military companies
began assembling In Third street,
where they were to be Reviewed by
President Coleman and the members
of the executive committee, mounted.
After the review the companies fell in
line behind the committee, and the
parade, numbering five thousand men
under arms, marched through all the
principal streets. Men applauded and
cheered, while women waved hand-
Kercniers and threw flowers at the
marchers. Ite in the afternoon the
marchers returned to headquarters,
stacked arms and dispersed to their
homes, proud of the new peace they
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I can attest those were trvln times
but those of us who were in the thick
of the struggle can look back with
the full realization that our duty was
noi none in vain, for we gave to San
fTanclsco new life, new hoDe an
nappiness sne had not known from
ine moment restless hordes began to
seme in her midst.
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