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'V rnrnt 5 VOL. XXII. LAKEVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OUKGON, THURSDAY, JUNK 6,1901. NO. 22. Mm JUDGE LYNCH IN MODOC Citizens at Lookout Hang Five Men to Stringers of Pitt River Bridge. - - - -- ANGRY MOB'S MAD VENGEANCE ! Calvin Mall, Three Sons, and Son-in-Law Yan tl5 are I he Victims. Governor of Calilurnla Otfcra a He ward of Twenty Thousand Dol lar fur the Arrest and Con viction of th Lyncher. jtt Friday morning news flashed ..ver llit' wire to l.akeview that Modi county wus the scene of another fright- lul tragedy. 1 4jiitinic ilow on the heel of the hliMMly duel U'locrn ollicer an I outlaw ol a few week ago, in which Constable Walker ami one o( the ban- .1 its were nhtin, there ti an unusual ripple '( excitement ill rone)ileiice, niwl evcryliody wanted to learn more particular of Mojoc's second bloody af- liay. The firnl teleicram reciting the occurrence came to The Kxaminer atMiul W o'clock Friday morning, and aa follows! , ,iy Aif,' i At.., May ' :Ct rive 'tattle thieve Mere hanged loll'" bridge, near the village of lMikotil at 1 o'clo k ibis morning by a mob of about fifty men." An hour IhereHlter unolher message containing brief particulars arrived (or The Kxaminer, and an lad aw the word were ticked off the wire the new wa MiNted on The Kxaminer bullelin lniaid Ml the poMtollice, where hundreds of mhiIi rend the iiewn during the day. The next dispatch was aa follow: "Am, Cai. , May 31. Officers were guarding live men in the hotel barroom at Ixxikoiit, and were not uM4-ling , violence to their prisoner, when at 1 o'clock this morning the doors flea- iimn and about tlfty masked men ruhed in with guns and compelled the officers to give up the primmer and go with them to Ihe bridge near town. In less than five minutes, the men were hanging from the bridge and all wan over, and not tingle member of the mob was to lie seen. Kver thing was done so quick ly Ihe nlfbrer could afford th prixotiprs no protection. They lired two shots to slay the hand of the mob, but no injury was done by the. shots,- The victims of the mob's wrath were old man Hall and two sons, ami Yanlis; the other uni dentified as yet. llefore noon another message arrived giving the names of the parties aa Cul vin Hall and three sous, Frank, Tim and Martin Hall, ami lan Yantis, a son-iu law of Calvin Hull. The A I turns New Kru extra, published soon after the news reached that town, says that the five men were under arrct for pitit larceny, and were under guard of three olllccrs when the mob entered and overpowered the officers, and took their helpless victims to the bridge which crosses 1'itt Kiver, mid hung them from its timbers. Tlio particulars of the deplorable affair hi recited by K. H, Trowbridge uud W, I. Morris of lokout, vthcro the tragedy occurred, and Mrs. George II. Knight, telegraph operator at Adin, are to the effect Unit for some time pust, it is alleged, the five victims of the mob's vengeance had been systematically pilfering, stealing mid robbing throughout the entire lower end of llig Valley, mid that hundreds of ar- tide In their Mieion had been iden lilied stolen property, by the perium (rum whom the it. pjmt! y hud U-eti tuken. On Tneday, May 2Hlh, three iroinineiil ciiixen of lwik'oiil arrived In Altura to olfer tent iinony an an inducement for the grand jury (then in chiuii) to take mime action Hgaint ihe Mull family and i bo son-in-law Yanti. riifortunalely the grand jury bad adjourned jilt three hour previous to their arrival, and the three ritiren then went to District At torney K. ('. Bonner, and requeued that otlicial to go to IHikiiut, Investigate and briii the proper complaint against the a' cuaed quiiitriple. The district attor ney repluxl that he was too buy to iio, and they then apealed to Judge Harris, the criminal lawyer of Modoc county, and en)iloyed him to go to I-ookout as an attorney for the eole. Judge Har ris agreed to go if he could yet the dis trirt attorney to dcpulixe him (or the iurMe. That ollicial refuaed to ap Miint Harris, hut innleud appointed C. C. Auble of Adin to make the investiga tiou. On Thursday Ut, May 30th, Calvin Hall and three sons, and aon-in law Yanti, were arrested ander a warrant l"i4 ( die -Justice Court of Look out, and their hearing or preliminary exuiiilnation was act lor May 31t. They were not allowed bail, and Ihe live pri oner were placed in the custody of A. Cttipenter, M. Brown and Sidney Bar rel te, bo w ere officially deputized (or that .urKiMc. At nightfall the primm er were taken by the guard to the ollice of the hotel, conducted by J. K. Meyer, the IMikoul Julice of the l'eace. The (I. mined men had not the slightest sus picion of the awful fate altout to over take iiiem, ami tne lliree guards were alo ignorant of the terrible tragedy which they would soon be compelled to witness. About one o'clock in the morning, the door df the room was Mid denly thrown ojicn, and forty mauled men rtiBheil in and seized Ihe five pria oners, in spite of the remonstrances of tiie three guards. One of the guards tired his piatol and tried to prevent ihe infuriated men from carrying out their awful purose, but ail in vain. The mob overpowered the guards, and com pel led them to go along and assist ith ruthless hands the five victims were tuken along Main street, to the large bridge which spans the rippling waters of I'm Kiver. Ujion arriving liiere, a hempen noose was quickly placed around the neck of each of the doomed men, and tiie rope made fust to the timbers of the bridge. Then with out a moment's hesitancy, or even I qualm of conscience, the furious men pushed their five victims off the bridge, and launched them into eternity After their fearful deed of violence was committed, the members of the mob disappeared like magic, and w ithin live minutes alter the lyuchiug there was not a man to be seen near the scene of the crime. The five senseless bodies dangling limply from the bridge were the only evidence remuining to tell the story of the uwful occurrence. The bodies were not taken down from the bridge until a lute hour that fore noon as they were left there until a cor oner's jury could bo summoned to view the scene of the awful tragedy. Calvin Hall was well known in Modoc county ami lias been u frequent visitor at Modoc's county seat. For many years recently he was prominently con nected with the politics of Modoc coun ty, on the Republican ticket. His three ill-fated soim and son-iu law were also well known to most of tiie people o Modoc county. Three of the five men lynched leave families to mourn their deplorable fate. COLUMBIA SOUTHERN An Examiner flan I $ a Talk With Hr. L: tie in Portland. HE'S COMING ON You Have a Great Country Down There and We are Anxious to Uuild Into it as Soon as Possible," Says Lytle. I'okti.aid. OamioH, May V.)l. KimTok K t ami N kr, I.skeflew ; Know ing that Th" Kxaminer reader are at ways pleaiil to hear authentic railroad new, and epeHally from this end of the line. T take t'eatirn in Wri'ing you a few far that have rome nndermv olwervalion. ' Mr. K. K. Lytle, owner and manager of tne Columbia rxmiheni railroad, run iii ir.nii ltigg-, on Ihe O. it. i N. to hanlko, 441 miles north Of rriueville, lliioukjli hi reprienlative Mr. liudd, j invited me to call at hi otllce yelerda. I did fo and was warmly greeted by Mr. I.) lie, wlio teemed pleaned to have an opportunity to talk to a representative ol The Kxaminer, and was anxious to know more about Lakevlew and Lake county. During the conversation air, Little said : '1 suppoms you know that tiie Cokim - bia Nnuherniaa been in litigation for some lime and that the matter has iusl recently been adjusted? Well, I also want yuu to know that I aiu going to build more railroad.Yon omu U.I yu tuo(Ju for m that I ill leave liere iu about thirty days and go over the pro posed extentiou from fdiauiko to Lake view, on the preliminary survey mad by Mr. Budd." The rcMrt made by Mr. UuilJ was a tine one and I want to verify it by going over the route jM-rxonalh'. What 1 suy regarding future ex tent ion of this line will lie acceptable to Kastern capitalists interested. You have a g'eat country down there, and we are anxious to build that way as soon as possible." "The Columbia Southern is on a pay ing basis, while at the same time its line extends through a country generally inferior to yours." Mr. Lytle apearvd to be familiar with I-ako county, although he has never visited that sec Hon. I assisted him in tracing a route on the map from Lake view , on the Kast aide of Goose Lake, to Alturas, and on down Tit Kiver to the Sacramento river, where it appears th Columbia Southern intends to connect with the Southern Pacific. Thus they will have a line to San Francisco, and cau compete with the Southern Pacific from Portland to the liay of San Fran cisco. Mr. Lytle refuses to give out any in formation regarding his intentions to Portland newspapers, or to other rail road people, and has all along led them to believe that his road would not go any further than Shaiko, the present tei minus. I presume tiiat this report will le disputed by people interested in Portland, but the presence of Mr. Lytle in I-akeview within a month or six weeks w ill dispel any doubta as to the intention of tiie Columbia Southern Htuple. Mr. Ly tie's visit will be one of mom entous value to the people ot Lake county, and should be carefully consider ed by all inteudiug investors in that locality. This road is a staudard gauge and is finely equipped. The service is equal to the Southern Pacific. With no mountains to cross from the Columbia to the Sacramento river it will be an easy road to build and keep in repair, and its ow ners realice the iuiiiortaiice of getting into that great inland empire of Lake as soon as possible. A. Y. II. Well, citizens of Lakeview, a'i we go ing to celebrate here on the Fourth? Time to move if we are. lioiibtless there w ill be a very large crowd here at the races uud baseball tournament, and we ought to givu our visiting friends a full week of unalloyed fun. HE LIKES OUR town! Cedarville Record Editor Throws a Beautiful Boquet at Us. SHE'S A HUMMER Do! fed the Swaddlinjc Clothes of a Cauntrv Village and Assumed ihs Mnm n.Vnifit Mt. rooolitan Oarb. Ceda'llle Kecord. Home days ago we had Ihe pleasuie ..f spending several day in the low u of Lak. view. We iiad alwas heard that I-akeview wa a lively and pretty place, and on reaching it, was more than sur- prised to find that half had not been told of it. Just one year on the 22nd inst. Ihe whole business portion of ihe town was destroyed liy lire, loilay there stands on w hat w a then a mao( black ened, smoking ruin some of the hand- ! somest buildings to le found in any in terior tow n. They are mostly all of brick and built with an eye of obtaining light and a cheerful. inviting appearance. Tow ering above them all ia the Hotel Lake view, a three-story brick structure that would do credit to any town. And right , nrv jet us ay inamie interior oi me hoial Is evan more inviting than the ex- ! teiior, and under the mauagenient of 1 genial Frank Light every guest is made i to leel perfectly at home. Lakeview has , doffeJ the swaddling clothes of a country I village and assumed the more dignified metropolitan garb. It has, Phoenix like, risen from the abbes, and stands a mon ument to the energyi indoruiiablo and persevering business push of her citizens and business men. It is located in the midst of a fertile country, and is the I trading place and supply deot for stoc k : nien living many mties norm. It is ; 'lighted ny electricity and also has water j works, both being owned and controlled i by the town. i The interests of the town and country i are well looked after by two good news- papers, the Examiner and Kuctler. The Kxaminer has one of the best equipped printing offices iu Northern Californiaor Southern Oregon. Our stay in Lakeview was made pleasant by the hospitable peo ple we met, and we have reason to remem ber then and their pretty little city kindly. In returning' home we traversed Goose Lake valley its full length. It is a beau tiful country, and the many subtantial farm houses and neat farms indicate the prosperity of her residents. A large amount of fine meadow land is to be seen, most of it well watered. As yet no ar tesian water lias been obtained, but we see no reason w hy it should not be, as the same formation seems to be there as is found in Surprise.' Many improvements are being made there on all sides and in a few years Goose Lake valley will be second to none in beauty and productive ness. Many large orchards are being planted and progression seems to be the watch-word all along the line. Illlngsworth Gets Away. The Alturas Plaindealer says that the pursuit of murderer Illingsworth has practically been abandoned, at least so fur a following his trails is concerned. The trail was finally lot near West Val ley, and the impression now prevails that he has followed tha Warner range of mountains to the north. A report came in from Lakeview that the outlaw was seen in Big Valley, west of Warner, but is not sufficiently verified to warrant officers in following up the clue. It is to be. hoed, however, he will eventually lie caught and brought to justice for his monstrous crime. Oovernor Offers $2o,ooo Reward. The Governor of California has offered a rew ard of 20,(XM) for the apprehen sion and conviction of the parties who comprised the mob that "lynched" the Halls and Yantis. The act is consider ed a most atrocious crime, and there appeurs to be some reason to believe that several arrests will be made soon. BOSTON MARKET No Increase of Business is Yet Noted in the Wool Market. LOCAL MARKET Will Open as Soon as All the Lake County Sheep are Out of the Hands of the Shearers No Offers Yet lade. IViston, May 29. The American Wool nn, Cotton Reporter will say to-morrow : , There is as yet no increace to be noted in the amount of biiHiness in progress in j thi wool market. In fact, the market ; has ruM quieter the pant week than ' during the previous week, and we figure j the sale al only 2.2!K).OO0 pounds, against 3.527.000 pounds a week a no. home of the Urge mills are reported in the mar ket, but with only one exceptiou, they have taken very small quantities of wool. The trend of the goods market is appar ently toward an improvement, but the clothing trade is still buying goods in a censervative way, which is reflected in a very quiet demand for wool. Price continue in favor of the buyer except on fine wools, which are pretty fairly held in view of the strength shown in the country and the relative firmness of fine stock at the London sales. The excite ment in the West baa abated. Two of the largest dealers in the market have bought no wools in the West, believing that the prices which have been paid them are not warranted. Not over 23, 000,000 pounds of new wools thus far this year baye been bought out there, and conservative dealers are of the opinion that new wools can be bought at more lavorable terms later on at any rate, they are willing to lake their chances of securing their wools later at as favorable terms as are now quoted. Sales for the week in Boston amounted to 2,135,000 pounds domestic and 155,000 pounds foreign, making a total of 2,200, 000 pounds, against a total of 1,150,000 pounds for the corresponding period last year. The sales since January 1 amount to 91,127,900 pounds against 61,4t6,900 pounds for the corresponding time last year. The local wool market will probably open in Lakeview the first of next week. Representatives of all the large firms that usually buy of the Lake county clip are now on the ground, and are waiting for shearing to close to come to some agreement with the woolgrowers. A number of wool sales have been made during the past few days for 10 cents per pound. While this is not as big a price as sheepmen bad hoped for, it will put some money iu circulation. Burns Times-Herald. Enroute to Their Homes. All of the witnesses and principals of the Silver Lake water contentions be fore the Circuit Court departed for their homes this week. The evidence in the Hough-Porter case was all in Monday afternoon, and argument of counsel was completed Monday night. I-i order to facilitate matters the court held several night sessions during the past week. There are many things to be said favor able to our friends from the north. They are a sober, intelligent and good natured body of gentlemanly citizens, and Lakeview regrets to tee them take their departure. Their patience and good nature was exemplified strongly during their long stay here as witnesses before the court, just at a season of the year when their crops and stock interests needed close attention. Instead of be coming morose and ill-humored at their forced attendance before the court, they were ever imbued with a jovial spirit and good humor. Woolbuyera Excepted. "Sheep are the most timid of all ani mals," remarks an exchange. One ex ception, noted above, has been discov ered in Lakeview within the past two weeks. 'A - J V 4 H.tHWSaHr.-ii ri-frsBTTr-rfrn m (N.i-'V.Tfl'HV V-.