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LAKEVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OUKGON, THURSDAY, JUNK 6,1901.
NO. 22.
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JUDGE LYNCH
IN MODOC
Citizens at Lookout Hang Five Men
to Stringers of Pitt River Bridge.
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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.
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