Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1882 — Lynch Law in Washington Territory. [ARTICLE]

Lynch Law in Washington Territory.

A telegram from Seattle, in Washington Territory, says: James Sullivan and William Howard were arrested here to-day on a charge of the murder of George B. Reynolds, a young man whom they waylaid and shot last night The prisoners were brought before a magistrate for preliminary examination. Evidence of their guilt is most conclusive. The feeling was intense, and at the close of the examination a Committee of Safety forced its way into the court-room, and, overpowering the officers, took the prisoners. Sullivan and Howard were taken a short distance and hanged. Their bodies were left suspended, and a crowd numbering 400 then proceeded to the county jail, and, overpowering the guards and breaking down the doors of a cell, took out Benjamin Bayne, who was confined for the murder of Police-Officer Sears. He was taken to the place where the bodies of Sullivan and Howard were suspended, and hanged. The bodieafwere left hanging some time, and then givu over to the Coroner. The CommitSafety continues its organization, and have issued a notice that persons guilty of highway robbery in the city will, if arrested, receive the penalty of death in a summary manner. ' -