| 单词 | vigilance committee |
| 例句 | In fact, that seemed to have been the entire business which had come to a head when the vigilance committee followed him to Mr Coldfield’s gate that day two months before. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z There, Power hears about how a village’s “vigilance committee” used stones and bows and arrows to kill a young woman who had entered a local market with a suicide belt under her hijab. What Samantha Power Learned on the Job 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z In time, alarmed but emboldened Northern free blacks and their white abolitionist allies formed vigilance committees to ward off slavecatchers, while Northern legislatures began approving so-called personal liberty laws to shield the fugitives. How the Dispute Over Runaway Slaves Helped Fuel the Civil War 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Among the earliest: groups of “Rangers,” Southern California horsemen assembled nominally to hunt down Mexican “bandidos” but who, as a vigilance committee, became judge, jury and even executioner themselves. Recent report on L.A. County hate crime numbers is a reminder of when we didn't even count them 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z When they learned that the loggers had finally arrived, members of Sawawo's vigilance committee traveled up the Amônia in their boats. This Amazonian Indigenous Group Has Lessons in Sustainable Living for All of Us 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Therefore, communities would organize their own forces, called "vigilance committees" whose job was to be "vigilant" to protect their own homes and communities. Republicans now stand for nothing except trolling, vigilante violence and death 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Stephen C. Foster was mayor in the 1850s when a “vigilance committee” he belonged to, a kind of volunteer police force in crime-stricken L.A., tried to lynch an accused murderer. In L.A., at least our corrupt officials don’t have much power 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z “Even before the Civil War, Louisiana was infamous for its frequent feuds, street fights, duels, whiskey brawls, vigilance committees and outbursts of violence,” the historian Gilles Vandal wrote. Why Does Louisiana Consistently Lead the Nation in Murders? 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Whole city blocks brimmed with fugitives, and these fugitives were organized into vigilance committees, which guarded one another and watched for Ryland’s Hounds. “Conduction” 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Black “vigilance committees” in the North met slave hunters with physical resistance. Opinion | In opposing Harriet Tubman, Trump has messed with the wrong woman 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Led by the most affluent men in each village and town, vigilance committees and “minute men” groups terrorized both slaves and poor whites in an effort to enforce segregation and prevent possible rebellions. Charlottesville brings out the Confederate legacy 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z “The area is secured by the army and by the vigilance committees,” Mr. Datchaka said. The Boy, the Ambassador and the Deadly Encounter on the Road 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Fugitive slaves abetted by abolitionist vigilance committees, antislavery lawyers and politicians moved the issue of abolition into northern state- and courthouses. What You Still Don't Know About Abolitionists 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z There, Johnston’s vigilance committee helped them journey on to Canada, where their freedom was assured. Greenwich house used by escaped slaves recognized 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z The institution of the College of Deputed Councillors might thus be described as a vigilance committee of the states in perpetual session. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z They would have jumped at the chance to form a vigilance committee and thrash him within an inch of his life, if it could have been done without disagreeable publicity for the girls. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z The proceedings of vigilance committees are somewhat informal.” The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z State governments would also be required to set up vigilance committees, but those agencies’ powers would be limited to bringing violations to the attention of district officers and reviewing the implementation of the act. India Ink: Will the Food Security Bill Fight Hunger? 2012-01-02T09:57:30Z They lay in wait for him below like a vigilance committee zealous for his lynching. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z By an alteration of the provincial constitution, all power in the Cape branch of the Bond was vested in the hands of a vigilance committee of three, of whom Hofmeyr and his brother were two. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The local sheriff and his posse turned out, an' thar was a vigilance committee behind every tree. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z These soi-disant vigilance committees professed to carry out the will of Jeff. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z But I tell you what you might do, when you can; make up a vigilance committee from yore outfits an' ride range for rustlers. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z It is a deed of self-help, like the formation of a vigilance committee among the anarchical throng of a lawless rabble. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z These conclusions emphasize the conservation value to society of a militia organization in every community and also of a permanent vigilance committee. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z The two men relapsed into silence and again lay down on the blankets that had been given them by the vigilance committee. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z Like many human thieves and robbers, mice like to ply their pilfering avocation after nightfall, and they might do so with impunity were it not for those members of the feathered vigilance committee—the owls. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z On learning this, myself and neighbors formed into a vigilance committee to hunt the rascal down, but he took to his heels, and fled Eastward. No title 2011-08-23T02:00:29.833Z The Ku Klux Klan, a secret vigilance committee, did much good in terrifying the carpet-bag deposits and breaking up the secret armed midnight meetings of the negroes. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z I’m in favor of reviving the old vigilance committee and running these yere undesirable citizens out into the Topaz.” The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The accused men were at once arrested by the vigilance committee and placed under guard in a tent. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z I told the jailer that I had an important communication for the authorities, and he reported the matter to some person of influence, who summoned a vigilance committee, and ordered me before it. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z It is a tribunal organized to convict, and its proceedings closely resemble those of a vigilance committee. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Henceforth the anti-Kent social element in Y—— resolved itself into a vigilance committee to watch her behavior as a married woman. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z You are an insult to every honest officer, a stench in the nostrils of Plainville, and if you are within the boundaries of this town in thirty minutes the vigilance committee will call on you.” The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z This over, he went to the members of the vigilance committee, who were engaged in earnest conversation outside the tent. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z Every village and commune has its party vigilance committee. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z After breakfast Webster determined to ascertain whether or not he was under the surveillance of the vigilance committee, and he accordingly left the hotel, and wended his way toward the post-office. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z The consequence was a general fight: two men were shot, one fatally, and the man who killed him was hung the next day by a vigilance committee. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The vigilance committee informed him that he must leave or take the consequences; which meant, a suspension by the neck from the nearest tree. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The vigilance committee meant to do right, and they were determined to erect a scaffold on the cliff above the creek, and carry out the sentence as it had been ordered. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z That evening, to his great surprise and extreme discomfort, he was taken out and slippered by a self-appointed vigilance committee. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z Some of the settlers, dissatisfied with the result, formed themselves into a vigilance committee to watch the ford of the Waipaoa River. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War In the early days he saved Chamberlain from the vigilance committee by a plea to Judge Lynch when the vigilantes had a rope around the victim’s throat. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Yet, after some talk, it was agreed to hold Jeff Jones merely as a prisoner for the present, instead of carrying him to the nearest camp to be turned over to the vigilance committee. Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West Indeed, in many cases vigilance committees have been of the greatest service, even in places where the law is supposed to be in force. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z Through varied instruments—lynch law, popular courts, vigilance committees—order was, however, enforced, better as times went on, until there was a stable condition of things. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Later, when the real forty-niners came, men o' red blood, vigilance committees were organized an' the camps got sort o' human. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The vigilance committee, or Salvation army, as it called itself, didn't make much fuss about its work, but we all knew that the best citizens belonged to it, and were in good standing. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories They can begin as vigilance committees, and will ultimately reach to legal status as councils. The Hills and the Vale Mobs sanctioned by self-styled vigilance committees override all law and order. Cudjo's Cave A vigilance committee was appointed to see that Glover was not secretly hurried off, and the bells were ordered to be rung in case any such attempt should be made. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Ticket-of-leave men from New South Wales, escaped or paroled convicts from Tasmania, roughs that had been run out of camps by vigilance committees in California, Chinese and Malays swarmed there. The Boy With the U.S. Miners A homely man, who played that he was the lord high executioner and chairman of the vigilance committee, wore a pair of wide, bandana pants, which came off during the first act. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) You’ll see a vigilance committee right here, if this gambol don’t quit. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country He was a vigilance committee in himself through sheer force of personality. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia The slogan of 'Equal Pay for Equal Work' was utilized and vigilance committees were planned for each State to note the conditions in industrial localities and report back to Washington. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V They all refused; they feared the evil eye of the vigilance committee of a Fenian organisation still in full swing among us, and keeping regular books for settlement when they have the power. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Things had reached a pass where a vigilance committee appeared to be the appropriate climax. When the West Was Young There was scarcely a man in the place but had at some time in his life felt the despotic tyranny of a vigilance committee. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country When word came of this murder the vigilance committee of Yale formed a rifle company of forty, which in August started up to the forks at Lytton. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia Even the perennial good humor of a Russian crowd forsook this gathering and it began to assume the aspect of a Western vigilance committee. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources And when we adjourn, I suggest that a meeting of all diggers on the field be called for the purpose of forming a vigilance committee, for the detection and suppression of crime on the diggings.” The Tale of Timber Town Arizona was becoming a haven for fugitives from California vigilance committees and for renegade Mexicans from south of the boundary. When the West Was Young Well, for one thing you can’t put me on a vigilance committee with folks suspecting me. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country Douglas remembered the cry 'fifty-four forty or fight,' and he remembered what had happened to his chief, M'Loughlin, in Oregon when the American settlers there had set up vigilance committees. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia An hour or more passed and there was no sign that the vigilance committee had survived the fervors of the afternoon. With Hoops of Steel Some were taken out of their houses at night and whipped; others were tarred and feathered; and more were hanged by self-appointed vigilance committees, or killed in personal encounters. True To His Colors Wilson for the past few days had been the rendezvous for a well-organized vigilance committee, who had vied with the ruffians at Goldsboro in offering violence to citizens driven out of Wilmington. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. The strike lasted until the outraged citizens of Cripple Creek formed a vigilance committee and deported the chief agitators to Kansas. The New Nation Though the miners were of the same class as the 'argonauts' of California, they never broke into the lawlessness that compelled vigilance committees in San Francisco. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia Crime was rife in the settlements, and, in the absence of courts, a rough-and-ready justice was administered by vigilance committees. The Critical Period of American History Perhaps after all he had no uniform; for these lands were but recently a wild frontier rudely ruled by vigilance committees. What I Saw in America A few residents formed themselves into a vigilance committee. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Law, except as executed by a vigilance committee, did not amount to much more than the word. Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events Fortunately, there was little whisky; so, though tattered miners were everywhere in the woods, order was maintained without vigilance committees. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia No vigilance committee was ever more determined and secret and organized than the unconverted civic patriots who were determined to restore Jansen to its old-time condition. Northern Lights Had the outrages been confined to one community the inhabitants would have risen in their might and, by organizing vigilance committees, could have driven them out—possibly. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts At once the vigilance committee arose, and took the case in hand. How to Cook Husbands For this he was hanged by the vigilance committee, who demanded him from the authorities. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria So the miners at Yale formed a vigilance committee and established self-made laws. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia The business was in charge of a vigilance committee of sixty. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. The horrible thought of the vigilance committee turned me sick. The Other Side of the Door Many of you have already served in a vigilance committee, and you all know the purpose of such an organization. Hidden Gold Notwithstanding he took every precaution, some spy belonging to a vigilance committee followed him, and reported the facts in the city. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 An impromptu vigilance committee finally succeeded in ejecting the unwelcome visitor, persuading him of the superior advantages of “Barracks B.” The Great White Tribe in Filipinia The vigilance committee appointed a sub-committee of fifteen to confer with the state and federal commissioners. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. A vigilance committee had been organized to punish the thieves. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After "There's a vigilance committee around, I hear," he remarked casually. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands There was talk of a vigilance committee and of lynching. Shadows of Shasta San Francisco formed in 1851 a vigilance committee of citizens, by which crimes could be more summarily and surely punished. History of the United States, Volume 3 They elected a vigilance committee, and authorized persons to go to The Junction and arrest the suspected Spaniards. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 If there were cattle thieves, lynch law was sudden and effective: the regulators of the Carolinas were the predecessors of the claims associations of Iowa and the vigilance committees of California. The Frontier in American History Exactly what relation the vigilance committee which was seeking to drive the "nesters" out of western Montana bore to Granville Stuart's organization, is difficult to determine. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands But next the children, were choosing partners, and though the boys had chosen boys, and the girls girls, the suspicions of the vigilance committee were aroused. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Finally, a vigilance committee was formed, made up of good citizens not a few of whom were gun experts with their own bit of red record. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier A party of men, appointed by the vigilance committee, left the Bar immediately in search of him. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 He at once returned to York, and lost no time in instituting proceedings against eight of the aggressors who had constituted themselves a vigilance committee at his expense. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion The ranchmen set about to organize a vigilance committee of their own to repel the invaders, if necessary, by force. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Then a "vigilance committee" would be organized, which would either drive out the undesirables, as in this story, or would execute the entire lot. The Short-story A woman was murdered at a ranch close by some time ago, and five bad characters were put to death at San Antonio by the vigilance committee on suspicion. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 The vigilance committee soon issued a small pamphlet, made up chiefly of the speeches and resolutions of the public meeting. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 Even in communities where the popular sentiment was less enthusiastic the recommendations embodied in the Declaration were generally assented to, and local vigilance committees were formed. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion “We’d sail right into ’em and give ’em Hail Columbia,” declared Hazel like a vigilance committee chairman. Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation At last they made themselves such a nuisance that the attention of the vigilance committee was called to their particular case. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure In the various agitations of vigilance committees and alliances for the suppression of the traffic they profess to see continued a work which the abolitionists began. A Preface to Politics A vigilance committee was appointed to watch the operations of the Elgin Association while the various township councils interested were requested to advance the necessary funds for carrying on the campaign. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 If Roberts had lived to-day, no doubt he would have been on the council of the local vigilance committee. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers Later, the "Association," a vigilance committee, was formed by a large number of the principal people of the realm to protect Elizabeth against assassination. The Leading Facts of English History Mr. Berry had the chief of the police sacked and instituted a sort of sanitary vigilance committee. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia This Rip Van Winkle of the past returns to find a city where he left a prairie town, a bank where he spun his roulette wheel, this magnificent court-house instead of a vigilance committee. The Exiles and Other Stories Crime went unpunished or was taken in hand, when it got too rampant, by vigilance committees. Initial Studies in American Letters There was a vigilance committee in Leadville composed of bankers and merchants. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him But sentiment wasn't exactly their long suit, and any little difficulties that cropped up were straightened out by the vigilance committee—and a rope. Judith of the Plains "Well, the boys did talk some of a vigilance committee, if any more houses was robbed." The Burglar and the Blizzard A Christmas Story Already the younger members of the settlement and district were forming themselves into a vigilance committee. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest A vigilance committee of twenty-five persons was appointed to watch the jail at night and see that Glover was not secretly taken away. The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18 A great institution was the vigilance committee of those early Western days. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him But that one should ever make its appearance in Coldriver, under their very eyes, was a thing so startling, so outrageous, as almost to demand the spontaneous formation of a vigilance committee. Scattergood Baines As the judges and police could not control these criminals, nearly two hundred good citizens formed a "vigilance committee." Stories of California I have been thinking of a vigilance committee. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest He was taken before a vigilance committee and by it was condemned to receive twenty lashes on his bare back, "well laid on," and then to be driven out of town. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights And to meet the danger that the officials as a whole might combine "in a huge conspiracy against the rank and file," Messrs Bechhofer and Reckitt can only suggest vigilance committees within the Guilds. War-Time Financial Problems A fortunate flush of anger came over me which served to steady my voice; but I met their staring, after all, much as if I had been a culprit and they a vigilance committee. A Texas Matchmaker Not long after, the vigilance committee hanged four men, and roughs and law-breakers left town for the mines. Stories of California A vigilance committee had been in force in that county for some time, trying to rid the country of lawless characters. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days "I reckon," Adrian commented as he joined the group, "a vigilance committee is what we need even more." Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts That was the first vigilance committee; the great one came afterward, but I am confined to the days of the "Forty-niners." The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days This took the form of a vigilance committee, each member of which came to its meetings armed with musket and cutlass. The Long White Cloud Then the "law and order party," as the vigilance committee was at that time called, began once more the task of punishing those who robbed or killed. Stories of California But lawlessness got into the saddle, and had bench warrants issued and served on every member of this vigilance committee. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days If anyone else committed a crime they were always quite eager to be on the vigilance committee, and were remarkably happy when punishing a wrong-doer. Death Valley in '49 There was a vigilance committee organized against them, which public sentiment, at that time, fully indorsed. The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days The act of Mayor Ruef of San Francisco, even at the time of the earthquake, declaring martial law, or giving troops or vigilance committees summary powers of punishment, was a mere "bluff." Popular Law-making Whether by the action of the law or by vigilance committees, some men will not be allowed to be at large. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment Immediately the leaders among the whigs, the friends of order and liberty, gathered together and organized a vigilance committee. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 It was reported, however, that one of their number was in the hands of the vigilance committee and hanged in Montana. Death Valley in '49 At Kansas City the vigilance committee of the blockade boarded and searched the boat for concealed "abolitionists." Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 More frequent occasions for the creation of vigilance committees were the rumors of plots among the blacks and the reports of mischievous doings by whites. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime So these mountaineers began to form themselves into bands known as "regulators," quite like the "vigilance committees" formed for the same purposes in California a hundred years later. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins Strange to say, amidst this heterogeneous population there has never been a vigilance committee. Building a State in Apache Land This state of things, of course, gave rise to many impromptu vigilance committees. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself Here there are robbers, here vigilance committees, and here guerilla bands ruling patches of exhausted territory, strange federations and brotherhoods form and dissolve, and religious fanaticisms begotten of despair gleam in famine-bright eyes. The War in the Air The region has been "rushed," and mining camps have risen at Alma and elsewhere, so lawless and brutal that vigilance committees are forming as a matter of necessity. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains Terry's term of a "vigilance committee" was highly descriptive. Herland Usually White-Caps are a vigilance committee going after rascalities the law doesn't reach, or won't reach, but these fellows are not that kind. The Gentleman from Indiana Her father and another man were hung by a vigilance committee in northern California for highway robbery and murder. Fifteen Years with the Outcast Mrs. Groome had been intensely interested, for this upheaval reminded her of personal episodes in the life of her husband and father, the latter having been a member of the vigilance committees of the fifties. The Sisters-In-Law After that I was always conservative in relation to horsethieves until we got the report of the vigilance committee. Remarks The citizens formed a vigilance committee and worked without avail until there came a rumor that a prisoner in the New Bedford jail knew something of the affair. Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845 Looks like a cross between a secret order card and a notice from the vigilance committee. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range Miss Mary Dunbar was very much distressed over the loss of one of her three slaves who were hanged, and offered the vigilance committee ten thousand dollars for his release, but to no purpose. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Lawlessness has followed, showing that violence may under certain conditions develop among some classes anywhere rather than reserve itself for vigilance committees of primitive communities. A Century of Negro Migration The vigilance committee, or Salvation Army as it called itself, didn't make much fuss about it, but we all knew that the best citizens belonged to it and were in good standing. Remarks When Joseph saw the letter he said it contained trash, and told his father to hand it to the vigilance committee. Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845 It was mid-afternoon, a slack hour for Pedro's kind of trade, and the shanty was empty of customers when the impromptu vigilance committee entered. Over the Pass As I was soon to go to my home in Michigan, it was proposed by our vigilance committee that this couple, with Sarah, who made her escape over a year previously, should go with me. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences A vigilance committee of provocateurs and business men was in the audience. The Centralia Conspiracy I suggest a law and order vigilance committee. The Boys of Bellwood School But, driven by the necessity of events, the most respectable citizens took the law into their own hands, organized vigilance committees, and administered a rude but prompt justice which soon restored order. A Brief History of the United States This Rip Van Winkle of the past returns to find a city where he left a prairie town; a bank where he spun his roulette-wheel; this magnificent courthouse instead of a vigilance committee! Public Speaking I took the stage at Toledo, and in three days I was consulting the vigilance committee in Levi Coffin's council chamber. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences The daily brawls, the excited vigilance committee of the first winter session of popular justice, and partial burning of the city, leave Hardin unmoved. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance But suppose you understand that this coroner's jury is going to turn out to be a vigilance committee in disguise, who will hear testimony for an hour and then hang the murderer on the spot? The Gilded Age, Part 5. About this time what was known as a vigilance committee was organized at Virginia City, and other points along the stage line, for protection against desperadoes. Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West Oh, yes," she said, smiling, "my husband has been thinking of forming himself into a vigilance committee. The War Terror Her father being a member of the vigilance committee I went without delay, and found the woman in great distress of mind. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Unrepressed violent crimes lead to the retaliatory butchery of vigilance committees. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance A man in California has in his possession the rope with which his father was hanged by a vigilance committee in '49 for horse-stealing. The Fiend's Delight This was too much for the people and proved the entering wedge for a second vigilance committee. California, 1849-1913; or, the rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state Stanton, who recently suffered the punishment due his many crimes at the hands of our local vigilance committee, a tribunal which under the discerning leadership of President Enright, never fails in the administration of justice. Wolfville Days He cannot do anything for two weeks, once his ordinance is in, and by that time we shall be able to organize a vigilance committee, ward meetings, marching clubs, and the like. The Titan In every community of the growing State, the law is aided by quickly executed decrees of vigilance committees. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance For example, the justice of the plains is not the justice of the cities; the justice of the vigilance committee is not the justice of judge and jury. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day These he organised into a vigilance committee charged with the duty of preventing miners and lumbermen from getting away to Slavin's. Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks I asked, for the confident fashion where-with my old friend reeled off the finding of Wolfville's vigilance committee, and the reasons, almost imposed on me. Wolfville Days In many towns vigilance committees acted as eyes, ears, and hands for the community. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners In each community for several months after the Civil War, and in many of them for months before the end of the war, there were informal vigilance committees. The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states The vigilance committees in each State made life well-nigh intolerable to suspected Tories. Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence "Never mind, Bill," said one of the passengers sympathizingly, "we'll catch that man Wiles at Rawlings sure;" and he looked around at the inchoate vigilance committee, already "rounding into form" about him. The Story of a Mine For many months Calaveras had languished for a sensation; since the last vigilance committee nothing had transpired to dispel the listless ennui begotten of stagnant business and growing civilization. Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories The evidence of guilt was beyond question, and a vigilance committee didn't waste any time in hanging him to the nearest tree. The Outlet Some shouted for more police protection; some for vigilance committees; all bush-rangers and horse-thieves to be strung up to the next tree. 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