Show SHOT FOR STEALING FLOUR klondike miners miner make an n of a thief seattle wash aug 31 au an unknown man has been shot on OIL the of vigil vigilantes sany guay trail by a committee and his bones are now rotting between a pile of rocks within a fe few wi brods rod 9 of the pass this news was brought down by the steamer utopia which left aks guny guay aug 23 the story in general Is all that can be learned the details being unknown among the utopias six passengers some time ago a sack back of flour was stolen suspicion pointed to a man who was encamped near the summit A committee of six were chosen to ferret out and punish the thief these men went to the tent of the suspected men and found the missing in g sack the man begged for mercy but the committee satisfied of his guilt decreed that lie he should be immediately killed the man was dragged from the tent and tied upright to a pole the committeemen stood off it a short distance and at the word shot together the thiefs body was pierced in six places feeling their duty done and sick of their task the vigilantes left at once not even waiting to put the bleeding form beneath the ground por for three days it hung there in full view of those passing with their packs the odor emanating from the body became so offensive that two men cut it loose and carrying it up the hill side covered it with a pile of stones |