New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-13

miited 10 bring Gordon back 10 Denver. the "a
dispersed This was rendered D~cessa,v h. M.
fact that Mndsugh wss acting without tcbo;e.,
authority, % we have no legal courts IN This n,,
and the people Of eavebw0th were sat,s6ei a.,
Il the prisoner conld be brought here he would hs,a
justice Tueted out to him. w
Niddangh accordingly came back with ,be No.
dc1er arriving bef re- daylight las, Friday norn'n.
The prisoner who had been ironsd from the ma
mept OF DIS capture, was placed uoder a strorv
guSTo' ana AZ 00clOck public meeting was he1
to consider the matter Mr. Mddaugb who b.S
travrl'd more than three thousand miles by coaa
and carriage within seven week. and had act.S
with p'aseworthy determination and per.eysrenes
recounted what be had d ne to the large asssw'
bIaee, and after urging That Gordon shonlh have (,
fair and public trial, expressed a desire n, ys RI,
up into the bands Of The people, as he fN,dd..ahs
was completely broken down by fatigue and io,s ~
sleep. The meeting Immediately appointed Mo-.
to take Gordon in charge, ard passed pnor;n,oa,
vote of thanks 10 Mr. Middaugh. There ,..s =
very strong sentiment in favor Of hanging Cn,do,-
forthwith, but better counses finally prevailed ana
it WIS decided that be should have trial. Thres
Judges were selected 10 conduct IT, but "a aeeon,t
Of general and freely-expressed feeling that sone
of them were the wong men for the postum, tbsy
all resigned on the following morning, and Mo.sr.
G.. buDt v i0m Larimer, and William Perso
,lccied in their places.
The trial commenced ON Saturday. A jury va,
impapBeed, consulting of some of our best citizen,
Messrs. u. p. Bennett and james I. COlmsn were
selected by the people 10 pr0secut~ and ak lawyers
appea ed for the defense. he Court sat through
nearly all The day and Uight Of Saturday and eoo-
vened again early on Sunday morning. Tae prose
cutOD made ut very strong ease. The defense
ATTEMPTED TO prove insanity from the effect Of
liquor but their cause was poor one, and poorly
H.. q. -
Sunday evening, the prisoner was allowed 70
address tie Jury. He spoke for fifteen minutes,
asserting that he was utterly unconscious Of com
mttirg the de,d at the tGe, and hso now no reeol-
lection of it, be was completely under the inlu-
ence Of liquor; that he had already suffered moro
than death; that be was confident that no legally
organized and conducted Court could convict him
of murder. and that while on his own account b.,
had no desire TO live IL would be hard for him %
pant from his father and mother His remsrks
were couched in appropriate language, and when
be- alud, TO his par, Dts, bis vol - grew trenuons
aud bu Ly. His face was very pallld and haggard,
and bore the most unmistakable traces Of long and
deep suffering
The jury. after an absence of fifteen minutes,
returned a verdict Of guilty. The counsel tor tho
drfense then urged that as long time az posslbss
might be given the prisoner, to enable him 10 settle
up his affairs aud once more 20 see bis mother,
who is said to be on her way here. The Court de-
clDed TO take any responsibility IN the sitter out
referred the question to the meeting which vas
confused of more than fifteen hundred people.
One OF the prosecuting counsel proposed that BE- 30
allowed ten days. This was emphatically voced
down, but it was finally decided that the execu-
ton should not tabe place for six days. A vote was
then passed, insructing the Judges 10 see the prs
soner properly guarded; and sentence was pro-
nounced Il of he should he executed on Saturday
next.
In view of the intense excitement prevailing, tho
conduct and result of the trial was most creditabe
to the people Of Denver. While every man N the
community kI ew that the murder Of the most
revolving character, and felt that from the posi-
bllities Of rescue, delays were dangerous, the
prisoner had az fair and leDient trial as be- could
have hoped for in any legal Court and there was
no indecent OF indecorous haste. Gordoo is now
strongly guarded, and though many apprehend that
an attempt will be made TO rescue him, there y lii
tie probability of his escape. His history IS tern
bly, impressive temperance lecture. A. d. r.