The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-05-18
and then he answered:

''If am to be tried without judge
or jury, and hurried out Of the
world by Judge Lynch. it is not
necessary that you should know
anything of me. It is not neces-
sary fer a man to give much infor-
nation as to his identity to his
murderers."
'Just you look here, spoke Tom
Vance, sharply. "We amt no muir
derers, we aint, you hoss-thief. We
are peaceable. law abiding citizens" J"
The prisoners blood was up, and
he injudiciously retOrted:
''You are nothing but a pack of
cut-throats. If you had your just
deserts, a half of you would be
wearing prison suits and serving
your time behind the CRATES
"Shut upr" exclaimed the man
with the breech-loader. "Open your
mouth again, and I'll let daylight
through you
The last speaker had broke Jail,
not having served out half his time,
and he considered the prisoners re
marks personal.
Gentlemen said Tom Vance,
'what's the use Of standing here
confabbing with this rooster? You
know what this business means
here in Grass Hollow. Wen just
step aside and hold court, and you,
jim Beckwith, Sam Lucas, and Bill
Spellman, point you a committee
on the rope and a tall tree"
Again the prisoner spoke:
Gam I to be kept out here while
the trial for my life is going on il
side?"
"Yes, you just are, answered
Vance
The first thing Tom Vance did
was to step behind the bar of the
Eldorada and say:
'GentIemen of the court, we will
all take a drink"
"The "court" drank to a man.
After the tumblers were emptied
he said:
''Our first duty is to point
Judge"
AT this suggestion every one,
with one accord. bawled:
"Tom Vance! Tom Vancer'
The Judge took his chair, and
proceeded to dispose of the case as
summarily as a city police-justice
would do common drunk" Sew
eral gentlemen arose and testified
to the horse being the property of
"Hoss" Ford, the jockey, and his
being found in the possession of
the prisoner outside. 'Hoss'' Ford
was absent at the races at Virginia
City. The case was given to the
jury, and, after few moments de-
Liberation, they returned the virdict
"Guiltyr
The Judge arose and remarked
"Gentlemen, before passing sen
tence we will drink to the jury"
The very good health of the jury
was drank. Then the Court re-
sumed the bench, and pronounced
"The verdict of this Court is that
: the young feller out there-what's
> name?-don't make no difference
be taken over to the burying ground
an stretched
There was a rush for the door
Il and while some ran across lots tC
+ the cemetery; others guarded the
> prisoner on his way to execution
+ Tom Vance walked behind the pris
oner on the black horse, and, as h,
did so, he remarked to his bar
y keeper, who had closed the Edo
: RADIO, to be in at the death;
r "This beats a circus or a horse
o trot, this does, an is just as gooC
e as a cock-fght. A lynching kline
e, of 'livens up things at the Holler.'
It The committee drove the blacl
e, horse under the limb of tree, from
% which dangled the moose.
"Stand upr' exclaimed Tor
le Vance, the Judge and executionel
The prisoner balanced himself a
o. well as he could on the saddle, tn
n moose was placed about his necl
It, the Judge said:
n, "Ef you have got any last word
p to say, spit 'em out. You needn
do anything ornamental, for there
to no paper reporter here to sot 'el
ne down or print EN-"
IS Il am innocent. 1 have con
:" mended my soul to God, and aske
he him to forgive YOU
That was all he said, but /
an spoke with wonderful calmness.
ng "Bahr' laughed the Judge an
CASSueiOiSts gOu II OS III ASiA
re less than two minutes. Let hi
N swing, boys
"Hold on! hold onr'
1t was a prolonged scream at Il
ed top of a mans voice. The commi
tee hesitated, and held the bla'
or, horse by the bits. The lips of t
nst prisoner moved as if in prayer.
L "Hold onr'
out The call was nearer this time, Al
my a horseman approached, mount
eet on a black horse, the very count,
pa part of the one which was servi
the purpose Of a gallows.
'er- "What - does this mean
ood shouted "Hoss" Ford reigning
vas his steed, white with foam, and
I'm livering himself of a yolley of m,