The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-07-09

he was killed we did not wait To cx-
anime him but went down Stair. We
were met by u man who toll us that
there Wis another dead man down h.
tween tw" oil barrels by the billiard
saloon. We went To see and found a
man whom We ut once. recognized Is
the one that WIS with Dugan.
LYING DEAD.
With a hole running through hi- chest
from side To- side His name WI. Hill
and he was tin. one who shot af me n
| was attending to Dugau As shot
1 twice it, his direction and Dave Cook
shot three times. We don't knew which
of u killed him. We had AN invesli-
CATION instituted! ut once, and We were
acquitted. We returned To- Denver,
AMI next morning th. town WAS full
1T the news The body of Franklin
was brought up Ia the city. anu :, great
crowl gathered ,o >e,,it. OCCASIONALLY
| heard the word pass, "iloit,ons hail /
ut "'clock" | gould guess what
that meant, AMI went To tl. hail.
Several hundred ci.izar> wer.. present.
and it w1S determined by two third.
vote that Mu>rrove >houli hc hung.
and in daylight. \ COMMITTEE. os
four ua> appointed {" overpnwer the
turnkey. and without i.lav they lid
their work. Goin. IT, the jul. one
gained admission Z" the turnkey
hou>.. bv some prsteXi. aud then a
pistol n, the head of the keeper PRE-
vented further trouble. The crowd
was notified. and in a few momcnts
there were i've thousand people around
the jul. Siu>grove heard the COM
mitiec Coming. and >cizing n
HEAVY EIi.!.Er ~ sO u.
Declared that he wnuli brain the first
man that came into III cell. For Il
moment the crowd held hack. but iu>,
then s,mc IF them bcaar to open ou,
l"n the cell with their REVIEWERS.
About Eighteen other prisoners were in
with Mu-grove. and they began IL leg
i,ar'i tn have the shouting stopped.
promising that they would throw
Mus.r"ve out Musgruve saw the
game was up. AMI walked cut. lie
was PIT in u wagon and taken down -
the place where he WIS Ia he hanged.
lie MAS perfectly calm. and asked tine
privilege al writing -pn,- no,e-. Pen
and ink were furnished, and in
beautiful. lowing hand ne wrote
note ic his brother, AMI another To the
WOMAN he mad been living with. Not
a tr.mur WIS visible The xagpn
drove up tn where n"o-e lan.ic,l
from a railing. H., said he wou!d Ike
To smok- little. and permission being
granted, he cplly took out some
paper, made cigarette. AMI smoked
IT, He WIS then asked il le was ready
As near ready ~ ever will hc. he
e.'liei. Th. n",-. was put around
his neck. AMI oh. signal given I" start
the horse. NuSgruve watched the
horse until il
EE,:vS To love.
And ~ the wagon Was about To- pas
from, under him. cruuched ~ low rs il,
could, AMI sprung in:" the air several
feet. lie succeeded i'm his purpose.
iur his neck was broken. Not long
ai,erwar.l the council offered a reward
for Duyan. ani in als"ut ten DAYS he
WAS captured and sent down &, Denver
then fnini that lire Sh,t which
fred at him that night had struck him
in the back, passed around outside the
ribs AMI emerged i'm front. lie said
tina, he thought he was shat clean
through the bo,lv. but after he fell he
managed To- crawl oii AMI get To his
hor>e, despite our-sn,r,i-. H. MSS at
first placed in the Denver mil. hui
fearing mop the authorities ordered
him removed to the city cllaboos-
He WAS taken in II wagon thruu-h TIE
least tr,quenied streets. but nj bridge
which he ha.l TO cross. he wa> met hv
u crowd Of citizens, who lo~i no time
IN hangiB, him TO a cottonwood tree
near by. Subsequently four Of the
gang were
CAPTURED AND HNSGED.
At Laramie City. one ut Cheyenne. +
and in fac; every here and there on
the READS in that region Musgrove ,
nian WAS to be found hanging to a tree I
during the iour weeks that followed. .
About fifteen or eighteen Of them died
that way. and the gang was most !
efactualIy hrnken up"
In speaking further on this subject .
Capt. Smith gave very interesting
account Of his chase after lot or
Italians. Nine of them murdered
four Others for the purpose of robbery.
and left the bnlieS in cellar where
they were not discovered for several
DAYS. Capt. Smith look the matter
in hand. and after capturing two of
the murderers learned that the leader
and three o: his accomplices had gone
to New Mexico. Securing the services
of an Italian who knew the others. he
started on horseback on the trail Of
the fusitives. lie and his assistant
travelled together until they struck the
Mexicans regions. where it became
necessary to disguise their purpose.
They then travelled several miles
apart. he as a stock dealer, and his
assistant as an Italian in search If his
three friends who had promised to
meet him at this place and that had
failed. They finally came upon their
game in Tcele, after ride Of 600 miles
on horseback. The chief murderer,
named Gulut,i, was reported to be a
man who would rather die than yield,
who was an excellent shot and who
,1wavs want ,srmaI I was dos;rsblo