, 1879-08-14
LYNCH Law AT LEADVILLE.

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,ssvon' 'si,o",cr.
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nt,, "w n,sI, ,'.'' ,.at.,,,n ,"t ~ In
bhnle' aelnw 10 q 1re'gh'cr' i'asl n.c"t h'
ca'',pcu with u&a teams nntl wagons on Tue ElG,
street commons, below Grants smclter. Fear
Inn n vI.lt frun, borsc opi mutn nlfcrer. In sc.
ouro,1 ,,Ia s,,ok ~ t,,o uror,r hv n,t.nt fsst-
sa.sa ''!s s.osN ~ ."e "as p ,i..,,snn,,
cnc1, anu t"eh "eht 10 secp. ~ "o@ u'9'u'"e"
.s a'a'oeta aoou. nsock ,,s ,,s .'o,n", , an"
n, hi. TINT nu,l nremd ont.-ope horse was
ss,."t. ~. s.,.'an ,,.ns,,,on s,awn1 ,,,ot
na'ss'ne' n's "uff'cu inspec''on hno"eu '.as .1
the patent inttenIhg had becn dsa"n' "i" tne
an!rnn With brillc md blanket had gone oil.
Aru,s1nr nno ot bts men md somc pp!ghbortng
frn,obtnra ,1,er hurrtr,lv tno,,nted md started
T., 49,. .1,',. % >, ~ a,,son, h,rac ,rn,l xaa
III NO. putsu'! OF ue oo'ens nosaI .. =. ,,.,n
struck. mud at point abnnt liaiI way to aialta
The horse was apicd. It had OH a mtldlc.aVcd
IN m md bag OF table ware, stolen last night
from the Gr,na Hotel, as elsewhere l,oticGti.
The rider n,Ado no resistance when he saw tue
danger culs OF scTcra! pistols looking HIN
square In tho face. IIc turned thc stolen horAe
rtpht round nrltl u,1c ]rtsurciy back to l0wn.
the city That a genuine horsc.th!st nn!l hotel
burglar had bccn captured, crowd O[ men,
boys, mid so,no women werc quickly assembled.
a short conference ensued. tho delav NM! m.
certainty ot law in t.caIvilIe was briefly dis.
cusscd, and the decision TINT tho thet ahoud
hang was arrived ut without dissenting voice.
Soulc rope-laltcrs wcre taken from the mules
Ut e eo,s S M s9ssd Ss ea tas xoe d fs s
s,ncler mat, Grants new mansion, the haltcrs
were liked around his neck With tho long end
looped over crooked limb, md then tho cul-
prit was told to prnv. lie did, bna ny TO e!:les
tnwur]s those who were nbout to take away hts
lifc mil to ti,eu, ho prayed most pteous'y. lilo
denied, md hcgrcd Tor q chance 10 prUve, that
10 was not horse nor any other kind Of ihicf.
Tilc stoieu property fouud In his possession hat
been pluced there by man whom he supposed
to he Its lawful owsicr. anl be, the man IN the
halter, was merely to ride tho horse to Malta,
| where lie was to be Joined by the owner.
Tic executioncrs listened to the prayer pa
tieutIy, md after laying their heaus tugeiter
few seconds. concluded to let The petitioner I've:
providing o you'd give the name o. Tug ar .'i q
man IN the halter refused to sure Ills life bY ay
such cuwardiY means, and word was given to
| hoist him up. Flo went Ab3lt four Icet FROM
the earth and was commencing to !l,nkc the
when he wns lowered hi1d given second oppnr-
| tunlty to live by tl,vu!ging secret, mo, sir,
Ill die n dozen deaths" was the response, and
now began to cheer. wo1ilau sort Of fainttd,
and dozen voices cried out for mother cl,ance.
rllc man was let down second tispo aud askcd
II ho Still pcrsstcd 10 dylng ut tue end OF ronc.
| lie did, but thought II might be well enough 5Or
him to have few Words With his Got!. Tile
boys at the other end OF the halter lot up
enough to allow tho doomed man to kneGl, anu
thus he prayed: No thou tllerclful Alost
from thee since came 70 THIS country. ! Wish
i Ind prayed oftener. Nov need your partu;.
blessing. Let me como Into Heaven a'ter I'm
Jesas jesus 1,iat as Quick Is It ieayes my holy Don't
let the Devil get hold OF nc after pIn dcad.
know that 1'vc BEEN big sinner, but, Lord, you
know didu't steal th!s horsc nnt things Tor
which I'm about to die, so vou will forgive me,
wDn't you. good Lord, md let ono 81 your M
rels come down aud take tne up to 1leuven. On,
Il you will, it won't hurt ,ne mnrh 10 die. |
would Thousand t!ncs rather DO with you nnl
Jesus iu Heaven than to stay IN leadvllc any
jungcr. Let me know. Lord, that can CONF.
and iii die liku a Christian. Oh, yes, know
you viii, All right. All right. Hess Ills lIoly
name. ilaileiulahl Victory Is mine ut last.
Hess His holy namr. Pull away, boys pull
Rway. ru.ur''-and up went tic accused horsc'
nt1fcrer on hia wny to Heaven. ..
Just then big bArly miner By the na'nc ot
cxecutloncrs, md, levc'!ng scven-sllooter on
tic tIen, to let up rtle!r brains would be scas;erel
na and ra9ssa 5ss 11 e ot e. %a 10. 's e.
back to earth with thiid. lie was totally un
conscious, and rolled over on tie GROUND ltmF
as any fres1, CORPSE lie was 'Ge oa,y ous ~ t,,t
Der Vi pistols were drawn. everybody was shout;
ipt., u,.I every minute some ono was cxucetcd
10 shuDt. The bnrly Cronun, etall funris!lIsil
: lis revolver nnd eesticuatsug like 'na'l mar
an! roaring like anountan lion, gave natsce ti'a
ttle .lrss mnn who nadc move towards ar ~ ~
: lalf.hung tnnn OIL tae ground wuuld die, ~
; was II stranger ito him, n'ld b5 G-he shoult
nye iar play No , "a ars wne'r , 10 ~ r.;
without sumo opportunity tn provo Ills limo
esnse e slV,t ID did w,e net lick a saodr to n @ ,'S
tEke uis purt, un shoot down the rst man .hn
attempted to touch therope over Ills head a.al,l
Hearing which, the ,woulu.he exeeuiloilcr
showed signs of conlny. The licry CrouaI
Ioosrd the ropc from the inao's neck. ordered
cup ol water, balllcl hts faca mt! head, al II
aoon as he lrl,l revived sufficiently to walk le
bi,l, to the Office OF Sheriff Tucker on Stat
street. closely followed hy tho mob. u va
| about o'cloek when the oico was reuehoa, tll
INe supposed tllict handed over To ths civil MI
: thpr,tes for safe.kccping. lie wRs taken to y!
! Civ Jnil, where the reporter found lin battan
y lis rupc.brllscd una lnccratea 'lcck MI ho'
: later, liz IA nbout so years old, with not vcE
:, Intelligent face, tut whose hands sl,uw hours
!. ilonnst toll.
= "Were you ever hung beforel" inquired I'll