Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-06-07

water, distance of about 40 feet. In
this terrible descent the rope had wrap
ped itself about his shoulders, and the
force Of his fall snapped the rope, and
he fell to the water comparatively I'M
in 1red.
An Enquirer reporter found Allen in
the Munson House, lying on lounge,
still suffering from bruises but comfort
able. His neck and shoulder show
marks of the rope, and his feet are cut
severely by the stones in the bottom OF
the creek, in which he walked a con-
siderable distance before deeming it safe
to venture ashore. He says that he
heard the mob approaching the house
where he was guarded, but that before
he could call any one they had forced
their way in, passed the Constables and
Marshal, and entered the room occupied
by Henry Skillinger and another board
er. He heard them ask for him, and
heard Skillinger say, "For Gods sake
let me co." that he was not the man
that they wanted. There were eight or
ten in the room. Skillinger continued
to plead and cry that he was not the
man that they were after, and they told
him to shut up or they would blow his
brains out.
The door of his room hardly checked
them an instant, and dozen men were
upon him. He was still in bed Three
or four pistols were leveled at his head.
"Open your mouth to make any out
cry" the ringleader said, sand I'll
blow the top of your head off," Anoth-
er of the mob brandished a long knife
used for topping corn, and told him if
he tried to escape he would chop him
down like a corn-stalk. al was not
frightened" said Allen, "and asked
them what l had done to deserve such
treatment? If 1 have done wrong L am
willing to make any PREPARATION or suffer
any responsible penalty, but this is too
much" They told him if he opened his
mouth again they would kill him, and
pistols we're showed close to his face, and
the man with the corn-knife slashed it
around close to his head.
They then made him get out of bed
and tied his hands behind his back and
bound his legs, SO he could take only
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small cord which cut his wrists. "We
are only going to duck you," said one.
But Allen says when he saw the rope
with hangman's knot in the end, he
knew that something great deal worse
was coming. The rope was then put
around his neck, and he was dragged
out of the room and down the street to-
ward the creek. 81 was in my bare
feet" said he, "and had nothing on
but my undershirt and drawers. They
dragged me to the bridge, and when
they arrived in the middle of it all hands
stopped. There were about fifteen men
close around me, but the whole bridge
was black with them. The bridge is a
new, uncovered ore, and thirty-one feet
above the water. As learned to. day,
they made me stand erect with my back
to the railing. The moose was drawn
tightly around my neck, and the other
end made fast to an upright.
"On my way down from the hotel
had managed to work my hands loose,
but kept them behind may back as if
tied, and intended to use them when an
opportunity offered. l fully expected
to be hanged, but proposed to make an
effort to save myself when every
thing was ready. The man who
was bossing the job called out:
Now, do your duty With that as
many as could seized me, and tumblea
me head first over the railing. Per-
haps," said Allen, covering his eyes
with his hands seemingly to shut out
the memory, "perhaps the sensation
felt then was pleasant, and perhaps it
was not. Here endeavored to use my
hands to some purpose, but before 1
could push the rope it parted with a
snap like the breaking of stick, and l
fell head first into the creek. The
water was about up to my hips. l got
on my feet, and at first could barely
stand. 1t was tolerably dark, but