The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-03-17

possible Ii happened that former
lover Of hers was at one time foreman
ni the old mine, that she frequently
visited him there, aud was familiar
with lis works and development. She
Thought OF the old shaft and concluded.
from the reports of the searching par
iy, that the miners were working the
tunnel exclusiveIy. She put on black
clothes, went ont and procured coil
OF rope and q lantern.
NniselGssIy she made her way along
the mountain side to the old mine. She
heard the swearing, shouting, shrek
Ing men, now converted into demons,
AT the tunnel. The surface of the
grouHd was covered with O thick
growth Gf scrub oak and brushwood.
She made her way 10 the mouth of The
abandoned tunnul without being dis
covered. Then she hiiched one end of
the rope around stout scrub oak e,
carefully removed the timber from the
mouth OF the shaft, attached the Ian
tern 10 the her end of The rope, leaned
over the shaft, lit Il match and with it
the candle III the lantern, aud then she
lowered II until it struck the ground.
She dangled il NJ and down couple
OF tiEIcs to attract attention below. in
case Moore and hi1 party were not at
the shaft. In II few moments the rope
was pulled tight and she knew the
Iugitives had discovered it. She awaited
for several minutes. but no one appear.
ed. She knew that it was no difficult
feat to climb sevcnty-five feet with Il
rope TO hold on to, SO she concluded
that the fngItives thought the rope was
an invention of the enemy. She sat
down and took off silk stocking, one
of pair that Moore had purchased for
her, iii Il sudden freak of good nature,
few days before, put stone in it and
dropped it down the shaft. She knew
that Moore would recognize it and that
friends instead of enemies were at the
shalt. Her conclusions were correct.
In minute or so the marshal reached
the surface. He dropped three stones,
one after another, down the shaft as a
| signal that all was right. a momeut
| later the golden curl5 and pale face OF
the murderer protruded through the
shaft. The woman caught him i'll her
arms, and with the marshal they started
quietly through the brush wood away
| tron the sound OF the maddened mill
ers. 1t was then o'clock in the morn.
ing, and about three miles from Bing-
ham, the marshal. Moore and the wo'
man reached Mormon's ranch. The
proprietor was up, preparing cargo
OF milk for Salt Lake City. The mar.
shal, using his pistol for warrant
impressed the mikman's horses anC
wagon, which were already hitched up
| aud no Ipnun "a anH ~ yun
man to Sat Lake and delivered the
murderer to the superintendent OF tht
peniteniiarY before noon.
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When the miners worked their way
through the tunnel to where the shat
Intercepted 1t aud discovered the rop'
and lantern their wrath and disap
pOintment knew no bounds. The rop
told the story OF the escape, and the'
knew that the murderer had agail
evadGd them. The marshal's friends, o
course, got out ~ quickly as possibl,
aud quietly made their way to thei
homes. They were safe at home be
fore the miners reached the shaft. TIT
story OF the escape was not known II
Bingham for six months. kemble'
funeral took place in Salt Lake Cit,
two days after he was murdered an,
the superintendent of the penitentiar
put on extra guards, fearing an attac|
by the mOurner5, who came from Bing
nam III Il special train. But there wa
no attack made. Moore had his tris
continued for several sessions of court
and liter year got OH bail. Six month
, later he was formally acquitted ant
. had the hardih0od TO return to Bing
, ham. The day after he arrived j.
Bingham wo was killed by miner j
, the principal street.