The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-19


THE TENT IN WHICH hob FORD WAS KILLED.
Although out OF a job. Bob was ahln to live
comfortably out Of the money paid his wife by
the sportlne women. and thereafter WAS q
loaf.r about the gambling rooms still remain.
ing Open his chief loaflng plnce. however.
being 10 the New Orleans club. run by Soapy
JET smith. one Of Dcnvcr's toughest citizens.
Here he became the pal OF Joe Palmer. one Of
Soapy's gamblers, and was frequently half
drunk with him.
However. Bob was not worse than some hun
drsis 81 other hard citizens during thi- ii ne.
and because It was a mining camp non OF tho
citizens doing a respectable business bothered
hims very much about the tonGhs.
On Saturday night before Easter Sunday.
however. as THE SUN has told. there was
prize eight between q professional named
Johnson and local pugiiist. in which Bob
backed the local man and acted as his time
keeper. The local man lost the fight. an IA it
aiterward appeared Bon well nigh went broke
in consequence. Out OF the ill-feelins arising
from this Bob began drinking on Easter sun
day evening with his pal. Joe Palmer. and by
o'clock the tw, sta, ted out to kill the winning
puGllst. johnson. AS an incident Of cir
quest they shot up tho town-fred their revolt
vers at the wind wa Of notrensive citizens.
and. now and then. Just close enough to the
she ter. The atshal OF the town. a man
named Frank Herald. was the worst scared of
the lot, q circumstance that led to his leaving
Next day ,hs sober citizens Of the town held
tsssn IN c ssf;" s% na
| there were three more votes cast for warning
Bon and Joe to leave town than for hanging
| both OF them. AptopJsi;i ion WAS also made at
| the meeting to hire some one TO shoot Bob AMI
let 200 Of " tn a warning hut III, tns .;ii rot
must l"ave town. and he did SO with Palmer.
They did not have any mon;'y to &" with. cut
which ct hem away One. who gay. ST. fJr
that purpose. himself gambler. said to mo
.""oWasn tina. better than putting up s25.o
bT TIE sa was rv END
rattle than nave a man strangled. let alone
BOZ vent from creedo to Colorado sp pings.
whore he had lived before going to Cri.do.
and arrived there In hpt temper; H. told a
n day Or two with gun m each hand" he
e eoUl.d N di.ec'ly. however, an in day or
rM1 neqp 81 the m a as Wt to
| strain and then. on the advi - OF friends tina;
the s Ers9 ma passed Ie returned or Arsl
N0rnaJ ttronrie and got the editor to print
an an article which, because i st,iknSIy Illus.
Iranss MINING camp hf II OF thought. worth
-, "nnb Ford Is again in orcc'o Why tho pos
possible to understand Since h" has been in
Grtsds the o has been no lpi.t r mn "x"et,t
ago. For hisa.ti'n upon that, occu ion he is
extreme sorry. but, alter ali. h" d 81 lnyed
friends. This III, "a Is one which Eastern p'n.
E'f rs ts,, G.nsrti hing c.n9ot comnr.Ssn4
and does it Thoroughly .v"n tho, CHI It is Sim.
h. town fSis /. q na iaea , wch np
tinGuls les the West from tho EHSt Bon Ford
h hhs many nt"rests In Cres'ie; and Il he
chooses TO stay hero and watch his invest
m"nts he has as mn"h right it rs any ono
ei.r. ~ a fight ny clnnce IS all any, on" wants,
In suite -! thi, curious arpe u. tho commit
tee OF 100 was MT fatislled. Bob. to sin
Justice u tho Pence. pcadoI guilty iii t" ' mis-
6 6"t Kan ns 9nd paid hme Of SO This ia
of the @A s2sns h t ,na, Inc
temered with on that sunday might. for tho
town tow nf ,hn Pin sh9t up before .s tr3u
n""s men had GnIned his roori'ty rs hired
inv him in tho back. They had Tolerated. tho
G9W rSGauIr there was no reasoaa"ie excuse
"r N nsts sis n Of town until the
hSs . 1n 9Sy y "a deF Ss sHrsa in the
Vas held in secret by ths commisee ,'' Of lm
Of death; liz hat returned 81 'nii tn "";' ~
once but others said wait, 1hr others wers
in the majority and prevailed. When asked
why they d ! this they sad il was to give Bob
one more chance to Leave town and say" tho
Craig was sent to Bois with the committnc's
DE- ison that he must leave" Bob refused TO 30
This struck mo as singular. and | went around
among the sports of tn" town to learn what
hal rtiHcned Bobs back bone, and found that
several OF them who had t before that said
amy,hng In his favor now said quietly that ho
The committee Of 100 might have lvnchcd
Rot that night however. bal they gone at i
promptly. though 1t WAS known thar Bun and
thres or ,oYr close frcnis were nj stairs over
ne treede lNrhangow.ll armed,nnl that Bob
a. LEA, would ngh'. Marshal Craig tod me
that nt least two others there would ilgnt, an
that the committee KIN W il. The commit ,ep.
shortly after Bpu's refusal to 90. nd,0urnrd
Their reason for dung 50. a. II aft"rwa ID an.
bearoi. was heir fear of fucing the z MS Of
~ ~. LAM, and his friends for on the next day three
81 81 the committee went to Bob and toll him
be any lynchng tut he was very unp pulnr
there and had better leave In fact, ii he "a
NOT Lave some ono was auro 10 shoot him will
ETnofgun from som sec"nd-sk,rv window.
The me people 81 Cfsede had dlsliked Bod re.
coward, fashion. There Is no doubt About il
now, the representative men OF the ramp
him even with odds of a lynching party On
their side. hal contri, uted to raise u purse to
nlre IN a-snssin 20 kill him. or this fact was
= w TO this time Bob Ford had had very few
bad mon. h most dangerous Of ali clns.es'
but when II was told that the committeo not
only lacked nerve to make fight, hut ha
few exceptions. rallied to his support, ana
Bob Was well nigh made q hero. Jack piph