Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-03-03

ing q stovepipe hat, He was eyed
curiously by the conglomefated mass
of humanity present, but no one Of
fered any remark until he had almost
reached a stage which was used to
convey passengers up the mountain to
the Clifton house. Then a brutal
looking, staggering bad ,aan' pulled
a revolver, and, laughing hoarsely,
said;
"'Don't allow no sich hats hyar.'
His shot, instead of piercing the tile,
went through the strangers head aud
killed him.
"Lbnch the ,houndr and 'Cuss his
hide, string him upr arose in fury on
all sides.
Gas the train pulled out Of the de-
pot the passengers strained their eyes
out Of the windows to watch a frantic
mob as it bore struggling, swearing,
praying, crying, hysterical wretch off
toward a lone tree on the river bank.
Texas Kit, as this runlau called him
self, broke down completely, and his
cries and pleadings for mercy still
ring in my ears. lie was swung off,
however, at the end OF lariat, and
his body remained swinging there as
warming TO fools like him, until mar
shal cut it down the next evening.
"Three years ago 1 saw two Creek
Indian murderers, brothers, Jake and
Joe Tobler, hung at Wichita. They
were young flends. I kept the death
watch on them. All aight they played
cards, swore and sang ribald songs.
At daybreak Joe gave an excellent inn
ltatiun of a cock growing, and laughed
gleefully when Inc noticed the guard
and newspaper men start with aston
ishment. Fifteen minutes before
they swung OF into eternity the mar
shal, German, was reading the
death warrant, when Jake chuckled
and said:
"'Joe, listen to the burned Dutch-
man, who can't pronounce English yet,
trying to ready And they both
roarcd.
Gwen when ascending the steps to
the scaffold the smile fingered about
their lips, and, f9r all the spectators
knew, they were chuckling about the
burned Dutchman,' as they shot,
feet frst, through the trap. l have
always regarded that as u case Of rul-
ing passion strong in death.
changing legally or even ordinary
lynching is a comfortable death COM
pared IL one l witnessed in No Mans
Land four years ago. was at Beaver
City when desperate committed an
atrocious crime against woman. Be
fore he could be apprehended he fcd.
A posse was organized and a rapid
horseback pursuit commenced Soon
the crowd of yelling avengers closed
in on the victim, a dozen snake-llke
lasso coils went whirling and Kissing
through the air, and three reached
the mark. The man was torn from
his saddle and literally dragged tc
death. He clutched at sage bushes
and tore them out by the roots He
dug his hands and arms up to the
shoulders in the desert sands, and hC
cried for mercy as long as there was Z
breath left in his miserable body
When at last the riders pulled II
their ponies and we reached the bod.
we found it one mass of bruises. Th'
flesh Of the hands, whore ne graspeC
the bushes, was literally torn from tn
bones, and his death was truly an aw
ful one Such is punishment, lega
p and otherwise, in the great West
"I'ye tried al sorts Of blood pur
Gers," said an old lady to "cutter,
''and you can't persuade me that an
other Sarsaparila is as good a
Ayers" There's where she had hin
, She knew that Ayers was the best
and so did he, but it paid him bette
to sell cheaper brand.
> At the last election in New Mexlc
S u woman inquired Of a group Of me
!, if the polling places were to be foun
!. in certain building? "Are you g
o ing to yete?n they asked. 'No, al
C only going to swear in the judges (
l. that the rest Of you can vote" III
o woman was Mrs. Flora Ellce steven
/. notary public oil Chama, who has f
. several years administered the oath
, Office to all the election and returnlI
If boards, precinct officers, SC, and WI
IS recently swore 10 her own husband
4 Justice of the peace.
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