The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-18

Oh. hill That was put-up job"
For mart e az inssnt ne Dig; 5sre d snab
Then there IL an outburst Of yells. cheers, and
Wild laughter, such as one doe: not often near ear,
Miss Austin hastily withdrsws from the thea.
with her, putting in a considerable portion OF
the night carousinG In her establishment.
there was a real sensation In store Tor Dead
wood city. Early messengers from q mile or
two up the gulch, came down with the tnior.
reward had been offered. was in custody. and
about to be tried by the sort Of court that Is
irontier Judge Lynch. Deadwood laid down
its pick and spade aud went W 70 view the
terized by peculiar atrocity, the object being
plumber. The assassin. in darkness. had
with hRI his little hoard Of gold dust courage:
Gus Fort Laramie man named Cuny, seeing
the Of the had H' fs nEo
camp alone. a distance OF some $50 miles
There was o great crowd around the little
was to oc,ir, Wien Deadwood City hogan. to
pour in. The saloons were doing thriving
morning. was beginning to be- unruly. Not
one In ten OF the persons present. gathereu
had been committed, but all hands wanted to
see a hanging. and they were iairly beaming
with the knowledge that they would nrooahGy
ever known in the Rulch: and the inhabitants.
almost to a man. desired TO see u pass 9n with
run along with suficient sccel eration OF
movement TO please the spectators. and they
set young man. with n blond moustache and
the gift Of ready words. srrang unon barrel
OF the black fills there assembled not to COM
NIT any net that might afterward be elted 70
show there was no iaw or S0sIer IN
there, he declared. to mete out retribu-
iion fOrua crime. not to commit an
the witnesses were to be heard. aud il guilt
was established the punishment would be
on the part OF the assembled citizens. The
heavily armed guard In charge OF thr accused
s pr SSsnd his ot Until lis guilt liz or
cenco should have been establis shed. ana they
would neeesssry turn rhs W sesS te pn
speech was earnest. rudely eloquent. and de-
Inc. 10 ali disorder. The Desdwooi crowd was
mainly. skulkinR lot, eniti,ng eagerly the
less victim, but growing very wary indeed at
the thought OF danger TO Itself. 1t always
pGE as G NOT r e@sf ySpahS
among those fellows was SO Ike the ma
The prisoner was guarded in a small. plain
shnnty. -Four men with cooked rifles sat In the
room with him. He occupied chair IN the
cuffs held his wrists together, He was long
lean. angular Missourinn, with a yellow skin.
black III OuStncne, anu tnln, tlIugsllHg
whiskers reaching nearly half way 10 his waist.
He wore black sombrero, a solleh woollsn
chit GaSs onv ai uS %pon lis
moist. oozipR cigar. lie had one little glass ass
other roamed furtiyey about like the beady
optic OF a cornered rat seeking an opening Tor
shaken vUice-for he was making great Of:
fort to steady himselt-he asked i9r drink OF
m mmIssi U nbsaiu,s silence His forehead
was scanned with the lines OF desperate anxi-
ETY.. lie had awakened to the iull knowl-
edge that there was not one chance In
thousand of his living till sunset. lie knew
he had committed cowardly and revolving
those strange examples OF contrast we some
times lind in the contradictory institution
TO os snow how h ramciy a coward could die.
The trial occurred about II o'clock. It was
aGr and ieH .apa be had been ntaseed and
fought for his life. But he could not explain
how II was that he had happened 70 run away
with his antagonists pouch OF gold dust lie
was found guilty without dissenting VOICE
among, the Jurors and was sentenced to be
to the guard room he was to all appearance AS
calm a. any man ever was. Ho sat down
said in a general way. as II talking into space:
Winchester and thirty seconds start III give
you the annedest game YOU ever heard Of"
As this failed to evoke a. response he re-
arseL into silence from YhiSh ne sta not again
Iars and to d-n the eyes OF u guard who
asked him II no didn't want clergy nan.
When the preparations were complete, the
and he WAS led outside. The crowd cheersi
and then hooted as they saw him. The yellow
OF his skin had changed 20 an hshen hue, and
his one active little eye swept the horizon with
a veuoiuous glitter. But he did not Vince. lilo
clutched his half smoked weed convulsIvely
with his teeth. pulled himself together aud
stood firmly on his feet with his chin elevated
drnant!y. lilo was lifted to tho back Of the
horse. AMI sitting there. bolt upright. was led
away across the gulch to where IA long rope
dangled from a limb Of "a gaunt dead tree. In
one end oi this rope there was arunntnE moose.
The other end alter passing over the limb
was held by several men further up the side OF
the cullen. The horse was led under the tree.
two guards. with rifles ready.walkinR on either
side. 4 he crowd, which surgpd onward like All
angry river. panted with excitem ent that broke
ont in curses amt vile EXPLANATIONS.
The moose was adjusted. the horse was led
out from under the murderer's form. and at
tho Same moment the men holding the oppo-
site euI of the rope ran up the Hill with il for
few PAGES. The Loly OF the tall Missourian.
writhnE horribly In agony. iiew upward.
dozen shots from pistols and rifles rang
which Ind been drawn IN in the first rontor-
tiOn uf suffering. foil back. The Lony hands.
which had clutched desperately at the back OF
his shirt. relaxed and hung down. limp and
pusrless. The teeth. which had been clenched
In the flnal and supreme effort OF self-control.
parted. and the remnant OF the last black
cigar came Heating to the ground. Tho Hrth-
cial eye now not more sightless than Its fur
tive companion. east n collly sinister stare out
over the throng below. a throng hushed with
the spending II its fairy. The body. twisting
fro in the fTeshening breeze. The people, who
were sohered and reflective. turned slowly
The first tragedy OF Deadwood Gulch was
avenged LEASDER RICHARDSON,