St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-15

The marshal brought him into court,
and he sat quietly by while the
judge ordered the reading OF the war
rant. AS the marshal unfolded the
document Slade darted forward ana
snatched 1t from his hand, at the same
time drawing revolver. and levellhg u
at the heart of the judge. AT the same
instant half dozen tOughs, who had
followed their leader into court, also
drew their reviewers. Now said
Slade, 1 am about tied of this business,
and am not going to be drained any
more. am not going to recognize your
authority, nor shall | pay that S40O. L
shall hold personally responsible
for my safety, and II any of your COM
mittee attempts to touch me l will blow
your heart out
"Whle Slade was speaking quietly
withdrew without my absence being
noted. The first man met was menl-
Der Of our vigilance committee. Tell
ing him what had happened, | asked
him TO mount his horse, ride to the camp
about two miles away, and tell the boys
that we needed them. He mounted lii
post haste and l turned back towards
the court room. On the way l met Slade
and his followers, who had walked boldly
out OF the court room SOOni after had
come away. Slade invited me to come
and have drink with him, but l de-
clined, adding: Shade. get on your horse
and go home rs fast as you can.
hat do you mean, why do yOu
tell Inc that? demanded Slade.
"'Never mind what l mean | re-
piled, get on your horse and go home
However, he failed to take my adj
vice, but instead mounted ami rode
about the town, bringing up at last at
the court room. He was Boosting loudly
of his defiance of the order of the court
and addressing insulting language to
the judge, when | CHANGED 10 look out
OF the window and saw that the house
was surrounded by armed men.
An instant later they were in the
court room, and one of them, lay
ing his hand on Slade's shoulder,
said: You must come with u.s. In the
face of this imminent danger the rough
weakened at once. Leaving him safe
in the keeping Of his captorS. went
home, but had not been there five
minutes when one of the vigilantes APP
peared and said: MIR. Sanders, tie
boys nave decided that they cannot be
bothered with Slade any longer, and as
there is no place to keep him safely,
they are going to hang him, whether
the court wills it or not l fastened
back to the court room and held brief
consultation with the judge. mar.
shall and several others. AS a
result of this conference it was agreed
that as Slade was dOOme dto hang it was
better to have him executed by order OF
the cOurt and thus preserve our held on
the community, So we sentenced him to
death for high treason for melting
others to rebellion and for himself seek
ing to overthrow our form of govern
ment. When Slade heard OF this he
sent a message to request me 10 come
and make speech in his behalf. l
knew that it would be worse than use
less. and Sc refused to 90. Then he
sent a similar request to the judge, but
the latter also declined to see him.
Half an hour later Slade was taken to
hill overlooking the guich.
moose from gallows slipped
around his neck and barrel
placed under him. Just as he was about
10 he SWING off a horses hO0fS were
heard approaching, and a mounted
woman appeared in the distance. COM
ing at breakneck speed. 1t was Shades
wife, but by the time She arrived upon
the scene, around which 1900 people
had gathered, the barrel had been
kicked from under him and Slade was
no more. That is the story OF the exc
cutioH, and singular one it was"
Thus ended Col. Sanders stirring
recollection of the Montana vigilantes.
The hanging of Ives, the determination
OF Plummer'S band and the execution
of Siade were critical events in the his.
tory of Montana. They made statehood
possible,