The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-01-09

N%HH 1879 -
What's goin' on in ov tonight
asl-ed ne Toioe eagerly. wis;fully.
Parade said Dan Wow no more
questions and doat make any more
noise than Is ncSesslry.-
They're all right, he reported to
his wife But I'll c1,ne back early.
Keep your ear 20 the tube. and il YOU
hear anything suspicious send Julia
down 10 Jims-
When he got out into the stree; he
found everybody else there. and the
procession was nearly formed Torches
were flying here and there. the hand
master was bagiiny the fall in and
= main street roared with voices In
song in whoop and in jest
The electric lights Sputterei. diving
almost cat a. times : the d~criSive
Zrcans Of the crowd They had but
lately been put up. and every evidence
q failure was hailed with JOY by some.
and with dismay by Others
Just behind the hard Capt Frank
Wiley, the master Of ceremonies had
diSmUunted. and was arranging the
boys brigade, which was to lead.
Wiley was 4 cashier in the hank. and
one 81 the finest men of the town. al
almost universal favorite. Handsome.
in his slouch hat gold-hTaided coat
and his graceful dark red sash. be was
. great hgur, IN the ewes Of ,4e boys
who held their faring torches alof;
with the gesture Of veterans
The crowd around the hand was so
thick is forced the passerby into the
gutter. and the captain was saying, as
the band struck up:
spread out. gentlemen. Don't crowd
people onto :iIe boys All readyr-
A figure reeled of the sidewalk,
toward the captain with a revolver in
his hand
Damn you, you're the man I've been
looking for he said. as he fired.
The captain stifTened in his tracks
wavered a moment and fell
Take a1s'- snarled the murderer
again. as he fired q last sho: and 6ung
the revolver at the captains face-then
tnrned and walked away.
The unexpected finds men powerlcss
to stir, and the fifty men who saw it
stood appalled,, unable TO cry out or
move till the man had passed on into
the crowds farther up the street
Then q wild cry arose
Murder
Man killed.
stop im-dont let him escape.-
The hoarse cry Of murder reached
Sheriff Clark. who was some distance
down the street, talking with the city
marshal.
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They rushed toward the sound of the
cries There was a struggling mass Of
men Just ahead Of the band Curses
wild cries and commands came from
the group. Another smaller, silent
swarm was concentrated around u
thing on the ground across the street
Clark and the marshal rushed into the
struggling mass
Soma one yelled: The sheriff, Stand
off, and the crowd gave way before
Dams furious strokes as he fought his
way toward the center.
XIII him, Smash inn" relied voices
hoarse with passion
Give i'm 10 me- shouted Dan
As he laid hands on the wildeyed.
pallid, struggling wretch, foam was on
. us AAaSs HIS WITH NEEE CANLEACA- MS
face was bloody, his neck hare He
had been knocked down and trampled
upon by the mob He chung TO Dan in
stinetively, but remained perfectly
silent
Get out o. the way!" yelled the
marshal Wen take care o him
What's the NATTER?
hes shot Wiley
A wild clamOr of voices burst out to
cether; u saw HIM" XIII the hellion
- Lynch i'm
Clear the track commanded Dan
IN take care Of him Marshal. you
look after Wiley. Clear the way,
there
He rushed the painting assassin
through the erowd-o- rather along
with the crowd-toward the Jail, which
was unlv y short distance away. The
prisoner made no resistance, and said
nothing. He appeared da1ed As the
sheriff gos a little IN advance. the
crowd thinned, and he hurried his pris-
oner faster. The curious furious
throng wSs divided; part remained TO
zee what became Of the murdered man.
the more careless and more youthful
ran along beside Dan as they had often
I followed q circus Everybody thought
the case exaggerated, for few had
heard the shot in the tumult
They followed, however. up 70 the
very door, and there were several voces
crying Lynch the oo~Ardly son Of .
dog
Keep your hands o. said Dan. in 9
significant tom. as he waited for the
door to open The law Il look out
for this teller. Donr worry.
The lAw-yeS Some damn tricky
lawyer II git him of with ten years
Just like the The speakers words
were lost in the nuttsr Of 4sssn
which rose
When the door swung close behind
them. Dan tnrnei and looked AZ his
prisoner.
What Is IL Dam asked Annie The
prisoners now were perfectly silent
hoping 20 hear about the arrest
%, a little row. Dan said. careless
~. Come in here, young feIler.-
The nan was dressed like . lumber
man ina gay ~MsekinAw Jacket with
trousers Of the sane material and red
stockings Of felt which cane nearly I %
his knees He was . 1.-THE and power
ful m2p. with 4 sullen face, now that
the look Of mortal fear was passing
from IL He was dA1ed and hreathlesS
and made no resist2noe Is Dan thrus,
him into q lower cell
WHAT'S up Dam asked the convict