The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-10-15

wished the mortgage mace payable to
his wife, as he had given everything
he had TO her before marriage. That
was the conditions OF the marriage-a
purchn'e, he said, In rather unaffec.
ted cay.
Ia making out the papers the name
OF Susan Landfair appeared The
mention Of the name OF Susan visibly
affected Lynds There are many Sus-
ans, and he did not know why the
mere mention OF that lame should
make him feel 80 strangely. IL was
the FIRST time he had heard the nam g
spoken since he called to her when she
was struggling for her life IN the Rio
Grande. Yes, surely she was dead.
Yet, perhaps, he reasoned, she may
have escaped, and, believing that I
had been XII led by the Mexicans-but
no And he dismissed the subject.
The woman was to come to his office
the next day to sign the papers, and
his doubts would be at rest
On the appointed day the Mexican
don, applicant FOR the loan, aud Land
fair and his wife, came to the lawyer 4
Office As she entered tue recognition
WAS mutual The meeting was to
each a mystery, rs each thought the
other dead, and now, mentally accused
each other Of treachery.
In few days Fay, alias Lynde, call
ed at Landfair's house during his ab,
sence. Explanations followed, and
then the two lovers and schemers
began TO devise measures for getting
+" old Bob out OF the way.
4" lie drinks great deal said hit
wife, in a suggestive manner. Next
morning Landfair was found dead IN
his bead. A broken bottle, which haC
contained whisky, was found Ia the
yard. An examination showed tha'
particles Of strychnine adhered "a
the glass.
A Chinese servant, whom SusaI
Landfair tor McCandlessl had ordered
to purchase the poison, was suspected
Susan boldly accused him Of the mur
der she had committed. The China
man was allowed no defense and wal
hanged by the vigilan ties.
The woman McCandless and FaJ
quarreled over the division Of the mur
dered mans estate, and in momen
Of pique che upbraided him as beinl
the instigator Of the murder OF he
hus band
What il I am" he rejoined "Yo'
administered the dose ;"
She retorted that the unfortunRt
Mexican had been induced 10 sign
mortgage for double the amount o
money that he had received, and sh'
threatened exposure in this and othe
cases il she was not given an equa
digi ion
Am dealing with a she devil or /
human being ?" he retorted
With me 90 said Don Ramon, an
other Mexican who had been dctF4u1
ed by Fay, who was on the point o
, entering the Office on business Of re
, vengeful nature when he overheard
! the beginning Of the reeriminEtions
lie entered with bis dagger in hi
sleeve.
Sign tais paper 90 ks demanded
and Fay, alias LynGe, signed EreleAs
5 Of his ranch The dexican then tool
his leave.
During the night two bodies 0
C-med Mexicans r. le in opposite dl
S rections-one 20 the residence Of fa
and the other TO the woods skirtip
r the town. When the detaehm at ha
4 arrived with Susan McCand' ss an
, Fay they 70 nd two ropes suspendin
e from two large live oak trees. Th
nooses were adjusted around the
b neeks, and as the leader shouted go
7 a man struck esch Of the horses wit
q whip. and the bodies Of Fay an
, Susan Mecandless swung from III
trees.
The lynchiDg ever remained my
6 terry excepting 10 = few MexicaDs.