The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-05

TO leave the country. Jules said that he
would never leave The place alive. This en-
RACED Slade 50 much that ne took out his
bowie knife, walked up and cut of one OF
jules ears, saying: Now, you, viii
you leave the country Jules answer
cd: ~ Win never leave this place alive"
Slade then cut eff the other ear. but Jules
gave the same answer, Whereupop Slade
. drew his revolver and shot Jules dead.
sIade as IA Desperate.
When slade came into Virginia City the
vigilance committee knew him to be a
desperate character. In fact he had kill
cd a number Of men without provocation
l do not remember his first offense after
he came 20 the town. but / know that the
city marshal who was elected by the peo-
pie to keep the peace got out a warrant
for SHADES arrest and arrested him. How
ever, he did not read the warrant to Slade
until he got him in the court room before
the judge After he had read il Slade said:
Let me see that warrant" The marshal
handed it to him. Slade took il and tore
il into bits throwing it on the floor and
stamping on it, and after awhile walked
out of the court room. This created quite
talk among the miners. few days
after that Sade shot at a man In the
street. never knew why. although 1
was standing in a doorway directly oppo-
site and witnessed the shooting. Slade
was not arrested for that act
A short time afterward, however. he
went into a saloon with his gang-proba-
bly, fifteen or twenty Of them-and told
Bartender Johnny Woods, a Mssourian,
to set EN- up TO the crowd, at the same
time adding: Il viii pay you when I get
ready" Woods told him he could not do
this, as 1t was against orders. Slade pull
Cd is IL
walked out of the saloon.
Execution of Frank sIade.
Within two hours the vigilance commit
tee marched up to Slade and arrested him.
They marched him two or three blocks
to the place where he was to be hanged,
and in all my life l never heard man
beg as he did. When S,ade saw that his
pleading had no effect, he asked the com
mittee to allow him to live until he could
see his wife He said that a runner had
gone for her and she would be there in
a short time. The men were memorable,
but Slade kept on begging until the trap
was sprung. He had Jules ears in his
pocket when he died, although the hanging
occurred four years after that incident.
1t was probably an hour after Slade was
cut down that his wife arrived. A friend
told me he heard her say: IF I had got
here early enough he would never have
been hanged. 1 would have shot him down
first9' My friend told me that she looked
as though she meant what she said.
Sheriff as n Road Agent.
After-this occurrence this vigilance COM
mttee began investigating to find who was
at the head of the road agents. About this
time a young German was working for a
mine owner just above Virginia City. This
mine owner had some mules on a ranch six
~ mil LaI Nvfro-vsa
creek. He gave the German $50 in gold
dust TO pay the ranch bill and started him
after the mules. He expected the German
to return the same night but they waited
until the third day afterward and still had
no news from him. The mine owner got un-
easy and he and two or three of his friends
started for the ranch to see what they
could learn of the German. The men at the
ranch said they had not seen him.
There was a man at this ranch whose
name was Texas" 1 never knew him by
any other name; as a matter of fact, how
ever, this man Texas" owned the ranch
While going over the ranch with Texas to
look at the mules they came across the
dead body of the German. The searchers
hurried back to Virginia City to report
the matter to- the vigilance committee. 1
thihlS there were twenty-five of the com
mittee who went down to the ranch and
they arrested Texas and a man of the name
of George Ives. Ives was from South Car
DINA, so he said on the scaffold Texas
and Ives were the only men found on the
ranch at that time. Texas turned states
evidence and said that Ives had killed the
German but that he did not know of il
until after the deed was done Ives was
given one day to prepare for death. When
on the scaffold he named the men at the
head Of this gang of road agents. He said
that George Plummer, who was acting as
sheriff of the territory, organized the gang
and was the leader.
Hanging Sheriff PIummer.
George Ives was hanged in the afternoon
and at once about twenty-five men start