The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-27

walk in on friendly terms. take advant-
age of him and tie him down to the
snubbing post in the corral. When this
was done Slade rode up and asked Jules
if he would agree to leave the country
Jules said that he would never leave
the place alive. This enraged Slade 50
much that he took out his bowie knife.
walked up and cut off one Of Jules ears,
saying: Now - you, will you leave
the country jules answered. Il will
never leave this place alive" Slade
I then cut of the other ear, but jules
gave the same answer. whereupon Siade
drew his revolver and shot Jules dead.
When Slade came into Virginia City
the vigilance committee knew him to
be a desperate character In fact. he
hal killed number of men without
provOcatiOn. L do not remember his first
Offense after he came to the town, but
l know that the city marshal who was
elected by the people to keep the peace
got out a warrant for SHADES arrest
and arrested him. However, he did not
read the warrant to Slade until he got
him in the courtroom before the judge.
After he had read it. Slade said: Let
me see that warrant" The marshal
tore il into bits. throwing it on the
floor and stamping on il. and after
awhile walked out Of the courtroom.
This created quite a talk among the
miners A few days after that Slade
shot at man in the street. l never
knew why. although I was standing in
a doorway directly opposite and
WITNESSED THE SHOOTING.
Slade was not arrested for that act \
short time afterward, however, he went
into a saloon with his gang-probably
fifteen to twenty Of them-and told
Bartender Johnny Woods, a Missourian.
to set 'eIn up TO the crowd. at the Jane
time adding: Il will pay you when
set ready" Woods told him he could
not do this as il was against orders.
Slade pulled out his revolver, shot
Woods dead and walked out of the sd
loom
Within two years the vigilance COM
mittee marched up to Slade and ar
rested him. They marched him two or 4.
three blocks to the place where he was
to be hanged. and in all my life 1 never
heard a man beg as he did. When Slade
saw that his pleadings had no effect he
asked the committee TO allow him to
live until he could see his wife. He
said that runner had gone for her and
she would be there in short time The
men were inexOrable. 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. \ friend
told ME ne heard her say. If | had got
here early enough he would never have
been hanged" Ny friend told me that
she looked as though she meant what
she said.
After this occurranee this vigilance
committee began investigating TO md
who was at the head OF the road agents
About this time young German was
working for a mineOwner just above
Virginia City. This
MINE-OWNER HAD SOME MULES
on a ranch sixty miles below Virginia
City. on Alder Sulch- He gave the Ger
man $50 in gold dust to pay the ranch
bill and started him after the mules. He
axpected the German to return the same
night. but they waited until the thirc
day afterward and still had no news
from him. The mine-OwneT got uneasy
and ne 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 al this, ranch whose
by any other name; as = matter Of fact,
however 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 Ger
man. The searchers hurried back 10
Virginia City to report the matter TO
the vigilance committee. l think there
were twenty-five OF the committee who
went down TO the ranch and they ar
rested Texas and 4 man named
George Ives. Ives was from South
Carolina. 50 he said on the ScaffOld-
Texas and Ives were the
ONLY MEN FOUND on THE RANCH
II that time. Texas turned states evil
lence and said that Ives had killed the
German. but that ne did not know Of it
until after the deed was done. Ives
was given one day TO prepare for DEATH
When on the scaffold he named the men
1t the head of this gang of road agents.
He said that GeSfge Plummer, who was
acting as sheriff of the territory. or
sanizcd the gang and was the leader
George Ives was hanged in the after
noon and at once about twenty-five men
started to Bannock TO arrest the sheriff.
Thew got him and two MeNicanS,
brought Them to Virginia City and
hanged them This vigilance committee
IN it's return from BannOck ran across
me man who had escaped them at the
ime of the raid on the sheriff and his
yarg. This mans feet were frozen and
le could not walk. They saved him the
rouble of walking further by hanging
linn.
No doubt some of your readers We're
veil acquainted with this vigilance
committee and some of the other good
people / have mentioned-Jules. Boone
ma Bivian, the Southmaids and others
Aud have no doubt that some of your
oado-s were even better acquainted
With Frank S,;tde. George Ives. Texas
md George Plummer and his gang.
hough the events and deeds that have
mentioned happened more than thirty =
cars ago.
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