The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21
road brim OF his sombrero hiding his

broad b ,ha Of his sombrerS hi LII his
shout out: We're running this town. tonight.
and the officers had better hide OUT saw Joe
t tseS pisi %fNs fls UIS if toosether. SHS n1 Henry and
Mysterious Dawes. and in an instant all the
t 6yt w msR were ,be w f'ripg 81 at t G1cf fr. the Hs, l1Sht Ieo WHnt
Us they lodged into side rooms. and somebody
me with his hand between my shoulders as
nv, Tas i.h tFyinG m to c CROWD I'm thr9 ,hSs t iHd, do 30 + sSS
street sH% ny tlo %a ft' the , opposite site Sidewalk was
near enough to the fighting for me, and kent
on right across the street; There storrsd.
walk, looked and listened. The rattle of pistols
within the dance hall died down and out OF the
ing for the rear Of the building where Dorsey
was waiting with the horses. He threw him;
It, heading for the foothills.
v,n rsFsssn nns 2 lishs sp DDS re a,g thr o o tSat the we
ESes thick WITH powder smoke and George
way tie Marshal lay dead IN his own blood.
With both arms BROKEN hy bullets and eight
the floor with his pistols eiutshed IN his hands.
Mear him The boy. Jimmie West lay eroaping
M MSs,s sTS nu'l 6av IN MS wa sFoi .tsin naG so0 WITH ths Sis
pistol II his hand, looking, as 4 he
EE 6oKn ike tx tb mor 9ut TGTs to to do he q Gits %ar 6eb1ng
they had all poured in their nre, Of, him des.
perstely wounded as he was. With both arms
fell. It was Mysterious Dawes pistol that had
| before and during the fight was characteristic
9rt the b Go9 Ans nerve .b and cunning nIndi1 r. Of the az, man an;
know him for an oficer. as he stood carefully
l nntitins,, the o, position @hb9 h Of k svsTy >S o%,IST 6, in
q the sse Room 81 shot SnS w s.ae' and nd' R Rama i gown Gown
shem " no. mark tom to fire ee at bey w%!s the he ifiaassss
e. his pistol; He had come through the
dead. he assumed the Authority Of City Mar
shal. A surgeon in the crowd examined Jim
mic Vests wounds and pronounced them
plaza q The Old town, the body Of The Marshal
unpleas4ntncss was over for the night.
do with tie Henry gang At earliest earle Re daybrea2
next morning, he was in the saddle and with a
Party ay t wds of 1, 10 p pIn1n to o. He hen Igr, end III, Dorsey ley
taken and led the pursuing party to- shack a
S %bi sb miles 9hs s5 5fG% tp TSG , nSmGnE o the foothills T. ,
and beinq built S Of logs S and .oop feGed there d1ers' was
rSasSH out 1T Of iG It. B hSt to t5G the ]su IN ifisiG II al al the The
people Of the town. the party came back to Las
S SeGss; in The the afternoon After no and whole hds.o in ri, nipSP 3bens.
The prisoners were lodged in the Jail in the
same cell where their comrade. Jimmy West.
lay dying. and that night the three were taken
from the Jail by q band of citizens. headed by
Mysterious Dave. and lynched at the windmill
IN the plaza. To the prisoners was given the
hanged. two men holding him up while Mys-
tcrioqs Dave adjusted the loop to his neck.
and ! saw their bodies beneath the windmill.
with Jimmy Vests hanging above them. next
morning.
Five men killed in twenty four hours, and
four OF them to the account OF Mysterious Dave,
for he was the moving spirit In the proceedings
q record. breaker; even for a Las Vegas holiday
in the seventies"