The daily Alaskan., 1905-06-23
LAW IN cACHAH0ULA
 COUNTY

loss of horses, mules and other proper ty. besides being murdered in open day whenever some desperado took a fancy to kin any one, One Of these called Redheaded Pete, would come Into Che principal town at intervals and usually departed with a good deal ot cash leaving behind him one or more corpSes. At last he Killed Bill Mat,OcN, a man much beloved in the community, and Birs brother sam, who was not a fighting man, but was willing Co pay literally to have his fighting done for him. made up his mind that Pete must die He thereupon remarked one day openly that he would bc glad Co assist any man financially" who would do the job.
 Now. there happened to bo in the crowd at the time Josh Sc0h one Of the very men who were so objcction2h'e.
 "Whatn V cl~Cy' he asked
 "Three hundred dollars" said sam.
 Make it SJOO and Tu g' ".
 There was a consultation between Matnck> and the others All agreed that it was a practical way of getting rid of Redheadcd Pete, and possibly tn the fray Josh Scun might also hn cim- mated. sam MattuCk had oGcrel his all but it was agreed that b.S fellow citizens should support him In SO nraiSeworthy matter and one In which an were interested. SD trey de cidci to furnish the remajnjng S''eA
 As soon as this was settled SrU'l was commissioned tc seek Rclhc03cd Pcte, pick a quarrel with him and shoot him, but 1t was not obligatory on Scull to uSc such honorable warfare These were his instructions. but he might use any method hc pleased without forfeit ing his pay. the fun amount of which was given him in advance n lieu or "eNpcnScS"
 Scun pockctcd the money and started on his mission. He was gone just long enough to reach his man and return, when one evening whil" thc citizens were sitting on the store porch smoS- ing their pipes and wondering if their enemy had fallen the man who had gone to slay and the man Go hc s'ayca rode into town side by F.3o and stop. ped in front or the party.
 "M' friends" said pc,n ''thcrc hos been a diSrcgarl fer the majesty O thn law n this place ur'y rnmFTNah.c Josh Scuu harc hes u'0~wcj me that he hes been paid SJoo to murder me. a proceeding which in any court wou'l send an of V Co states prison Ter a good term O years. I'm on my way Co C.. whar court Is now iu session, and every man of V wEo paid Scull money to murder me may look out fer arrest
 He paused. and the citizens looked not only disappointed, but much trou. bled.
 "Now, I'll play V a far game" con tlnued the deSpCrado "TN raise yer S5OO fist Sl.OOO. which I think n freeze V all out. and I'll give V twcny-four hours to put up. IT thc moneys in my hands by this time tomorrcr night I'll let V or; if not, in another twcnty-four hours VII all be juCCcd
 During this harangue Scull made no comment. and at Its close he and Hcte rode off a short distance, leaving the citizens to confer as Co the acceptance or reflection of the terms. lt was i'm possible to raise so much ready money 1 in so short a time, and other means Of getting out of the difficulty must be devised. Finally MattuCk. whose blood had been slowly rising since the shoot ing of his brother and was now boiling at the swindle perpCtratcd by Scull declared he would risk his carcass against that rascal if any one would do the same by Pete. X young fellow named Scott volunteered and the mat ter was settled
 Scott informed the two self conSti- tuted protectors of law and order that the money would be paid the next day This was to disarm suspicion, and 1t had the desired effect The despera- does returned to the hamlet and put up at one Of its six or eight houses the saloon.
 They were invited to take just one more" by one of the contributors Co the fund, and a dozen men were lined up at the bar. MSttuck and Scott being in the rear rank, Mattuck behind Scull and Scott behind petc, when two shots rang out. A little round hole appeared in the head of each despcrado, and they fell on the foor
 The next day th" citizens -eaSsem- bled, organized one of Judge I.ynch's courts and proceeded to try Mattuck and Scott for murder. The accused pleaded that the victims had robbed them of the affections or their wives, but since neither Of them was mar ried the judge would not allow the plea They then pleaded that the men had played foul at poker, but since no gambling had been done they were obliged to find some other justification. Scott, who had furnished tho horse on which Scull had ridden to kill Red. headed Pete, finally pleaded to have acted for the public safety In punishing horse stealing. The plea was allowed. Then Mattuck pleaded Justification in