The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-08-24

lhe court directed tbe m1fsllI ~
read tbe warrant AS Che marshal
pulled ont Che document s'ad1. quick
as Cash, spIlHa CD bIm and iersed
o. out Of his hands. st the same time
leveiing revolver az the heart nf
his honor.
1T was all done in second, and
the six or eight henehmen OF the
tough bad also drawn their pistols at
the same time. Now, said Mr..
Slade. Il am about tired OF this busI-
ness, | am not going to be drained
any more, and l am not going to
recognize your authority. nor shall
pay that 500 l shall hold YOU per.
sonally responsible for my personal
safety, and u any OF your committee
attempts to touch ne will blow
your heart out.
while he was speaking. ! was
thinking. and, before he had cum
cluded, quietly turned and walked
out, as II thinking OF something else
walked out on the street. and the
first man | met was a u-ember OF CUR
vigilance committee. explained
toe situation 90 him and asked him
TO get on his horse and ride TO a camp
about two miles away aud tell the
boys we needed them. lie set OF
posthaste, and turned hack toward
the court room. Just rs l turned
around | came face 10 face with
Slade and his followers, ~ho had
walked boldly out OF the court room
soon after ! came away.
Come 10 and have something
Sanders called the srrepressible.
said 10 him, "Slade, get on your
horse an 90 home as fast as you can.
What do you mean? Why do
you tell me tbat?' demanded Slade.
Never mind what I mean?' re.
piled: get on your horse and &c
nome
He didn't get on his horse and &c
home. but he got on his horse and
rode all thru ugh town, bringing az
at last ut the court room. lie was
inclined To be very proud OF bis dc.
dance OF the orders OF the courts,
and ~as insulting to his honor, who
vas still there. He was swaggerins
around the store, when happened
10 look out OF my window and sav
that the house vas surrounded b.
armed men The next minute tbel
were In the room. one OF them say
ina: We want yoa, Mr.. siade. Ill
turned pale and weakened at once
A crowd OF his captors surrounded
him and left him safe In tbei
keeping. went home, and was no
there Ave minutes when one OF th
sigilantes came up and said Mr.
Sanders, the boys have about con
eluded that they won't be bothere'
with Mr.. Slade any longer. and a
there Is no place to keep him safely
they are going TO hang him. whetbc
the court Wills II or not
Il hurried 10 the court room an
saw the judge and the marshal an
several others, and after a conferenc
we agreed that as Slade was bounl
TO hang whether 10y our wishes G
not. IL was better TO have him exc
euted by order OF the court, and thu
preserve our hold on the community
We sentenced him Ia death foi hig
TREASON for melting others TO rebeI
lion and Tor himself seeking TO oyel
throw our form OF government
, When Slade heard OF this he sent
messenger for me 10 come TO him a
, once and make a speech In his be
half. knew that IL would I've wors
E than useless for NE TO do so, and n
fused Ia 20 on fools GRAND. The
. he sent me out to our judge with
J SIMILAR request, but the juoge knes
Ing that he was po~erless TO preser
e the execution, declined to see him.
: 80 Nr. SIade was taken to hi
! Overlooking a guIch and a moose froI
D gallows used to slaughter sheet
e slipped around his neck and a barr
D placed under him. Just as he VI
D about TO be swung OF, the n,ase OF
I horses hoofs was heard and u noun
e ed woman appeared In the distans
8 coming at breakneck speed.
e was SHADES wife; but by the tin
d she arrived upon the scene, arour
i which 2.coo people we're gathere'
q the barrel had been kicked from al
: der him and Mr. slade vas no NOR
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