The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
Indians KIT Carson aid Brigham Washngton's
Experience With Judge fianglng
Returning to Take Up the Lew

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place wher, va aid the EN-
ator, ,.thodgti the lon ntit1hs fsdN
thousands, rhnt NJ d. q III. ttio uss. ~ Stsis
people lived III " en Ii. Thers seree BIZ
stores there, stores whore you could buy Il
anything you wnnt4d Il YOU lad money!
enough, but the prices were tre,ile
II we bought our mining tools az Sac f;ss
Imento CIT and then wen tol the footsSaS
hills of the Sierra " ev ada ms on
the Carson River Road spetat N
next winter thin three or four
Plncervillo. si f Ess
1--WE found the biggest prices at Downis;s'sSS
vile, OH tile Anerica fork OF the Sacasss
ra1ni.uto River, III the mo TN taai1s
sty-nvo dollnrs for q barrel OF -four u oSs
3satnple. paid 800 for ns pair of boots ~
rough, heavy thing he oug1les E altiSl
heaviest made but tho best for st1iinsra
use N 3y 95Sa Il
Judge Lynch, as ms. Pet t3lul s N
Saw Him.
Il Most 81 the men III the part y rent Il
out to dig gold. went out to practieS$
law. Bit the courts weren't or1anix /,
and there was no CHARGE for urle TO II
Btce. So / went digging gold. TOO.
must Day i think the mob court 4 L. n
California IN 1910 dealt out prett even- II
handed Justice There were no legal Steon..il
E,1icalities at tho trials the men jlst sos
Etoge ther. some one was 81 osen te.s ~
nudge, 50 me one to be pro- ecutor, every
bod who knew an hing about the facts
told what he knew I, and Judgment NlsaassI
passed prompt ly Ti1eee was no delaa. ltl
execution, either, St sSSSssis
STE,.I kept clear 81 the mob court, mostly
but i did take part in one trial Il as
at Placerville.a "a man was charged With
killing another and
lend him. There was some OBJ tioff at 7
FIRST, But when, II ext lna ned that IsnadSl
studied law ana been q soil itor In Ala
Sba ma VI they al lowed me to take up sIhe
case. ri mad a. novel defense. ShaFldlys
think there ever WI Hu en- ano M aleSs
Tense in murder case before OF since.
ssTitI had seen the 'murd red man ana I
Yo,,nd That t1e WASH I cad. VI had seem the
doctor attending him, IL and he said the
mar, wasn't going to die--at least !: not
them. He and the led had gotS "a!
a Guar rel R;wltc led to- IN n ght in!
the supposed murd cred man had sreceiyY-
ed y d lot OF knife outltl 8. But fhNey&
.po sed murderer tnd on his g ansS
not bbed him. "A
itiWell. n 81 defense was accepted ands
the accused WASH han d--7then vent
away wi thout knowing lat was shne !! "a
done witt him. n "a long time afterwacd S1S
met him fiji another pa The counNsryss
ana \ asked him about q: y,
SE hey waited till the other fellow GOT
well, said the I'm lish then
they me and clea me ana Fl aet
me %go
q that was right ii udgment,
knew about one hank ing that was tine
result 81 no trial n one of StheS
quickest hanging Sonr 70 II x
Dung man. q Wasgkesa
gambler shot him "a cad n III his tr sag cks:s
twas Quick work, and, Sas It turned out
the result 81 a mis- ia ke:SS TheS gambler
had never seen the young Eel low PEI Tore:
lItSwas the glambl imp thong
lRthat the neWc omer was g man Ess
and he didn't want to learn Swh et Their he
was right or not. The murd cred ma ans
sbrot her went for the gambler VI thss 81
bowie knife, bu & theirs present held Nhi IL
back. They thong ht 1t q pi FOR th y3
gambler ito be H led A 50 respects 81 81. 81
with a knife. sof they got g rope ana
IShanged him inside Of ten
place was called Hnngt own af ter hat.',85
have seen Ii stated. Senator, that
YOU too * with you on 70 til to he
coast q select library OF three ms .iS
Isl replied tile Senat tor The III
shakespeareS and Burns s oenls 81 ~ read
the Bible from cover cover; readatheeA
side not es u; II read the lions of the
ISchapters. III learned great par q II py
heart. and n haven't forge ten them YET
81 learned many Of a Burnss 8psooemsssSby3
heart and much Of slla kespeare N the
same way. too. still have the Bible y
took with me at home n Selma Il y. A
q little book, not longer than q that
lSmeasuring q bout three inches II on his 4
index finger .'and thin, with sYery'Gi9ine
type; but It was the Who'll 3
The Senator SAID sthat tth gh he worked y nt
l$hardaat placer mining, he zdidn' make Sa
fortune Mt t. The largest surplus ne had
lSatS any one time was q bout q .00O assheS I
now remembers lt. s He took about 1900
lin gold with him. and hen he reached tusl
homo & again IN 1851, 81 flaving been gone
two years? and 4 a month, he had about,
| tie same amount OF money in his pocket
(CopyrIg ht by Dexter