Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-21

Tied to a tree = sholi distance down
the street MAS u COW ponN Siddied ana
hridisd. Guthrie watched his chance
Aai hen the time WAS ~onporlune UNI
hit'hei tn" cayuse Nauiiet int" the
s,ddl, and WAS .olr. Tie mob WAS toe
Wu"h occupied with tn" prisoners I"
ply ANY attention to thls ON" rider. rs
soon - Guthrie Was ru; OF sight lrou"H
ihe iiiil he dug his sfirs int" the p"nNs
'trks and rod liz. fi. wind. N"NH!
ran That pony besn 50 rldden in tin.
via Isl stampe.ie. l'r seven mite
w"r soleted ia ,ecord timc. and Guta-
il .iastei imln camp Mcpherson hs!,
loss and his pony covered with f"ala.
Captain Benson. commanding troop III
Ninth ,rolored) cavalry. VAS just al his
breakfast. but when Guthrie WA.
brought TO him and mad told his story
he yelled.
Boots aud Saddles. and be damned
uuick about it,
The stirring roles ot th. trumpet
rang out full ami clear in the morning
air. and in u very few minute SOM"
iiftN brunette irooperS We're in line
waiting the word OF command. Guthrie
had been given a ueN mount and rode
viii, captain Ben.ou.
"tours right. trot. marrh,' and then
",iallop. marchi' and away they Vent.
Meanwhile. down ii %Snedburs. Judge
I.NftiI was holding court. In those days
mohs bent ON Vengeance We're mo- prone
10 h. SLOW.
The prisoners We're marched out in
lhr public square. III. court consisted
of seven men. aud Ruck Ewing MAS
chosen to preside. This same Ewing
knew Cheney WAS a secret service. man
from General l;rierson's letter. He
knew him by reputation To b. a ban
man after n crook. and Ewins's con.
science told him that he-Ewiny- was
the crook Chen.v WAS after al his
time. Most of the caravan were
strangers. All they wanted was am
eye for an eye. and !, tooth for a TOOTH
The boy had "identitied" both the men
as his assailants. the mob would do
the rest-and before more government
men could e., out there Ewing ana
his gang could maxi. a "getaway. M,
into Wyoming. Great head had Mr.
Ewing.
Cheney and I.onersnn knew things
looked against them. All their hone
Observation-Disclosures -ulaNfn.
lime the troops would gel there. they.
would be saved and Ewing and hi.
crowd could he rnunGed up al one feb
swoop.
The court MAS convened under - cot
tonwood tree which later would be the
sallows. The boy again told his story
and said he was sure Cheney and Lon
ergan were the two men who had
slugged and robbed him.
Cheney asked him some. uuestions.
so did L.onergan. Time. time. was
what they were rlayinp for. \ good
horse could cover III. seven miles To
MACPHERSON in thirty minute if pushed
hard. and Sid Guthrie would push for
all he was worth. He must be al he
camp now. Thirlv-hv,. or forty min
utes more. Against Them was Ruck
Ewing. president of the court. III. ev-
idenc. was an i'm and Cheney asked
TO make u few remarks. He talked
Twenty-Five minutes when he was alb
rnptlv cut off by Ewing. The court re-
tired to deliberate. and The deIiberntjou
was not lengthv-aboul five minutes
for d~ecercy's sake Tn verdict vas
Guilt death by hang
jnr"-time. "i.nr,ediatelv."
cheney and Innerpan knew they
we're mighty close 10 death They we're
way at the hands of a mob led bS
Ewing. the man they were after, Two
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