The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-01-26

Atat1fAldAlN n4ANs ANpa1 gre lAe AA~M
who robbed me
Evidently they've caehea the
spoils. said one Of the men.
Cheney and Lonergan we're not say
ing anything but they were doing
heap Of thinking.
Where was Guthrie all this time;
Why hadn't he been taken with them2
The mob made them put on their
clothes and marched them down
stairs and out on the street. Quickly
Cheney glanced over the mob which
numbered about 200 He saw Guthrie,
and unobserved by any one sign
passed between them. It meant one
word. "soldiers!" The sign consisted
merely of a badly made right hand
salute. Guthrie understood. Cheney
wanted soldiers and there was no time
to lose. Guthrie knew Camp Mac
Pherson was seven miles to the NORTH
ward. Cheney had told him that last
evening. But seven miles is long
distance afoot
Tied to a tree a short distance down
(Le street was a COW pony saddled and
bridled Guthrie watched his chance
and when the time was opportune un-
hitched the cayuse, yaulte1 into the
-addle and was gone, The mob were
90 much occupied with their prisoners
to pay any attention to this one rider
As soon as Guthrie was out of sight
around the hill he dug spurs into the
I - 40 .l-o 10 tIc nj
Never had that pony been SO ridden
even in the widest stampede The
seven miles were covered in record
time. and Guthrie dashed into Camp
Mac nerson hatless and his pony COW
cred with foam. Capt Benson, COM
manding troop NJ, Ninth (coloredD
cavalry, was just at his breakfast, but
when Guthrie was brought to him and
had told his story he yelled:
Orderly, have the trumpeter sound
Boots and Saddles and be damned
quick about itl''
i The stirring notes Of the trumpet
rang out full and clear in the morning
air. and in very few minutes some so
brunette troopers were in line waiting
! the word Of command Guthrie had
been given new mount and rode
with Capt. Benson.
"Fours right, trot, march," and
: then "Gallop, march," and away they
! went.
Meanwhile, down in Smedburg Judge
Lynch was holding court. In those
days mobs bent on vengeance were not
1 prone to be slow.
The prisoners we're marched out in
e the public square. The court consist
| ed Of seven men, and Buck Ewing was
e chosen to preside. This same Ewing
!. knew Cheney was secret service man
v from Gen. Grierson's letter. He knew
e him by reputation to be bad man
d after crook, and Ewing's conscience
d told him that he (Ewing) was the
= crook Cheney was after at this time.
y Most Of the caravan were strangers.
S All they wanted was "an eye for an
eye, and tooth for tooth" The boy
b had identified" both the men as his
n assailants-the mob would do the rest
lie -and before more government men
q, could get cut there Ewing and his
y gang could make "get away" up into
Is Wyoming. Great head, had Mr..
le Ewing.
ic Cheney and Lonergan knew things
p. looked against them. All their hope
If was in Guthrie. If they could play for
s. time the troops would get there. they
g would be saved and Ewing and his
as crowd could be rounded up at one fell
he swoop.
is The court was convened under a
Of cottonwood tree which later would be
to the gallows. The boy again told bis
story and said he was sure Cheney and
b. Lonergan were the two men who had
p, sIugged and robbed him.
en- Cheney asked him some questions;
ut SO did Lonergan. Time, time was what
20 they were playing for A good horse
could cover seven miles to MacPher-
It. son in 30 minutes If pushed hard: and
Sid Guthrie would push for all he wa;
ed worth. He must be at the camp now
Thirty-fiye or 40 minutes more
~ Against them was Buck Ewing, presi
~ dent Of the court The evidence wa.
all in and Cheney asked to make /
j. few remarks. He talked 25 minutes
~ when he was abruptly cut of b
- Ewing. The court retired to deliber
- :. ate, and the deliberation was no
- lengthy-about five minutes for de
IN IN cency's saFe. The verdict was guilty
~ sentence, death by hanging time
= Immediately"
oh Cheney and Lonergan knew the
we're mighty close to death. The
:. we're not afraid of 1t, but to die in sue
- 9, way, at the hands of mob led b
- Ewing. the man they were after! Tw
I I@ ropes were procured, two barrel
" " stood on end, side by side. The pris
ls- M oners were placed one on each thei
- = hands tied and the moose place
around their necks.
- This time Lonergan spoke up an
for five minutes talked. Then Chen
~ had his last say. Only few minute
ny more ndsGuthrie would be back wit
~ hAip. If not-weIl, good-byl
The mob were intent on watchin
len the execution and failed to note ths
the -