The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-14
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spoils." said one of the men.
Cheney and Lonergan were not say
ing anything but they were doing a
heap of thinking.
Where was Guthrie all this time:
why hadn't he been taken with themP |
The mol made them put on their
Clothes and marched them down
stairs and out IN the street. Quickly.
Cheney glanced over the mob which
numbered about 200. He saw Guthrie,
and unobserved by any one a sign
passed between them. II meant one
word, "soldiers!" The sign consisted
merely of a badly made right hard
salute. Guthrie understood. Cheney
wanted soldiers and there was no time
to lose. Guthrie knew Camp Mac
PhcrsOn was seven miles to the north
ward. Cheney had told him that last
evening. But seven miles is a long
distance afoot.
Tied to a tree a short distance down
he's street was a COW pony saddled and
bridled. Guthrie watched his chance
and when the time was opportune un-
hitched the cayuse, vaulted into the
saddle and was gone. The mob were
too much occupied with their prisoners
to pay any attention to this one rider.
As oon as Guthrie wre out cs sisns
around the hill he dug spurs into the
pony's TANKS and rode like the wind.
Never had that pony been so ridden
even in the widest stampede. The
seven miles were covered in record
time, and Guthrie dashed int Camp
MACPHERSON hatless and his pony COW
cred with foam. Capt. Benson, COM
handing troop M, Ninth (colored)
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 it,"
The stirring notes of the trumpet
rang out full and clear in the morning
air, and in a very few minutes some so
brunette troopers were in line waiting
the word of command. G ,thrie had
been given a 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 IN vengeance were not
prone to be slow.
The prisoners were marched out in
the public square The court consist
ed of seven men, and Buck Ewing was
chosen to preside. This same Ewing
knew Cheney was a secret service man
from Gen. Grierson's letter. He knew
him by reputation to be a bad man
after a crook, and Ewing's conscience
told him that he (Ewing) was thu
crook Cheney was after at this time
Most of the caravan were strangers,
All they wanted was "an eye for an
eye, and a tooth for a tooth" The boy
had identified" both the men as his
assailants-the mob would do the rest
and before more government men
could get out there Ewing and his
gang could make a get away" up into
Wyoming. Great head, had Mr..
Ewing.
Cheney and Lonergan knew things
looked against them. All their hope
was In Guthrie. III they could play for
time the troops would get there, they
would be saved and Ewing and his
crowd could be rounded up at one fell
swoop.
The court was convened under a
cottonwood tree which later would be
the gallows. The boy again told his
story and said he was sure Cheney and
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slugged and robbed him
Cheney asked him some questions;
so did Lonergan. Time, time was what
they were playing for. A good horse
could cover seven miles to MacPher-
son in 80 minutes if pushed hard; and
Sid Guthrie would push for all he was
worth. He must be at the camp now
Thirty-fve or 40 minutes more!
Against them was Buck Ewing, presi.
dent of the court. The evidence was
all in and Cheney asked to make q
few remarks. He talked 25 minutes
when he was abruptly cut off by
Ewing. The court retired to deliber.
ate, and the elaboration was moi
lengthy-about five minutes for de.
cency's sake. The verdict was guilty
sentence, death by hanging"-time
Immediately"
Cheney and Lonergan knew they
were mighty close to death. They
were not afraid of it, but to die in suci
a way, at the hands of a mob led b,
: Ewing, the man they were after! two
ropes were procured, two barrels
,, stood on end, side by side. The pris
oners were placed one on each theil
hands tied and the moose placed
around their necks.
, This time Lonergan spoke up ant
for five minutes talked. Then Chen!
! had his last say. Only a few minutes
more and Guthrie would be back will
help. If not-well. good-by!
The mob were intent on watchin,
! the execution and failed to note tina
. troops were coming around the hill
The first thing they heard was "Righ
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