Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

been too modest to enlarge upon, namely
that he attained very considerable
amount of popularity at the time, the
which. however. he never abused after the
manner of the bibuious imposter. He Is
proud, nevertheless. OF letters which he
received from personal friends and others
showing the popular approval of his YER
dict and that Of his fellow jurymen. The
following two may be taken as repre-
sentative of the rest:
Idaho Springs, Col. January %, 1882
John Hamlin esq, corner 9Th and Louis.
lana avenue.
My Dear Sir: AS an old resident OF oul
glorious city of Washington. and a friend
of yourself. l send you God bless you.
'Well done. good and faithful servant
Although many thousand miles away ir
the Businesses of the Rock mountains.
nave been painfully anxious that justice
should be done that miserable apology for
man, and yet the honor Of our city be
maintained and that no violence should
be enacted. but that the great majesty OF
law and order be upheld.
And YOU. my dear sir as foreman OF
the jury. have crowned yourself with
lasting honor. To the fact Of your hold
ing that position is due the f0rbearance
OF many VINO in their righteous indigna-
ton would have. without doubt. counseled
violence But you are 50 well known
and respected among your fellow citizens
that they left 1t to you and your COM
rades. believing that justice could and
would be done. 1 never had a doubt OF
the result, and have said to our people
Il know John Hamlin, and you may de-
pend that he will see to it that justice is
done. and that the outrage on our nation
and people will be indicated
AS one of the sovereign people of this
great country Il thank you. Thank you
for your long suffering and forbearance
Thank you for your Just and eminently
proper verdict. Thank you that You have
demonstrated TO the world that that jewe
OF American liberty. justice, can always
be trusted to the people. and that 1.-The
voice of the people is the voice of God. -
Trusting that the many long, weary days
OF thankless duty have not impaired your
health, and that you are now fully en-
joying your regained liberty amid the
plaudits Of friends and the comforts OF
home, am very truly your friend
J. V. ". VANDENBURGH
And another. as follows:
Ell Paso. January 81, 1882
Dear John: I would have sent you a
letter long ago, but knowing that you
were doing your best to hang that
scoundrel. / did not want to discompose
your mind. but we burned him last night
on the plaza, where we had a scaffold built
and large bonfire and stuffed figure
with Guiteau's name on the breast, and
after hanging the figure We burned it
1t was the greatest thing for a frontier
town that you could imagine. the flames
leaping up TO a height Of twenty feet and
a large assembly Of people was present.
Allow me to thank you. on the part OF
our citizens, for the verdict that you ano
your colleagues rendered.
/ had several small bets that the jury
would bring in verdict of guilty" in
less than an hour, and also made a bet OF
one dozen Mexican eggs. l will receive
the eggs today. and. you know. Mex
lean eggs are fresher than ours, and all
game. Yours truly
J. w. ANGUS. Ell Paso. Tex
Besides Mr.. Hamlin, there are three