The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-03-03
rALES OF THE
PIONEER CLUB
Continued from page p

ow strengthened sufficiently to aScer-
!, the culprit to be big Greaser
ualf-breed Mexican and Spaniard)
bsfore he recovered from the blow |
Id oiyen him, he was disarmed and
ound hand and foot. Feeling be-
anne tense, and it was proposed I'M
mediate lynchlng.
"Word brought on word, incident
reated incident, oath followed oath
nd threat was followed by bold threat,
md the tenseness grew until the very
atmosphere seemed pregnated with a
Keeling of evil. The crowd became
diyded. Other greasers, together
with few friends of the victim,
seemed bound to rescue him. 1t need
ed but the stroke of an arm, or the
flashing of a gun or knife to touch
The finder and the whole mob would
hurst into fame. That would mean
battle to the death, many lives in
stead of one, a wholesale slaughter
and perhaps the wrecking of the boat
in the melee However, upon the ut
most exertion of the cooler heads, the
passion of the men was Subdued and
reason restored. After the excitment
had subsidized somewhat, better judg-
ment prevailed, and it was proposed to
give him, hated greaser though he
was, the benefit of a trail. SO there
on the forward deck, where revelry
had reigned but a few hours before,
all was now keen excitment and tense
watchfulness. Every look and mo-
ton being closely watched by every
az one.
M The cow-puncher was unani-
mously elected Judge, as he had won
for himself an enviable popularity,
and more than once, had by his friend
ly touch and persuasive tone and clear
honest arguments, settled difficulties
that had arisen over the gaming table
or in the heat of argument The
prisoner still bound and lying on the
M deck, had been a deeply interested
spectator of all that had been said
and done. Deathly pale, fearing
that the most terrible and merciless
death possible, that at the hands of
an enraged mob, would be melted out
to him at any moment, he now took
a deep breath of relief, seeing again a
faint possibility of escape No one
seemed to want to act as attorney for
the greaSer at first, but finally stall
wart son of sunny Mexico, former
California miner, volunteered. An
other member of the throng was Sc
M lected as the prosecutor and jury oil
SIX was chosen. All this form tended
to lessen the tension of the crowd anc
at the same time gave the the victim :
friends time to organize and lay then
plans of battle. Their first move wa.
to ask the privilege of comforting with
the prisoner in private, but this wa:
refused as it looked too much like ;
ruSe to get him to in their presence
loose his bonds and then armed to thu
teeth, defy seizure. Their mex
move was TO request postponemen
until land was reached, hoping per
hapS, that the more time gained tn
less likelihood of severity of sentence
and giving more time to plan the eS
cape. The consequent delay, at
tending all these procedures, hat
emboIdened the prisoner and he oega
to assert himself in oathS and vile de
nunclatons upon his accuserS, threat
enlng them with vengence should h
once more gain his freedom. A
this hurley son of Erin, approache
and said:
Sure, and it is with his satanic ma
leSty that We will be after having you