The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-06-11

tested, declaring that It might be plot
to shoot him in the dark. However, he
went, six-shooter in hand. and sticking II
in the face of the caller, demanded his business.
The man protested that he meant no harm, but
had come from one Buck Holley who lived two
miles down the road. and said he knew Captain
Mcdonald and wanted to see him. The Ranger
captain reflected minute.
II don't know any Buck Holley," he said.
'T knew scoundrel by the name OF Bill Holey
some years ago up In the Panhandle and II that
is who It is don't want to see him. I Judge
you fellows have got a gang down the road
there to shoot me from ambush. Who are you.
anyway"
The man said his name was Monasco; that
he was staying at Holley's and that he had
brother named Bill Monasco. In Amarillo.
II know Bill Monasco," Mcdonald said, land
he has a brother that was sent to the peniten-
tiary Is that your"
The visitor acknowledged that he was the
man-that he had been recently released.
WELL" said Mcdonald, that's about the
kind of a crowd I would expect to find Bill Hol-
ley running with, and you can tell this Buck
Holley, as you call him. that suspect him Of
being connected with this mob and that used
to make him stand hitched in the Panhandle,
and that I'm going to do the same here"
Monasco said Good night" and Captain Mo
Donald never saw him again. Somewhat later,
Wueu ne met Bill money, ne SalQ.
Look here, Bill. I'm afraid your partner
Monasco, didn't tell you the message sent the
night came. I said didn't know Buck Holey,
but that knew sorry. bulldozing scoundrel
by the name OF Bill Holley, and that supposed
he was down the road there to take shot at me
from ambush. You weren't In this lynching
mob. I reckon. but they're your friends. and
you'd help 'em II you could. Now, Bill, you've
been counting funeral good while. and II you
nj nnO hora vnttsn vutp out
The Ranger captain was out early the morn
ing after his arrival in Alley, and on the trail.
The tracks Of the five horses were followed to
the houses Of Joe Wilkerson and his son Brooks
and to the homes Of John and Arthur Greenhaw.
In Joe Wilkersons lot he found part of a we'll
rope, the remainder of which had been cut away.
It matched precisely with the rope used to hang
the Humphreys-the freshly cut ends being the
same on both. The Wilkersons and one of the
Greenhaws were taken into custody forthwith
and other arrests followed as the criminals were
tracked home
The testimony brought out the facts that
the Humphreys had known of an Illicit still run
by two men-one Polk Weeks and a man named
Johns. Also that they had known Of John
Greenhaw stealing cattle and hogs, and that
John Greenhaw had once drawn a gun on the
elder Humphrey, who had promptly taken It
away from him. instead of killing him with IL
and rendering the community a service These
things. added to the other provocations already
named, had made the Humphreys sufficiently
unpopular In a neighborhood like the Trans
cedar bottoms to warrant their being hung to q
limb. trussed up to swing clear of the ground.
Guilty knowledge Of the crime actually killed
a man named Ell Sparks. whose conscience tor
tured him day and night to the point OF giving
testimony, yet whose fears upon the witness
stand caused him to withhold the truth He
was large red-faced man. evidently greatly ex-
cited when questioned and concealing more than
he told. Soon after his first examination he met
Captain Mcdonald and offered to testify again,
saying that he had been too frightened to ten
the truth the first time. but thought he could
do better now. The Ranger captain scrutinized
him keenly and made the prophecy that Ell
Sparks would not live 80 days. unless he got
rid of the load on his conscience. He died In
Just half that time; not, however. until he haA
fully confessed.
The efforts Of the men believed to be con-
cerned az principals In the crime to establish
their innocence were sometimes wary, some
times crudely absurd and always fruitless. The
mesh Of fact that was weaving and linking itself
about them became daily more tightly woven
more impossible to tear away Knowing them
selves closely watched. they dared not attempt
flight To do 80 would be to confess guilt anA
capture would be well-nigh certain. Like Ahab
having compassed the death of neighbor, they
lay in sackcloth and went softly" Finally IL
came to pass that three Of these children Of
Belial" turned states evidence--that is, they
confessed fully, sacrificing their comrades. un-
der the law to save themselves. Eleven men.
including these three. were brought to trial.
In the final trial John and Arthur 0reenhav
and Polk Weeks. who were not only murderer
but cowardly traitors. we're given their freedom
IN exchange for their evidence that sent their
eight associates to the penitentiary for life.
Polk Weeks. In giving his evidence. appeared
much disturbed. but confessed how he had
climbed the tree and tied the ropes, and tied
them too long. making II necessary for the
legs Of the Humphreys to be bent upward. 70
clear the ground John 0reenhaw corroboreted
this, but grinned a. be told II, remembering new
amusins Il had been. He did not live to sn1ov
his Liberation, BY winie Humphrey.N con 81 -
q Tie yoyngee HumDhrsys. anl - punioRmcn6