Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1911-07-27

out" would have been quick pass
port TO a darkened cell and the for
feiting OF privileges.
Play BALI" shouted Casey, and
the white men took their positions in
the field. A bullet-headed negro, who
drew a life sentence for assaulting a
white woman in Reno ten years ago,
was the first to bat for the shines"
In the pitchers box was Skinner, who
! murdered Mona Bell, once queen of
the New York tenderloin. Behind the
bat, dressed In mask and pad and
heavy glove. was terrible Sheridan.
who plunged butcher-knife through
the body of his wife in Goldfield sew
eral years ago because she aroused
him from a drunken stupor to go to
his work
Strike one,"
Strike two"
Casey of the corner lots put life
behind him, and counted off the first
| two efforts Skinner sent across the
plate.
The white men smiled Skinner.
having tempted the negro to cut two
vicious gashes in the hot June air,
showed the satisfaction he felt at be-
| ing able to come back" He com
pounded his most bewildering selec-
ton of establishment for the final.
The negro poised his bat. and braced
himself to solve SINNERS mystery of
speed and space.
Pop"
Spoiled Chance to Score.
CONSERVATION in the camp OF the
whitesi The shine" had caught the
horsehde squarely with a Hans Wag-
ner smash, and sent 1t soaring into
right field. That particular part of
the yard was in charge of Badly
Cunningham, who is at Carson City
because he tried to act as city treas.
urer for his own benefit while he was
city clerk of Reno. However irregu-
lar "Baldy's" past may have been. he
displayed one trait of good American.
ism by getting under that fly. The
negro had almost reached first base.
"Y're out" shouted Casey; but the
dictum was unnecessary. The ball
/
and was on its way back to the
pitcher.
The second man to bat for the
shines" was a former Pullman car
porter, who robbed passengers while
they slept instead Of waiting for them
to get up in the morning. With the
same smile that had been such an ef
fectual anesthetic In treating travel
ers for hypertrophy of purse. the for
mer porter picked up the willow and
cruelty assassinated a beautiful drop
over which Skinner had spent several
agonized moments. The ball went
deep into left field. and when an emf
nent footpad in that section made a
wild throw back to the diamond, the
Shine" reached second base in safety
At the close of the first inning the
score was four to three. in favor OF
the negroes, and then the game grew
fast and furious until the close of the
seventh inning, when Il was called of
and the shines" declared victors
The score was Is to H. The whites
struggled bravely, but they were out
played, and the result was similar In
its effect on the "hopes of the white
race" to another famous racial con
test in another Nevada arena a year
ago.
All through the strife the peg-legged
Casey stood firm as the stone walls
around him and the solid rock be
! meath his foot and wooden stump
No one showed any inclination tc
grumble at HIS decisions. even II the
restraint had been lessened or re
moved. Just how well Casey was
pleased with himself and his work as
an umpire is not for us to know
Every ball that passed the catcher
popped loudly against the walls of the
death-house.
Casey's Trial.
Unusual echoes filled the prison
courtyard when foul strikes anc
missed balls dashed against the grin
walls. To the men on whom the deati
sentence had not been pronounced