Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-04-29

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The four, With another Who Was be-
lieved 10 be an accessory after
the fact. were ordered arrested on
February 7th. On the 9th. four
hundred citizens Of Aurora and
vicinity met in the armory Of the
local military company and orga-
nized into q COMMITTEES of safety
and arranged their plan Of proesd-
ure to rid the community Of its nm
desirable element. At Z q. m. on
February 9th a cannon on the hill
top was fired three times and this
was a signal gun for the citizens to
assemble. The sheriff was absent
in search of other suspects and the
houses Of the deputy sheriffs, mar
shals and other peace officers were
Immediately placed under guard
Of detachments of the military COM
pany, who kept the occupants in
doors. All stores and saloons were
closed and the town placed under
control of the military company to
prevent disorder. A committee
then began the erection of a gal
lows on the street near the center
Of the town. and at noon another
committee brought the four men
accused of the murder from the
jail to the gallows, around which
a grest crowd had gathered. The
accused men we're accompanied by
the Rev. c. Yeager, who was asked
to give them religious consolation
if they~desired it.
James Buckley formerly Of San
Francisco, was the first one of the
four allowed to, address the crowd.
He was cool and showed no evil
dence of fear. He stated that he
and Daley had killed johnson and
the other men were innocent. John
Daley, considered to he the leader
of the gang, then stated that he
had killed Johnson because Johnson
had caused his partne to be shot
and he regretted that he could not
have killed every relative johnson
had. James Masterson next made
a claim Of innocence in a calm and
unexcited manner. and was>follow-
ed by John Mcdowell alias, Three
Fingered Jack" who raved wildly,
calling upon God to witness that
he was an innocent man and ended
his harrangue by drawing a der
ringer out of bis pocket snd plac-
ing it over his heart and pulling
the trigger. 1t snapped and then.
with an outburst Of oaths, ne cast
the weapon out into the crowd.
ljaley, when he had ended his
talk, drew from his pocket a hand-
full of half dollars and: threw into
the crowd remarking that ne
would not need money any more.
A man named Hanson was standing
in the crowd with his seven year
old son. One of the half dollars
fell at the lads feet. His father
bade him pick it up and then adj
monished him as follows: My son
don'eyou ever spend that half dol
lar. Keep it as long as you live
and whenever you are tempted to
do a wrongful thing, just take it
out Of your pocket, look at it and
then think of the fate of the man
who threw it away"
Daley and Mcdowell appeared to
be drunk when the time came to
adjust the Moose about their neck ;
they staggered about on the plat
forms and had to be- assisted 10
stand up when their arms were
tied. The fear of death had COM
pletely unnerved them.
At 1880 a signal gun was fred
and the four men were launched
into eternity. Every man, woman
and child for miles around who de-
sired to see the affair was present
in a great crowd around the gsl-
lows.
The four men were hung with
another named Vance, lived togeth.