The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-29

street and in the cold. talking about
the tragic event. They were nearly
all armed. The situation looked
gloomy. Hard things were said;
threats were made. 1t looked as II
a spark might create an explosion.
One incident that occurred to me
deserves mention, | think, in the his
tory of that day. l was standing on
the street talking to someone, when
heard a man who was standing In the
middle of the street. say, with hid
,,.us oath, Lets take him back o,
the house and kill him." This, OF
course, attracted my attention and ex-
cited my curiosity to know who was
meant to be the victim of this man
wrath There were three men in
knot whence came the dreadful threat.
Immediately one of the three said,
"Yonder he stands now" One OF
them said, 81 will call him." and at
once he called Colonel Sanders.
Sanders Close Call.
In going to the men. Colonel San
ders had to pass near where l stood.
J at once went to meet him. / told
him what l had heard and advised
him not to go behind the houses with
the men, He said, Il guess they
won't kill me- He insisted upon go
ing with them, then ] asked him II
he was armed. He said he was
then said, IF you will go. / shall go,
too" He then walked to the three
men. One of them said, 1--WE want
to see you back here" They crossed
the street, one man leading the way,
Colonel Sanders following him, the
other two following him, and | fol-
lowing them between the log houses
which were built little apart.
The front man and Colonel Sanders
had gotten out of the passageway in
the rear of the house and the rest OF
us were following, when, bang went a
gun. The two men in front of me
jumped out behind the houses and
rushed out as fast as l could, expect
ing to find the colonel killed. When
got out, however, / saw that all
three of the men were running away;
and Colonel Sanders was standing
there with his overcoat on fire.
asked him if he was hurt. He said
mo"
The truth of it was that about the
time the killing was to have com.
menced, Colonel Sanders pistol was
discharged in his overcoat pocket, as
hes was in the act of drawing the wea-
pom. This stampeded the assassins
and saved his life and perhaps mine
Colonel Sanders had taken, as Is
known, fearless and active part ir
the prosecution of Ives. 1t was be-
yond doubt the purpose of these mer
to murder him as matter of re-
venge.
Sanders Magnificent Effort.
1t is a great pity-an irreparable
loss, amounting to calamity, that M
copy of the great speech of Colone
Sanders in the Ives trial was eve
taken or preserved. Colonel Sander!
was a great orator, and thousands o.
our people have heard and enjoyed
his splendid speeches in the courts
and on the platform. But those who
did not hear his speech in the Ives
trial never heard the best effort il
the lifetime of this gifted man. Dur.
ing it's delivery on that cold wintry
day, there stood these hundreds OF
sturdy miners in the street of Nevada
motionless and spell bound by the
marvellous appeal on that marvellous
occasion by this wonderful man, to
the jury and the struggle for the pro.
lection of their homes, property ant
lives in their new mountain land. And
never did a great speech go home
with more directness and force to tbs
hearts of honest and determined men
This great speech, if we had it in
the archives and history of the state,
would constitute a monument to this
peerless pioneer that would stand In
glory's sky, hallowed with the COLDER
sunlight, when the bronze statue be-
ing erected now by a grateful people,