The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-16

anu Courteous man IN all the
camp. They we're unwilling to re-
commend the measure but finally
agreed that if it were unanimously
adopted, it should be enforced.
Hanging Of Slade
Alarmed by this time, at the SER
Gus look Of things, Slade sought the
presence of the judge of the tribunal
and ~apOlOgized for his conduct. He
was now sObered and fearful.
The column Of Vigilantes from Ne
vada City 500 appeared and halted
in front Of a store where Slade was
seated. The executive officer step
ped forward to arrest him.
The committee" he said to Slade.
has decided upon your execution. If
you have any business to settle, you
must attend to it Immediately"
Hang me! My God! Gentlemen.
you cannot do that. The committee
cannot have decreed this. :"
SIade turned as white as a sheet
and went along without demOnstra-
ton. He was briefly warned to
make he best use of the little time
left to him. He finally seemed TO
lose all courage, and falling on his
knees begged for his life. He also
begged the Vigilantes to send for his
wife at his mountain home.
The judge of the Peoples Tribunal
was the only man who pleaded to
save SHADES life, but the miners were
adamant. SHADES life among them
had been lawless, desperate and no
road agent was more dreaded. There
were among them, however, a few
men who would have given all thew
possessed to save his life, and they
Wept as the march toward the scat
fold started.
Slade was taken to Elephant Cor
raj in Daylight Gulch, a tributary Of
Alder, and hanged from the cross
beam of a front gate there.
In the meantime, sOmOne had gone
to the old Slade Toll House to warn
Mrs. Slade that her husband was
doomed. In an instant she was in
the saddle, mounted on a coal black
stallion, and riding with all the en-
ergy and anxiety that is prompted by
love n devotion, she sped over the
rough, rocky mOuntainside trail to
trty and save her husband as she
once before had done.
The miners knew that Mrs. Slade
had at a previous time saved her hus-
band from the moose and they were
determined that they did not care to
see her carry out her plans again. So.
when one Of the party rushed IN.
lstating that Mrs. Slade could even
then be seen driving her foam-fIeck-
ed horse at dashing speed over the
hill and down the road, the execu-
TONERS kicked the box out from nm
lei the Wnnn1nU n1nn1en~ -a-Ae--
Ihey then all scattered, none Of them
at all anxious to remain to witness
her sorrow or to receive the prOfane
epithets which she would hurl AT
their guilty heads, nor hear the ter
rlDIe DIOody vows she made for ven
geance.
When Mrs. Slade arrived. she had
her husbands body carefully removed
70 me second story Of what was then
the virginia hotel, and what tourists
Chrougn that old town now will see
as u u. X. Livery Stables. She gave
way TO the widest parOxysms Of
srlet. n body was placed in a tin
cOIIln Illled with alcohol and con-
Veyed to the toll house ranch where
II remained until the following
spring, when 1t was taken to Salt
LAKE City and buried in a cemetery.
plain slab Of marble with his name
thereon sLlH marks the burial place.
The Human Side of SEade
One OF the best examples Of the
sane SIDE OF SHADES character. and
me Willingness and desire Of the man
70 help those d~efenseless and in need
Is set forth in the story which some
re" q ago was narrated to Pro
lessor Frank Carver of the Montana
oCaIe normal school, by Amede Re
seCCe, one OF the pioneer residents of
OLG Bannack. Bessette said of SIade.
20 not expect me to blame the men VIII
LOOK the rope to hang Rim for - Lo, aLo
sLaI eiaqe carried in his right hand nonts5
pOShet the rope with which ne was bnhn%
. 10 Wnen oIaae left North Platte. Nebras-
"a, 70 come to this country. had he ces+
mo the river Jules two ears. he nf~bt
hS DSen ilFlng today. / have seen thOse
eeIs q 9Olen times myself. I was I'm ch9r~e
OF the North Platte bridge for two ro.EN
Ihefe we had q nice saloon ana bfg &C.,
Idulhg mostly with the Indians TTv1C'
Lnree ana Tour hundred wagons Womb
Oss Ine 1rloge every day-tOu So Der
WesOn. rms run was from the first az
M4y until the first Of October each veor
1 heard that the bridge was burned nv ~
Indians in 1868. 0"S
" heneVer ne would come along in one ~
me coaehes, always full Of PASSENGERS
D0uhd Tor california, he would cali them 10
take q drink. At such times he would NM
OUT OF his pocket a handful OF loose silver
com linked with which could be seen
Jules dry, Wrinkled ears), Lick out enough
t slIser 70 pay for the drinks, and booked
1ne rest This occurred about every two
weeks. Many. passengers, uDOn hearing
Sne story OF Che ears, would be so horri.
neg mat they would swear never to drink
Thieves and Murderers
Let me here tell you what i have seen.
heard and know. In the month Of Ancnsf
1861 there lived, about rs miles below in.
, dependence Rock, Wyoming, two thieVer
and murderers, One was named Henri
Bacon, a French Canadian; the other Wnr-
3Iry smith, a Canadian Of Scotch descent.
Ihey kept q station on SWeetwater FLYER.
on Ehe California road. Several emigranfs
disappeared myeteri0usly in passing these.
p Many cattle and horses belonging 10 neiph-
oor6 were recognized in their bands.
Ilere lived fOur miles above the Baeon
ana smith place q man named JOSEPH
4 Fiante, q wealthy French Canadian. ne mo
= 9 plB store and a large SUPPLY of goods.
olaQe could get anything he wanted there
as N 90 were his own place. he thounhi
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