Year: 1878

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Pfouts and myself were apologists
for Slade, and whenever the people
threatened to hang him we would
plead for him. We did that several
times, and for three months they
did't hang him. One day he came
into town and got on big spree,
during which he got into fuss
with man named Fairweather, one
of the first discoverers of Alder
dulch, where Virginia City was
situated. Fairweather WAS a miner
and hard working man, but he
had got drunk, and Slade had drawn
his men around him and there was
trouble of some kind, which ended
in the officers of tho law arresting
Fairweather and bringing him into
tho Peoples Court, Of which T was
Judge, Slade came into the court,
too, and commenced talking to
Fairweather, telling him he would
not submit to the officers of the
law, &c. The sheriff. man named
Fox-tool1 out the writ to read,
when Fairweather grabbed the writ
out of the officers hands -Slade
standing by him, whooping and
hallooing with NIL his might-and
then, shaking himself froe, drew
his navy revolver with his right
hand. Slado said, $50 in, Bill
I'm with you, and what with the
noise and the clicking of revolver
locks, there was quite sensation in
the court-room, I assure you. T
got down off the bench and told
Slade I had done great deal for
him, but that if this thing was to
60 on he might just as we'll make
the issue right then and there. At
this Slade quieted down, said he
was my friend, that he had always
liAod me, but didn't like this fellow
Fox, the sheriff. I told him that
Fairweather would have to submit
to the law which the people had
made, whereupon Slade and his


crowd marched.


There was by this time quite q
commotion among the miners all
along the gulch. Couriers ran down
to Nevada Gty, mile and half
of, anu gave the alarm, which soon
became general. I WAS in a store
talking to man named Locke, who
had had some goods stolen, when
Slade came in with cooked Der-
! ringer, caught me by the collar anil
said, "You are my prisoner" I said
call right, Slade," and kept on talk
ing to Locke. Slade then gave me
a little jerk aud said, SPY --- I
mean what I say. You are my pris-
oner. They are going to hang me,
and am going to hold you as q
hostage" T saw the cooked Der,
ringer in his hand, and T put my
hand up to his arm, and as I did 80
a man by the name of Bill Hunt
stepped up-he had two revolvers
in his hands--and he said to Slade,
"You let him co." and, turning to
me said, "Go where you please; If
he touches you I'll kill him" I told
him I didn't think Slade was going
to hurt me. Slade then asked Hunt,
"What have you got to do with it =
to which Hunt replied that he had
nothing to do vito it, but that
was representative of the people
there, and in addition to that was
his friend, and he didn't intend to
SEQ me hurt. With that the two
men got into conversation. Hunt
said, "Slade, if I had been sheriff
this morning the first thing I'd have
done when I got up would have
been to arrest you, and if I'd done
it, I should, perhaps, have saved
your life. The way you are going
on now you will be hanged before
sunset" Slade says, by --,


we'll elect you sheriff" Hunt said,
No, he didn't desire to be Sheriff
he didn't desire to do anything but
what he had done. Just then Slade
commenced apologizing-he was
just that kind Of thanksgiving he
was only joking with me, didn't in
tend harming me, but that he liked
me very much. Hunt said, "All
right" and the two finally started
out to get something to drink.


Slade soon came book, and again
apologized for what he had done,
said he didn't intend anything by it,
and asked my pardon. I told him
it was granted, and commenced


pleading with him to get on his


horse and go home. He promised


to do it. He started out as if be
was going home In q short time
he was again in front Of the store on