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31 murderer it was to take place at seven in the evening at Denver Hall and the citizens were invited to be present by large posters stuck on the streets. Mr. Collyer formed one of the court he was prosecuting Attorney elected by the people. I must say that the court there with the exception of having the sanction of the government is legitemate the officers being regularly elected by the people they are sworn to do justice to all men. We strolled some further round the city went down and called upon the editor of the Rocky Mountain News one of the daily papers published here and had him register our names under the head of late arrivals from the States. We purchased six copies of his paper at ten cents a copy to send home to our friend we chatted pleasantly with him for an hour or so giving him all the latest news from the States. We then strolled round and visited some of their hotels they looked very fine for such a remote place some of them were well furnished and spread good tables at the Pacific Hotel we had supper, after that we went out again on the street to pass the time till the trial was to come off. One thing was very odd looking to me although the street was crowed with people there was not a lady to be seen at this time I suppose there was not a dozen of them in the city I never saw one on the street during four days that I stopped there and it looked very odd indeed. It was now near the time fixed for the trial so we went to Denver Hall and found a large crowd already assembled there was a great deal of loud talking and the general tenor of it bode no good to the prisoner in a short time after I got in the hall was crowed to its utmost capacity there was about one thousand persons present. The judge and court now came in by a back entrance and took their seats on a raised platform the crier called the people to order then the judge ordered the prisioner