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35 and asked them what punishment they should give him then arose one loud firce yell "hang him, hang him" the court then asked if there was any one opposed to this verdict of the people and a dead silence reigned for a moment broken by a yell from the prisoner so wild so terrible as almost to freeze ones hearts blood not a single voice to speak for the doomed one all hope left him and he fell insensible on the floor, he had some frends there the gamblers of the city but they dared not raise their voices in his favor. The reason the judge would not pronounce sentence was if he did so the would be held responsible before the law if he was ever caught in the states and could be tried for murder but by the people pronouncing his sentence no one was personally responsible. The judge now said "let the will of the people be done" and adjourned the court the crowd lift the hall quietly and dispersed to their homes the whole trial only occupied three hours. In the morning at sunrise the will of the people was done and the ill fated man was executed he said on the gallows that he did not consider himself guily of murder before the sight of God but during his lifetime he had committed crimes which deserved the punishment he was now incurring he was attended by a minister and died truly penitant after he was dead they put him into a rough board coffin and buried him under the gallows. This our second day in Denver City was spent like the other in wandering about the city in the evening Mr Collyer agreed to show us the gambling establishments of the city she said that we should not think that because they were so hard on the gambler that the community discountananced gambling on the contrary he said that it was the most extensive business carried on there and participated in by all classes of citizens it was only against the "blackleg" or professional gambler they felt such antipathy. So in the evening we called upon him and he accompanied left-facing arrow--image Turn Back