Niagara County News, 1882-01-13

              NIAGARA COUNTY NEWS. VOL 1. YOUXGSTOWN, NIAGARA CO.. N. Y., .JANUARY 13. 1882. NO. Mi. WAITING FOR THE SLEIGH. A little gloved hand tinifllies back the rich curtain, A face like a star shines out radiant ami sweet. Behind her thu firelight glows wav'rlng, uncertain.Below is the glitter anil dash of the street. For whom is lh* waiting and watchiug, I woadWi In those costly rich furs and that warm velvet drees 1 For whom do those eyes flash their long lashes under .' For whom are those lips sending forth a MTM * Hark ! down thoavenue merry bells'jinglo; They cease- as tlio sleigh i« drawn up tJ tho door; Black eyes meet blue eyes and gay glances mingli '• Beady, iweetheart f and her waiting is o'er. The swift steeds fly faster, the white snow upfllngtae, Tho gay world is parting and meeting ■gain. Young voices outchime with bells' niueical riiiKiiiK— He has come : Viiv le Hoi! Long and bright Iw his roigu ! THE COURT OF JUDGE LYNCH. • j Tang! Tang! Tang! Tang! Tang ,h Tang! Tang! Tang! Tang! Jiin< J slow, heavy strokes, each one allowei 4 : to die away before the next was struck ! on the great gong hanging on th« ' porch of the hotel. The harsh, clang' incr sound was heard from one end oi j the Gulch to the other. The men in tho streets, if streets they could bo called, stopped, counted the strokes, ana then, turning, hurried J to the hotel. A curious change was j produced in thein by tho sounds. Scot' j ty, who was telling an excrutiating funny story to l'hil Belcher and the j Major, about the way In which his pet • hull dog had put an cud to the career oi ; a captivu coyote, became suddenly grave, and to this day the end of that story re| mains untold. '■ 1 reckon they've ketehed him,"' said I l'hil, as ho finished counting the strokes. " 'Spose so," said the gentleman addressed. •' Let's go up there." Colonel Cardover, who had been speaking to •'.Judge" Biakeston and { Bill Moi •sc, the superintendent of the ■ " Giant of the West " on the subject of a stringer of ore discovered that morning upon the price of the stock, ceased his remarks upon •' Buyer 00," and with 1 a meaning glance at his companions, i ! walked with them in silence down the street. In a few minutes the greater part of the men at the Gulch were guthered on the porch of the hotel. The center of interest seemed to be a slight, quiet' looking man, with aud steady eyes, ! thin lips, aud u gentle voice. Him the ••Judge" addressed with tho simple query, •' Well, Jack?" " I ketehed hiin, Jedge, over in Tuslumne. I nearly killed the two critters ridin' after him, but when he come round the bend, I covered him with the sheotiu'-iron an' said, ' I guess I'll eall the game, Jim,' and he threw up his hands. He hadn't no chance, you j know, for tho keerds were stocked on j him,and he knowed it. 1 took hisweap| ous an' kinder tied him up an' fetched ; him over." " Where is he now, Jack ?" asked the I Judge. '•Staked in the back yard, with Hank an' Uhody covering him with their i irous." "Did ho say anything as you come alonjr?" "No; can'tsayas he did. That is, not about the shootiu' scrape. We was quite sociable, though; got 'long splendid."The quiet man with the gentle voice, 1 Jack Martin, a self-appointed Sheriff of Rattlesnake Gulch, and the Jim alluded | to was Jim ltlako. To put it mildly, i Jim Blake was a prominent member of the Society of Tough Citizens. His career prior to the time he put In an appearance at the gulch was to a certain extent shrowded in mystery, and it was the opiuiou of those who knew hlin that lie hnd some objection to havingbis past alluded to, ever since tho time he hinted as much to Black Sandy MacTherson by shooting at him for asking, "What I was your name, Jim, afore you eame here?" There was a rumor atloat, how it started no one knew, to the effect that Jliu Blake was identical with a wellknown character in Soothers Texas, who was known'to have contributed largely to local graveyards in various lr.caities; but as the Texas desperado had been a man who had no objection to •' taking his man in" from behiud a fence with the aid of a double-barreled shot guu, and as Jim. whatever his faults might be, always fought fair, this story was probably slanderous in character. It did not need, however, any Texas I record to establish Jim Wake's reputa tlon. A matchless shot with a revolv er. with a mind keeniy alive to insul from those who, for reasons he bes knew himself, had provoked him, aud i heart which did not shrink from mur dor, Jim was about as dangerous an In dividual as one would meet In a lonj day. And yet he unquestionably hat qualities which were attractive. Jl< was generous, with that showy generos itv which always attracts men so much and a pleasauter fellow, when ho wai iu good temper, it was hard to find And It may be said with truth that Jin was generally good tempered when so ber. Let him take two or three glassei of whiskey, however, and ho was aboul as ugly as a man could be. The caus« of his arrest by Jack Martin was « shooting scrupo which had occurred bul a few days before, in which he laid out an inoffensive individual called Bill Johnson. The offense given was a remark by the deceased to the effect that he considered Jim's famous sorrel horst " little more'n a cay use," a term which when applied to horsullesh, is about the most opprobrious one which can be used in the mind of a Western man. Shortly after saying this Mr. Johnson's acquaitanceship with horses terminated sudi denly. It was not the tirst murder that had been committed byJirr. aud would prob, ably have been passed by and condoned | had it not been that but a few days bej fore he had spoken very disrespectfully of 'COO'—the popular name for the court of Judge Lynch. The shooting coming while the community was still smniting f nnder the remarks applied by Jim to an Institution which was looked upon at r the time—'s7—as being a kind of jus dlcial fetish, it was resolved that If the J murderer could be brought back, Judge ( Lynch should sit upon the case. Jack Martin, a partner of the deceased, r promptly volunteered to induce Jim to | return through the persuasive argument of a shot-gun, and the result of his misslon lias already been announced to the reader iu Jack's speech to the Judge. From the porch the party, with Jack J leading the way, adjourned to the yard, and there, upon an upturned nail keg, sat Jim, his wrists bound to two posts, about live feet apart. Lazily leaning against a post was Hank Fuller, with his revolver in hi« hand, talking to the prisoner, while iiliody walked up and down but a few feet away. "Got back Jim, have ye?" began the Judge, as he approached. "Reckon I have.'1 answered Jim, with a smile '-Suppose OOO'll kinder show what they kin do now,won't they, Judge ?" "Shouldn't wonder. You hadn't ought to have shot Hilly, Jim. A quieter critter never stepped 011 two feet." "Waal, I were drunk at the time, an' no man as is full is goin' to stand by an' hear a rale eastern hot* called no cayuse. Will you take suthin',Jim,fore the trial commences?" "Don't mind if I do, leein' it's you. Gimme a sour." While the barkeeper was mixing the driak he turned to the quietly attentive group, and began to speak: "Gentlemen, there ain't need for me to tell you that the prls'uer, Jim Blake, him as you see staked out afore ye, has been guilty of the unlawful shootin'of Hill Johnson, against the peace of the State of Oallforny in general, and this hero Gulch iu particular. Nor it ain't necessary for me to say as to how it is the 'piuiou of most of u*t| as to how Jim Blake ought to be tried for his crime. It's mostly the custom iu such cases, made and provided for, to have a jury, an' to 'low the prisoner the benetit of counsel; leastwise, if he can tind any one as don't believe he is guilty, to take the otiice. What is your pleasure in the premises, gentlemen?" " Good speech, Judge. Here's luck to you," said the prisoner, as he drained the glass the barkeeper held to hi* face. "I move Judge Blakesou presides over this yer court," said a voice iu the crowd, and au atllrmitive murmur testified the general assent. "I'm willing," said the Judge. "Barkeeper, if you'll bring some kegs uut here aud some of you boys put them planks on 'em, we'll have seats for the jnry." The arraugement of two lines of planks in the form of 11 V was soon made, and the "Judge" took his seat at the apex upon the only chair in the room. Certain men iu the crowd naturally moved to the front and sat ou the boards with the air of those who had been there before. Opposite the Judge sat the prisoner; and on either side of him were the two guardiaas, each with a revolver in his hand. The day was clear and bright, and from where the prisoner sat he could see the Irregular outline of houses in the camp aud behind thein the hiila, towering aloft in the blue sky. * It will be necessary to Uavo a prosecutor," said the Judge. "Guess I'll do for that." «aid Jack Martin. "Got any objection to him, Jiin? asked the Judge. "None as I knows on." '•Very well. Who'll voluateer fo the defence!" asked his honor, glancin; as he spoke around the circle. Th«r< was a dead silence. ''Gentlemen, some one must defeni the prisoner." Again silence, broken at last br Phi Belcher. "I ain't very much on the talk, but 1 won't stand by and see a mau hu»j, without saying a word (er him, anyway, So ef you, Judge, will take an' If Jim ain't got no objection, I'll bo yer li'yei for onct." " I'll take you, eld man, aud glad to do so," was J iin's remark. The Judge nodded and Phil walked into the open space. "Jedge," said the counsel for the defence, " I'd like to talk to Jim for abeut a minute, aud ef this court'll adjourn and take a drink, I'll be all ready when they gets back." " Well, it ain't exactly regular, but I dunuo but what it might be done. What does the counsel for the people say? I mean you, Jack." "Me?" said Jack. "I ain't got no objection." "This court stands adjourned for a long enough time to licker. Hank and Khody, you can let Jim talk to Phil, but you are responsible for all that. Your drinks will be brought out to you." Aud so saying the judge rose freni the bench, and taking the arm of the foreman of the jury led the way into the store followed by the crowd. In about twenty minutes they all returned and once more took their seats. The judge after lighting a cigar aud settling himself in his cliairt nodded to Jack Martin, and said, " Fire away." " May It please the court," said Jack rising, " on Thursday last the prisoner, Jim Rlaka, laid out my partner, Jtill Johnson, and we had to bury poor Hill on Friday In consequence. There was no reason for the shootin' as I can see. I were there, and all I hearn were Rill say something nbout a cayuse, and fer saying that he got shot, and burled out in the woods. It's my opinion that Jim Blake ought to be hung." *'Gentlemen of the jnry, the case Is afore you. Phil, If you're got anything to say, say it now, or forever hold your tongue" •' In course I've got something to say. Judge; thats what I'm here for. Gentlemen, I don't deny as how Jim shot Hilly, but I must say he had some excuse. Jim had lickered upcousider'ble, and when Hill 'lowed that ar sorrel iioss weren't uo mor'u a cayuse, Jim tired. It don't seem much for a man to say a hoss is a cayuse, but you all knows that calling a critter lucb a name as that ain't uo compliment, no way you can look at it. An'we all knows, Jim's critter is rale Kastern stock, and no inistako. I leaves it to you whether you'd stand by an' hear your stock insulted. 1 don't bellev you would, I'm sure you wouldn't 1 wants you all to know what 1 mean I aln'tdefendin'the shootin', not one mite; l'in sayiu' that Jim bad some excuse forgettln'mad. Besides, Jim were drunk lit the time, an' you know, an' 1 know, that it takes a sight less to aggravate a mau what's drunk than It does a man whats sober. Now, Jim's critter—" " Have you got witnesses, Phil?" asked the court. " 'Bout every one here is a witness. I guess," responded the counsel for the accused. ''I'm going to ask Jack some questions, though." "You cau't make the attorney for the people a witness," said the Judge '•What's the reason I can't?" asked Phil. "Weren't he there, an", as he says himself, dldu't he see it all?'' " In course I see it," remarked Jack Martin; "an' thats tho reason why I want Jim hung." "I objects to his making them kind of remarks to the jury. Tends to kinder prejudice thier minds," said l'hil, with great gravity. "That objection seems to be fair, an' I rule that the counsel dry up ou that kind of talk," said the court. "Look here. Judge . If I ain't to say what I thiult 'bout this thing I might as well be down at the Bay," urged the counsel in question. "Seems to me" broke in the prisoner, "that Jack'* 'pinion on getting me hung might as well be said as thought. Every one knows what he thinks." "Is this a court or uot?" said the; Judge, with some emphasis. "If it is, I'm going to rule as I choose, an' I don't propose to let uo li'yer dictate to me. j Gentlemen of the jury, ain't I right?" " Waal," drawled the foreman, " ef a ! jedge is a jedge, he ought to be jedge. Shutin' you up, Jack, don't hurt the case a mite." " Seems to me," said the counscl for the prosecution, " that we're kinder wandering from the subject. The question is. is Jim Blake guilty, and thu.ll ; be suiter for hW crime?" " That's true," remarked the Judge " Phil, have you anything more to say ?' " Nothing more than what I've said. It Hems kinder hard to hang a man foi £ defeudin' his hoss when he's drunk." '*• "You're out, old man." put in Jack Martin; " we're not try in' Jim for ded fcudin' his hoss, we're tryiu' hiin for shootio' my partner Bill as was buried il in the woods Friday. Hut I've said nil I want to 'bout the case." I "Gentlemen of the jury," began the g court, with great solemnity, "you've . heard what counsel have to say 'bout ii this case. There ain't been nnv testir raony Introduced to speak of, but I duuno as that's necessary, see in' as how 5 we all know Jim shot Hilly. And there ain't any disputo 'bout the cause of the 1 shootin'. Now I'll allow that Hilly, the deceased, hadn't no cause to speak as he - did, au' I'll allow that what he said was t calculated to make Jim mad, 'specially t as Jim were drunk at the time. Still it i seeins to m« that nobody but Jim made Jim drunk. Suppose he'd gone out . while druuk, an' full into a shaft an' ; broke his leg? l>o you s'pose the company wonld have paid him anythiag for bis leg? Not a cent. Why? Because i he would not haj'o fallen into the shaft if sober, for Jim's got too much Reuse i to do anything of that sort. Similarly, I if he shoots a man when he's drunk, he , ain't going to get off. His drunk don't , excuse him in one case any mor'n it i would in another. An' you've got to tako the drink Jim put into himself as ' being in its effects a part of Jim. If Billy, the deceased, had made Jim druuk, then Billy, the deceased, would have had to stand the racket an' get shot. But being as it's different, its different. I ain't got anything to say against Jim persoually, but I think men ought to see that tbey can't get druuk in this camp, nn' plead licker, licker as an excuse for what they do. 'Cause it ain't no excuse. Gentlemen of the jury, the case is iu your hands. I'd suggest, if you wants to consult, that you might as well adjouru to the street, as that's empty just now, an' I'll commit any man for contempt as follows you." The jury rose, and, headed by their gaunt foreman, climbed the little fence and walked up the street. The spectators gathered themselves into little groups, and talked in low tones to each oilier, while Ilauk and llhody strode carelessly up and took their position on either side of the prisoner. The setting sun cast long pencils of light through tile quivering air. The judge leaned back iu his seat, ami rested his chili upou his hand, while the half-smoked clvnr dropped from his listless lingers. Five minutes—ten minutes—a quarter of au hour had passed,and then the jury were seen coming back, marching iu or- 1 derly fashion, two aud two. As they eutered the yard from the store the judge culled the court to order, and when they had takeu their seats said; •• What is the verdict?" " Our verdict is," said the foreman, rising, •' that Jim Ulaku be strung up for the killing of Hilly Johnson." "Jim," said the Judgo, "you have heard what the jury say. ilave you auythiug to say yourself?" "Nothing, Judge. The keerds is stocked au' I'll pass, I reckon." " Iu the case, 1 seutence youtodeuth, an' may God have mercy on your soul, amen. Where would you like to be hung? " " 1 ain't noways particular 'bout that, Judge." " Seems to me," said Jack, " we ruight 1 as well haug him iu tne woods, where Hilly is buried." • " I don't see no necessity for that. j There's a tree out by Henson's black- i smith shop as'll do," suggested the ! Judge. "Hoys, you untie him ail' we'll mosey down there au' get this tiling through with right away." Hank and Khody untied the prisoner, aud each taking hlin by an arm, led the way through the store. When they got to the door leading to the porch, Jim suddenly gave a wrench which loosed his left arm. Striking Hank with th« free hand full iu the face, in a second he was free and running down the street at full speed. It was a gallant effort for liberty, and it would have succceded had it not been for one man, Jack Martin, who, instead of going through the | store to the street, had climbed the fenco and was sitting on the top rail when Jim broke away. Throwing himself clear of the fence and beyond the edge J of the porch, ho drew his revolver. 1 For a second his hand holding the leveled weapon seemed to hesitate, and then —a loud explosion and Jiin Hlake gave a bound into the air, ran a few steps , and fell over oil one side, shot through the heart. Jack had beeu destined, ap- , pareutly, to avenge the death of hit  partner with his own hand. M I 1 Dr. Chase's new book is glittering f with geins for the family, the Farrier, j and the Bee-keeper. Sec advertisement.  SKINNY MO. Wells' Health Renewer. Absolute cure for nervous debility and weakness of the generative functions. $1. at druggists. Prepaid by express, $1.25, 6 fur E. S. WELLS, Jersey City, X.J. A Great Paper. 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Then he took the otUco out of an oyster can, rau over the alphabet, and remarked:" Yes, we've lost our m." " What shall we do?" "Don't knowuHless I go to the blacksmith shop and get a horse-shoe nail." This was an an excellent, idea, and he secured the nail. Next day, four other types were missing, anil Warner got more nails. The day following somebody stole the otlice and threw the can into tho street. Warner got enough nails to set the paper up, and after it was issued, the leading niau in the place (ho worked at a livery stable) came around and complimented us upon the improved appearance of our journal.— Little Ruck Gazette. "BUCHUPAIBA." New, quick, complete cure days urinary affections, smarting, frequent or ililUcult urination, kidney diseases. $1. at druggists. Prepaid by express, 91.25, C for if 5. E.S.WELLS, Jersey City, N.J. The Family Rudder. 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