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Show JIDGE LV.MH, He Hold UUh (nmhal at Lead vtlle. Lesdviile, Col , 22.--At 1 o'clock on Iaursdy morning. Inriy five masked citizens forced Saerifl Watson to eurrtrudr r to them a pr isomer narufd Cnailcs Stewart, notorious lootpd, who Dad threatened to kul in$ man who h.-d mm incarcerated, as soon a3 be should get out. Siew-rt w&a 20 years o d. He begged pile j ousiy for his hie and for time io write to his mother at Conneau: vii.e, Perm., but was only allowed time to say & brief prayer and was men banged. The mob men took El, i rodsnam, and a .though he struggled strug-gled furiously, bung birn in a wort-maniike wort-maniike manner, that indicated Umiiitirity witn toe hangman's trnde. Fm-dauam has betn jumping L!s, rivicg off occiiuiit'tt! by fore, J conducting himself in a generally ub jtctionabie owni er. Te foih.wicg note was pinr.ca to his bck: SOTE. "To all thieces, bunko stecrersfooiails and chronic bondsmen for tiie same, and sympathizers of the aboce das of criminals; This is our commencement, and this shall be your end. We mean business. Let this be your last warnicg. Particularly Cooney, Adams, Conner, Collins, Hogan, Ed. Burns, Ei. Champ, P., A. Kelly and a great many others who are well known to this organization. organi-zation. We are 700 strong." P. A. Kelley, who has been accused of taking bribes while city marshal, and Jim Busb, have been warned to leave or share the same fate. The thugs and bad characters have also handed together and claim that having hav-ing 750 names enrolled they will immediately im-mediately begin avenging their comrades' com-rades' death, and will punish every one of the vigilantes who executed ex-ecuted them. Ttiey have already threatened to burn the town, and have sent notices to some people suspected sus-pected of having been concerned in the hanging to leave. The Chronicle and the Herald forces have also been ordered to quit those papers havinc advocated extreme measures to check the outlawry and crime which have been decidedly oo the increase ol late. |