Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-03 | Page 2 | A Word Saved His Life

A Word Saved His Life TAfe Philadelphia North Am Amerl oj Did you ever hear how the word wont but ut avd Ved a mans man Ute ad ta tive Burleson Burle on ofT T of or a RH rouy of newspaper men on the The j e other Well Wall it M tl 4 Th 1 down our way wily y who woo swears that if tr he managed to slip in that word at the proper time he would have experienced a swift and painful finish h It w s at th the time of ot the Paris lynching which took place not far from the judges jUdes place e He lie heard he about what the mob m intended to do doand doand I and being a Ji and somewhat Godf r he w was is ln I Oh this Is III horrible horrible h v be le said I to his hi son Ill have to go down there RJ ard tO g ft j better stair stav aw anty wv y Jf there th e ePt 1 pop pon Pt the kid said T tt crowl cro shoot lI you yost Oh cOb no it must be bo stopped the e old eld man I an k declared and he mounted his hie horse hone pI ae started darted for foi the place built buDt a platform and about fifteen hundred Je Texans n were standing around it ready for the ceremony when the old Judge jude Judger r re r ride e un ui U Bf H e Barred h li horse th r n the mob lb jumped off tossed the bridle reins relna to a bystander and mounted the platform torm l 4 Fellow Pellow citizens he yelled you are about to drag the fair fame of our corn com community my in the mud mod ad of or everlasting die d dJ J grace ce ceAt At this juncture there was an Inter Interruption tf from f a man in trout front t who said f Just t shoot t the dern e head basil torr off orr n hiss him H A dozen guns were leveled but the old judges es presence nce of mind desert ert de But be he h yelled the pistols wavered If It if we must take the law 1 into our own hands bands let Jet us proceed about it in a quiet and orderly manner The mob hiob cheered and made the old eld fel tel low 10 the master of ot ceremonies