Show I WA WANTED J TO Row ow orace reeley Saved ed by Timely Arrival of Friends What WOuld have happened to Hor Horace Horace ace Greeley had not John H Witter r and party arrived opportunely on a historic scene at South pass near the spot where now stands he town or of Evans Evanston Evanston ton Wyo Wo on Sept I Perhaps the his history tOr can answer perhaps not Ce ln It Is that no one of th them m has yet tol told the story I And yet et It thas hIlS ii a most bear bearing ing pol politically journalIstically and philosophically on events since 59 It Is an Important item In itself Itsel that thata I a party of disappointed should have decided to lynch the fa famous New York editor at t that corn cont conto o early stage of his career What significance d eit assume when t one puts on his sr cap and tries triest t the example ample tiC f the historian who enlarges upon it might have 1 been What lat a difference It would have hae made bud bad Horace Greeley been eliminated In 18 9 The thinker who follows events closely can but shudder at the of tie conception And there thet Is the untold story which has been Ignored In all biographies of the great jo journalist and has not been previously told in the west look Greeleys Advice A pub party of restless men men who had read Mt Greeleys glowing editorials of the tha Go West est Young Man Ian style lit In the New York Tribune decided In Inthe inthe the early part of the year to take his advice adviceS S SOpt pt 9 of the same year ear found them wondering wandering In the wilds ot of Wyoming disappoInted heart sick and longing I for tor borne They hasI been told to come comeI cometo I to the Pikes Peak region the new El EI ElDorado Dorado Unfortunately they did not I go 10 far enough and struck the wrong side of the th panic peale missIng CrIpple Creek I altogether Weary and tired the emotion upper uppermost uppermost I most In theIr mInds as 88 the they ga gazed ed on the endless sand dunes and the monotonous monotonous onous stretch of sage brush on the Wyoming plains was one or of dIsgust and anda a a for vengeance on the man who i iad had ad been instrumental In getting them themI Into the plight I t At this Inopportune hour appeared or Mr Greeley on the scene He was making a tour ot of the west traveling by stage through WyominG The hapless Immigrants learned that the author of their misfortunes was aboard and surrounded the vehicle They insisted that they had been I duped Into leaving their happy homes Someone suggested that it would be a good Idea to lynch Mr Greeley this critical juncture John H Wit Witter ter and party arrived Ho was travel traveling ing through to Sacramento Cal with ox teams and happened to pass Mr Greeleys route Hearing of the editors plight lie hurried to the rescue Again Convinced Them Mr Greeley had left the stage and was endeavoring to reason with the malcontents and to convince them that their debut In the was not a mis misfortune fortune but rather i blessing albeit dIsguised He was met with His ef efforts forts to snake himself beard tended to Increase their wrath Shouts of fraud and came from every sIde In the face of these ac Mr Greel y Insisted on addressIng them His companions counseled flight but he would have none of it Then someone yelled Lynch A man broke forth from the crowd ear a rope Ie tied a noose and was about to throw it over Mr Greeleys head I Mr party here Interfered It was much smaller than the faction but was as determined The rescuers surrounded Greeley After a monumental effort quiet was restored and the wrangling between the men ceased Their Mr an opportunity to speak and he did After the first few words be commanded attention and held it until be bad concluded his remarks Such was the convincing force of his arguments that he succeeded In chang lag their opinIon of the and in making them decIde to cast their for fortunes tunes with the new country Finish lug be thanked them kindly for their Indulgence and calmly proceeded on his journey without further ado Some members of the lynching party are among the oldest and beat known of the west who have sue in amassing fortunes In the new country and are today very thankful that they corre |