. The argonauts of 'forty-nine, some recollections of the plains and the diggings. -on the occasion may be seen in the annexed plate, be-tween two buildings, nearly opposite the El Dorado,from whose tall flag-staff a streamer is flying. In thefall of 50 the camp was the scene of another hanging-bee, the process being much more summary than thatjust mentioned. The subject was Irish Dick, whokilled a man across a gambling table in the El Dora- 1 This last quotation is from a letter by Henry W. Bigler to the author dated St. George, Utah, May 31, See portrait and note, p. THE
. The argonauts of 'forty-nine, some recollections of the plains and the diggings. -on the occasion may be seen in the annexed plate, be-tween two buildings, nearly opposite the El Dorado,from whose tall flag-staff a streamer is flying. In thefall of 50 the camp was the scene of another hanging-bee, the process being much more summary than thatjust mentioned. The subject was Irish Dick, whokilled a man across a gambling table in the El Dora- 1 This last quotation is from a letter by Henry W. Bigler to the author dated St. George, Utah, May 31, See portrait and note, p. THE IN THE AIR. lOI do. The crowd on the inside, in less time than ittakes to tell it, seized the wretch and thrust him outtlie door to the (^uickl} assembled crowd on the out-side, wdien a noose was put about his neck and he washurried off to the most convenient tree. The otherend of the rope was thrown over a limb and graspedbv a number of men, when the fellow was asked if hehad anything to say. He coolly took a monte deckfrom his vest pocket,and began to shuffle the cards,saying, If an3bod3 wants to buck, Ill give him a lay-out. A quick haul upon the cord, and a graceless,conscienceless villain dangled in the air.^ 1 Dick was brought across the plains the previous season by one of mypartners, antl was a slim strippling of about twenty, thin visaged, and withlarge, uneven teeth, and a slight Irish accent. He drew a dirk upon rae as wewere going up street one evening because of some pleasantry of mine; but I hadno thought then that he was capable of murder. ^y ,^/^^
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