He Even Described The Man Who
Was To Do The Dreadful Work, And He Told Faye That If He Went Over
Without An Escort He Would Certainly Be Killed.
This was simply maddening, and I begged Faye to ask for a guard, but
he would not, insisting that
There was not the least danger, that even
a desperado would not dare shoot an army officer in Las Animas in a
public place, for he knew he would be hung the next moment. That was
all very well, but it seemed to me that it would be better to guard
against the murder itself rather than think of what would be done to
the murderer. I knew that the corporal would never have come to the
house if he had not heard much that was alarming.
So Faye went over without a guard, but did condescend to wear his
revolvers. He says that the first thing he saw as he entered the court
room were six big, brawny cavalrymen, each one a picked man, selected
for bravery and determination. Of course each trooper was armed with
large government revolvers and a belt full of cartridges. He also saw
that they were sitting near, and where they could watch every move of
a man who answered precisely to the corporal's description, and as he
passed on up through the crowd he almost touched him. His hair was
long and hung down on his shoulders about a face that was villainous,
and he was "armed to the teeth." There were other tough-looking men
seated near this mart, each one armed also.
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