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Silas on a Jury "There was a man shot in
Graham's Gulch night before
last, not dead but the wound is dangerous. The man that did the
shooting was
caught and had his trial last night. The jury sentenced him to have one
half of
his head shaved, to receive fifty lashes on the bare back and pay the
costs and
leave the mountains before tomorrow morning and if caught here after
that to be
hung. The sentence was executed this fore noon. Silas
was one of the jury. I did not go over to see the
whiping (sic) but they
say after the first three or four blows he bawled and beged (sic) like
a good
fellow
before that he had been laughing and joking and carried a very bold
face. He
got no more than he deserved." This is from a letter written
from Leavenworth Gulch, near
Central City, Colorado Territory, to "Sister Lottie", Charlotte
Cutter, from her brother, George Cutter, Jan. 6, 1861.
-Anne E. Hemphill collection
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