As soon as Curz could get away we went to my room, and he gave me a synopsis of the events of the day. At the scene of the explosion, pieces of dynamite, caps and cans were found, and a wire three hundred feet in length found running from the depot platform to a point near Jie Delmonico Mine. At the end of this wire was attached a chain leg, around which the wire' was wound eight or ten times. A meeting of the mine owners, managers and citizens was called at the Military Club, at which was discussed wavs and means of handling the situation, and it was decided to demand the resignation of Sheriff Robertson and other officials. It was also decided to call a mass meeting to be held on the corner of Fourth and Victor Avenue. While a committee went in search of Sheriff Robertson, Marshal O'Connell got together a number of union men and made them deputies. O'Connell said he was going to clean out the militia. Sheriff Robertson was brought to the Military Club amidst the howling and jeers of the people. Sheriff Robertson was asked to resign, and he refused to do so. A number of men procured a rope, made a noose, and gave Robertson five minutes to decide. In the meantime, willing hands had torn out the bill boards in the space adjoining the Armory, and a space made clear to hang the Sheriff; but Robertson, glancing out at the angry mob, sat down and signed his resignation, saying, "Bovs, youVe got the drop on me, and I know they'd hang me. O'Connell and his men came to the Armory, and O'Connell came in and demanded the release of Robertson. O'Connell was kicked out of the building. Ed. Bell, interested in the El Paso Mine, was appointed
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sheriff, and immediately gathered about him a number of newly appointed deputies and started out to disarm O'Connell and his deputies.
The mass meeting had been called at Fourth and Victor Avenue, and a great crowd was standing about, awaiting the speakers. C. C. Hamlin