“You see that limb,” said Mr…
source date: 1888
availability: public-domain

“You see that limb,” said Mr. Bell, point- ing to the projecting limb of an old scrub juni- per tree, a few feet from his 10-stamp mill. “Well, that assisted Dan Diamond into eternity. He was hanged by vigilantes for killing an old butcher named Schwartz in the early days of the camp.”