The Gallows at GranerosWhen a young girl's lie leads to the lynching of an innocent Indian, the sheriff of Graneros has trouble keeping the town from being destroyed by the desperate men who had murdered the Indian and by the Apaches who had escaped from a near-by reservation and were determined to avenge the Indian's death. |
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... street had the pretentious name of Graneros Avenue . The cross streets were identified by letters of the alphabet , A through K. First Street paralleled Graneros Avenue on the east . Second Street paralleled it on the west . And that ...
... street had the pretentious name of Graneros Avenue . The cross streets were identified by letters of the alphabet , A through K. First Street paralleled Graneros Avenue on the east . Second Street paralleled it on the west . And that ...
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... street was lighted by an orange glow . Looking down the street , Stedman saw a fire on the other side of Conejos Creek . The ruins of the old stage depot were in flames . So was the gallows standing in front of it . CHAPTER 11 Bell came ...
... street was lighted by an orange glow . Looking down the street , Stedman saw a fire on the other side of Conejos Creek . The ruins of the old stage depot were in flames . So was the gallows standing in front of it . CHAPTER 11 Bell came ...
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... street from the height of the courthouse bell cupola , Stedman saw a man coming down the street from the direction of Ben Hurd's store . He hurried down the stairs and into the street in time to inter- cept the man in front of the jail ...
... street from the height of the courthouse bell cupola , Stedman saw a man coming down the street from the direction of Ben Hurd's store . He hurried down the stairs and into the street in time to inter- cept the man in front of the jail ...
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ain't alley Apache arrest attack back door bed of Conejos began Bell Ben Hurd Billy Pinto's death Brower caught cell coffee Conejos County Conejos Creek Curtis Redding Dallas Wagoner damn dark dead eyes face feet fire front gallows glanced going gone Graneros Avenue Gregorio guess hands hanged Billy Pinto Hanneck happened heard hearse hell horse Hughie Diggs Hughie's hurried hurt Indian inside instant jail kill lamp livery stable locked looked lynched Mark Rulison Martin Watts Max Steiner mind mouth never old stage station probably rifle rode scared Serena sheriff shook his head shotgun slipknot stared Sted Stedman asked Stedman knew Stedman nodded Stedman shook stood street suddenly swivel chair talk tell thing Thorpe Stedman thought told tonight took town turned U.S. marshal unlocked voice wait walked watching wife worry