America 1881: They Call Me Legend

From a judicial perspective, cases in Shepherd Town should be handled by the nearest Billings County judge.

However, according to the mayor's wishes, he simply called all the residents in the town to hold a public hearing and vote.

This is what most towns in border areas do anyway.

However, some townspeople did not agree with the mayor's view.

At their insistence, the mayor had to go to the county to report the case.

Three days later, Chen Jianqiu and Roosevelt saw the judge riding a horse on the road at the entrance of the town.

Roosevelt and Chen Jianqiu greeted him.

"Mr. Howard, you have had a hard time traveling."

Roosevelt knew the judge well and exchanged pleasantries.

Judge Howard got off his horse and took off the black top hat on his head.

But the former Pinkerton detective apparently had little experience herding sheep.

The judge scratched his messy hair and looked tired.

Judge Howard gave full play to the fairness of Western American law and the transparency of justice.

The death of the mayor did not cause much disturbance in the town.

At the entrance of the village, Chen Jianqiu and Roosevelt stood where they had been watching the circus.

This made Chen Jianqiu extremely emotional.

He turned his head and found that Roosevelt had turned around.

The materials are naturally provided by the circus.

"If you are in favor of guilt, please speak out." The judge raised his head and looked at the surrounding townspeople, that is, the jury.

"I don't know what he was attacked by. I only found his hat on the river bank."

The previous mayor fell into a river while riding a horse at night and drowned the year before last.

"Yeah, but, this is the West."

Judge Howard read out the crimes of several of them, and then asked the vigilantes Feiniao and Sean to bring up the evidence, the box.

The black man threw several black linen hoods up.

"It's finally over." Chen Jianqiu said, looking in the direction of the gallows.

It's said to be a street sign, but it's actually just a broken wooden stick with a barely legible wooden sign nailed to it.

"Obviously, judging by the volume of voices, there are many people who support the guilty."

The girl with twin ponytails squeezed in from the back of the crowd.

Chen Jianqiu stood aside and watched with his hands on his hips.

"What's wrong?" Chen Jianqiu asked.

The sheep began to run around after entering the inner circle.

"Mr. Roosevelt, I thought you had gone back. There is really nothing to stay in this damn place." He sniffed his nose.

Everyone made way for them.

People standing in the inner circle evaded and retreated one after another. Those who couldn't dodge were gored a few times by the sheep.

The townspeople ran out of their homes early in the morning and lined up on both sides of the road to watch the prisoners being taken to the execution ground.

No matter how good-tempered Judge Howard was, he couldn't hold it in anymore. He waved his arms desperately at the townspeople.

This seriously challenges the seriousness of the court.

The others were killed in fierce fighting at the circus camp.

"Hey, Baldhead, I just said you can't do it."

"Kill these foreigners!"

"A moment of silence!"

Except for Judge Howard, who had a seat, everyone else stood.

Compared with the voices just now, these voices of discussion are almost negligible.

"Execution!"

There was an uproar among the townspeople, with supporters shouting at the top of their lungs and waving whatever they could.

Yes, the mayor basically died in vain.

This girl was probably a professional shepherdess before she became a detective.

As for the trial process, it was even more sloppy.

She got a border collie from nowhere, ran with it, and drove the straying sheep back into the herd.

It rained heavily the night before, and the potholes on the road turned into pools, making it extremely muddy and dirty.

Roosevelt smiled awkwardly, looked at the end of the road again, and asked with some confusion:

"Are you here alone? Where is the mayor? Didn't he come back with you?"

Chen Jianqiu couldn't help but sigh, where did this circus detective agency find these talents, and they were doing everything.

He straightened his clothes and cleared his throat:

However, this did not affect the enthusiasm of the townspeople at all.

The scene became a little funny and chaotic.

The jury members include residents of the entire town, and the judge said he would fully respect the jury's opinions.

It was quiet down there, with only some women whispering:

"Those men deserve to die, let's see if that woman deserves death."

He went to mourn the hat at the entrance of the town again.

"Headgear, throw the headgear over here!" The bald man rubbed his hands and shouted to Sean below the stage.

"Catherine shouldn't have died, she was just used." Roosevelt held his hands on the stable railing and sighed.

"Then, those who support innocence, please speak up."

"I declare that Pinker and Catherine will be hanged! They will be executed tomorrow morning!"

He seemed to have said something.

Several criminals were escorted out of the cells of the police station and headed to the place where they were tried yesterday.

The judge hung the mayor's hat on the street sign at the entrance of the town.

If yesterday he was embarrassed in front of everyone because he was not professional enough, today he finally entered his professional category.

"Hang that slut!"

The one-armed captain lent the town the platform that had not yet been dismantled.

Suddenly, a voice came from under Pink's black hood.

He turned around, took off a hat from behind the horse's butt, and handed it to Roosevelt:

A man's voice and the sound of a sheep came from outside the jury room.

"Kill them! Revenge those innocent people!"

Open air and spacious.

"Can't you find someone more professional?"

Today he wore a gray hat that he found somewhere.

Guilty or not guilty.

"More! Come on, don't waste time!" The judge waved his hand at them.

Pink and the other two people had expressionless faces, making it impossible to guess what they were thinking right now.

As he spoke, he put the woman's head into the noose.

"Hey, you'd better stand up straight, otherwise you'll be dead without even using the machine."

Baldhead lifted her up.

Chen Jianqiu finally understood why the mayor was unwilling to go to the county to report the situation.

The bald man stood aside, gearing up, with a bit of excitement in his eyes.

Guilty, hanged.

The bald head began to chase the sheep running around in a hurry. The sheep were chasing people.

"died."

"Give me a moment, please give me a moment."

Compared with yesterday, they were much quieter. After the prisoners passed by, they followed them one after another.

The last mayor of the town froze to death while holding a street sign at the entrance of the town after drinking too much.

Baldhead drove the dozens of sheep into the center of the camp.

The bald man picked up the hoods one by one, put them on each of the death row prisoners, and then put the nooses around their necks.

"Well." The judge arranged his things and then stood up from his chair.

Chen Jianqiu took out a cigarette.

A temporary gallows was built there out of wood.

The judge looked normal and spoke calmly, as if he was talking about something ordinary.

The next morning.

"Yes." Judge Howard nodded and pressed his hand downward, indicating that he had felt the surging public opinion.

There are four nooses hanging on the gallows. Just below each noose is a trap, which is controlled by a wooden joystick next to it.

In this case, Judge Howard did not give other sentencing options.

The townspeople were doing whatever they were supposed to do. They were more concerned about what crime the couple would be sentenced to.

no answer.

He looked to be in his forties and was wearing a black blouse with wide sleeves.

Even the construction of the gallows was carried out under his guidance.

Not guilty, released.

The three people took a few steps back, took off their hats, and lowered their heads towards the street sign.

The bald man walked to the joystick and held the handle.

In the end, only four people stood in the dock, Pink, Catherine, and two other their accomplices.

One horizontal and one vertical, it can be considered a cross, and it can be considered as an explanation to Jesus.

"While passing by a rugged area for camping, he said he was going to get some fish from the river to eat, but he didn't come back and I didn't even find his body."

Four death row inmates climbed onto the stage along a wooden ladder.

"At best, she could only be considered as knowing but not reporting it, and it wouldn't even be considered a conspiracy."

When it was Catherine's turn, the woman suddenly collapsed on the table,

Catherine's face was pale, she was trembling, and she was muttering something unknown.

A temporary court was arranged in the circus camp.

Yes, that's the wooden street sign with the mayor's hat on it now.

Before Bald entered the Pinkerton Detective Agency, he was a professional executioner.

However, Chen Jianqiu noticed that the blouse was very dirty, full of wrinkles and mud spots, and there was even a piece missing from the edge.

The bald man did not stop what he was doing.

He pulled the lever.

The traps under the feet of several death row prisoners opened with a crash.

The four people hung in the air without making any sound, and soon turned into four corpses.

No one heard what Pink said before he died, and no one cared.