It broke her heart, and she heaped curses upon the perpetrators of the deed, and she cursed the silent friends of Slade, many of whom had witnessed the tragedy, demanding to know why one of them had not shot her husband, and

saved him from the "dog's death." She told the leaders of the vigilantes to beware, that death was upon their trail, and that everyone of them was marked. In the main, this prophesy came true, and the assassins of Slade were met with assassination until practically extermr inated. Slade was hung in 1863.

Hugo Koch, who whacked bulls through the old Mitchell Pass many a time, and who now (1919) lives at Lander, Wyoming, came to this country in 1858, and he tells us that Slade was about thirty years old at that time, and was "under medium size," and of dark complexion. He weighed about one hundred and sixty pounds, and his wife was good looking and was about the same size, age and complexion, and often interfered in his business, and was generally a trouble maker.

Virginia Dale, one of the stage stations west of here, was named for her.

Much is said of the noted characters like Jules and Slade, but not as much of their wives.

A short time ago there lived in Nebraska City, an elderly lady of French descent, by the name of Ellen Bcckstead. Possibly she yet lives there. She was once one of the woman characters of the western Nebraska.