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dian Verritory and after Gould and Mann had retired for the night,
Diggs shot Gould to death and fractured Mann's skull, After robbing
Gould, he reported to a settler that the two men had been killed by
&wo Texans who had arrived during the night. ‘The men who went to
Searched Diggs. When they discovered a sizeable sum of money hidden
in the lining of his coat » they placed him under arrest and took him
to Fort Smith, Ark., for tria e Because Mann was unconscious and
there were nok other witnesses, Diggs was released, Mann subsequent-
ly recovered and moved to Michigan, Thirteen years later, a Marshal
discovered his whereabouts and he was returned to testify against
Diggs who, learning that the case was to be reopened, sought to
flee. He was taken to Fort Smith where, largely due to Mann's testi«
mony, he was convicted and sentenced to die, He was hanged there on
December 20, 1878,
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DIGGS, James
Diggs, a black man, and another man named Hiram Mann EXXSEXBEXKXER
were employed by Je C. Gould, a cattle buyer, in Kansas, to accom-
pany him to Texas and assist in driving back the cattle that he
planned to purchase, They stopped one night in a cabin in the In-
dian ferritory and after Gould and Mann had retired for the night,
Diggs shot Gould to death and fractured Mann's skull, After robbing
Gould, he reported to a settler that the two men had been killed by
&wo Texans who had arrived during the night. The men who went to
investigate noticed that there were no Strange hoof=-prints and they
Searched Diggs. When they discovered a sizeable sum of money hidden
in the lining of his coat, they placed him under arrest and took him
to Fort Smith, Ark., for trial, Because Mann was unconscious and
there were nok other witnesses, Diggs was released. Mann Subsequenty
ly recovered and moved to Michigan, Thirteen years later, a Marshal
discovered his whereabouts and he was returned to testify against
Diggs who, learning that the case was to be reopened, sought to
flee. He was taken to Fort Smith where, largely due to Mann's testi-
mony, he was convicted and Sentenced to die. He was hanged there on
December 20, 1878,
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to Fort Smith, Ark., for trial, Because Mann was unconscious and
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December 20, 1878,
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