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page 2..CHRIS PITHA
It would have been
a normal day for the infamous outlaw, Chris Pitha, had it not been for the fact
that he was caught stealing the horse belonging to the town's local Preacher
(not to mention a few indiscretions with the Preacher's Wife). Sheriff Max
Dempsey was determined to string the man up immediately, without a trial, for
the blemish brought upon the town. Happenings being as slow as they were, of
coarse, admission would be charged to see the hanging. The ideal tree was
located on the edge of a cliff. The sheriff asked, "Are there any final
words you would like to utter?". Chris replied, "The horse was worth
it."
As the neck stretching began, one of the gang's
gunmen tried in vain to shoot Chris down. Instead, in his drunkeness, he hit
the branch and broke it. As a result of some mathematical miscalculations,
Chris fell over the cliff to what appeared to be his finale.