Moreover, Tom knew the plain, unvarnished, honest and deadly-in-earnest men of these south-western plains well enough to know the genuine fury of the crowd.
Arizona and New Mexico have long been held up as states where violence and lynch law prevail.

The truth is that Arizona and New Mexico have no more lynchings than do many of the older states.

An Arizona lynching can only follow an upheaval of public sentiment, when honest men are angered at having their fair fame sullied by the acts of blackguards.
"Friends," Tom went on, as soon as he could secure silence, "I am a newcomer among you.

I have no right to tell you how to conduct your affairs, and I am not going to make that mistake.

What you may do with Jim Duff, what you may do with others who damage the fair name of your town, is none of my business.