"Sir," he cried, "go on with your work! Let it be done as speedily as possible! You have my best wishes!" Coleman did not relax his formal gravity. "I am glad you feel that way, and that we understand each other," he contented himself with saying. The heroic moment past, Johnson's restless mind began to glance among anxieties. "But hasten the undertaking as much as you can," he begged. "The opposition is stronger than you suppose. The pressure on me is going to be terrible. What about the prisoners in the jail?" asked Johnson anxiously. "What is your immediate plan?" "That is in the hands of the committee," evaded Coleman. He left the governor, again pacing up and down. LVIII Coleman returned at once to the hall to resume his interrupted labours with the committee. The results of his conference with the governor seemed very satisfactory. "We can now go ahead with free minds," said Clancey Dempster. The business was astonishingly varied in scope. Charles Doane--not to be confused with Duane, the ex-fire chief--was appointed military commander-in-chief; Colonel Johns, captain of artillery; Olney was given the task of guarding the jail from the outside "with a force numerous enough to prevent escape." After considerable discussion Aaron Burns was made head of a civilian committee to take charge of all prisoners. It was moved and carried that no city or county official should be admitted to membership, a striking commentary on the disesteem in which such men were held. Permanent headquarters were arranged for; committees appointed for the solicitation of funds. A dozen other matters of similar detail were taken up, intelligently discussed, and provided for with the celerity of men trained in crises of business or life. At length it was moved the "committee, as a body, shall visit the county jail at such time as the Executive Committee might direct; and take thence James P. Casey and Charles Cora, give them a fair trial, and administer such punishment as justice shall demand." This was the real business, for the transaction of which all these lesser businesses had been prepared. A slight pause followed its introduction, as though each member present were savouring the significance of the moment. "Are you ready for the question?" asked Coleman in grave tones. "Those in favour----" "Aye," came the instant response from every man present. A messenger opened the door to announce that Governor Johnson was in the anteroom requesting speech with Coleman. The latter, handing his gavel to Dempster, immediately answered the summons.