In a sketch titled "Novel Entertainment" contributed to the Chicago "Republican" during the spring/summer of 1868, (reprinted by Cyril Clemens in _Republican Letters_, 1941) Twain described the execution of John Melanie (John Millian) as the first hanging he had ever witnessed -- April 1868. Are there any other known Twain writings related to the individuals involved in this murder case (both would have been living in Virginia City at the time Twain originally lived there) : Julie Bulette - the murdered Virginia City madam or Charles DeLong - Millian's defense attorney. Barb