I'm surprised that nobody mentioned the reprint of an obscure Twain letter concerning a hanging in Virginia City. It was seen in my local paper, the New York Times, yesterday, at Section 4; Page 7 in the Week in Review section. Maybe I missed a posting and I'm just adding to the world's store of redundancy, but if not, it is well worth a look. In tone, it will remind you of the Lynching Bee episode in Huckleberry Finn. Terry Ballard