There were not many on Clay street, near the fatal scene, at that hour, but the discharge of Cora’s pistol soon brought several to the spot.  Richardson’s body was carried through the side-door entrance on Clay street, into the drug store then on that corner of Montgomery street, and there hundreds viewed it.  Cora was taken in charge.  Dave Scannell was Sheriff.  That excitement over, the feeling increased every hour, and many urged the summary hanging of Cora.  Scannell had duly prepared for all this, and order was preserved, although several hundred men formed in line and proceeded to the County Jail to force their way in, seize Cora and hang him forthwith.  Sunday morning the excitement had diminished in spirit of violence, but had increased in volume and disposition to bring Cora to justice.  Eminent lawyers, the personal friends of Richardson, had already volunteered to assist in the prosecution of the man who shot him.  The application of Cora’s friends to several of the most noted criminal lawyers in the city, to defend him, was in many instances declined.  Cora had one to his support, however, who proved more successful in engaging counsel in his behalf.  This was the woman known as Belle Cora, the keeper of a notorious house, with whom Cora lived.  She was rich and possessed of indomitable spirit.  She was devoted to Cora.  In this connection I will relate that which Governor Foote imparted to myself and J. Ross Browne, on a trip to Oregon, late in the summer of 1857.  It was substantially this.  Belle Cora had gone herself to the law office of Colonel E. D. Baker, to engage him as counsel for Cora, and had succeeded.  The fee was to be $5,000; one-half this sum was immediately paid to him.  She then applied to Governor Foote to engage him to assist in the case:  He declined, but assured her that he should not appear for the prosecution.  In a few days, on account of the intense popular feeling toward Cora, and also because the law partner of Colonel Baker had strenuously objected to his acting as counsel for Cora, as it would greatly damage their professional business the community, Baker and their personal standing in called upon Governor Foote and requested him to see Belle Cora and apprise her that she must employ some other counsel; that he felt that he must withdraw from the case — the $2,500 already paid would be returned to her.  To extricate his professional brother from his unpleasant situation, Governor Foote consented to undertake the disagreeable mission.  The woman was immovable in her determination to keep Colonel Baker to his engagement.  And she intimated in terms not to be misunderstood that she was determined that he should fulfill his obligation.  Colonel Baker was a man of dauntless courage in facing dangers of human quality; but he was in constant fear at sea; and it seems there was another quality of peril which overmastered his intrepid spirit.  When Governor Foote related to him the result of his mission, he