, ▁Char ley ▁For bes , ▁was ▁fre ed ▁after ▁he ▁gave ▁an ▁el o quent ▁and ▁sentiment al ▁speech ▁about ▁his ▁mother . ▁The ▁other ▁two , ▁Buck ▁St inson ▁and ▁Haz e ▁Ly ons , ▁were ▁conv icted ▁and ▁set ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁men ▁executed ▁in ▁what ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Mont ana . ▁However , ▁at ▁what ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁very ▁public ▁h anging ▁friends ▁and ▁sympath izers ▁of ▁St inson ▁and ▁Ly ons ▁convinced ▁the ▁crowd ▁to ▁vote ▁again ▁on ▁the ▁execution . ▁Two ▁attempts ▁at ▁counting ▁the ▁vote ▁were ▁made ▁according ▁to ▁Be id ler . ▁The ▁first ▁people ▁voting ▁' hang ' ▁were ▁to ▁walk ▁up - hill ▁while ▁those ▁voting ▁' no ▁hang ' ▁were ▁to ▁walk ▁down - hill . ▁This ▁vote ▁was ▁rejected ▁and ▁the ▁next ▁attempt ▁had ▁four ▁men ▁form ▁two ▁gates ▁and ▁people ▁would ▁cast ▁their ▁vote ▁by ▁walking ▁through ▁the ▁' hang ' ▁gate ▁or ▁the ▁' no ▁hang ' ▁gate . ▁Be id ler ▁claims ▁that ▁friends ▁of ▁the ▁condem ned ▁men ▁simply ▁walked ▁through ▁the ▁' no ▁hang ' ▁gate ▁multiple ▁times ▁casting ▁multiple ▁fra ud ul ent ▁votes ▁that ▁possibly ▁allowed ▁two ▁murder ers ▁to ▁walk ▁free . ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 1 9 – 2 1 , ▁ 1 8 6 3 , ▁a ▁public ▁trial ▁was ▁held ▁for ▁George ▁I ves , ▁the ▁sus pected ▁murder er ▁of ▁a ▁young ▁Dutch ▁imm igr ant ▁Nicholas ▁T ie bol t . ▁H undred s ▁of