Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-07-24


] he got no reply, be made several tre'
( mendous endeavors to break the
! door open, and as.this failed him, he
] made several attempts upon the top
} But | had no fears Of his doing any
t thing there, Cor the top Of my cart is
, framed in with doyetails and each
sleeper bolted to the posts, with iron
bolts. I had it made SO could carry
f heavy loads there. By-and-by, after
jail else had failed, the scamp COM
meneed to holler whoa to the horse,
and keptitup until be became hoarse.
/ All this time I kept perfectly quiet,
holding the reins firmly and kept
lpoking the beast with the whip stock.
"We wasn't an hour in going that
dozen miles-not bit of it. i
hadn't much fear-perhaps l might
tell the truth and say that ] had
none for / bad good pistol, and
more than that, my passenger was
safe-yet did feel glad when I came
to the old -four barrel factory, that
|
stands at the edge of Jackson village,
and in ten minutes more / hauled up
i in front of the tavern, and found a
couple Of men in the barn cleaning
down some.stage horses.
J., "Well, Old feller," says I, as. I got
down and went round to the back of
the wagon, :'you have had good
ride, havn't ye?"
"Who are you7" he cried-and he
kind o'swore little too as he asked
the question. ~
sI'mlthe man that you tried to
shoot,7 told him.
"Wbere am l? Let me outp' he
yelled.
"Look here" said /, @we',ve come
to safe stopping place, and mind
| ye, I've. got a revolver ready for ye
the moment you show yourself; now
lay quiet" 49, ,.
"By this time the two hostlers had
come up to see what was the matter,
and explained it all to Them AZ
ter this / got one of them to run
and roust out the sheriff, and tell
him what ] believed I'd got for him.
The first streaks Of daylight were
just. now coming up, and in half an
hour it would be broad daylight
In less than that time the sheriff
came, and two other men With him.
Il told him the whole story in a
few words, exhibited the handbills
| had for him and then he made
for the cart. He told the chap in
side who he was and if be made the
least resistance he'd be a dead man.
Then ! slipped the iron wrench out
and as I let the door down the fel-
low made spring. / caught him
| by the ancle and he came down on
his face, and in a moment more the
Officers bad him. It was not day.
hight, and the moment saw the
clap / recognized him. he was the
very man / had suspected. He was
marched off to the lookup, and Itold
the sheriff / should remain in the
town all the day..
@After breakfast the sheriff came
down to the tavern and told me that
II had caught the very bird, and that
lif I would remain until the next
morning, I should have the reward
lof two hundred dollars which had been
offered. ! found my goods all safe,
paid the express agent for bringing
them from indianapolis, snd then
|Rent to. work to stow them away in
lmy cart i found the bullet holes in
the top ofmy vehicle Just as I had
Expected, They we're in a line
]. about five Inches apart, and had /
'lbeen where ! usually sit, two ofthem
J wonld have bit me somewhere about
1.-THE small Of the back and passed up
, ward for tbov wera cont with a hesvy