Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-02-03


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n0s have soEas enss only for Little has-
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aaxaasasSla wish ksa aaak uxe. ssI waasI
As he spoks be gaishd his pistol.
sfTAks care, p I sEisd, salsiug myspis-
asI, Aad psialing il in his fass-
aHaI hs! ha ~ hs laughed, in COARSE
triumph. HYour Yankee pistols were
nos made to harm such as nae ill soon
put Yoa whszs i've paa akhars afoEs ---''
Hhan q man knows death is staring
Aim in she face, ana that only his aot
will aysrt it, hc Is aos apt 10 waif long.
At least am not. #s |
And my host's last woSds gave Hs am
pla proaf sf the correctness Of my sus-
picions. Without waiting for him 10 ha-
lab his aantenee, / fred.
His hnger must have pressed the trig- 1
ger Of HE pistols for within the spaos Of |
. wRsoh tisk, sharp report answered, !
and Ringlsd With miue, and Tny bet fell /
from nv hsad, pierced thro' the crown
with 9 bullet.
DAnisl GTooms swsysa to and fro sew
sral times in his saddle, and then With
gurgling groaA, fell heavily TO the earth.
1 saw few drops Of dark blood triekLe
down from HIS forehead.
For fsw Rinute4I felt swe~truek and
Ii vas 8 nataral feeling IN
such a presence. Bat when cama to ra-
aect on all that had preceded the deed, 4
felt that bad dome my couatEy a seq
rice.
made tho robbers horse fast 10 a.
sTas, and then ramountsd and rode on 20
70 Fosters.
reached the mills NJ half past nine,
md found Foster and his fatally up
They were glad 10 see mss and iHtEodao-
ID me 30 Mr.. Price, whom afterwards !
'ound 10 be the owner Of the place where
had taken my dinner. i.
On the following morning a party Of
nan started out under nag guidance
They were Foster and PTiea, and tbEea /
,ther men who worked nkhe mill. Wheuj
We reached the spot where the tragedy /
lad occurred, we found she horse as ]
lad left him, and nay hast lay upon tb*
,round stiff and cold. He had bied bu1
title, she ball having made bat q small
wound, although il had passed eleas
through.
A littIe way within the wood, we dis
ovsrad a place where the xroaRd seem
d At aoma time TO have been disturbed,
nd upon digging there we found tao ha
nan bodies, Subsequently, one aOle
gas found only few rods distant.
rhs body Of Groqms was ttksa up tD
lis hoaSe. whea We found that ika had
ed. He had probably ben out and
ound his dead father, snd fearing thai
e might be implicated, he dsparte'i.-
IFa. Groome, who was 4 mlid, broken
own woman, acknowledged that she
ad long been aware Of her husbands
rimes, but that the fear Of death had
spt her silent.
ike, believe, has nos yet been fouud,
uG his mother is still living in Illinois,
nth married daughter, who Is we'll qff.
.he has grown more strong and happy
inea the night ON which had the high
ray adventure with her husband.