Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-11-10
COUNCIL BLUFFS IOWA WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER TO- 1858

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baaa i aaasa 20
\ my nAsaB Il EsaM 1Sh 60 -
saasa aas 60 ss In ia door
war, 60 alass 81 imd hiEa came MsCag-
gan. Thsy haa sasasysa their shoes, and
] fhaiT asead wAs mAfselnss. 6lIbFand
eluaahad his kmies III his right hand, and
! is waa haaf raissd as BE 1sps forward.
Not mnsels ID my body moyed nos
eysn my hsax mu6 uaS nerves wera lika
naeel. I wmitAa nnkiI IAoala see khs sat-
like gleamamg 0e the Villains syes--uA-
tia eeald hsax his qals&, aase sRsA ~
iag--sunam hia MnRdessms knfFs Mms liz
ted fer che AsakhusAroke--&nd than
freed asy slkha arm Mm0 RAISED my pistol,
Tka Mgsamemk wms instansaBe@m@s and
ms @1m saxss feg ahs EamsHle p& M weap
On waa wssAin kwD fssa at hss Aeaoms &
AReas asaa be sssEAea kash wssA . ahssp
gxaaas Ia . mszAanA 1 wss ssga i
my bed, and aBoea eRsssg saa ] 60
ssEa Is nxsa swa aAese q Mzasss
wAo kaa slapped a kss aezNsaEs@ xaal-
q hasks buE wAa Ga& sswssAs shs aeOf
"a / knsG q hlEas
Mg via mas aWakss eab pasa % as@i
s&msian 20 hag axsass @na@skE a RasNar
hle 4 laapsa ont III kads aEsa TwsEsa -
waras - hall wAas Asg1aRmmm haa 90
appeared for ailhRanA had Raliaa 40 Us
fOoR. and 1 sonsidaEad Mm eskas Am& -
waa TIE ether safs. koaRd him ERoa
sha hAi1 door, almost Iifslsss. Ha eoula
mes sReaks and, bsIiaying thai hsg weak-
nsss was raal, Ehuzgisd haak 10 ny seam
and ssEack light. In a. Zee wpssas -
possiblss IinsoRmeA mg wife 6 wANa kAad
happsRsd, and whaa I sala hsR tsas ona
1t the viliaina lay apon ths halJ Aeogs -
that she could not leave tbs 70 cm With
ont passing over h1EAs ahs had chs coed
sanas 10 hide hsrsaa6 apaax tbs Bad
clothes 3. -.: s.. s.-se -s
At this point nay man-saEwsnas q stout
hishmsn, who did the dulles OF groam
sad gsrdsnsR, came stumbling over the
body In the passage and wanted 20 knOw
what wss the matter called him in
aud told him, @nd sogsthag wa held an
examination. 9ilhrand mast h8Es d.
ID Alnsst Instantly, foE ths ball bad gons
directly through his heart. Whsa we
found AcCaEgaa be was Just bEsatAing
his last. One Of the bullets | had hred
a& him bad entered his bOsoms imm@ai
stsly hslpw tha stsEnum, and tie othag
had passed through his nesk, ssyaRang
ths right carotid aEtaFy. Ids 70
By this time the hoassh0la YEAS AL A.
reused, and for fsw minutes We had
strange tims Of Ii. Bat | managed TO
get my wife calm, and when made them
understand that the danger was all ever,
the others became quiet Michael and |
moved shs bodies down into the lower
porch, where We found, upon sxamin&-
tion, that tie villains had gainsd their
entrance by prying Of the hasp OF she
baek-doog With . erow-bAE. AS soon as
it was daylight sent for the jailsrs Ibid
ding him bring mau along with him.
1t so happened thai the jaileF had also
she once Of deputy sheriff and corUass,
so thaE he was just tbs man for the bus
iness. he cana, and in due time the
bodies we're removed from nay premises,
and he assured me, as he took them g.
way, that he woala rather act as ooro-
ner than as jailsr upon auoh customers.
TasEe vas wonder and exeitsmgu for
a while, and Twas lion. busfnaiIy the
town became quiet once more, and my
adventure With the horse thieves was on
ly thing to tell 10 travellers. My wife
souu regaiued her wgnted conposure OF
nerve, but she said must never allow
anothsr such thing 10 happen without
telling her all my fears and suspicious
Beforehand and as she said BsaAsa, OE
course had to give her the promise,
ahough gave it with the hope thai such
. thing waald ,naEsR kanpan hsnaakh Eay
roof Agaia.~-N z. LeS0SY.