The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-02-27


whose nest was in The bush, perched near
me and commenced chattering and swear.
ing in nv face, until 4 hawk came gliding
around, and tho little fellow disappeared
in the grass.
Two minutes had passed away, I look.
ed down at tho murderer. II was eyi.
that the words were beginning to tell.
He moved uneasily from side to side like
a wolf in q tran. sa 3gss
Several times he sxamined the lock Of
his pistol, and tried to find place in the
rock which would afford more shelter.
Once I thought he was going to speak.
.1 pIt 'ne words sesgst ,s 70 choke him
Ihea crossing himself devoutiyi and nav
ins aiisngea 'ae weapon apparently to
h,s h sa''s'a0'iou' s: No iay Suiien'y aDiding
u's WS, Hn1: IL, /,
m1uiu tns nve minutes never pass
hand and tbs ann nrdo, ~ % h;s ..as " NJ T.
had h a o;g.r and wos louno;nn ,.,;iU
against tbs cl;9 caralo.s a. ba .nno.. ,a
az T lnaw. him too wslI' ~ donh, .ta, % =.
vould hesitate for . mnmsnt - oo;nm ~
sr;no a. bs had n,om;seJ A. e. f't 5;,sa -
ba wss o;vino TX ont.oon;s, e. fs,,s', @ eads I
Than osIv 7 6eoan 10 rsal;.s tba n.r. 7
had 10 NAV, Il was unfartuna,slv too
nlain. The man must he disabled bsfore
he commits another murder. That could
only be done by sho oting him down. In
fair fight I would not, / think, have
hesitated but my blood ran cold at the
idea now. Yet what was I to do? There
was no other way to save my friends life
and God help me it must be done.
Ino.roa nn.o,e .un =. a.. :. III .;.L
,ha ;na,o"t T 1"m p rse. m,o ~ '...;r a., a,on =
G snSor .ha oaI ,,no. .o t.'vi as S;a E pI'' nS
hna % A ;s.. S,ourbt H S =, n,S Po Ps.o,, a.e
Frani;s va;oa n,ay, ,aui ~ S0aI 49, "u''
aVovr @ ,;ma haa oo,no Ou' W. loon fu ~, Sis !"
os ', ua' 'OmoA up
lnvoluntarily ne did 50, ana caught
DIS eye, spasm OF mortal lear passed
across MS features he made an enort 70
T.ot, ssu .' | p,0'O .h yus ,;@ siu ns;s ,,O
"a m;,h;es sn ~ ~ ~ "eI;a I'm h..d % Tha % pass pa0.
~ ~ drornod A. from h;a T. r ha,d. % - .h..a ~ hons5. 4
~ r;aaS haS T h;m NO J.; na II. .,nsnh ~ 'e a.s pounu,
~, . 0S.. ~ aI ,aaL I Ia W ~ % ..r,, uasse' r
nan @ WV 'A' '''A A'u 'N' 'use'' w
s"I
IL was snort, but from the nature OF the
ground q fearful one. A careless steeI
would have sent the Two over the Preci-
Plce 70 sne saeil Delow, apo from tnere
aunoreo 1ees down INTO 'he AtIan1lc
n ,ba nrSanas msro S.ong, ss "rss,,n o
,;or hS. in sc;sucs and o.t;v;3v there Ts,,
few able to cope with Frank. The mur-
dersr struggled hard TOR an inside place
and succeeded In getting a eleit In th'
t. E was onlv momantarv. Frank tore him
from Il with a null that BROUGHT some Of
the loose stones crashing down, and witt
the shock they went rseling and stagger-
ing to the very edge Of the cliff.
| I could stand IL no longer there was
| long check cord which I had brought 70
| nv dogs, in nv pocket fastening L to
bush. I lowered myself down, As / touch,
ed the ground he succeeded in drawing
knife Frank narried The thrust an,
d;senoaoing his Ieft hand ,truck bir
heavily twice. The man dropped on hi
knees and began to beg for mercy.
rushed forward with a vague feeling .
terror. AS came up the unfortunate
". 'N S -, IT.,
oave me, ior ooas sAke' sH' ne
gong W 'nro" me oFer
7 looked at Franks faeo. There wa
an expressiou tLere / never saw befor
and would not l;ke 10 see apain
"Let him 90 Frank" l shouted, THAT
the hangman's WORK, not yours
He didn't hear me grasping the fello
with both hands, he swung himself ha
around, and flung him of with all b
strength. It was we'll the coat he wo
, was made Of the strongest freise as IL W
we were nearly going over together.
a laid him on his back, where he remaine
without strength or motion. Fran
!. plared at him for few moments In q
D lence, and then took my hand and sal
slowly:
0 "You are good fellow, Harry, and
y thank you. didn't know what i W