Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-22

would breakiit My wheel wrench stood
in leathren bueket on the side of the cart
and quickly took it outand slipped into
the staple, the iron handle just sliding
down. aAJ H z 1850 5e
Now had him. My cart was almost
new, made of stout white oak frame, and
made on purpose for hard usage. did not
believe an ordinary man could break out.
got on my cart as noiselessly as l got of,
and then urged my horse on, still keeping
my pistol handy. L knew that at distance
of half q mile further i should come to a
hard road, and so allowed my horse to
pitch his own way through the mud. i q.
EssAbout ten minutes after this heard a
motion I'M the cart, followed by grinding
noise, as though some heavy force was be-
ing applied to the door. said nothing,
but the idea struck me that the villain might
judge where i sat, and shoot up through
the cart at me, so i sat down on the foot
board. sH11aiHo.
asOf course knew my unexpected pass
enger was alvillain, for he must have been
awake ever since started, and nothing in
the world but absolute villainy would have
caused him to remain quiet so long, and
then start up in this particular place. The
humping and pushing grew louder,
and pretty soon heard a human voice. 2
.'Let me out of this!' and he yelled pref
ty loud.
i lifted my head so as to make him think
Twas in the usual place, and then asked
him what he was doing there. i5 s1".f.s'.
SsLet me out and will tell you," he re-
nlied ari sET sitf'I p - iGG! FL
l",rell me whatyou are in there for?" 1
aidgo Gi It's 11 rset l;a.
81 got here to sleep on rags" he an
wered. a71'02 zol etE ae5n.l v-.121Hi tgno'
a'sHow did you get in p''. = asked. 1890
-"Let me out or III shoot you through the
headp' he replied. a9iaH 10 ~
just at that moment my horses feet
truck the hard road, and knew that the
.est of the route to Jackson would be good
going; the distance twelve miles. slipped
back to the front board and took the whip.
la fifteen minutes we cleared the woods,
and away we went at a keen jump. The
chap inside kept yelling to- Re let out.
-"Finally he stopped, and in a few
minutes came the report Of pistol-one-
twO-Shree e-four-onen right after the
other, and heard the balls whiz over my
head. If had been on my seat, one of
those balls, if not two of them, would have
gone through me. / popped up my head
again, gave yell, and then l said: %
God save me !-Tm a dead man then 1
made kind of shuffling noise, as though
Twas off, and finally settled down on the
front board again. II now urged up the old
mare by giving her an occasional poke
with my whip stock, and she peeled it faster
than ever. ~ u ,-7f'ft'afaG - s..f' 5-l e 1]i
-ssThe man called, out to me once or twice
more pretty soon after this, and as he got
mo reply he made some tremendous efforts
TO get the door open, and as this also at last
failed him, he made several attempts on the
top. But / had no fear of his doing any
hing there, for the top ofthe cart is framed
With doVeetaiis, and each sleeper bolted to
he post with iron bolts. l had made it so
could carry loads there. By and by, after
IL else failed the scamp began to holler
whoa to the horse, and kept it up until
'et became hoarse. All this time / kept
erfectly quiet. holding the reins firmly,
nd kept poking the beast with the stock.
We were not more than an hour going that
Oxen miles, not a bit of it, hadn't much
,ar; perhapsI might tell the truth, and
ay 1had none, for Ihad a good pistol, and
Iore than that, my passenger was safe
ct was glad when i came to Jackson viii
i9e, and in ten minutes more hauled up in
ont of the tavern, and found couple of
zen in the barn cleaning down some stage
orseS. 't--&t
f"Well, old fellow" said 1, as got down
I'D went to the back of the wagon, you
ave had good ride, haven't you ~. .o !.
.TWho are you?" he said, and he swore as
asked the question. --i4
Il am theman you tried to shoot" was
iyireply. ss zsaFz %- tsf sti7sf.. 4vEF
.Where am 2. let me out"
FLook here; we've come to safe stopping
lace, and mind you that my pistol is rea iy
1r you the moment you show YOURSELF
Tow lay quiet.' ~ . a9ja ji = ~
BY this time the two hostlers had come
see whatwas the matter, and explained
le case. After this, / got one of them to
un and rout out the sheriff: and tell him
yhat / believed I'd got for him. The first
.reaks of daylight were. coming up, and
Il half an hour it would be broad day
ght. In less than that time the sheriff
ame, and two men with him. told him
ae whole affair ina few words, and then
aade for the cart. He told the chap in
ide who he was, and if he made the least
sistance he'd be dead man. / then
Tipped the iron wrench out, and as
let the door down the fellow made
pring. .9.I caught him by the ankle, and he
anne down on his face and the moment
awi the chap recognized him. He was
aarehed to the lookup, and L told the
heriff Iwould remain in town all day. At
er break fast the sheriff came down to the
tavern ane told me l had caught the very
bird, and ii L would remain until next
morning should have the reward of two.
hundred dollars which had been offered, q.
81 found my goods all safe, paid the ex-
press, messenger for bringing them from
Indianapolis, and then went to work to
stow them away in the cart. The bullet
holes we found in the top of the vehicle,
just as Iexpected. They were in a line,
about five inches apart, and had 1 been
where l usually sittwo of them must have
hit me somewhere about the small of the
back, and passed upward, for they were
sent with heavy charges of powder, and his
pistols were heavy ones. U-F eE
''On the next morning the sheriff called
upon me and paid me two hundred dollars
in gold, for he had made himself sure he
had got the villain. ia Il. ui4.4t'r rsEi7 e. +=
~ afterwards found a letter in the post
office tlPortsmouth tor me, from the sher-
iff of Hancock county, which informed me
that the fellow who tried to kill and rob me
is in1prison for life.n of.... ..-5l! --9sr. WI