Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-06-09
sional poke with my whip stock, and

she peeled it faster than ever.
1.-THE man called out to me twic,
more pretty soon after this, and as he
got no reply be made some tremen
deus efforts to get the door open. and
as this also at last failed him, hs
made several attempts on the top
But / had no fear Of his doing any,
thing there, for the top Of the cart Il
framed with dove tails. and each
sleeper bolted- TO the post with iron
bolts. / had made It 10 / could
carry loads there. By and by, after
all else failed, the scamp began %
hollsr "whoa" to the horse, aud kept
1t up until he became hoarse. All
this time / kept perfectly quiet,
holding the rsins firmly, aud kept
poking the beast with the sock.
We were not an hour going that
dozen miles. not a bit Of it. | hadn',
much fear perhaps might tell the
truth, and say ! had none. for ! had
q good pistol, and more than that,
my passenger was safe; yet i
was glad when / came to jackson
village, and in ten minutes more
hauled in front Of the tavern, and
found couple Of men in the barn
cleaning down some stage horses.
"Well. old fellow" said !, as /
got down and went to the back Of
the wagon, "you have had a good
ride. haven't you 7"
"Who are you 7" he said, and he
swors as he asked the question.
IL am the man you tried to shoot,
was my reply.
Where am ] let me out"
Look here. we've come to a safe
stopping place, and mind you that
my pistol is ready for you the mo-
ment that you show yourself. Now
lay quiet.
by this time the two hos,lers had
come to see what was the matter.
and / explained the case. After
this got one Of them to run and
rout out the Sheriff. and tell him
what | believed Id got for him.
The first streaks of daylight were
coming up, and in halt an hour il
would BE- broad daylight. In less
than that time the sheriff came and
two men with him. told him the
whole affair in few words. and then
made for the cart. He told the
chap inside who he was, and il he
made the least resistance he'd be
dead man. l then slipped the iron
out. and as [ let the door
down the fellow made spring. ]
caught him by the ankle, and he
came down on his face, and the mo-
ment | saw the chap | recognized
him. Lie was marched to the lookup,
and ] told the Sheriff l should ~.
main in town all day. After break
last the Sheriff came down to the
tavern and told me / had caught the
very bird, and if ] would remain un-
ii next morning | should have the
'eward of two hundred dollars which
lad been offered.
II found my goods all safe, paid
he express messenger for bringing
hem from Indianapolis, and then
vent to stow them away in the cart.
The bullet bolss we found in the top
# the vehicle. just as l expected.
They were in a line, about FIVE
inches apart, and had ! been where |
Isually bit two Of them must have
lit me somewhere about the small OF
he back. and passed upward, to,
hey were sent with heavy charges
t powder, aud his pistols wer.
savy ones.
"On the next morning the sheriff
allied upon me, aud paid me two
undred dollars in gold, for hs had
lade himself sure he had got the
illain.
IL afterwards found letter in the
ost-otfics at Portsmouth for me-,
ON the sheriff of Hancock county,
nd informed me that the fellow who
led to kill aud rob me is in prison
II life"