The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-12-26


/ OF the vi :tim's pockets convinced tbs
murderer that the prize for which h;
. had committed tie villainous deeC
I WAS not there. Then the cOwardice o
! the man showed itself a storm haC
/ been coming up, and now, as 1t bursI
forth in thunder, lightning and food
he shivered. With blood on In
hands, with horror in his eyes, anC
with the dreadful mark of Cain brand
ed indelibly on his brow, the wretch
ed man fled, elutching his breast will
his pale, talOn-like fingers, as if L
/ tear hence his cOwaTdice.
/ On he went, flying over rocks anC
chasms, and uprOUted trees-On, on
still on, unable TO stop until he sank
/ exhausted beneath huge pile Off, cks
! The storm was wildly, madly can
nonading against the rocks, as If Il
would tear its way 10 where he lay
and boldly engulf him; but he heard
nothing but an imaginary and un'
aarthly cry of Murder w-saw Moth
/ ing but the cold, still face and lifeies5
I form of his victim.
TOwhead had not been murdered fif
/ teen minutes before his body was dis
covered by party Of miners return
/ ing from some midnight carouse
/ They carried it back to Jack Jeptba',
shauty, amid threats of vengeance up
on the murderer. Arriving there
/ they laid the bUdyOn the floor, Will,
one of the party went behind the bsl
( To help Jack fix up Il hurried dram
! in the vain hope OF Teviving the muir
dered man. His eyes fell upon thI
/ Tag OF dust, with TOwhead's mark up
on the side.
"What's this % holding it up.
"That's TOwhead's :" replied sever
al.
"How did it come here >" asket
others.
Jack Jeptha turned pale as lie real
/ lied the predicament in which he wa
placed. He gave the true version o
/ the affair, but they would not believe
It. They were anxious to fix gull
upon sumo one, to hang somebody
Tor TOwhesd had been pretty popular
among them. Several remained a
guard over Jack, while Others wen
out to collect the miners for the im'
mediate holding of a trial. Judge
Lynch allowed no delay, and there
was every prospect of hanging in
/ the morning.
Mullie JeDtha had come in on the
arrival of the corpse, and her eyes haC
closely watched Jacks face but sht
I believed his version of the story.
"Jack," she whispered, 81 believ'
you" aud then added aloud al be-
lieve know who did this. There
was q stranger here among the rest
drinking last night, and more thar
once / saw him look at TOwheadi
bag"
But the rough and unreasOnin;
crowd would not listen.
"Jack, - she again whispered TO the
prisoner, "keep up your courage, ole
partner, and I'll get you out Of II
yet"
mo-" said Jack, dogcedly, az didn'
do it, aud wOn'trun. Let 'em han!
me il they want to-"
al don't want you to run, Jack,
she said; IN going after that fellow
myself. Goodbye, Jack keep uI
your courage"
Mollie kissed him, armed hersel
with a pair of revOlvers, and slipped
out unnoticed. Taking the path thai
| Towhead had followed, and speeding
a Ong with all her strength, she soon
came TO the blOod.marked spot of thu
murderer.
"Of cOurse, he ran away" sht
thought, and likely he took the path
On she went through the stUrm
which still ragged with such binding
fury as to reuder it difficult to keel
jhe path. On she went, mile afte
mile, until the rapid gait began Il
tell upon her strength, and sh'
thought she must drop down, wheI
| through the darkness she saw the mur
| derer lying where he had fallen, anC
the blood fresh upon his hands ant
shirt. He started up when he sav
her, but a revolver faced him. II
turned to fee, but her determine,
voice stopped him.
"MOve a step further and / vii
shnot.r
He was entirely unaTmed, havinI
thrown away the bloody knife, AM
could do nothing but obey.
"I am going to take you back t
the shanty,n she continued. "GO Ol
ahead, and remember that u buile
will be the cost of any attempt to es
cape. Go OnW
The man hesitated a moment; bu
seeing that shs meant what she said
he sullenly started.
With "A revolver in her hand, MOlli
followed a few steps in the rear. Ono
he turned quickly, as il to grappl
| with her and dlsaTm her, but tn
CLEAN of the revolver aimed at hi
head changed his mind, and he sui
lenly started on again. Knowing tina
death awaited him at the shanty, stiI
he lacked the courage to make the on
ly pOssible effort for liberty.
Daylight came as they neaTed tn
cabin, and both could hardly dra
themselves slOng; but not a word wa
spoken. AS the Gulch became Lighted
up, Mollie saw a crowd of miners TAX
tue path from the shanty. an
God :" she cried, ''they are takin
Jack out to hang him!"
The tired girl nearly tainted at tn
sight. They were nearly mile away
aud she we'll knew the prOmptltude o
border executions. The nrst tire
would furnish the gsllOws.
"Faster % commanded Moll.
"I WON'T" replied her prisoner; it,
bad enough to walk to my death
without hurrying ~
He turned and sprang toward hel
but she was ready with a weapon. /
shot rang out, and one of the murder
er's arms dropped pUwerless at hi
side. Without q word he resume
ais march, hurried on by his determ
med captUr.
Meanwhile the moose was pu
around Jacks neck, the rope there
over a limb, aud q score Of hand
lifted the unfortunate man from tn
ground. There being no fall his nee
was not broken, and his feet had bare
" left the ground before he saw Mo
lie and her captive in the distance.
Wrenching his hands from the
fastenings, be pointed frantically Il
ward her and then strsngled into III
consciousness. The miners turne,
and the strange spectacle stayed thei
work.
; "Let him down minute" said on
WHO seemed to be master Of ceTemC
nies.
They did so, and Moll staggered il
To the circle. The revolver droppe
from her now nerveless grasp, an
she tOttered as if about to fall.
"There's the man that killed Tow
head" she faltered, and then, throw
: ing herself upon Jack who lay, sti
choking, but slowly reviving, whel
they had lowered him, she sal
''DOn't die. Jack. I've brought theI
: the right man. Don't die, Jack -
The miners held a hurried consu
tation. The blood stains upon Il
murderer were enough for them, al
he did not deny the deed. The nOol
! was transferred to his neck, and Il
tragedy suffered little interruption l.
the change of actors.
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: are that Gen. Crook is prosecuting q
;, campaign vigorously against the no
7 tile Apaches in the northern part
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