The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-05-14


attempt at concentration Oh the par,
Of the raw,lies. He had not been de,
ceived hv their feints in different
par OF Ii camp, hut Ind drawn hi,
men together. lie knew that there
was some directing head 10 the mob
and that The only efIeciaal way Il
beat it was 10 beat il ia solid form.
Al last Young man came running
to where Goodwin stood, s,ving:-
"Thev're tearing down a tent
"The fight will be there, said Nor
ton, mounting deliberately. Catch
all You can, BOYS. Don't shoot if you
can help it Keep close together
We have got to ride all night
He had increased his guard by
mastering i'll every ah!e-boii man.
except such rs We're needed 10 CON
duet the meetings. Most OF these
men were Metholisis. but they were
all frantierman who knew that peace
and civilization had often to be won
by breaking heads BY the time this
guard star ci ;hn camp was in eN-
treme coatusian: women were run
nia- IN every airec'ioa, children were
CRYING and men were stoutls denotnc-
ing Goodwin i,r his ,artliness.
Dividing his mounted guald OF
thirty men In.o tx" parts,he sent one
ha'f ronnsl tha outside af the camp
ground in ONE direction. mhilr he
rode with he ttEcr To attack the mob
on the o,l..t side. The foot police
were sem thr ugh The c;rcl. TO attack
them i'll a ihirl direction
As Morton anticipated, his. delay
tended 10 thsow the mob .tf their
guard. They had demolished one tent
and, IN great esnl,ation. had began
on another. when Morton's caval y
rode in up II them on 'wp side. deal
ing heavy ani almos; deadly blows
with their il anvoad and hickory clubs.
Then ,he tootn ~ charged them in
front, and the IN ID were forced to
scatter and mount their horses rs best
they coull a. Moron Il ii capur-
Ell some a. hsn. tha st..s, iallird on
horseback aa atlenp FL 4 res ne. For
two or ilire" minutes tha ii.ht was a
severe one. Iii, rungh> ~ ar sever
al rushes uaon Norton and moi nm.
but the sasagt blows that M.llcn laid
about him saved the esier from fall
ing into their Inn IS At las, hower
er. after tlfirg several shots. and
wouading one 81 the guard, they re-
treated, Go ,dw'n vigorously persuad-
ing his men t. continue tke charge.
When the rowiins had been driven a
short distance. Morton saw hy the
light Of platform torch. The same
strangely dressed MN who laa taken
the money from his hand that day
near Brewers Hole This man. ia
his disguise Of loag beard and wolf
skin cap, was trying 70 get i Isl Mel
len and into the camp bs creeping
through the bushes.
win to Mellen Il llnov im-he $ a
thief
No sooner said than Mellcn's club
had fellea him, and but for the inter
vening brush wood, which broke the
force Of the blow, il nigh, have kill.
| ed him.
"Carrv him back an lock him up. :"
said Morton 10 his men; but The 0 hr
side now made stroa. rus and bore
off the fallen highwavman.
Then they fsd. and this ,im,, let
ting the less guilty rowdics escape.
Morton pursued the weliknowa
thieves aud their a'les in'o aud
through Jenkifsvilie, and IN through
the country. unit the hunted fellows
abandoned their horses and fled to
the woods on + ,oi For two days
more Morton harrid them. arfesting
one OF them now and nel until he
had captured eigh. or ten. lie chas-
ed one Of thesa into b ewers Hole it.
self. The shoes had been torn from
his feet by br,ess III his rough flight,
and he left tracks Of blood upon the
floor. The orderly citizens Of the
county were 50 much heartened BY
this boldness and severity Oh Nor
tons part that they combined against
the rouehs and took the work into
their own hands. driving some Of the
thieves away and terrifying the res,
into a snllen submission. The camp
meeting went o. III great triumph.
Burchard had disappeared how,
nobody knew. Weeks attcrward Il
stranger passing through .Ienl>insvilr
reported that he had seen such u man
on keel-boat leaving Cincinnati lor
for the lower Mississippi. and it soon
came to be accepted that Ba;clard
had found home in New Orleans,
that refuge Of broken adventures
WHY he had fled no one could guess.