Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-11-25

one pierced in the eye. The woods were
secured BY the terrified ,uen il vain. On
one Occa,iun, when member Of the baud
was killed, The shot had been heard, and
once \ giant fellow was seen running
through the woods, hut pursuit failed t"
oycrtake him. Accustomed t" face dan.
ger US the desreradoes were, aud possess
scd as they were Of brutal Courage. they
,rembled before this mysterious danger.
II could not bv faced AID il could not be
avercd.
The result wac that some nf the band
deserted aud fltd the region. There re-
mained only the captain and four Of the
more resol,,te of lis followers. These five
hunted aue made .Ecir raids together for
some time without harm. Among the five
was the man who had cndeav. rcd to save
Long at the time Vt the whipping fr"m so
severe u torture. THIS man, one morning.
ventured out III the woods without his
comrades. He was walking slowly along
looking for game, when the brown barrel
of,a rifle pr j citing from Il bush beside
him checked his course. A tall, lank f1g-
ure lose hcm the u>h. and The startled
man rrcog. IL, d sam Long the hunter
Long ra,>, d the rifle ii e., lowered it.
you're the man who said good word
for me an you MA, 60, bad as!ou arc. !
won. take your miserable life. Col"
The man needed no second invitation to
20. Eehlr I'd I, the camp and told the
s.ory The Captain anil the other three
men started out in pursui: of Long, and
nut two men accompanied Dick keddett
when he retlracd! The third III had
fallen, shot in the left eye, and n" search
Vt the unle. brush revealed the hunter.
The next day another man was killed in
camp and again the hunter escaped. On
The next day the two remaining men f1,d
.I1e Country leaving the fierce Reddett
done. The leader of the desperad''cs
dared not remain where he was. HI knew
he was the man hon Long sought above
all others.
Cuncealng himself until night. he
mounted his horse and fled for the nearest
poin, on the Arkansas river where j. would
be possible tn take passage on s1eani'
uuat Two days later lie reached small
'anting in the woods on the bank OF the
river where The steamer siopWd tor PAS
sengcrs when lhe,e we're any To take. He
|, armed from the occul'an, Of the only
cabin il the neig ghb"lhood that the boat
woul be down in the afternoon, and so,
nav'ng put up the signal t" secure land
ing of the boat, established himself on
tie bank and waited lie deemed himself
) .f. enough from pursuit, and took n"
recautons. Throwing himself ON the
= uund he slept until late in the day,
when he was awakened by the sound OF
,.e D0al in The distance. Sac would
,"und point in Il moment Or tw". and he
waited cxpectan,ly. Al suddenly rs
though risen from the ground II lank tig-
ure >lo d before HIM. and the muzzle Of
. rifle pceyd in his face. The terrified
dcsperado had NJ difficult, in recognizing
Il, e man as ..:,e man he had injured.-
With The rife still held steadily upon ,h''
nc Of the ar,lcd Retldet', Long Missed
lu:
live got you! You whipped me- -
whipped me like dog! sw.re I'd kill
:"u before call m! self man again. and
i'm going to Il" it! I've cleaned ont your
hand, and now it's your turn! Oh, rvc
got you!"
The rrfinn in ahjcct fear pleaded for
MS life, gr"v~ling at the feet If The hunt
er. He clung to his words rs a drowning
man clings to straw, The boat was very
near Should she round the point in time
he would be saved.
Already the smokestack showed thro'
the brush, when the hunter pressed the
trigger, the SHARP report rang out. and
Redtlett fell dead, shot to the brain thro'
the fl eye. Long slipped away in the
woods, and when the boat stopped in re-
spouse to the signal they found dead
man but no one else. Harrison County
was ril forever Of the worst gang OF ruf:
fans in the southwest.
AN that, at,stranger." said the old man in
the Dall,s hotel, "is true story Of the
way Sam Long settled accounts witb the
black guards. ."-Nashville (Tenn) Daily
American.