Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-09-21

desk at the front, and as he turned te
go fred a shot at Haywood, which I dc
not think is the n which took effect
Haywood lodged behind his desk, OF
sank into his chair (Haywood's desk
stands at right angles to the bank desk,
and he sat sideways to the opening al
the front, with his back next to the
wall), and as the robber made over the
desk railing he turned, and, placing his
revolver ito Haywood's head, fired,
shooting him dead. He staggered for.
ward and fell behind the counter. The
robbers made out of the door. I do
not remember much more hatfollowed
IN THE BANK. .NIlHE 81
A huge spot of deep-red clotted blood
and blood stain upon the mating be-
hind the counter told where the muir
dered bank official had fallen. Upon
his desk there lay a blotter besmeared
with blood and small particles of brains.
His desk was also similarly smeared
with the brave mans brains. The
wound was a fearful one, and must have
produced instant death. The muzzie of
the heavy navy revolver used, shooting
a A ball, wa placed within six or eight
inches of his left temple and fired, lit
orally blowing his brains out. The ball
vas lodged in the head. When the
robbers had taken their departure and
the firing ceased, there was a rush of
citizens to the bank, and the CHASTITY
spectacle of the murdered man lying
prone upon his face, with his brain and
blood oozing slowly from a hole in his
right temple, but fired the excitement.
1t was scarcely possible to appreciate
the terrible tragedy that had been en-
acted. f oil
THE FIGHT IN THE STREETS.
While all this had been going on in
side the bank, an exciting Interchange
Of 1eaden courtesies had been going on
outside. With a promptness that
speaks volumes for the bravery of sew
eral of the citizens of Northfield, and
an intuition of what the intent of the
desperadoes were, that is simply re-
markable, armed themselves and did
effective service. DIR. Henry Wheeler,
a young physician, suddenly recol-
Letting that there was an old breech-
loading carbine in the Damphier House,
fronting on the open square where the
robbers were dashing about and firing
shots in every direction, issued from a
drug store, and, Drawing a fusilade OF
bullets from the robbers, ran for his
life down half a block, secured the RUSTY
old weapon, loaded it, and from a po-
sition in n of the hotel windows com
menced to fire on the intrepid horse
men. Meantime, Mr.. A. r. Manning,
who keeps a store four doors from the
corner, had also secured a rifle, and Joe
Hyde brought up the real with a shot
gun. Geo. D.. Bates took a position in
the door of Hanam's clothing store,
directly opposite the corner, and under
the window occupied by Wheeler, and
with an empty revolver sought to in
tlmidate the robbers. The firing COM
menced in sharp earnest.
THE ROBBERS
had in the interim congregated in front
of or around the bank, and had vacated
the square. Mr.. Manning took a posi-
ton at Lee & Hitchcock's corner, and
slipping out at intervals, discharged his
rifle. When he first put his head out
he discovered several crouching behind
a horse presenting a broadside to Mr..
Manning. He let fly and killed the
horse thus summarily disposing of that
fortitic alton. One more shot he got in.
and which he believes brought down a
horseman who had adopted the Indian
tactics of hiding behind his horses
neck and firing a running fire. Boyd
had meantime succeed in discharging
his shotgun. Wheeler held the win !
dow and is believed to have killed one
of the men, who, up to that time, had
occupied a place in front of the bank,
and gave the alarm to the robbers in
side. He fell directly in front of the
bank, and a spot of blood still marks
the spot. The other man fell from his
horse about a 100 feet distant, and on
the other side of the street. By this
time all were mounted. As the horse
fell he threw up his arms, another
the robbers dashed up to him, said
something, and seized from his belt
one OF his navy revolvers and
DASHED ON Up THE STREET.
While this was going on Manning
was placed under the surveillance of
two of the robbers, who watched his
movements 20 closely and covered him
with their revolvors that he dare not
attempt to fire again from around the
A flight of stairs in a measure
protected, him., 1t is riddled with bull
let's, and tells of the hot fire the rob-
oers sent at the intrepid and self-pos-
'essed Manning. He adopted other
and made through Lee & Hitch
store, and renewed the fire from
he back door. Meantime Wheeler
continued to do good service from his
position in the hotel windows; as the
,obbers dashed down the street, coming
rom the scene of the bloody fray, he
wounded another NAH; he. checked his
aorse, called to his companions, {" For
iod's sake. don't leave me-" and well
Ugh fell from his saddle. The other
'obbers pulled up slightly, spoke to
linn, and then all dashed down the
main street, the wounded man with
lifieulty retaining his seat in the sad
lie.