, 1876-09-11

do not remember much more that followed.
Wilcox was not sure whether tho rufIlau
The cs.hicr's cl.als, and he did not siop to see
II lie was dead when he fell. flc saI.l the rcn:
son he DID not Try to got nut Or help !'eywnou
was that t,c Ut tho men stoo'l over him With
pistu1 III Its hau,t
The statement Of Mr.. q. i. Hates, who VII.
messed ilat part Ut the afIalr which occurred
In tlis streets, Is interesting. Mr batcs 9at!i
that al'out II o'clock lis Intention vas called .
They came over the bridge aud were mountet!
on Iour splendid horscs. The tncn wcrc well
dressed, and, Mr. Bates says, four nobler'look-
ng fHT a% s % sre tSas was 5eek
Indicate that they would bG rough and tlahger-
otis fellows to handle, Altogothcr ha did not
like tho looks Of tticm. Again, at about .
he entrance ot tlc storc, talking to Air: 9. &.
Waldo commercial trnvelcr from Council Dufra,
be saw the same men ride last, three cArnc up
the street from Mill squdrc:and nnc down street,
meeting. within 30 feet Of the bank. They dis
mounted md tied their horses To tho h!tching-
posts and two, l,c thought, went Into the bank,
and two came down to the staircase leading IN
into the upper stories uf Leo, 81 Hltclicock's
buildinga, and hero they stool leaning againat
tic banillsters talking. Commenting upon their
mounts, iii. bates and Mr. Waldo withdrew to
tho far end Of tho store TO look over sou1o SAM
pie tr,,sscs: They had- not lonE been 80 occul;,
Pied when tey nsard ihoa Cred in sapil
mind Of Dates Ut once that the bank was III
tinngcr-Mr. Waldo stating. that. i,e cried out i:
"TEcm men ar6 going fur The torn, they
mean 10 rob the bank" although Mr.. Bntes
20 excited. lie remembers, however, rushing
to the duOr,. and scetnE some men ride up from
Tic bank-tlley came riding towards hits, with
long pistols fn their hands, and called out,
9Gct In there, you son OF ab-.h
Mr.. Batcs at once kefzel a ellDt-E,1n aud ran
back to the door, but the gun would not 20 OIL
lie thcn put down the gun aud sutzed a l1uc
seven-shootcr, which Was not loaded, and as tic
men came down agatn, (they were riding to aud
going toward zig bankI l!e stanifngs behind the M
pointed the empty pistol - II drawing =
bead on them: They tur1Icd their horses sud
aeny eng fcd =. Mr batS, the ball crushing
over and over agatn With the Hatne effect. There
wcra other men at the bank firing down the
street.
down the street from the bank, and two shuts
:" III. Manning, 10 Of Mil sqnare, whose storc is
In the Same block a. tho bank, next came upon
tho scenc. 1ic ran out Of his store With Rem
ingtoen repeating rife, and took deliberate aim
"Jump back now, or they'll get YOU" Next
Dir. j. 3. Hide came up with . doublo-Lar-
relied shotgun aud discharged the two barrels,
and retired to reload. The Rev. Philips also
delivered cool, deliberate AIN. III. Datcs
next heard a. report over hfs head and saw
one Of tho dcspsradoes fall from bis horse.
The hoEso made q faltering plunge forward
ana then suddenly sa stoppel a, The man
& few moments was dcntL This shot was
fired by Henry Wheeler frum an old carhino
from ou. ono Of tho windows Of the Danpcr
lIouRe. from the very room ia which this report
aud, % le cyept to the CORNER to lire, Mr. Waldo
called, stake good aim before you tlrc." lmme-
dfatgly after t1s shot one OF the horses started
up the street, and tile rider began to rccl aud
eNay to aud fro, q, and suddenly fell to TIC ground
Just opposite Eldrdgc'R store. Another horse
man tinncdlaely rolc up, dismounted and spoke
to the prostrnte nun, who waa stretched out ut
full length, supporting himself Oh his out
stretched arms, Tlen he rolled over on hIs back.
Then the other man took FROM him his cartridge
belt and two pistols, att, rcmolnting his horse,
rode OF.
Another horscman, finding Mr.. Mannlpr's
frc too hot, dlsmounted from bis horse and rot
on the opposite side Of It for protection, wien
the horse down, tho man running behind aoino
boxes which were piled beneath the staircase
before mentioned, and now cnsued q lively
fusilade between this fellow and Manning, the
e heeers ss usket ms a9f5 sFef r.:
fellow In tho leg, halfway ahoYo the Knee. IIo
at once changed hls pistol To- the left hand and
grasped tho wounded Limb with the right
stni trying to get At hannIng Finding
pistol In bis hand, lie sent . bull whlzzing To-
wards that gentleman, grazing tho aide Of his
sicek e @ and the bridge Of h[s nose, mud burying
sAvH lie freB the rstp of tl,ut tn11 in tfa IA