, 1877-10-06

! don't commit one robbery now where nsea
to tolntn!t thsrc, an. H. rtnls 'tln:s my un.
scfcnre n rlsn MI a tiuvtrnsncnt rnuic. want
to make one llg haul, anil tfcn 11l get rr!Eitn
nnl live nm honest, upright lt5c; indeed, I'll
bind myself 10 atart religious weekly 'ofne-
Alter Mmo fnfthcr general talk fe brought
forward proposition that VIC eitntifl Eo l,nrt.
ncrs III making the "hig haul " hc had alluded
to. Numbers of anl'!ftra were ttclhk 1n'IAteretl
out essry wcek and ,no't of them refese., m ~,
frt,m the East. They went ht'f1lc In EanRs IT
{rin ten In thirty, taking The cars nt Weston.
Il, rrach Weston from the fort The incfi hat to
60 Three miles ~. tho river, anu thcn cross BY
fcrry-in,nt. Cu.kfs plan Was to scfzc the hOaf,
luck tho cabin tionss. run The craft lip thc river
mile o. twt, nn,t rub The soldiers nne by ure
a* they were Jet out of thc cabin. lie Thought
five men wo,.ht la plenty 10 tso tho work, n,"'
number. tic sve,ne' tn have perfect c.nlience
that WOtlli not "gtyc him away" tu the OIL
cals. and, when declined Ills uIcr, lie r.tlecte1
f9r ,' moment ana said; "l'1f roll the boat
Four days after his visit to the prtntIne-oiIice
he stlemp ptcl to carry out the reckless md
dangerous project without assistance. As tnc
ln,nt left the Kansas shore Just hcforc tlusk. the
warm cabin mil rat ,!own. took 1orscti the
door, md then, going up TO Tue ~lleelhnnhe,
presented reynlyer At The Cnptn!n's head Atttl
ordered him to rim Mp stcath. was uo ur ae,
anil lie tn,at took the new route. Inc sol'eIs
lc'ow fccnte,l danger III the movement, ant,,
breaking down tlle tffKr, hunted Cook 0vcr-
heard. The wntcr was full Of floating tee, hnt
yet lie bwn1 }t} feet mud escaped the l}fty lIu1-
two weeks aftcr thai. Then he enns Int, tl,c
oflIrc tl,G day and nskctl ME to fnko hand
lr the robbery nt tie Fayinn*tcr at the fr1st-
4 hill was to teEtycn IN the r'ty next night.
and ctx,k argued that u'ttl d tile n'I,tcfs nt
nusitr's ntllcc was small nt,c, uHtl tho nnlv
guar,1 wna detailed soldier WIN actctl m elrrk
nnd btcrt IN the rtnn wherc tlss safc ftnN!. This
mati was to lc won over or put tmt"f tho way,
told him tllnt. II lr lid not Mt onrn abandon
the idea, wuul certainly give notice Of his III.
tcntobR, an,!, likewise. Eare him 70 understand
that should nut suPIMrs my of MS eceGiet IN
a'i ID bringing lin to justice. itc agrretl TO
snrt for 1T. fn,tis that very evening, a talked
like mnna who really n!cnnt to do better hut at
midnight the next ttgllt lie a!ld two others stole
the eafc, ta,tletl It to tho river and then three
secured about *l4On in Rrccnts,eks. C'1ok
escaped. lining nil his money, while The othcra
wcrG cnrturch lctore they hh'l used more than
enough Il, purchase horses with.
Six months later Cook waH Hlnafng around FoFt
Kenrrcy, whcl, suller identified him. Sixteen
cayntryinrtl pursued lin ~ he fed. 1lrwas well
arlnct1, md, after riding about ten miles, fls tlls.
n,ountet!t rot sllrltcr in t,ufialwntluw, atId
Is plain fact that hr beat his nurat,ers OF and
took l,ts own time nbout going. Tw0 or tllree
weeks after TINT, he attempted trntlrrobl'er1
Of, the 1t. Joe lsna. and ycar ago tt,9'' whom
11,ow wns Cook attempted nDc i.cnr 1lnnn!',nl
ago TIC wrote me from Fort Scutt, Kan. srnlii'e
| a ncwspnper.Itt m whici, described the narrow
csrapc Of harse-thtef from party u Esgtlants
| In this letter hc wrote: $780,,
worth, anil shall ncver forget It. don't hnp
n6ar yOttsf1 like to cUH down llGep md 70 8l1re