The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-11-08

Ne wagon we're divided among The
gang, aud they soon rode OF, folio '.
Cd By wrapping Bill and three
troopsrs. In the morning, the
bound troopers managed 10 awake
the others BY their cries, and then
i was found, BY their condition,
that tho spirits must have bcen
dragged, hence their inability 70 Of.
fer any resistance.
ave held . hasty council aud de-
cided 10 send 70 . station four
miles away, for fresh troopers. BY
means Of messenger, . search par
~ was organized and they left the
camp two hours later. proceeded BY
the black trackers to point out the
trail. Luckily, I managed 10 be on
rolled amoug the party, much 70 my
satisfaction. I had D score 70 set.
tie with Mapping Bill and | intend-
ed 10 give o good account Of him IL
We meet. We numbered twenty
resolute, we'll armed fellows. carry-
ing revolvers and knives, whilst the
twelve troopers with US had revol-
vers in addition.
I'VE proceeded first TO the scene
Of the encounter. We fousa the
wagon drawn of the track and over.
turned. The black trackers soon
took up the trail and We went into
the bush in Indian file. Our prog
ress was necessarily slow, but We
were quite certain Of coming up
with the rangers at last. We fol.
lowed the blacks for Q couple oi
hours, then one OF them suddenly
set up Q warning cry, and We rushed
forward. In the centre Of an open
glade, we saw the body Of a man
laid upon the ground. Scattered
around were bits Of canvas, and
grains Of gold glittering in the grass.
Examining the body we recognized
it to be a person some Of us had
seen hanging about the camp o few
days previous TO the starting Of the
escort. A small blue hole in his
forehead told what had happened
Evidently . dispute had arisen
among tho rangers, aud this poor
fellow had been shot for his obsti-
macy. We again took up the trail
and proceeded. The bush now be-
came less dense, and We made grea-
ter progress. About o mile further
on, one Of the blacks, who was some
hundred yards ahead, suddenly
dropped fat on the grass, and gave
us warning signal. Advancing
cautiously to his side, We peered
through the bushes. Down in O
hollow were six bush-rangers, seat
ed around o small FIRE. Their hors-
sre tetbered near them, and va
rious packages were scattered about
I Dur plan was soon laid. We made
Q detour, and completely surround
cd them. / crept quietly through
tho underwood, inSeading to reach
Q tree, which grew about twenty
yards from the fire of the bush rang
ers..Suddenly 8 Aard y:- laid o."
[ ssbouideri I hastily turnsd, a,fu
4 $50 ''gsa .sa ,suger close BY my side.
He -graspaa me by the collar, and
presented revolver 10 my forehead.
"'One soand,. and I'll blow your
bruins out, be sissed
'Rssistsncs was ushless. 90 ! sub.
..aitted y DE disarmsd me, fuue me
on tie ground. and fastsned my
hands behind me witha cord be
pulled from his pocket He then
went few hundred yards away, to
warn the rangers, | suppose. I
heard ringing cheer, shots, oaths,
and oil the usual noise Of hand to
hand encounter. Giving q short and
sudden wrench, I got loose aud
rushed forward to see the result Of
the fight. just as I advanced, I
heard two shots fred almost stimuli
taneously, and q bullet shaved past
my head. I clapped my hand to my
left ear. Heaven! the lobe was
shot away Another inch, o n d I
should have been killed.
Rather Q narrow shave, that
said one Of the troopers, coming
forward. i just saw the fsllew draw.
ing . bead on you when dropped
him.
II went forward, and found the
victory had .been ours. Three Of
the rsngers had been shot down.
one Of them being Mapping Bill.
Two were wounded, and lay on the
ground whilst one bad escaped.
Judge Linch soon settled the two
prisoners
1--WE recovered all ofour gold, and
We made preparations for our re
turn. We gave the dead hasty
burial, easing them, of course, Of ali
valuables. etc. found 0 pocket
book on the body Of my would-be
slayer. and from Il 1 CLEANED q full
accounted tho gang. From infor.
nation therein contained, Sandy
and I, some weeks later, made q
little expidition Of our own 10 .
plaoe 10 the bush, where we found
quiet . large collection of nuggets
and dust The result OF many months
Of . bush.ranger's life. As it was
impossible to restore the treasure
10 its lawful owners. we wore obliged
10 keep IL. We returned to camp ii
snd in consideration Of our success.