Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-02-26

m xn - - -.
~ SSi..s@@sils,
Il e kSn1asisonent
AovNWQpopt rs - v31Rinr .shof
A~NavtSsSn4s - 49, 49,,
r. oesaioa ~ 1lsv hs6 asovn
n1d -. hnt Z1nch.
MxsS q vs.rinv-sr3
MfnWamhEn~se1ae a roiisa. ~
nneh ornssfSn1~ rs Anntirs
oVn raInonrern - 49, =. NM
- alfyoL - vorld ~ r;sk m
- - aueA. Iheea cnniss
6ok1lallnd Mdfh1vsfeadilv ~
o1na1fkNy llolInvsd ~ Thsv -.
doonod - dnrpolntment Is he snd:
TT. o14SfKls ss a nv .ssm
uL1 woanoed man % endure such
- 49, roespera-
~ on
oss.Gs 1919, 49, oDi,eeo
ws ISsy sS1lu e ic.gs, iollow
6 ~ iusitty.f horses
~ socn' horsv~s =. ~ nocn ~. :.
O~ ~ mGcn Va Up
49, 49,. sn1 Iol'
l~-s[ a.sl,.r 49, osya,gns'
49, = 49, - i snIIss ne Isugue,
vsxt.t.Ts st.tia: C..s." nks
-. ~. 49,. ~ ~ Sust.1Il
ts"t4A. I.C.ss.!.Ms ~ M aO on ~ nnu
- - 49, IS. ~. stasuO
cssS.sSer ~ 49, y. ..sson
- 1rs.r -. 1T 49,
49, 49, -. ~ ~ ~ ,oms
AI..xc- ~. ~ ~ sncn oeclocu
M ~ q. Pu Ano1e welo =
49, =. ~. s ss.s.s lulsneL 49,. ing
t,s 4. 1872 ~o1iH cJIPe,
-. ss.. , -. ~. E.ssS
s,J enass.c. ~ ~ ~ $500. ~.
-s4sr- ~. X y. a yassn .lio.
i@.ses.ztv = 49, ~ SIa 1oucI ~ II
- 4.4|I 11 .Ao aoOA - snsal ~
AZ ~ tfnne vhen ~bushrnnxinx VA
riJS n Auslraiia thers vere perts 81 the
eoantry where. amone I certain clam Of
Unall {armeru and uublicans. avmnethv
NJ shoWn for buahranrerr. nd what
~ fe1aoo hnd = cncounfer before thev
nlNisS1n1v nOa1edad Is ar4fvnAtlns ths
eyil W tke great dlf6c1ltv IA reftinr
rsliabls inlofnation 81 ths movements
Of thsss marsuders. Who on the other
hand were themnlyes kent poeted In the
movemsnts Of their purnuers. ma Ire
y ONCE being siyen. were herbored or
aGlgHed 20 eecsne ~ aecrs4 aliies. Who
nemed ahove guspiciou. n the far in
tes3oe. Vhero we lot sieht az Pearson
and Hnkk4f1oed. this - 1ortunatalv not
~ 60: here they would and no
= anvapW esthay frnrn TIA reNn,e - %he
counfrv q ~ disporition al the inhah.
itantgI They could not hold ont LONG
ortrida tie Occunjed oountrv. and vhen
foroed Is return. the nopulstion ~ -
eceftersd and aymnstbissrs' none thst
hopeo 81 escape vere slirht Added 10
TIA ths excellent poIice force Of the
colony VA on he alsrt. snd border
patrob sctiye and vieilant. Notvith-
Standing, for upward 81 q month there
was 10 ign; till q day Pearson was
lighted On foot in = range Of hills near
Fort BuuSke. Hs Wa saaily captured,
and, WAen brought before. the bench, was
haegaTd and worn out with fatigue.
This un5oEtnnate man wa OF COM
paratively gsstle birth, had been . med.
ical student In England, and being sent
ct to TIE colony to nsk hin fortune, had,
= = To oltsn ~ GO where . young
fellow h ahipped OF without friends, in.
toeest Or capital, Lost caste, got among
dinoluts companions until, attracted
~ Whist wssksmindsd boys would think
. dashing life, had come BY rapid steps
~ this terrible depth Of crime.
The cneW6s aimple-his only care
De0ea % beto clear shimaolf Of the &C
tual murderof McCabe. The law, how
ever, could take no coguixance OF this
he fired the shot or not be
wAs equally guilty of the murder. He
wa9 committed, tried and sentenced to
b hanged. Subsequently, his sentence
~ commutsd toimpEisonment for life,
and when / hst heard Of him be was
still an inmate Of Darlinghurst jail.
An extraordinary statement of his wa
that on leayine the public house. he hsd
70 b helped on 10 hi horse in Al almost
faintin9 condition. and vet held nm
through that exhaustinr escape: that :
day lstsr, By his directions. his mate ex-
trected the ball from lin shoulder With
his knife; and vet when taken. though
weak and i'll, no trace OF wounds ave
SesO Mo ICW1AA0SVs nc 02O p4ItcO
tr0m Rutherford, = his enfeebled state
wasa dangeT 10 both, and he had mot
had The hardihood TO attempt to make
his WAY Through the Gordon formed by
the vigilant guardians Of the peace.
But to his companion he was true -
steel, and would give NO clue TO the
direction Rutherford had taken.
The latter, who was Z much more ex-
Perienced buahman. and in stronger
neaaths VA successful In evading his
fAee iOs souee time longer. Al vas after.
1axa o,certained, he had ccntrived TO
eiuoe The police. ard made his way to
tne 1acteoarle rivsr, some three hundred
mises nearer Sidney than the scene Of
~ late terrible Outrage. He was .
= young FELLOW. . native Australian,
though Of Engliah parentage, and Of
rod sddres. Arriving in . district
WaeIe he wAs unkno9n, he had no dim-
cuity ~ 4etttng employment, and was