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his rifle and the outlaw made no resistance.
From the date OF the
CAPTURE OF CARR

From the date OF the
CAPTURE OF CARR
Until the 9th instant the three other out
laws were at large. But the pursuers were
by no means idle. Sheriff Moore, Under
Sheriff Stanley and others were In hot pur.
suit. finding and losing and rediscoyerinq
the trail, and more than once flrnx upoT
the outlaws. The route Of pursuit was
several hundred miles IN length, and led
through four counties. On the morning OF
the 9th instant Sheriff Moore. Under Sheriff.
Stanley, c. A. White OF Nimshue and =
Chico stage-driver named Messer, sur
rounded q cabin on Butte Creek. abou,
one and half miles frou, the town OF Mn
shue. About 100 yards from the cabin the
men started to take various poaitjons.
White above the cabin, Stanley near the
ravine. Moore commanding the ravine In
one direction and Messer In the other
Stanley and White gained their positions.
but Moore and Messer did not Moore re.
malned near Stanley. and when the firing
began Messcr retarned to town White
and Stanley had Winchester rifles the oil b.
ers had shotguns loaded with buckshot.
After they had waited a few minutes Bill
lings came out with his gun and an Ak, ey-
Identity meaning to chop wood. When
about seven feet from the door Stanley
called to him 10 throw up his hands. In
stead Of so doing he turned to spring into
the house. whereupon Stanley nred, the
ball probably striking Billings Ia the
shoulder. On hearing the sh OF Gauntz and
Brown dashed out OF the cabin and into
the woods. White hriug four shots At them
as they ran. White then turned and dis
covered Billings just outside the door try.
n ch,,,, a
him. 10 the mean while Stanley, and Moore
were dring into the cabin, through the thin
shake sides. When Billings noticed that
White saw him. he ran back into the cabin.
but Immediately came out again. White
then fired, and the bullet struck Billings
10 the knee. bringing him partially to the
ground. In this position he again ecdeay-
ored 10 aim ct White, who continued firing
until Billings fell PROSTATE. When the
three men reached him he vas already
dead with Ave Winchester bullets In his
pulseless body. White then went into town
Tor the Coroner, aud the others remained
With the dead outlaw. About five hours
later, the Coroner having taken their testi-
mony, White and Stanley were on the
trail OF Gaantz, aud Sheriff Moore was on
his way back to Meadocino City with
THE DEAD BODY
OF Billings. About one hundred yards
from the cabin the pursuers found that the
trail divided. and by the footprints saw
that Gauntz had turned south and went
down the creek. while Brown had gone up
the creek. Brown WAS the more Import
ant OF the two remaining outlaws. and it
was he that they most desired to capture.
But Under Sheriff Stanley thought, from
his knowledge of Gauntz, that he was max
log TOR the railroad, where he was perfect
~ at home, and by means Of which he
might be enabled to escape. SO the two
men turned down the creek. After going
little distance, however, they were sur
prised TO find the trail turning toward
town. At IL O'Clock that night they had
traced their man into town. but at that
point they lost all trace. Gauntz had re-
turned to Nlmshue and had entered . de-
serted cabin not 100 yards from where his
two pursuers slept until morning. AT 8 A.
NJ. Stanley and White passed this cabin,
were attracted by Its suspicious appear
ance, and entering 1t, found Gauntz un-
armed and unresisting. Stanley took the
prisoner In buggy, and overtaking Sheriff
Moore at Chico, turned Gsuntz over TO that
official and returned TO Nimshue. The
next morning Stanley and White started on
the trail OF the remaining outlaw Brown
who had then almost three days start.
Browns trail from the cabin where Billings
was killed to the scene Of his swn capture
was In the following directions, and will
be understood by Butte County people and
by those who have ever travelled in that
section OF country. For nearly the whole
distance the trail WAS followed by Stanley
aud White. most of the time on foot.
Browns route WAS up Butte Creek, on Into
Concow Valley. thence due east up the
slope Of the Sierras to the snow line. Here
he stayed all night with az Indian. Thence.
starting on the morning Of the 9Th instant.
he crossed the north fork of the Feather
River and stayed all night at Last Chance.
tie then crossed French Creek to the
Mountain House. on the road from Gro
vile to Susanville, thence on the main
road TO Bidwelfs Bar. Here he took to the
scrubby foothills and travelled to Wyan-
dotte. He then turned toward Rice's cross
Jog on the Yuba River. On the evening
Of the 10th instant, White md Stanley ar
rived 1t Bidweifs Bar on horseback. 10
The morning they secured the country and
warned the people from Oroviile to Wysn-
dotte. Stanley. going to the former place.
returned
ON THE TRAN.
Ia company with Sheriff Sprague of
Butte County, but they were Ton late
About two miles from Bangor they mrt
John Moran and young Thatcher returning
with Brown, who had been arrested about
4 mile ahead. 1t had been Y long Chase,
and 1t WAS grievously disappointing to have
he eclat Of capture absorbed by two
amateurs. But nothing can detrsct from
-he merit OF the White e-Stsnley chase from
Nimshue to Bangor, thirty miles OF which |
ay through soft snow over a foot deep, and |
which WAS accomplished In little over
welve hours Stanley's pursuit, most OF
he distance being on foot, WAS through |
portions Of Meudocino, Trinity. Trhsn,a
and Butte Counties and almost into Yuba. |
Carr. Wheeler. Brown aud Gaun,z are now
N the Ukiah Jail. The Mendocino City |
people say that there is little prospect that
he four men will be punished to the full |
.xtent cf the law. Courtwright gave his |
;estimony as State evidence and was not
held as accessory BY the Justice who com
nitted Wheeler. or the nve principals In |
he bloody dratns OF fell cupidity, Sam Carr |
alias Captain Jones, was 63 years OF age
and the Oldest. he WAS at one time one |
>f the foremost bulies Of the notorious
Lake County rufdans. now disbanded. He |
Sas pardoned by Governor Irwin after |
'erving seven years Of his life sentence.
Sauntz. alias George Leonard. alias
the youngest of the set. u about
=. lie Is said to have parents living In |
Oakland. He Is rather good-looking. thick
'et. supple and wiry, and is splendid shot.
He has been engaged - brakeman on
'everal railroads Ia this State. Wheeler
$ about 45, has wife but no children.
de was considered the brains Of the gang.
Ind both in his profession and socially
lad won the confidence Of his tOwnsmen.
Billings was about 80 and II said to have q |
brother living near st. Louis. Brown 10
sther Of two boys, now living In Windsor.
his State, and has . brother and two sis.
ers living. He 10 now about 20 years old.
4 reward OF $500 was offered by the Gov
,rnOr for the arrest and conviction Of the
nurderers, or 600 for the arrest and con-
'ictiOn of any one OF them.
--''DO you understand the nature and
olemnity OF an oath?" the Judge of Van.
lila asked . witness who had come up
rom the lower end Of the State. "Weli,