Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-04-20

point. doing no injury to the groin
whatever. Mr.. Allen had e slight
heah wound on the right eide Of the
neck and Mr. Breckenridge. Fortunate
y, escaping with no serious damage
whatsoever.
THE FIGHT.
The party arrived at Chandler's
milk ranch Just as the rosy streaks Of
the mOFning were heralding The near
approach Of the glorious orb Of day,
but before there was sufficient light
to see objects st any considerable dis
tance away. It was the intention of
the party 70 get as near the house as
possible without giving any alarm.
and then to await until broad day
light before making the attempt to
arrest the parties Thev were frus-
trated il this By the barking Of
pack Of dogs kept at the house. there
fore after their approach was thus
heralded they determined to proceed
to business at once. so they rode bold
ly up to near the house, where they
dismounted. and one Of the party
RAPED AT THE DOOR,
which summons was answered by ask
ing who was in the house. The an
sWer came, "Those who belong here"
or something to that effect. They
asked the man 10 get up and get them
some breakfast. when they were told
to 90 to the other house "a small house
about one hundred yards below. J
Thinking that possibly the parties
they wanted might be at the other
house, Mr.. Young and another one
started down, and when part of the
way there. upon looking around found
that the whole party were on the way.
Il was decided that the upper house
ought to be watched. so Mr.. Breaken-
rige and Gillespie returned. About
this time the door was opened, and q
man by name Of Lewis, a teamster
who was staying overnight there, step
ped out. Immediately followed by Hunt
who commenced firing. Mr.. Young
il of the opinion that as many as two
or three shots were fired before
GILLESPIE WAS KILLED,
but this Is not certain, for as soon as
the battle opened the entire attention
Of all concerned was too closely turn
ed to self defense to note consecutive
ly how matters did happen. OF one
thing they are certain. however, and
that is that Hunt shot GILLESPIE
through the left temple, when he fell
dead in his tracks. He then fred at
Mr.. Allen. the ball passing through
his coat on top of the right shoulder,
causing q slight crease in the side Of
his neck. Allen then blazad away
and shot Hunt through the breast. the
ball coming out of his back. Hunt
must have fred several shots at
Breckenridge, who had taken refuge
behind large oak tree. almost direct
ly opposite the door, for several bull
let holes were found in the tree after
the battle was over. In the mean
time and a few seconds after Hunt
opened the battle.
GROUNDS COME OUT,
and Breckenridge blazed away at him
with his shotgun, and was so fortn-
nate as to put Q full charge Of buck
shot into his head, which laid him
out. When Mr. Young returned from
going toward the lower house he start
ed to 60 around the house, thinking
there might be a door or window
through which the cowboys might es-
cape. The firing commenced, and
one Of the shots, It is supposed from
Aliens gun passed through the house,
going through two board partitions
and the side Of the house, striking him
as above described.
These are the facts as nearly as can
be arrived at up to the time of going
to press. John Gillespie, who was
acting as a special deputy, was a mi
ner, and highly spoken Of by all who
knew him, and his taking off in this
manner is deplorable event. That
the whole posse did their duty un-
hinchingly and bravely is evidenced
by the narrative Of the events that
occurred, and they are deserving the
commentator Of all law-abidine citi-
zens. Coroner Matthews went out to
the scene Of battle, arriving a short
time after Mr.. Nagle's Departure
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