The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-09-08
HAHNvIILE LOUISIANA, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER s, 1883.
"The men then paused near the door

ne men Jnen paused near the uO0Fs
and L heard one say; is that alp AL
was the reply. Then fix him, said the
first speaker. All right, answered his
fellow, drawing a slung-shot from
under his coat. My blood ran cold, for
| saw the villains had resolved to muir.
der me as a clincher to their crime. The
shock reused me from my trance. /
made one desperate effort, silently cooked
the ALIENS pepper-box' with which /
was armed, and fired at the two men as
they stood together. A yell followed
the report, the slugs fell rafting on the
floor, and the miscreants beat hasty
retreat. / heard the groans of the
wounded man as he passed along the
corridorsbut was unable to rise or fire a
shot after him; in fact, lost conscious
ness; did not wake till twas daylight,
when found crowd around me. /
then told my story to the officers of the
bank, who, cautioned me to keep quiet,
which / did. The affair soon blew over,
for in those days all was excitement,
and the robbing Of bank, even with
the wounding or killing of man, w&s
but tritle on boiling ocean"
''But how about the Secretaryp"
"Jim Casey, who was afterward
hanged by the Vigilance Committee of
SO, took me to see him the next morn
ing. -.
1.-The Secretary was in bed-sick, i
was told, with rheumatism, but /
learned afterward he had accidentally
shot himself in the leg! Casey got me
to sign paper, in which stated that
l knew the men who robbed the bank,
and knew them to be well-known jail
birds Warrants were procured for the
arrest of the rascals. but, believe, were
never served. 1 drew check for $500
the same day, and was sent on a voyage
to Honolulu; cautioned as usual to keep
my mouth shut. 1 was absent nearly
a year, drawing 800 month for the
privilege of staying away. At the end
of that time the pension stopped, and
| returned, working my way as carpen-
ter on whaler. / found the bank had
ceased to exist-a gambling saloon tax
ing its place IfeltI had been ill-used,
went in and fought the tiger, losing
everything, even to the pistol with
which | shot that rascal hauling in that
tomcod"
''What do you suppose was the OBJ
ject in robbing the bankPn ''''
"Why, to corral those 1000 'adobes.
Some malicious individual, who doubted
the banks solvency, put an item in a
picayune sheet to the effect that those
slugs wouldn't ring If thrown into d
saw pit. A little spark in paper often
starts blaze, and run was immi-
nent ON the bank. The directors, of
course, kept stiff upper lips, appeared
to treat the matter with contempt, but
concluded to yank off their bogus coin
under cover of a robbery. Another
glass of punch in my stomach would
have made it a success. Confound that
Secretary! / sometimes feel like chuck
ing him into the bay. He would have
killed me as coolly as he would rat. !"
''Did the adobe fraud ever leak
outo''
Eyes, but counted nothing. The
bank was smashed the moment the
run was started. Ralstos, who had
weakness for institutions of that kind,
tried to save it, but couldn't put up
enough coin. He retired, and the bal
loon collapsed. son francisco Bal
Letin.