The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-05-22
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eaymastsr Whippls Describes His N.
counter With HAND Of 1lshwaymea in

eAymastsr Whipple Describes 1is. n.
counter With . Hand Of 1ashwaymen in
Montana.
Fort Buford, Oak, Special Telegram, Nay
Id have interviewed Maj. Whipple, the pay
master who was attacked by road agents, and
who has just reached the garrison He says:
''We left Glendive At Q o'clock yesterday morn
ing. Our party was composed Of myself, my
clerk, Mr. Such, and Sergeant Conrad
who was in command Of my escort, which
was made up of three men with tive
drivers. Mr. Such and I occu.
pied the rear seat of the ambulance, Sergeant;
Conrad aud driver on the front, while the Others
rode in the wagon immediately behind. Con.
trary to my usual caution, had placed my
money in the ambulance. At about $50 in the
afternoon as we were driving quietly up through
deep ravine road, about four miles this sid
OF Barnes ranch, heard rapid firing. .
looked out and saw Sergeant Conrad firing ia
the left at q party of masked men, seven il
number, who had opened a murderous fire up.
on US without word Of warning. Three Of
the seven men were firing directly into our am.
bulance, which fire was returned by the Ser.
geant in the
BRAvEsT AND MOST GALLANT MANNER
At an early stage of the action, however, he re-.
Gelved two mortal wounds, but continued tc
ire until tho loss Of blood 30 weakened him
that he could no longer hold his rifle About
TINS time the driver received q scalp wound
and fell down from his wagon, when Mr. Such
and l jumped out. One of the mules was
wounded, aud the team becoming frightened
ran away with the ambulance, which contained
the lieutenant and my money. Mr.: Such ant
l were Kept under very heavy fire, and oul
tho highwaymen would capture the ambulance,
l,,;+ Immediately INN ey started in that .pur:
running the mile was obliged to- 1 was
successful in ovcrtaking the mules and climb.
ing into the ambulance. The sergeant-gal.
liant fellow that lie was-died in my arms about
twenty minutes after being shot 1 reached
SCOTS ranch about eight miles from the scene
OF the murderous attack safely In the mean.
time Mr.: Such and tho ambulance driver were
covered by the rifles of tho highwaymen anc
forced to return to tho escort wagon. One Of
the men was badly wounded in the arm in the
act Of raising his oarbine for second
shot The villains, thinking that the
escort wagon contained my safe, had paid but
little attention to my escort beyond few shots,
which they sent unpleasantly near. They thon
began to search the escort. keeping the men
was fruiltless They seemed rather disap.'
pointed, and began to search the men and Mr.
Such. They found a little tobacco on one of
the men and from Such they took about $9O
and a watch, which, however they returned.
After destroying the carbines they ordered
the driver to his seat and allowed
the party to 60 on Upon ar
rival at SCOTS at once sent nv courier to
Fort Buford for surgeon and additional es-
cort, as we fully anticipated an attack before
night Upon receipt Of the intelligence Gen
Whistler ordered Maj. Bell, Seventh cavalay to
start with his troops. He made forced night
march, and reached us at in the morning,
greatly to our relief, we having been on guard
duty the entire night. Maj. Bell has instruc-
tons to do everything in his power to capture
the band. He has taken with him three Indian
escorts and an INTERPRETER"