The Mineral argus., 1884-07-10

endurance worthy of a better cause,
would tax the skill of the heaviest
fiction authors.
In the evening, Justice Toombs,
acting as coroner, Hmpaneled a jury to
sit in inquest over the bodies Of the
/ three men. After due dehberation the
Jury returned verdict on the death
of Rattlesnake Jake and Charles
Fallon to the effect "that they came
to their death from wounds inflicted
by guns and pistols discharged by
citizens inself defense" In the case OF
Benjamin Smith, the jury found that
he came to his death from a gunshot
wound caused by Winchester rifle in
the hands of a desperate, IN the
streets of Lewistown.
The jurymen were as follows:
w. H SIMoNs. d A. MEAGHEF-
WM. KEMP. I. B. SULLENGER-
/ c. E. RICHARDS. +. DEFRATE.
Nine bullet holes were found in the
body Of Owens and FIVE in that OF
Chas. Fallow, while Smith was shot
but once.
Saturday morning the bodies of the
c dtlaws were furnished with wooden
overcoats ready for burial, but before
planting them they were photographed
as a souvenier OF a "red letter day" IL
the history of Lewistown.
In the afternoon the remains of the
unfortunate man Smith we're followed
to the grave by large number of the
citizens of Reedsfort and Lewistown-
The question will naturally arise IN
the minds of many, what was the OBJ
, icct of these men in thus inviting their
f doom? What could they possibly
gain by getting into fracas of this
kind? There was no evidence to show
t that they were after money; plunder
: was not their object. What could It
, be2 Those who have watched their
! actions here have come to the con
4 clusion that their only object was
/. Glory the glory that is supposed to
/ attach to deeds of daring. They
4 wished to terrorize the whole town and
h when they had completely cowed the
e peaceful residents, ride off to a safe
n retreat and gloat over their exploits a:
they saw them pictured in the illustrat.
ed press, that panders to the tastes o.
the vicious and deprayed. But they
stumbled on a people who wouldn'
: intimidate worth cent. They toun'
? 10 their cost that they had to dea
: with men who didn't paralyze with fea
e at the sight of brace of six shooter
in the hands of long haired cut-throatS
So their little programme was upset
= from being the aggressoIs they wer
- forced to assume the defensive, ant
: realizing the situation into which the
:, had placed themselves, they tough
7 with bravery that was simply grand
- Think of the grit of Fallon, who, afte
; being shot through the body, and i
"a the first impulse, caused by his agony
= riding off 400 yards then turning an
/, seeing his companion still in DANCE
- returning to his assistance and to ce
= = tain death; and only dropping his riff
- atrer four more bullets had ploughe
n n their merciless way through his bod!
- - Meanwhile Owens stood his groun
ar ar like tiger at bay, with eight gappin
ss wounds in his body, giving up II
10 10 fight as he gave up the ghost when Il
% ninth ball crashed through his hea
~ We have no wish to laud or paneg
l. rize the bravery of these men, but sin
an ply recording the facts to show the
If desperate character. They merit I
N sympathy whatever, but richly deser
.sl ed the fate that overlook them. III
10 10 only safe way to deal with such chara
= tiers is to stamp them out of existen'
: with as little mercy as would be show
nd to the reptile whose name one Of the
at had adopted.
n. FRAGMENTS OF THE FRACAs.
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