The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-09-08

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come to this sooner or later. II had
not been drunk l would have taken afair
warning and stayed away. ! can go:tast
with these shackles on but Ill 60 as fast
as I can"
Surrounding their prisoner they. led
him to the hosting works Of the man.
moth mine. A rope was quickly thrown
over . beam and the prisoner was asked
il he hsd anything to say or any confess
sion to make He had NEITHER, he only
wanted the small favor OF beiEg alloWed
to die with his boots off 1t was small
fsv1r.,o adying man and at once grsht-'
ed A blacksmith belonging to the Wig.
lance committee procured hammer and
telling Jake to put his left and then his
right foot On Q small anvil used to sharp
en- miners tools, knocked his shackles
of in q few minutes. ae.7sg
Now" said Jake seating himself on
the anvil, ''draw of my boots and am
readv."
The man bent to do as requested when
quick as q fash down came the ring OF
the heavy iron shackle on his unprotect.
ed head. He fell like an OK, and almost
at the same instant Jake drew the unfor.
tunate mans pistol from his belt, snd be
fore any one had time to realize what
had happened he disappeared with o
shout In the darkness. With an equally
Wild shout his captors followed, spread
out as skirmishers so ss not to miss the
trail. A few Of the older men went back
to get horses, while the Younger ones
continued the chase. With the gray
dawn Jake's trail was discovered; it led
toward Lordsburg about four miles dis.
tant,to which point the construction train
of the Northern Pacific had reached.
"Shorty" thought that il Jake could get
horse at Lordsburg and get in there
ahead be might escape. The mob pressed
on all the harder. Soon Jake could be
seen down on the mesa running along
with the peculiar dog trot OF the Apache
Indian. He Was well out of range. Soon
he was seen to enter the town near the
Rslston House and run across toward
the railroad track. The crowd increased
its speed and rifles in hand rushed into
the plaza in font OF the hotel. Au en-
CINE attached to two fat cars stood puff
fing on the track. In the cab stood Wild
Jake while the engineer lay at bic feet,
Jake's right foot resting tirm upon bis
heart. Jake was covered by dozen RI
fles while several voices called upon him
to surrender.
Gentlemen" be cried, "before you
fire just Look in the direction ny pistol
is pointed"
The company had been digging fol
water; near the excavation were several
long wooden boxes of the kind in which
thevpa dynamite.s=s-'-.ii ss'a-s - -.
Lower your rifles," he continued, "ol
I'm fre into the giant powder and vel
all 90 together"
Every man in the crowd felt that Wild
Jake would be as good as his word, and
every gun was instantly lowered.
| Without.givipg the mob time to think
the train, with Wild Jake in charge
pulled out from the station and disap
peared round the curve going south
ward. While the train was in sight no
a sound was heard nor amovement mad,
by the men from whose clutches the des
perado had escaped,
"Bust my skin !" at length exclaimed
Poker Joe, "ii be hasn't seen our pill,
and called u.s.
"Well, be had the dead drop on n
sure" said Shorty. "There was nolhin
for it but to own up"
Meanwhile some Of the party approach
ed the we'll 10 look at the boxes. The,
we're all empty. Wild Jake restored hi
machine to the engineer near Fort Bowie
A. T., started off on foot and has neve
since been heard OF. although rumors a
to his whereabouts have been indulget
in by the local paper Detroit Ere
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