The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-07-07
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Throttle h Hooter!-The Rooster
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y MIC Villain Makes an Attompt to
throttle the Hooter!-The Rooster
Cots Left!
Wednesday,, while we were COMING
out or the Maverick saloon, kept by the
gentlcmanly Ed La Place, with the in
IGNITION OF proceeding quietly to our
nome and securing dinner and then re-
turning, we wero met by the notorious
Jlm McSwecney. AS u readers know,
Tic Is q dangerous and unscrupufous
man, and had to leave the states fGr va
rious crlInos. He accostcd us roughly.
at the same time
REACHING INTO HIS POCKET.
we instantly saw that his intention to
make q murderOus assault upon our life.
III We been armed wc should hayo re-
turned the fire before ho could draw, and
left him
wELTERINu IN AIS OWN BLOOD,
but being without q gun of any kind
and having a family depending upon MS
Tor support. Wc put down our first
Thought to clinch the villain and
FIGHT HIM WHILE LIFE LASTED,
and turned and ran down the street,
III this way to avoid him, as wo
! lalnly saw he was drunk and not re-
spons'blc for his actions, and we did not
wish him to
DIE NJ OUR HANDS.
No sooner had we started than he called
Tor It's to halt, and immediately gave
chaso; thus confirming our suspicious
thao the attack was
COLD N PREMEDITATED.
wo had not gone far when we in some
way ran into Jim's fine bull dog, Wes-
tern Terror, and fell down several timcs
In very rapid succession. We at last re-
gained our feet and
LIT U LIKE A sCARED CYCLONE,
1iln's valuable dog keeping a close hold
of our coat tails and barking as much az
possible u.,dcr tho circumstance. Tho
murderer still pursued us all tho time,
uttcring fcndfsh md unnatural cries,
which would have instantly curdlcd the
very life blood in the veins of Eastern
journalist bat we, being long accustom-
ed to the free lifo of the Wcst, did not
give them n minutes attention. Nc ran
rapidly across toward Cotoau street, and
would have sOon left tho scoundrcl be-
hlnd had 1t not been for the dog, which
Intelligent anima still hung on to our
coat tail like grim death, and somewhat
lnterfcred with our progress, so that we
ran too near Hank Barton's valuable
COW pony, which became frightened and
rushed against us, which caused us to
roll overa number of times. R%egaining
our fect, and with thcdog yetin position,
wc again started, with tho lend in hot
pursuit. At this point the boys connect
cd with the Gruhstakc outfit came cut
Of the senate saloon, ana taking us fer
a horse thief, began firing
AND UTTERINu UNEARTIILY WELLS.
Not caring to return thor fire, We simp-
ly returned tho yells and dashed madly
down tho street. We could almost feel
telligent dog was now flying straight
out behind, which, together with tho
confusion of the moment, caused Severa
prominent citizens not to recognize us,
On nd fllnxv .la~ To- .a A. -
the clerks from Bull e Whacker's sup
ply store, thinking we wcro a prisoner
escaped from tho county Jail, very prop
erly began throwing eggs at us. (Soc
Is. ~ w 9 large new adj, in tins weeks
Hootor.) About this time several COW
boys on horseback and
OF VIGILANCE COMMITTEES
ON FOOT
Joined the chase, while the coroner ..amo
in from Il side street riding u mule, no
doubt attracted by tho
WELLS OF THE SEMY.
After running about four blocks fur
thor We reached our fine new office next
to the Grand Pacific saloon, and rushcd
IN. our coming was 80 precipitate, as
wo might say, that our coinpositor drop.
ped q handful OF solid nonpareil ana
BLAZED AWAY At Us
with his Smith & WeSson. We cIawled
''''S' N'c'N NJ w ] anu
removed the dog, and informed us that
tho wOuld-bc murderer had stopped ex-
hausted. We received many cnngrat-
uiations over our show of speed, which
II is said was never surpassed in tho
West. a few moments later tho cut
throat came in. Our friends held from
LBArINa AT HIS THROAT LIKE TIGER,
and no offered the lame excuse that ms
he was about to leave for tho East to re-
side he wished to pay his subscription,
and had reached in his pocket for money.
He then handed over tho dust and went
out.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE HIS STORY,
and had he not left for the East the same
afternoon, should have had revenge of
1t cost us our life. As it, let by-goncs be
b~y-gones. Our life was atteptcd by n
base assassin, but 1t will be noticed that
tho Hootcr Is out on time as usual, which
fact the so-called editor of the vile oppo-
sition sheet down at the other end of
town will please make a note of.