Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-14
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We we're iaat drifting into var, says
8 writer in sue Atlanta Constitution, do.
scrlbinQ an tneident which occurred Ia
mork Of spies and crAnks Of the John
Brown stamp. IL seemed that self.
preservation demanded vigilance and
decisive action.
Il wss whispered around the hotels
one rainy afternoon, that Yankee ab0
ntioniat had been in the reading roon
atarly all day, reading the papers anC
makiRg eopi0us notes. What settled ths
matter was the fact that be wrote hl,
ootes IN & kind Of Short hand or cipher
.kag could not be understood By seveEa
patriots VINO had been sufficiently public
spirited 20 peep over bis shoulder. Mnet
this came out there was general indignA.
Iioa. Those who had seen the stranger
ss8re that be was 9 Yankee. dis pink
and white complexion and has bFogus
N lde that plain.
Gradually stray citizens dropged into
the Ieading rooms until there was q
considerable crowd. The Spy, with sin
GUAR cottage, continues bis work. Hs
whiatled as be read, and frequently
paused 70 soribble IN bis note book
Finally, Just about dusk, ho put a hlt
book aud turned with the evident inten.
sion Of leaving. By that Elme every
thug had been arranged. The specta'
tors stood some Of them In she rOom
aud the others in the hall leading e.
the doorway A young man ap
preached the suspected person, who, b
toe way, vas go0d-iOoklng, mid faced
youth. and SAID with an ar Of au-
thOFiiy:
''siE, we know who yoa are, and We
know yoaF buslRess here. II y0a viii
70 vita us quietly, u viii be better for
yoa"
The prisoner said not q word. A des-
perate glare flashed from bis eyes, his
face hardened and he Suddenly backed
into corner.
Look OUR exclaimed two or lhree
voices.
Ihe warning was not a second too
early. The man thrust his right hand
behind him.
Hs's drawing q pistolr shouted q
dozen citizens.
Two OF three yelled - MarderF' sew.
eFai volunteered the statement that they
were gsiag for the police, aud the entire
erowd backed precipttateiy into tbs darn
hali, where they came IN contact with
the outsldeEs, Who we're doing their best
90 get INTO the room. In halt 4 inmate
TIE eeWiidered membera Of the crowd
we're p0mmeiinR eaeh other, palliaQ
hair, and yelling N the most blood.
curdling way imaginable. Each man
expected q bullet IN bis baek from
The mysterious outlaw, and a. the same
time Dc was afraid Of being knitted
BY the latest comera. who arpeaFed 10
b incapable Of understanding the sit
uAtion.
Sc. with yalls. cries and cnrsss rival
Ing PAndemonIum, tue vtgilantes sirma.
sled Ia the gathering darkness 10 tue
stairway, and vent laundering dewn,
kicking and fighting and splastaEine
until they landed, some Of them head
fofemoai, on the pavement. Here they
we're picked up and separated. Rein.
foxcemenaa arrived, explanations we're
made, and IN less than i've minutes
from the time tbs racket began every
lnlng was ready for another attack np0n
lhs abOlisionist Fear OF ave naen, with
broken nsses, aras and cracked skuiis,
we're ieft beHiud. The Others, wish
hAlf d0Rsa wellarmed men in trent,
aacaasded again 90 the reading room
when they catered the room shey found
u Gaiheait 30 bsliess their senses. HE
desperate stood thonghtfnliy IN toe
msddle Of she door a4naebing 9 big Esd
acpls.
DO yOu surrender shsatsd the
viRiiAnfes.
SarEeadeEl %, yes, I suppose %. =
vas NE answer. 1nen The feiiow tOek
another bite as The appls And said:
= what's ali thts abonsTn
HIS insoienoe vas Irritating, has ID wa
thcazht besi g. an4weg Aim.
Non ara fsakes sPy,n said the
ieascr, and re gart your d0cumeE ts
ana the extrects yea have oopied from
lhsse pzpsn-'
Hns uan Darst int . "a q ianghser,
He laughed nntll be wss black 10 Tue
face. several Of them started faEward
% handle ham roeahiy, baa be hFaced
~ ans aaid.
sail right Rsasismaa. Imay have
nEinte1nonAiiy ActH1 suspiciousiY, hcz
] viii sxqlA1n. Ny naase u John shat
ties. Live ~ DAnviils, Virginia, and
am in tne t0bAeco basiness. / s4opped
0xes q dAy heEe. and nAve hesa runnirR
ever these papers for tke aaotalians a
tqbacea even whers. Hers - my boaA
coua Of ny D9tes are IL <t-hand,
baf yaa can m4ke oaa shoss 6sarsa.
regEea havzag aanssd az shts sxzfts-
neat~
A dead silence fell uPon the crowd.
WEI did ysu GraW = pistolF asked
acA
did net. / 6Esu tsiA appls from
~ pae6es. vas - eonfRssd that
dadas knoG wAAs I Waa dom and aisnast
rseehAGle lis eaEn nenesa tazR nRAWs
- he appIA. whaen I eeald hsrdly ess
s1t q ~ poehsi."