The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-11-29

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me to be crooked entered the billiard
room for drink. Hs started in sur
prise at seeing Mcknight, and was
about to approach him with extended
hand when a signal stopped him. I'm
less Mcknight was a ''fy' man he
could have no knowledge of the other.
pretended to see vacancy, and parted
with my enemy in the greatest good
nature. That night an attempt was
made to bore panel out of my door,
but the bitt was stopped by the sheet
iron.
did not see Mcknight the next even
ing nor the next, but he showed up on /
the third evening and explained that
he had been to Milwaukee. / knew
better. He had been trying to work |
out some new plan to get at me, and |
had spent portion of the time at a
crooks resort. He had hit upon a
plan. I knew this from the cordiality
of his greeting, and all through our
games / was wondering what scheme
| he had hit upon. 1t was revealed to
me at midnight that very night. had
bell on my door, and at that hour it
was vigorously pulled. In case of my
| being wanted at the office the messen-
ger was instructed to ring in a certain
manner. AS this was not his ring |
waited for few minutes. when the
| bell tangled more vigorously than be-
fore. slipped on my pants and went
| I e1i Il 4
Mcknight stood there, and when l
asked what was wanted he replied:
Really, old fellow, / am sorry to
have troubled you, but I came to ask
your advice. was handed a very
queer letter after left you, and want
you to read it and tell me how to act.
I'll go up stairs with YOU.
!, l told him that one oil our men was
occupying the room with me that night,
and advised him to see me at the office
next morning. He had planned to get
to my room and pounce upon me, but 4
snuffed the game. He did not show up
again. He may have believed that |
, suspected him, and was determined to
keep out of my way until he appeared
to strike the fatal blow. Next door to
me, on the downtown side, was a va
) cant lot. One day. week after last
, seeing Mcknight, several dry goods
. boxes were brought to this lot and
| piled up in such way as to form a
3 good hiding place next to my door.
, scented an idea as / Investigated, and
: that night, when within a square of the
r place, met couple of young fellows
i and offered them quarter to go and
1 displace the boxes, explaining that a
v vagrant had taken up his quarters
5 there. They went with whoop, and
e a man rushed outo hiding and ran off
9 1t was Mcknight.
/. The next day / was sent out of the
e city and was gone two weeks. had
!. not been back two hours when / dis
d covered that a boy was dogging me
a about He was no doubt in the pay o
v Mcknight, who would now be read,
for some other move. ] had no soonel
y reached my room than made the dis
q covery that the window bars had beel
i tampered with, two having beel
,s wrenched out and all loosened SO that;
,s little work would remove them. Tha
: night asked friend to stay with me
% While I sent him to the room befor
o dark made my usual rounds and dit
"a not turn In until eleven. If Mcknigh
le was looking for me he saw me. w
" turned out the gas, placed our revolver
~ at hand, and sat down near the .windoN
Il 20 wait. At one o'clock McKnigh
T climbed she'd from the alley, entere
40 the insurance Office by a back window
In passed through two rooms, and az
Of peared at the window opposite mine
10 When he had raised the sash he pushe
Mt a plank across the five feet of space
=. and rested the end on my windo
n ledge. 1t was a summer evening. an
I'd my sash was up, but so quietly did th
man work that the lightest sleepe
,d would have heard no sound. He waite
,is and listened, aud then came across. w
moved to the right and left, and /
,r could not see us as he put his face
- the bars. He must have been certai
,st that was asleep, for he began worl
4 and soon had an opening by which
! could enter.
No Mcknight had come to kill me, but
~ did not thirst for his life. AS he be
II to enter the window fired over b
90 head and uttered a shout. He straigh
=. ened up, lost his balance on the plan
- swung half way round, and tumbled
&c the ground. 1t was only from the Sc
i, ond story, and had he alighted on h
he feet he might not have been hurt. B
a he turned over and struck head fir
~ and never knew what hurt him. I
~ neck being broken by the collisio
When he was dead he was identified
s. New Orleans crook named Red Pei
- and when he wrote me the letter
= was in Joliet prison. Hisonly weap
- was aknife, but one thrust of that won
have settled me forever.--M 7. Sun.
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