Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-04-12

Wyatt being in the neighborhood.
was we'll known that he had committed
many robberies and murders of union
people in Lincoln county, and |
thought it al out as well to be on the
lookout for him. One day | had been
up to town and was on my way home
that is. TO where Susy lived
with her mother when two
men darted out of the woods close by
the road, and was their prisoner in a
moment. One of them was Jim Wyatt.
| knew him at first sight, although l
had never seen him before. | felt
mighty mean TO be taken prisoner by
him, when had thought all along to
shoot him the first time | should set
eyes on him. hey took my pistol and
mackenzie from me and hurried me off
TO their camp out live miles back in
the country where there was about a
dozen more guerrilla cut-throats, and
all provided with good horses. suppose
Wyatt would have shot me if he bad
been alone. He wanted to do it, but
his companion would not let him. That
night the whole party started oil in the
direction of Nc innville, taking me
with them, and mounted on as good a
horse as any of them had. They tied
both of my legs TO the stirrup-straps,
bit in the dark | had unbuckled the
straps and was ready to slip OF the first
good opportunity [ should see. Just
before daylight we had to pass stream
of water, and here we had to 90 in
Indian file. lin Wyatt was the last
man, and was just ahead of him
was tolerably slow going across, as
was thinking if | escaped at all now
was my best chance, and | was little
surprised that Wyatt was so easy in
letting me fall behind. Just then | saw
what Wyatt was up to The others
were some rods ahead of us. He was
getting his pistol out to shoot me. In n
second gathered one of the stirrup
straps in my rght hand, and suddenly
turning my horse, and with the iron
stirrup swinging at the end of the strap
dealt Wyatt blow that Knocked him
off his horse. | Immediately re.crossed
the stream, and before s O clock | was
in the camp of Stokes Tennessee Union
cavalty.'
But about those greenbacks you
spoke of?'
"Oh, yes; I don't forget that Well,
you see, when | Knocked Wyatt off n.
horse and turned back. his horse, now
without a rider, followed right after
me. When | got into camp everybody
seemed TO think the two horses ought
to belong to me, and so ] kept them,
and that night l got ba"k to Susy's
house. She was worried considerably
about me because l did not come home
the night before, but she was glad
enough when | did come. She helped
me to put the horses in the stable,
and she took the saddle oil the
other horse, the one Wyatt rode
| As she laid il down she said il
was the heaviest saddle she ever lifted
and she began Immediately to look into
the saddlebags.
"Woman's curiosity" | almost in
voluntarily blurted out.
al wanted to see what was that made
it so heavy" innocently remarked tn,
little lady as she gave the baby tos,
to her other arm
did you find anythiug?n inquired
"Well, 10; not then replied MIR
Sitton. 1.-The next morning, when
came to handle the saddle, /, too
thought it was little heavy for its size
and so | gave it closer inspection.
found on the under side two secret
pockets, and from one of them
brought out a little over 500 in green.
backs and from the other 800 o in gold.
"A pretty good haul" said d. "NC
wonder it was heavy. Did Wyatt ever
come back to claim his money or IN:
horse?"
"Well, he hasn't yet" replied Mr.
Sitton.
"Of course not" broke in his wife
He was picked up the next day with
his head broke and died a day or two
after"
/ had but a few moments in which tc
reach the ferryboat for the Jefferson
vile depot. On congratulating my
friends on their fine prospects, hastily
bid them adieu. 1t has ever since been