The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-01-19

paying no further attention to any
one. He vac, perhaps, q minute
and half finishing his glass, and
during the last half minute he was
covered by the mans revolver.
When he sat the glass down he
wiped off his mouth, returned the
handkerchief, aud then turned and
advanced upon the ruflian. The man
fired point blank at his head, cnt Oh
o lock of bis hair, aud the bullet kill
ed the bartender. Before he could
fire again George seized him, one
hand on his throat and the other on
his knee, lifted him high 10 the air,
and held him thus for ten seconds
Then he gave the body fling upon
some WHISKY barrels ten feet away.
II was an astonishing feat OF
strength, ard the silence OF death
fell upon the room. When it was
broken il was by man who had
tip-toed over to the barrels to look
ut the rufiiun, and who hoarsely
whisped /:
Great heavens +! ON is as dead
as fish 7
So lie was. The iron fingers had
choked the life out OF him as he was
held aloft, aud when he struck the
barre! almost every bono IN his bo-
dy WAS broken. George stood there
for two long minutes, looking from
one to the other, and then asked
Does anybody else want me to go
down ou my knees 2
Never man replied. Never
hand was lifted, and we went slowly
on; aud mounted our horses and
rode away unmolssted.
A mouth or 30 later wa were at
Waco, aud one night attended the
performance at concert hall. A
rougher crowd couldn't have been
brought together. In the first five
minutes of oar stay, saw three
tunblers Of beer shot out Of the
hands of wuiters, aud hat was
Knocked from the head of one of the
stage performers by o bullet. /
secuted row aud wanted TO go, bat
George asked me to wait bit. Di-
rectly 10 front OF us sat an outlaw
from the Indian Territory. He was
Ia en-. pgly tysSase 81. mind aud anx-
ions for blood letting, aud pretty
soon he turned on us with
which Of you vermin spit on my
hat p
Neither OF us, SIR politely ans
wered my friend.
You are liar = shouted the man,
as he rose up.
No shooting! No shooting =
No shooting ? called handred
voices, aud the stage performance
was suspended to see the row out.
We we're chuck up to the side Of the
hall with a wide aisle in our front.
Retreat was cut off, while we could
be approached by three men abreast.
We put our backs to the wall, aud i
called ont that we were unarmed
. aud wanted fair play. Twenty peo-
pie shouted back that We should
have il, but in place OF two men ap-
preaching as whole half dozen
I jumped into the aisle.
Leave them all to me- whispered
George, and he obliged me TO do &C
! by stepping in front.
The crowd came at us with rush,
sleeves rolled up and fists clenched
y George stepped out TO meet them
, Biff Biff went his iron knuckles,
> and every man was knocked down
inside Of forty seconds, and that be-
fore one of them could get in blow.
} Then George picked each one up in
! turn, gave him shake which elicted
a howl of pain, and flung him among
the spectators. Not one Of them
came back after more, and no one
. else in the audience cared to med
! die with us. 1t was over in five
I minutes, and after the stage man
ager had rendered us vote OF
thanks, the performance went on.
!. Three OF tho Eve men received .brok-
en- limbs in the toss, and one was
made cripple for life by having his
9 spine injured.
Ono Of the nerviest things in
Sloane's whole career happened al
a Navosota, on the Brazos river. We