Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-04-06

Wyatt being in the neighborhood t
was well known that he had comm it'd
many robberies and murders OF IN on
! cOplr in lHncOln county. and
thought il a out rs well TO be on the
lookout for him One day / ha bcea
up TO wn and was on my way home
that Is. to where Susy lived
with her mother when two
men darte out of the woods close bv
the road, and was their prisoner in a
moment. One of them was jim WYATT
knew him at first sight, although j
had never seen him before | felt
mighty mean to bee taken prisoner by
him, hen had thought all along TO
shoot h Iii the first time | should set
eyes on him. hey took nv pistol and
| lack-knife from me and hurried me off
to their camp Il ont nNc 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 had
been alone. He wanted TO do it, but
his companion wOu d not let him. That
night the whole party started of in the
| direction of Nc innville. taking me
with them, and mounted on rs good "A
horse Is any of them had. They tied
both of my legs TO the strrup-straps,
b in the dark ! had unbuckled the
straps and was ready to slip oil the first
| good opportunity should see. just
before day ght we had TO pass a stream
of water, and here We had to 90 in
Indian file. Tim Wyatt was the last
man, and was ust ahead Of him.
was tOlerably slow going across. as I
was tn hiking If ! escaped at all now
was my best chance, and | was little
surprised that Wyatt was so easy in
letting me fall behind. lust then | saw
what Wyatt was up to The others
were some rods ahead of Us. He was
getting MS pistol ont t. shoot me. In
second / gathered one of the stirrup
straps in my 9ht hand, and suddenly
turning my horse, and with the iron
stirrup swinging at the end of the strap
| dealt yatt blow that Knocked him
off his horse | immed ately re.crossed
the stream, and before : O'Clock | was
in the campof Stokes Tennessee Union
cavalty.
But about those greenbacks you
spoke ot?'
"Oh, yes; don't forget that Well,
you see, when ! knocked Wyatt off his
horse and turned back his horse, now
without a rider, followed right after
me. When got into camp eve ybody
seemed 10 think tn two horses ought
to belong II me, AMI 50 kept them,
and that night | got ba to >usy's
house. She was wOrr ed considerably
about me because did not come home
the night before, but she was Glad
enough when ! did come. She helued
me to put the horses in the stable.
and he took the saddle of the
other hor.e. the one WYATT rode
A. She laid Il down she said it
was the hedy ct saddle she ever lifted.
and She began immediately to look into
the saddlebags
''NOman's cur OSitv" | almost in
volunta" ~ burtcd out
-. " nted 20 see what was that made
it 50 heavy, nnocently remarked the
little lady a. she gave the baby tos.
to her other arm
Did YOU find anything?n | in luired
''Nei 10 not then repl ed Mr..
>ittOn. The next morning. when
came TO handle tn saddle. /, too.
thought j. was lttlc heavy 70 its size.
anu ~ Sdfc ID fIp ct inspect on.
found on the und r side two secret
pockets, and from one of them
brought out little over - o in green
backs and from the other - 0 in gold. -"
"A pretty good haul. said ''No
wonder it was heavy. ID Il Wyatt ever
come back to claim his money or hl.
horse
~ ell. he hasn't yet, replied Mr.
Sitton
.'Of course not, broke in his wife.
lie was picked up the next day with
his head broke, and d.el day or two
after"
had but a few moments in which tC
reach the ferryboat for the Jefferson
'llle depot On congratulating nv
riends on their tine prospects, hastily
Did them adieu. 1t has ever since been