New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07

Never. returned the officer. and II ever
am, don't propose 10 put up Wltn 10 aul ny III
an extraordinarily brave man. 3y a ,Sht nIaSe, in
my life but before would willingly allow myseIi
10 be called O dog and kicked about like one
I'd DO some hard fighting -, es
further inquired the gentlemsnly desperate. IN q
gently drawing tone Of voice. ID
"You" exclaimed the qnartemasteir wh 20. na ri
rival In Gutenberg, as cool as cucumber under
circumstances that would have tried the nerves
Of the bravegt men," You iS9 are Sne hnSs
daring man ever met In my lfe-and nave
seen many, both at home and abroad" a.,
Thank YOU" was the langud reilly. -,
have been held up more than once IN my NE,
and I have thrown up my hands every time aI
the command. Whenever those fellows nave tne
drop on me, my hands will go up Just as quick as
the Lord will let me- Take my aav' tr nnres
for those men take no, chlnces-its either one
thing or the other: your hands go up OK you
Now The rentieman who gave the quarter
master that advice, although at the time under
thirty-fve years of age, had already kned seven
teen men with his own rgns eaan after ali
In Justice to him IL must be sald uhL the naIoIIJg
of those men were outlaws, with large rewards
on their heads Tor ro9Deres OF an crimes The
most wonderful Of all Is that nearly al TINS XIII
ing Ind been done with one arm, the other having
bcen lost in one OF his nrSb enCOuntfto' lie N"'
noted all over the Territory-end may be now,
for that matter il he has not been killed before
this, for he had necessarily many enemies, az
Watching for chance to have tho drop on MN.
But he was exceedingly wary, and he was never
caught napping. Enoh and every TING --H1nt
to sleep he barficaded himself in his room in q
fortress, and his tools were always ready a1
He WINS at tho time Seferrcd 10 acting as Deputy
United States Marshal and much OF his lHllhns
had been done In the execution OF ms once, OF
In order TO secure the large rewards offered.
Ia every case he had acted by himself, so as not
to have TO divide the reward after 1t was earned
Such was the man who under the potent inhu-
ence Of the "drop" always threw up his hands
when it was against him II.
One of the circumstances under which he dls;
PLAYED his astonishing GOODNESS under lire occurred
uA follows but short time before the converse
ton Just reported One evening as they sat
together in the cleaning on the porch OF nc
street from that OF tho quartermaster, at one
end Of tho long main street Of Ehrenberg, the
officer was bewailing the loss OF his mail after
one of the stage robberieS, when three men on
horseback, coming from the open country near.
by, doomed up &C the end OF the street, riding
slowly in their direction towards the centre OF
the town. They kept in the middle OF tho
street, one in front who seemed to be the leader,
and the other two Immediately behind him, with
their horses noses touching the tail OF his own.
As they came opposite the oiiloc on the porch
of which the two friends were sitting, they
halted and the one in advance, demchlng
himself from the others, turned aud approached
until his horses nose STOOD WITHIN d, cOup" v,
feet of the quartermaSter's face, when he stopped
and bending forward over his horses neck, gave
a sharp piercing look az the two and said
Good evening gentlemen, h,s can ;n,vn 20" 1re0'
Ride, up tho street four blocks answered
the marshnl and you'n find one
Thanks replied the man, and returning
to his comrades, he rode up the street with them,
as directed ,
As they went on slowly, In the same order In
which they came, the quaEtermnStcr kept hls
eve on them. he noticed that their horses were
trayel-worn and very much fatgued. The men
were heavily armed-regular anenalS-and had
large Saddle-bags behind their saddles, chocK
full Of something, which 10 IN experienced eye
looked very much like bullion. AS they DIS
appeared In the direction Of the corral the oiicer
| turned towards his companion, who also had been
that robbed the last stnge, and the spOils-ycry
probably with some Of my ehecks-ae IN their
:" Do You think SOP replied the, marshal
slowly, after q moments thought. Wen, that's
my opinion, too. But they are my meat ana
Iil have them for breakfast Tomorrow morning"
" Marshal,7 interpOs ID the quartermaster
=" your duty is plain. But | would not do IL
sngly, Us you are in the habit OF doing Call
posse comitstus, and Jump down upon tnep WIZ u,
bystnnders, especially Of women and children
No. replied the marshal, as hr rose from his
the T TaId Rs enou Ss Se Fin
II myself, and take care OF the rst. lonll
hear something new when you 20 to breakfast
And both bade each other good by
and parted for the night. Sure enough, some
thing new had occurred when the quWtcfmhster
went 10 his breakfast the next morning, for the
first thing he saw when he reached the hotel was
a dead man stretched out on the porch; another
man with bad scalp wound and bullet through
one OF his shoulders was lying helpless on q cob
ia one Of the rooms; and In another the leader
OF the trio, heavily ironed, was sitting IN chair
talking In what saRmed TO be very friendly
manner with the inarsha who was Just then
handing him "A cocktail drink his health With,
Sitting 81 his breakfast, be heard all about
IL from the landlord and the marshal, who,
Judging from his appearance, had Ind something
Of IN escape. The party they had seen coming
into town the night before were robbers that
had robbed the last stagc as they lad surmised,
short time after daylight, the marshal who had
trailed them like an Indian scout saw them going
In the direction Of ferry, which Was ilat boat
pulled by q horse short distance up the river,
when he was cast loose, and the boot carried
downward by the current was stcered dingOnnlly
across the river, striking the opposite shore some
When they reached the ferry, about TO start
on its trip for the Californian shore, they found
II already loaded with ten teams, which left
40 spare room on IL for them, and they concluded
10 wait for It's next trip, which the ierfymnn
told them would be in about an hour. While
two Of the men were still talking TO him, the
leader who was large, hurry man, went back
10 the corral 20 give his horse another feed, aud
as he was tying him 20 the manger, with his
back toward the door, the MARSHAL who had
crept in unseen behind him, dealt him q powerful
blow on the head with the butt OF his revolver,
| which stretched him senseless az the horse
| feet.
| He tied him hand and foot, and dragged him into
an empty STALL and went baelE 20 look for the other
two after locking the stable door and putting the
| KEY in bis pocket. Just as he reached the front
| of the hotel he perceived, coming up from tho
| river in the middle OF q stceet running at right
angles with tho one be stood In, and about forty
| yards from him, OF the robbers coming toward
| the corral, leading his horse by the bride The
other, also leading his horse, was following some
| 200 yards behind.
| As the first man came in front of him-with
something like 200 feet between them-the marshal
drew on him with his revolver. and ordered him 10
| surrender.
Not If know IT," replied the man ; and quick
as flash be drew his revolver, and bringing 10 ia
hear before the marshal could use his own, which,
| l.oI oil In Hro1 mud hull ~