Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

lif would render him Suspicious oil
everybody, and he would take no chance.
| rasoncd that he would quit the cabin
as bon as he had obtained bite to eat,
anl that he would go into hiding at
soae point from which he could com
mad view. Therefore, when within
lille Of the spot, made circuit TO
theright and came out a mile or more
to he south of the little clearing.
fo,nl that a ravine led down from the
mountain in the direction of the cabin,
apdafter an hours search up and down
rscovered evidences that some one
ltraversed it but recently. Weeds
wen broken down, stones displaced, and
at scertain moist spot l found PLAIN
foo9rints. The outlaw had come down
ffA0a fl ais !air bgsS@-,s g}aamy. tyai'S- and
he vould doubtless return by it.
,I,net the colored man about 8 o clock
} in he morning. lie would have time
to d his trading and return by A OF .
il ae afternoon. Gibbs might go oil
on ID expedition after receiving his sup
plic but the chances were that he
would at once return to his lair. tol-
lowed the ravine back to a point wher'
il narrowed to a width of six or elgh
iset, and where the path was in semi
darkness even at high noon, and there
prepared my trap. Had / met him lac
10 face could have shot him, put
could not lie in ambush and do 1t, ou
law though he was. 1t was too muc
HSe murder. Inside of an hour L ha
: : my rifle set as a spring gun, to be Oil
- tharged as the mans legs pressed
- small cord running across the path, al
then retired 10 a thick clump oil pm
= about forty rods away, and went III
~ camp to await results. If my actl
y seems cold d-blooded let the reader &C
denim. had in my pocket list oil
=" men whom Gibbs had killed IN &C
'"0 Mood and the names of a dozen wh
Ao he had sla ,hcd and MANNED out OF p
malignity.
! While | was arranging the gun,
red and lockers were approaching the {
the d. They we're strangers to the mel
'uld sorbcod and uuarmel Gibbs was
ride e,ying the cabin to go into hiding
the Though the m9n neither displo
re- seapons, nor callei upon him to !
AMns upon them with revol
sls i apll,ss ,.s,...s .sss,as, .,,.,ss ssa
h;o - nc ands%lad not boon ten
AAn hiding before heard the 81
~ qin discharged. waited a few /
ties and then carefully approached
oiio' pot, and it was to find Gibbs
so' across the string. He had been ins
'Ssu killed by the bullet. When we
u to get the body out to have it ident
enoy we found the facial expression to b
% savage MS that of an enraged tiger.
had been living the life of wild
until he resemblcd one.
My second adventure with an ou
lasted much longer. A half /
a i'u Choctaw named John Flint, who v
resdent of Doaksville, Indian Terri
willie, aod who had h;I,oa .ovor., mon IN
ipos gear after the close of the war, was
ono' put of the neighborhood by vigil
'A' committee and he to ok up his lai
ia"'' The mountain spur to the south,
u'' swore that he would never be
alive nor make friends with a hi
'4S being. He was represented as a q
'"u shot, fighter to the death, and a
+ the &c snch ) VIGILANCE that bo could n,
any surprised. He was outlawed an
00' price set upon his head, but it
y hep he might be taken alive
W" hanged. Our agency was offered 81
." more to capture him alive than 70
''as nish proofs of his death, but it wa
the same time admitted that o
''''' dozen men had spent weeks in val
y - trying to either kill or capture
% Three of the number had been k
while pursuing the enterprise. The
sP' look for me was therefore very dub
'A' but determined to see what coult
end done.
and As is the case with every out
/. l Flint had his friends and admirers
anl the country about him. | rea
ozeg Doaksville to learn that he was ar
oih- with a Winchester and two revol
two and that people for twenty miles ar
d were intimidated by him. He 10
toll on the farmers with high h
ord obliging one to furnish meat, an'
vie flour, third cartridges, and such
cit the terror his presence inspired thai
n y one dared betray him, though all yea
cc- TO hear Of his death or capture. He
v 4 put ON his guard against me on my
-
yisd not at once leave the country he "
q have my life. When | finally got r
d d TO bepin nv hunt for him he was /