Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19

hls hiding place, but from some remarks dropped once when he had liquor in him it was supposed to be a cave in the rocks, and to be approached only with the greatest difficulty. If I met him abroad it would be entirely by accident, so carefully avoided crossing any bare places where he might espy me from his lookout. About mid-forenoon on the forth day came across snare set for rabbits by some human hands. An in- vestigation proved that it had been in use for some time, and had held several victims, although empty at this time. This must be the work of the outlaw, since his presence on the mountain had driven all hunters away. Two hours later and mile away I discovered >a snare from which partridge had lately been taken. I felt then that I was in the neighborhood of the outlaws den, but I had to move slowly and exercise the greatest vigilance. built my fires in ravines and with the least possible smoke, and whenever night came down I crept under the pines and rolled my self in blanket. On the fifth and sixth days did not cover over two miles of ground, and most of that dis tance was covered on hands and knees.
 On the evening of the sixth day l had to descend the mountain to renew my provisions at farm house, and what was my chagrin to learn from a colored man that Flint had visited the place for the same purpose only the night before. He gave me the directions taken by tho outlaw, but when reached the foot of the mountain could go no further in the darkness and had to camp down. I was astir at dayli ght and at once made my way to the crest of the big hill, be- lieving that Flint, having supplied him. self with provisions, would be quiet for two or three days. Whether he did or not I hunted for him another week with out finding further trace than third snare he had set for game. On the thir- teenth day my hunt came to an end in a singular manner.
 was following up dry ravine, so full of bushes and loose rocks that had to creep most of the time, and l was resting under some very thick bushes when I heard movement on the bank above. It might have been caused by deer or bear, but felt pretty cer- tain that it was man. He was on the bank of the ravine directly over my head, and after minute or two heard the squeal of rabbit. It was Flint, then, and he was taking the game from a snare. We could not see each other, but he had the advantage of bein g above me. The bank was too steep to climb, and I was just turning to creep back to a spot where I could ascend when there was sort of crash above me, SUD- pressed shout of alarm, and next in- stant earth, rocks and bushes were falling all about me. I sprang up, and as I did so the spread eagle form of man struck the bushes at my right and broke through them with great crash. made a leap to get out of the way, but the body had scarcely come to a stop before was at hand. It was the outlaw, as saw at a glance. The fall had stunned him. While he still clutched the rabbit in his right hand his left arm was broken. l lost no time in securing and disarming him, and when he reused up, five min utes later, he had no show. He took it out in cursing, however, and of all the blood curdling oaths ever heard a man use he capped the climax. I got him about noon, and before night had him down the mountain and delivered up to legal authority. He resisted me vigor- ously for the first hour, declaring that he would die before he would ac- company me, but after I had used a stout switch on him several times and given him to understand that he would be dragged if he refused to walk, he was more tractable. He was turned over to the United States authorities, arraigned on six or seven charges of murder, but convicted and hung on the first. I was not present when he was swung af, but in his speech from the scaffold he cursed me high and low and left it as his dying request that his friends would not rest until they had taken my life.
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