Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-08-10

! hiding. and although the men neither
displayed weapons nor called upon him
to halt, he fired upon them with re-
volver, wounding one in the shoulder
and the other in the side
He then started up the ravine,
and | had not been ten minutes
! in hiding before | heard the
/ spring gun discharged. / waited a
| few minutes and then carefully APP
preached the spot. and it was to find
Gibbs dead across the string. He had
/ been instantly killed by the bullet.
| When we came to get the body out To
/ have it identified we found the facial
expression to be as savage as that OF
an enraged tiger. He had been living
the life of a wild beast until he re-
sembled one. His nails were like
( talons, his flesh covered with hair,
/ and he had the od0r of Gagged
panther.
My second adventure with an outlaw
! lasted much longer. A half-breed
Choctaw named John Flint who was
a resident of Doaksville, l. T., and
who had killed several men in the
year after the close of the war, was
run out Of the neighborhood by vigil
I lance committee, and he took up his
lair in the mountain spur to the south.
and swOre that he would never be
taken alive nor make friends with a
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price set upon his head, but it was
hoped he might be taken alive aud
hanged. Our agency was offered
81 900 more to capture him alive
but it was at the same time admitted
that over dozen men had spent weeks
in vain in trying to either kill or capt
ure him. Three of the number had
been killed while pursuing the enter
prise.
As is the case with every outlaw,
Flint had his friends and admirers in
the country about him. | reached
DoaksvilIe to learn that he was around
with "A Winchester and two revOlvers,
and that the people for twenty miles
around were inundated by him. He
levied toll on the farmers with a high
another flour, a third cartridges. and
such WAS the terror his presence in
spired that no one dared betrav him.
though all yearned to hear of his death
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against me on my arrival, and he sent
me word that if did not at once leave
the country he would have my life.
When finally got ready 10 begin my
hunt for him, he was hunting me as
well. When | had secured such par
ticulars as desired, | bundled up
what necessity demanded and cut
loose from civilization. That is,
headed for the mountains, determined
to pursue the man day and night until
| had run him down. 1t was no use
10 pan tee- - catch him about an7 OF the
farm houses as he knew That | was
after him, and he would, rs IA measure
of prudence. forsake his Old haunts for
the time being. 1t seemed to me the
best way to hunt for his lair and
have ii out with him on his own
ground.
For the first three days | got neither
track nor trace OF Flint. 1t was like
hunting for needle in a haystack, as
the mountain was thickly covered with
verdure. and split up with many ra-
vines aud CLUTCHES. Nobody ever
found his hiding place, but from some
remarks dropped onc3 when he had
liquor in him it was supposed to be a
cave in the rocks, and to be APP
preached only with the greatest diff
Guilty. If met him abroad 1t would
be entirely by accident, so | carefully
avoided crossing any bare places
where he might espy me from his look
out. About mid-fOrenoOn on the
fourth day came across snare set for
rabbits by some human hHnds. An in
vestigation proved that it had been IN
use for some time, and had held several
victims althougl 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 | discovered a
snare from which a partridge had late
| ly been taken. felt then that ! was
in the neighborhood OF the outlaw
! den. but had to move slowly and ex-
| ercise the greatest vigilance, | built
nv fires in raVines AMI with the least
! possible smoke. and whenever nigh
came down crept under the pines and
| rolled myself in blanket. On the
! fifth and sixth days | did hoi cover
over two miles of ground, and most OF
! that distance was covered on hands
| and knees.
On the evening OF the sixth day
! had to descend the mountain to renew
my provisions at a farmhouse. an(
what was NV chargin to learn from 3
negro that Flint had visited the place
| for the same purpose only the night
before. He gave me the direction TAX
en- BY outlaw. hunted for hin
! another week without HnulnS lufInei
trace than third snare he had set fol-
game On the thirteenth dav nv hum
came to an end In a singular manner.
was following up dry ravine, so full
| of bushes and loose rocks that | had
10 creep most of the time, and was
resting under some very thick bushes
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