The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-05-09
"BIZL Y THE KID"
(Conhuued.)

captured and handed over to the
avenging hands Of outraged justice
There were enough indictments out
against him to have hung a dozen
murderers; but he was brought up on
the "safest" of them, duly tried, con-
victed and sentenced. In order to
insure his safe arrival at the town or
place where he was to be executed,
he was handed over to the care of
two of the most determined sub
sheriffs, who were armed with revol-
vers and repeating Winchesters. "
To make assurance "doubly sure," a
blacksmith was procured who man
acled his hands together by a short
chain connecting two heavy "hand-
cuffs: his feet, likewise, were SINH
larly fastened, the iron chain allow
ing Of short, shutting step. Thus
loaded down with chains, and
watched day and night by his two
vigilant guards, as they travelled to-
gether towards their place of des-
tinatior, it would seem to have been
beyond the limits of human posi-
bility that the young bandit could
ding-the sacred days in the family's
history; and now that we have grown
up and take an interest in the nation
al life, we still hold firmly to the
principles which we had in boyhood.
Let us honor anniversaries with all
the circumstance becoming them.
If we have not days enough to OBJ
serve, let us create a few more he
roes and celebrate their natal day,
the day they caught the measles, or
the day on which they blessed hu-
mainly by leaving them to mourn
their loss There ARE some who
say "Let bygones be bygones," and
let us do away with this commence
ration craze. Far be it from us to
advocate an iconoclasm that ruthless
ly destroys the petted idols Of our
youth. Nay, rather let us have
every day an anniversary, Fancy
pictures to us the age in which we,
or some great grand nephew of ours,
shall be wakened morning after NOR
ming with the booming of cannon,
the blare of trumpets, the shrieking
of steam whistles and of small boys,
and We,-or the 6. 6. n.-shall say
to the servant who brings us-or him
the same g. g. n.-the proper toy
gerv for the celebration. "What do
we celebrate to-day p N. B. We
shall keep special servant for that
sort of work. Life will be one pro-
longed day of commemoration, and
how our soul doth long for that time.
Of course in that advanced stage of
civilization the state will provide the
necessary shekels for all the festivi-
ties, and we shall enjoy ourselves
without having to pay the piper. In
1888 "YE HUMBUGGE" will support
the cause of that candidate for the
escape. But listen to the story that
was told US by one whom we believe
TO have been "pal' Of Billy's, and
whose statement was corroborated
by the testimony of a number of
reputable citizens-indeed, was a
matter of common repute.
They had almost reached their
journeys end, and were sitting down
to dinner in an inn where Billy had
often stopped before, where he knew
the negro hostler, (who happened al
so to have been the village black
smith, where he was we'll acquaint-
ed with all the horses in the inn sta
ble,-when this wholesale murderer
effected his escape by adding two
more most cold,blooded ones to his
already fearfully large list. 1t would
seem to have been impossible, but
was managed this: One of the
guards stepped out of the dining
room to wash his hands, leaving Bill
ly and the other sitting quietly at the
table together. The bandit had long
been watching for such an opportun
ity; reaching slowly and gently owe
towards his guard, who was sitting
at his side in inconsistencies O
black visaged Death bending owe
him, Billy with the swiftness of light
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