Telegram-herald., 1889-11-08


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all hanged Oszx agency Wa offered
g. sOo more 20 capture hial alive Inan -
furnish proofs or his death. bar it Els a.
ths same Iins admitted tLag over lozea
Len BAD spent weeks ln van trying -
siLlsr klll " capoure hlln. Three of tie
n4mbsr had beea klled While pursuing
the enterprise The outlook foE ne -
therefore very dubious, blE ! dets FLnlnod
~ see 9Lal could be done.
As - the case sith every outlaw. Flint
had his friends and admirers in the coun-
try about him. / reached D04ksyills %
learn that be vas around with d Winches-
Ter All Two reviewers. ald that people
Tor Lsenty miles around were Lnt-mldaLed
by HIM. 10 levied r0ll on the farmers
Wi-e . high hand ObAgiug one - furnish
meat, another -four. a tlird cartridges
and such Bas The terror his presence in
spired that 10 one dared betray him,
though a. ye--rned - hear u his death
on capture. He Was pat on his guard
against ae on my arrival and he sent me
word that II l dlt not at once leave the
country he would have my life. When /
rnaliy got ready ~ begin ny hunt FOR
him, be was hunting re as well. When
l had secured such particulars as / de-
sired, ! bundled up what necessity de-
manded and cut loose from civilization.
That is, 1 headed for tho mountain. deter
mined - pursue tie man dAy and night
until / had ran him down. IL was no
use - plan 70 catch him about any of the
farmhou-es. a. he knew that | was after
him, and he would. as measure Of pru-
deuce. rorsake his old haunts for the time
being IL seemed % me- the best way 70
hunt for his lair and have IL out with him
on his own ground
For the first three days I got neither
track nor trace Of Flint. IL was Ike hunt
Ing for a needle IN a haystack, as the
mountain waa thickIy covered with yer
dure. and split up with many ravines and
gulches. Nobody had ever found his
hiding place. but from some remarks
dropped once when he had liquor in him,
, II ws~ supposed 10 be cave in the rocks
and 20 be approached only with the
greatest difficulty. II met him abroad
II would % entirely by accident, SO care
fully avoided crossing any bare places
where IA might espy me from his look
out About 'ofd-fOrenOOn on the fourth
day ! came across snare set for rabbits
BY sou:e human hands. An Investigation
proved thst it had been IN use for some
J.me aud had held several victims. al
Though empty at this time. This must
Dc the work Of the outlaw, since his pres
ence on the mountains had driven all
hunters away Two hours later and
mile away I discovered a snare from
which partridge had lately been taken.
felt then ,Ast was n The nsig ghborhood
OF the ourlsv>s den, but had TO move
slowly and exercise the greatest Wig
ilance. | built my fires in ravines and
with the least possible smoke, and when
ever night came down l crept under the
pines and rolled myself in blanket. On
the ffth and sixth days I did not 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
% descend the mountain 70 renew my
provisions at a farm house, and what
was my chagrin 20 learn from negro
that Flint had visited the plac for the
same purpose only the night before. He
gave me the direction taken by the out
law, but when / reached the base Of the
mountain l could go no further In the
darkness and had to camp down. l was
astir at daylight ana az once made my
way 70 the crest OF The big hill, believing
that Flint, having supplied himself with
provisions, would lie quiet for two or
three days. Whether be did or not,
hunted for him another week without
finding further trace than a third snare
he had set for game.
On the thirteenth day my hunt came
% an end in singular manner. was
following up a dry ravine, 80 full Of
/ bushes and loose rocks that I had TO
creep most Of the time. and was resting
under some very thick bushes when
heard a movement on the bank above.
II might have been caused by deer or
bear, but felt pretty certain that il was
a man. lie was on the bank OF the
ravine directly over my head, and after a
minute or two / heard the squeal OF a
rabbit. II was Flint, then. and he was
taking the game from a snare. We could
not SEQ each other. but be had the ad-
vantage of being above me.
The bank was too steep % climb, and |
was just turning % creep back TO a spot
where I could ascend. when there was a
sort OF crash above me, a suppressed
shout Of alarm, and next instant earth.
I rocks. and bushes were falling all about
mo I sVrang up, and "a | did so, the
+ spread-eagle form OF a man struck the
/ bushes at my right and broke through
them with great crash. made leap
/ % get out Of the way, but the body had
scarcely come to a stop before l vas al
hand. II was the outlaw as | saw st a
glance. The fall bad stunned him
While ne Sill clutched the rabbit in his
right hand his left arm was broken
I lost no time ii securing and disarming
7 him. snd vhen hs reused up. five minutes
later he had no show He took it out In
cursinz. however. and OF ali the blood
curding oaths l ever heard a man use
T his capped The climax. | got him about
noon. and before night / had him down
7 The mountain and delivered up % legal
T authority
He resisted No vigorously For the first
hour. dec aTiuE thas ne would die before
+ be would accompany me- but after haC
I used a stout switch on him several times
and given him 20 understand that 10
woald % dragged II he refused % walk
be was more tractabie. He was turned
f over - the United States authorities. ar.
rainEad en- SIX OF seven charges Of mur
I der. but convicted and hung on the frst
/ ryas not present when he was swung
OF. but In ms speech from the scafoll
ha cursed -as hixh and low and left . a..
+ his dying request that his friends would
not rest until tAey had taken my life
y. 4. sun.
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+ meut in w1irh she has lived since che be-
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