, 1890-04-30

~ "a, MdAlHS his booty scene,
ne escaped by the back door, closs to
"n'ch DIS morse was hitched, and got safe
of, although hotly pursued by q nartv Of
mounted citizens, to whom the coShinr hal
gwen the alarm. The fugitive. howevnr.
hau obtained a gooi start, and was MONT,
Ell on q morse too feet tor the nurSnprS to
OVertake him. Ingenious and daring "a
""Si'ne exploit, the robber soon found to his
COST thaI the game of craft and audacitv
was one at which others could nlav at
leaSt as well as he. No'hing more was
heard OF him until the evening Of the same
day, when Il telegraph operator at Neriden
III hanSas-diStan about one hundred
miles from Valley faIls-was enoared i'm
reading IL message coucled in the following
terms; L the Sheriff, Meriden. Kansas
-Grohart and Hlcks' Bank here rObbed
ms morning OF four thousand dollars.
tSooott unknown. Description as follows
DIohde, light hair and mOustache, blue eyes.
ne'sht I'VE feet eleven, and looks taller,
medium weight. (Signed) Sheriff of Val.
ley Falls" As the telegraph onerator
ifted his eyes from the telegram which be
had just deciphered, and looked before
him, he saw a stranger whom ho instantly
recognised as the man wanted. Much too
prudent to proclaim the nature of the
message which he had received. and
MS recognition OF the rObber, the tele-
graph clerk courteOuSly replied to q
question addressed to him by the stran.
ger as to the time when the next train for
AtchlSon would take its departure. No
train started for AtchisOn until FIVE the
following morning, and the stranger mildly
inquired where he could put M for tho
night. lie was directed to an hotel, where
ne engaged a room, without registering his
hame-a ceremony which is never enforced
III the Wlid West, where a big hirsute Gus
toner, with a couple of six shooters stuck
INTO Ills belt and , howie-knife p%rotruding
from his Wellington boot, prefers to re-
mai" anonymous.
Before retiring to rest the nameleSs ira
Weller gave instructions that he should DO
called in plenty oft1me to catch the Atcbi-
son tram. Meanwhile the telegraph clerk
lost not u moment in communicating his
suspicious to the local police. Two expe-
rlenced officers, named Symmetrical and
smith, repaired to the hotel armed with
winchester rifles, and, admitting the pro.
proprietor to their confidence. told him
that 1t was their intention to arrest his
guest when morning was near at hand.
shortly after two am n bovwaS sent M to
lie Slreper'S ROOM, Observation-Disclosures
loudly at the door and inform him that it
was Tune 10 get mp Ii lie wanted TO catch the
Atchison train. When the stranger descend
ell to the hall of the hotel he found all the
gas lamps lighted and a couple of JOlice off.
GERS standing a few yards away, with their
winchester rifles firmly pointed at his
breast. "Ihrow up your hands, exclaimed
officer Smith, cor you are a dead man !"
DiSregarding the order, the culprit thrust
a hand into each of the pockets of his great
coat, III order to D 3SeSS himSAIf of hia
voIvers. La those lawlesS regions, Mnere
the pistol or the rife is master of the situa.
ton, 1t is the man who can shoot first with
whom victory remains. By endeavouring.
as the Roundheads would have put it. i.to
take to his carnal weapons" the strange or
signed his own death warrant. Instantly
the crack of the two Winchesters rang
through the hall, and the bank rObber fell
dead, with one bullet through his heart and
another through his lungs. The coroAer
was appraised of the unknown strangers
Geath, and before noon of the next day the
police officers were exonerated of oil Crimi.
nalIty on the ground that they had fred in
SELF defence. A search Ofthe robbers bodv
was more than sufficient to substantiato
+ is guilt. In each of his boots o package
OF five hundred dollars in greenback' notes
was ensconced E and the rest of the moIev, :
III the identical form i fwhici he had stolen
1t from Valley Falls, was found distribufa1 ID
Ill various pockets about his person u
subsequent researches went tn, Shes, ar.