The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11

seer who set the patrol on our. track down be-
low. and who wasn't satisfied, with that but
m mS5 turn oS 0pt to help them think we have
All our arms were In the wagon, and We were
helnleSs to offer any resistance. The first thing
the overseer Of everything of value. and then
each one was dashed TO a tree. Oiara was or
dered to sit down beside mo ana the black took
matters so cooly that nothing was said TO him.
The rangers signed to him 10 turn TO and got
supper. and he Gheerfully oheyed,, When they
sam turned to me with:
And so YOU didn't toll the police that you
gave me food and pistolr'
=, know you didn't, for / was that tired out
10 YOUR camp. Even when they told you who
was and TINT price was set upon my head
you hadn't u word TO say"
We'll. gou boys havo nothing to fear. We
nave nay nothing mr. AGAINST YOU After day or two
There was no sleep for anybody until after
midnight and don't think the two gen, cmcn
or ihS oyerseer sept Ct all know they were
tho outlaws had, finished. and then the wagon
Of about thirty rods and upset in a deep gully
me oxen were turned loose, with the sheep.
and when we set out sam aud two OF the men
rode the horses and tho rest OF us went on foot.
One OUTLAW on foot went ahead and the others
closed up behind us, and the. general direction
was to the north. Every, mile took us into u
wilder and more unsettled country, and it was
SO BROKEN that felt that I could not get out
even II turned free.
At about four in the afternoon we reached
the rangers camp VIII ch wls in wild and
desolnte SPOT don't think they intended tho
gentlemen any harm from the start. but that
the orerseerB doom was sealed we all felt GER
tain. he realized II. too. for observed that no
was constantly on the watch for an opportunity
TO bolt. 1t came as we entered the camp. Ro-
alzing that they meant to pay OIL the old score.
ho suddenly dashed Tor u thicket. He took
them OF their guard. and II an accident had
not happened him he would have got clear off.
his foot and threw him, and as he got
up one of the men shot him down in his
tracks. They left him lying there and went
into camp, saying that they had meant 10 tor
ture him with Are and that he had got out of
it too ensy. The two gentlemen We're very
closely guarded, but O'Hara and mvsclf were
allowed to walk about as we pleased. They
had taken over 81 ,OOO from the two and boro
them no grndge but for five days and nights
we we're prisoners and in their power On tho
be seen that they were Off for another adven-
ture, the four OF us were turned loose ami told
to make our way home. They headed us TO
the west, which was the wrong way, and We
travelled twenty miles in that direction before
we found out the trick. We were nearly
week IN the scrub. living on roots and berries
and decayed wild fruit. before we reached u
settlement and were then all OF thirty miles
from Davidsons. We were n sad-looking lot
when we finally reached home. and, while Mr..
DAYS Mr.. Williams was 50 broken up that he
lived only long enough to get down to the
coast. A year later sam and two OF that crowd
were caught, tried mt SandhurSt. and . Itara
and saw them drop from the gnllows., They
had asked us to identity sam in court. but We
had excused ourselves. He was had man.
with the blood of many victims on his hands,
but he had given US our lives and played fair.