Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-17

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voice Of "Long Tom, " the robber chief,
cried; Throw up your hanlsl"
lnetead Of Instantly obcying,l moved
my hsndp towards my sld.s, where
hung my trusiy revolver. Ere could
grasp II the stern voice o the rohber
cried: Dup with your hands or ! viii
blow your brains outlr A single
glance showed me the folly of resist.
ance. Both Of my companions had
been captured aud their arms &c.
moved, while the room was dllcd
with half dozen highwRymeu,
/ prepared ~ shoot me down In
second. | threw up my hands, my
weapons were removed and with thosu
OF Blll an Morley placed on box In
one corner Of the room, nnd then the
| leader said; "raks seat there with
those other fellows, aud don't try any
tricks on us or you'l get dose Of cold
lead"
10 say that | felt crestfallen and
hunillaled would but family expires
my thoughts. Taking q seat by Me
dec -aid IN a whisper, "llow did u
happen9~ lie replied In the same
tons: "rwo Of 'em camc In ptetsud-
ing 10 10 miners aud called for n drink.
a. turned 10 get tho liquor they
covered me with their pistols aud made
me at hcre.n
"Aud the othcr.?" I asked.
zone OF the two ran 20 the door and
gave y signal aud In a moment the
four others came In. Two of 'em sio,d
by the door and caught Morley just n
they got you. Then tho captain and
that other fellow with the Ffay beard
broke open the little cupboard AMI got
"ilobbcd OF 500. OOo,D said | with
groan. l thought Of the miners 10
whom II belonged, and how | would
he received by them on my return.
Al this moment the tall captain
turned 10 Bill. and said, "Call In that
black cook VI youn.n Melee gave n
loud call, and moment later the
round. good.uatured face OF Bob az
peArcd At the door. Tue outlaw
caught him by the head, and shaking
him, roughly saidi "Now, you black
whclr, I will give you Just twenty
minutes 10 cock supper for ak ofus."
The black looked at McGeo anu said
In an appealing way, "Mas.a Bill, dis
ain't no way for desc yer miners 10
rosred the captain, shaking bob I'LL
/ Vlh htiAll NnNNN'Ituf wv h'
ere. I sm Long rOm.' Did you ever
hear " himg" The poor fellow rolled
his eyes up aud cried In n tTcmul0us
voice, "for de love Of God, ma@a,
don't hurt inc, | has no money"
The whole band laughed Al the dis.
may Of tho darby, hut the captain
gave him n shove inside the door and
cried harshiy; sect that supper AZ
once, or We will have your back
hide" Turning TO Us he said with an
Oa,hi "lou Keep whers you are
and don't move or you will hear the
bark Of this,o tapping his revolver In
significant manner. In short time
Bob called them 10 their meal, and tho
captain, two MexicNns, and onu whom
took to be a foreigner, went 10 the
dining room, leaving US under the
guArI of the oldish man aud com.
panlon, who, I think, was also = for
elgner. When the door was closed the
old man said;
"Boys, you are In danger; the cap
tain is half drunk today ani Ne ugly NJ
old Nick"
"what shall we do?" asked. AVN
you help usto escApe?"
lie shook his head and replied!
"No, no; you keep quiet and don't
make move, Tor Tom Ia ready to Nil
you In moment"
This hint probably saved our lives,
for several times during the evening
the tall captain turned on Us aud
glATtd la the most nendish man.
nef, n though the slightest prctext
would answer his purpose. After
supper the outlaws gathered around
the table, aud upon this they piled the
gold they had stolen hnd then sat down
10 gamble for ". Several bottle. OF
liquor soon inilamci their passions,
aud Mt the end Of two or three hour
they were exceedingly quatrclsomv.
Twice the captain intericrcd 10 settle
disputes, but at length one accused the
other Of cheating him. In n moment
the lie was passed and both mcn
sprsng 10 their feet aud attacked each
other with murderous knives. We
saw these knives bright aud cleaning
one second, and the next they werc
dripping with each others blood.
The other robbers jumped up and
tried TO Interfere, but both meu were
20 maddened with drink aud rage that
neither would listen 10 reason and
swors they would Kill anyone who
touched them. a moment later one
fell stabbed through tho heart. Thi,
10 enragcd his countryman that he
drew q pistol and wounded the one
TINT struck the fatal blow. "liold,'
cried the captain, springing between
them, "thero has boon enough VI this, D
at the anne time catching ihs shooter
with the grip Of q giant Tho eyes OF
the former glsred like those Of wild
beast, aud instead Of complying he
raised his pistol and shot the leader
through the body. "WhAil" cfied Ia,
captaiH, "you imp Of satan, nre al
ms?" and with this ho clutChed IN,
man by tho throat aud forced him "a
the iloor, whore he slowly strsngled
him 10 death.
We could hear the under man gasp.
ing for breath, hear his groans anL
witness tho frlghtful contortions Of hi
limbs, but were powerless 10 interfere
and the members OF the hand yet lef
unlnlured seemed stupefcd by f.sl
Of their excessive drinking. Will,
the captain and the others were en-
gagged In this deadly struggle aud ia,
eyes Of all In the room were fixed up
on them I heard n slight tapping a
tho little window behind un, anu
leaned back 40 NJ 10 bring my ear clos,
to tho sill. "Massa whiting" sale
the voice Of Bob, the colorei cook, III
has n pistol; does yer want ~" With
out turning my head, reached back
and Bob raised the window little and
passed TO me navy revolver, loaded
and capped for Instant use.
I whispered 10 my companions
"Now Ia our time; Jump for YOU
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