The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-04
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E6cEs q uzr4ay INTO rW1 wagons that stood
outside rns fad Two q the men were
carving Lns SACKS T. 1hs fence and throw
luE Ensu Dvar E1C tie Other two = ere load
III tns WsE1uE Re SOON saw that they
Ssrs not Auuturc farm hands. Mum
f1rcs men woUld have driven the wagons
lur1 1ns fields. and besides they would be
very Strange fETu hands indeed that would
Work WIKI TIE desperate haste with which
1hsEs Dau were working,
Ins young fellow went at first 90 Mum
1ordk house and told him of what was going
o. =. ;. Foster. e neIghboring farmer,
YVES called II, and soon six men were got
togssheT, all armed, and thoy started out
on horseback 20 catch the barley thieves.
The night was dark and cloudy, and it
was impossible to see any distance but
they rode in the direction of the place
where the barley was stacked, and soon
they could hear the voices of the men at
work. 1t was impossible to see anything,
and q consultation was held to try to decide
the best way to 60 about the capture. While
the six horsemen were gathered in a group,
talking in low tones together, flash Of
lightning from the cloudy sky lit I'D
the field. 1t disclosed ma with barley
sack upon his shoulder not fifteen feet away.
and close at hand the two wagons, with the
other three men at work. One of the horse
men, almost as quick as the flashing light
ming, pulled his weapon and took aim, aud
before darkness once more hid the scene q
shot from his pistol rang out upon the air.
| This was the signal for q general fusillade
| that filled the dark night with flashing pis-
| toll shots.
The thieves returned the horsemeu's fire.
/ and che horsemen kept it up until their am
munition was exhausted The only aim for
either side was the flashing pistol shots of
! the others, 80 that not much damage was
done. None of the horsenen were hurt.
While the firing was going on the wagons
| were heard driving of. the drivers whip
| ping up their horses in a furious
way. 10 was evident that the two en-
outside the fence had fed, and left their
companions TO take the consequences Of their
acts. When the firing ceased the six horse
| men made a search for the remaining men
in the darkness. An examination OF the
barley bags showed that a great many of
them had reen taken, and the horsemen at
| once went In pursuit of the wagons
About half mi.s away they found the
| wagons, but the horses and men were gone
| The wagons we're half filed with sacks of
I barley, and q number OF empty bags were
4 found vito tina MARKS Of Denver firm upon
I them, 20 that il seems probabls,Sthat the
I thieves cane from this city. The wagons
! are now a. Mr. Mumford's place waiting for
Z sn owner
( Ia the morning an examination was made
I az the field where the shooting took place.
[ A trail Of blood was found leading TO the
I fence but there II was lost. The attempted
I robbery alarmed the nelghboring farmers
I and an examination was made which re.
[ suited 70 the discovery that seventy-twc
4 sacks If wheat which one If the farmers
I had stored in distant field had disap
/ pearsd. Il Is supposed that the thieves
/ we're the came ones who tried to steal Mum.
I ford's barley.