Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-13
SURPRISED BY NIGHT.
HOW THE FAMOUS PONY CLUB WAS
CRUSHED BY The "sLlcks.n

A seeret Hand of Horse Thieves which
Committed widesrr.ai Dspredations
Throughout the South Was FINALLY
WIRED oat by Another seore, hand.
Hack IN the 'sos and '4os there roamod
over the states " North aud South Caro-.
lima. Florida. Georgia, Alabamn. I.ouisi.
ana. Mississippi, Ohio aud Tennessee u
deyll.may.oArc baud Of men who styled
Themselves the "Pony club" They were
regularly organized, had grips, sIgns and
passwords. mud duly elected officers. The
initiatofy oath was filled with blood cufd.
ling hiasphcmics and Iron bound bcne,llc.
tions, the penalty being death TO those who
were 10 foolhardy ~ 70 break H. The
story goes that many n poor fellow has f-l
alligator IN Florida boys and panthtr-
and wolves IN Tcnncssoc's wilds for the
least tendency toward being lnharinonious.
Their plan Of operation wins 20 steal q
Florida horse and meet ON hallway ground
aud exchange him for one fresh from
Tennessee or Ohio: vice versa. with one
from South Carolina or Que from MiSsis-
sippl, and II was extremely difficult to
catch up With the right party. But these
depf,dniions bccauic 40 numerous and dar-
lux. and the consequent loss 10 great that
the pioneers gathered together and deter
mined 10 stop their mnrauIings and bring
the offenders 70 Justice. 20 secret con.
Ncntioh wAs called aud nand organized
styling themselves The slick'.'
When horsr was stolen from com
muniiy runners were sent TO every county
and thus the news spread until from the
Ohio 70 the Everglades aud from the lc.
dee to the Mississippi The warning rolled
along, and u seemed wei niRh Impossible
Tor thiet 70 escape with horse. Not.
wlthstandlng all these precautions and
waichinlncss, the elub existed and ala
come business.
InH eAsr' -,
Dui'hR thorc dA,s heAiu, SarreH Hhu
hhfaisoh Were tho uAtk corner OF georgia,
and ifnclnp man could only get his booty
IN thcir thieh jungies anu forests pursuit.
vas OF il,tie consequence ihc truth "
tns majority on tho se.'isr e'ther peionHeu
70 the ORGANIZATIONS OF were 10 so1rced mat
tn.y u,isu not hsh, thcu. Ihn u said
win MI uuv respect toh great many heroic
plon'cf., whose nome, sous ysAtned Tor
v,'er oN,i,a'ion, anu when iYtpearsneo
u'u eesso 70 " hvif,ue, rose IN thclr might
nhu loihen 'hc SUCKS
Apout hse miles norm, above buchnnan,
on tine banks OF the IalIspoo-a river arc
Two ola race paths, now overgroWn with
hnpiinss and brush some OF the trees being
M "rs. as man waist, Ihe tracks run
parallel with tue river which ~ this point
~ heiRht anu wiue. f"rallci with anu
o.erlooking these tracks u "a steep bun
about iofty or hny feet high which com
ple,eiy shuts the track from view, and ex'
eepuns Small ravine ,her. y no entrance
o. esn. n. this pisec tho Tony eluo' had
Us rchueNous. FROM All quarters they
cainc nero anu ran morse races, RamDlcd,
ahhcea aud esfonsed generally, and hero u
was tney efohnnsed their horses 10 be
sho,eu IN opposite directions. Noonr lived
near thr plncr, ana the gang only entered
~ AZ nish., ana then only on saturday
hlRht. SUNDAY night there would 10
kehcrM earonsai anu Ieavctakings'
was years pciore their retreat was dis.
covered. Inc Information fortunately fell
INTO sood, honcs, hands, aud on The satur'
nay ,oiowing theio was more than one
suck Winding MS way toward an ap'
Rnsu Ivnaeh,ous, ca,.'uliy Aoa srefe'y,
The nninitiated thought cvury turkey aud
uesr IN inc country was gong 70 DC Killed.
Judging from the promiscnous rubbing up,
priming and loading OF Tho old mint and
sle,n Iwc,vc o'clock Inc sentry tthe
NM "n,p poof'w WMp'poot-wlil
"mpppos VII piMn.Ne anu weird;
" apon .nc hilun'sn' m' a''h noa'ea
OH 'o"Atu ,nc nwAnps riow
sonrh's,p MILK AsIk,r.
,rM away ,:u w 'ne mus enine ,he answer
.ns n',s, "hlp "ien = WI" "hip Wtnn
W.T. WHIP WIN aMIn ~ ,ho %ply'
Mal,.u uoNn .he raNIne' ieil upon inc son,
.Ine' .ar, no pausea ana listened. Al
was .ilii. hothlng was heah except the
iinpa,leh, s'Anlp'hgot thc horses lie can.
uou,y auNAhesn 20 Tue entrance anu gazed
VI hhu uowh ,he stretch oil track. Lying
hpoh 'ne Rtouhu' wrapped IN blankets
wete ,hc ioInp OF about . men.
incy w.tc s'sphg sounlly, most OF hem
pelus iatlgnea py hsgd day's ride More
tnan nuhut,u horaes wefn teihefch along
wy "ank OF tne stream some were b'an
uiul hen,usEy ,horonRhbreds' other.
flor''a ihustanRs' Ih,rewerc AL sorts aud
Nc, .us ~ ,he IRONY boys were IN,
siiheh 10 ~ ihstiuious IN their tastes nnd
Ilkss, mot OF tue horSe' We're beautiful
hhu wei Kept