Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-01-23

1hc bldCh louhSl az htClG6 ana SAID
in an appealing way, ''Massa Bill. dis
amt no way for desc yer miners to
treat dis chile. Miners be hanged, v
roared the Captain. shaking Bob till
his teeth chartered We are no
miners. am Long Tom. Did you
ever hear OF him?n Tho poor fellow
rolled his eyes up and cried in a trem-
ulous voice: For de love OF God, mas
sa, don't hurt me; has no money"
The whole band laughed 1T the dis
may of the darkey, but the captain
! gave him Il shove inside the door and
cried harshly: Get that supper at
once, or we will have your black hide y
Turning to us he Said with an oath:
4 "1ou keep where you are and don't
move or you will hear the bark of
this, tapping his revolver in sir
nifcaut manner. Ia short time Rob
4 called them to their meal, and the cap
tain, two MeXicans and one whom |
took to be Il foreigner. went to the
4 dining room, leaving us under the
guard OF the oldish man and a com
panion. who. think, was also for
eigner. When the door was closed
the old man said: Boys you are in
danger; the captain is half drunk to-
day and as ugly as old nick.
What shall we do2' / asked. .Wnl
you help W to escape9"
He shook his head and replied
No, no. but you keep quiet and
don't move, for Tom IS ready to kan
you in moment
This hint probably saved our lfyas
for several times during the evening
the tall captain turned toward lis aud
glared in the most fiendish manner az
though the slightest pretext would
answer his purpose. After supper the
outlaws gathered around the table ana
upon this they piled the gold they had
stolen and then sat down 10 gamble
for it. Several bottles OF liquor soon
intlamed their passions. and nj the end
Of two or three hours they were ex.
ceedingly quarrelsome. Twice the
captain interiered to settle disputes.
but al length one accused another Of
cheating him. In a moment the lie
was passed and both men sprang to
their feet and attacked each other with
mIrderous knives. We saw these
knives bright and cleaning one sec.
ond. and the next they were dripping
with each others blood.
The other robbers jumped up and
tried to interfere but both men were
50 maddened with drink and rage that
neither would listen to reasoa and
swore they would kill any ono Who
touched them moment later one
fell stabbed through the heart. Thi.
50 enraged his countryman TINT he
drew his pistol and wounded the one
who struck the fatal blow. .Holdnr
cried the captain. sgringing between
them, there has been enough 0f
this, AZ the same time catching the
shooter with the grip 81 giant. The
eyes Of the fornee giared like those OF .
2 wild beast and instead Of complying .
he raised his pistol and shot the leader
through the body What cried thu
captain you imp 81 satan fra III
me-" and with this H. clutched tho
man By the throat and forced him ID
the floor where he slowly strangIed
min to death.
We could hear the Inder RAN gasp
ing for breath hear his groans ana
witness the frighttul coutortions Of his
limbs, but were powerIess 20 Interfere,
and the members of tbs band vet left
seemed stupefed by fear or
BY their excessive drinking. While
the captain and tho other men were
engaged ii this deadly struggle and
the eyes Of all in the room were fixed
upon them ! heard q Slight tapping at
tho little window behind lis ana leaned
back 20 as to bring my ear close TO the
sill. 'Mas5a Whiting said the yoic.
81 Bob, the Colored coOk. II has
pistol; does yer want it,' Without
burning my head reached Uack and
Bob raised the window little and
pa -ed 10 mo q navy revolver, loaded
Ind capped for instant use.
I whispered to my companions.
''Now is our time; jump for your
weapons They instantly made 4
lash for the corner ofthe room where
heir pistols lay on box with mine.
A. they dartGd forward | cooked tho
'evoiver ! held, intending to cover the
I'D man and the other guard and pre-
'cnt them from shooting. The click
y the weapon was however heard
" the captain and bounding to his
Get he drew his " apon with light
iing-likc quickne7s and fired at nv
friends. ] was too quick for him
loweyer and shot just as he sprang
. his feet iniicting o wound that was
lot fatal yet severe enough to prevent
lis taking accurate aim. BY this time
Bill and Morley had erasped their pis-
OILS, and for the next two minutes the
ring was 50 rapid in tho little room
hat one could not count the shots.
The revolycrs were speedily emptied
md then we all rushed forward ana
stacked the bandits.
The old man was the only ono not
Wounded, and he was speedily over
covered. The tall captain rolled over
NJ his side and got tho revolver OF the
nan he mad struggled. He raised this
o fire at ne buf thp btllInta go,v ,yilo