, 1892-01-05

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expectation, as he himself said. that he
would be recaptured, as he now feared I'M
%prisonment much less than death which
seemed inevitably to await him unless he
was picked up. Atthis time KinRen did not
seem to suffer a great deal from cold. He
was thoroughly and utterly exhausted and
seemed absolutely incapable Of moving an
other step. He had entirely lost his
heart and now courted the capture which
he had the day before so much dreaded.
A short council was held. KinRen would
listen TO no proposition to continue
further. He had irrevocablv fixed on
tality was SO completely exhausted that if
his life depended upon going an-
other hundred yards he lad neither the
ability nor energy to save himself. Miller,
while not SO badly off. was nevertheless
thoroughly played out. He decided to
remain with KinRen, who was very anx-
ious to keep him with him. because he
couldn't go any further no matter how
much he desired. johnson urged and
threatened to no purpose and then telling
his companions that he was determined
to save himself he babe them 80 long
and slowly disappeared in the darkness.
SLEEP WITH A DEAD MAN.
The double murderer and the convict
tumbled down side by side on the ground
without ceremony. Lying fiat they were
in a measure protected from the wind and
they gathered their clothing about them
as best they could. Both men fell asleep
the they touched the earth.
Sometime later Miller was awakened by
the loud moaning of Kingen, or at least
this is the story which he now tells. Mil
Ter asked what was the matter and Kingen
replied: "Oh I'm so cold, Charley, so
awful cold" His teeth were chattering
in his head and his words were mumbled
forth through his parched and bleeding
lips. At this time Kiugen's tongue was
swollen to twice its normal size. His
lower limbs were benumbed and useless
from cold and even his fingers bad be-
come of no account to him. Lay up
close to me-" said Miller. and Kingen
painfully moved closer. For the rest OF
the night they lay huddled together as
close as they could get. Both vent to
sleep at once. Miller claims that he
never heard a sound from Kingen alter
ward. When he awoke the next morning
the sun was rising well up into the
heavens and his companion lay stark and
stiff IN death beside HIM. Miller had by
this time reached such a stage of benumb-
ment that the sight did not affect him
very much. although it was terrible
enough to behold. Kingen lay partly on
his right side. His hands, which lay
supinelv at his side, were blue with cold.
His face was a spectacle to shock the most
hardened. It was purple, in places
almost black, but in varying
degrees. Both lips were purple
and cracked in several places,
the lower one very much swollen and
hanging pendulous. The teeth were
exposed. The left eye was almost closed,
but the right eve, glazed and bloodshot,
stared blankly into the face of the young
murderer. A two weeks growth of
stubby beard added to the haggard look
of the face and ac~centuated its pinched
and CHASTITY appearance.
BOT DISCOVERED.
The sight, which is shocking in Its re-
pulsiveness even in a momentary glance
at the coroner 8 inquest, does not appear
to have phased the unimpressionable Mil
Ter. He used the body of his dead COM
panion as a wind break to shield himself
from the rigors OF the weather and nurse
the little vitality still left In his wretnhed
carcass. From this time forward Miller
stirred but little from the side of his com
panion. Along in the forenoon he was
8 o'clock that the sound of a horse's boots
broke on his dull ear. He raised himself
on his elbow aud saw a rider at a distance
and noticed that he had observed him. In
a few moments the horseman disappeared
from view.
This man was AL Lowell. an employee
of Nh. Van Tassell, who was bound for
the wind mill to oil it. In about three
quarters of an hour Lowell returned and
came very much closer than on his first
visit, and then suddenly wheeling his
horse stuck his spurs into him and dashed
away at a gallop.
This second inspection completely salts
fed Lowell as to the identity of the indi-
yiduals. He sent his horse back to the
ranch. eight miles away, at the top OF his
speed. There he reported the matter to
Mr.. Van Tassell and a party was at once
provided with horses and runs to return
to the scene. In the party were Capt. E.
S. Smith of this city, Cuba Godfrey. Al
Lowell and Frank Stevens, the latter all
employees of the Hillsdale ranch. They
reached the point at which the two men
lay about dusk. Neither had moved from
the spot where they were first seen and