Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-19
LOADED sIUFP.
Narrow Escape OF an OIL Dealer from
Dose OF Geld Lead.

(From the on City Derrick
i party OF well known oil men, who have
followed the producing business from iu
infancy and have worked In sll its differ
ent branches, from dipping oil TO running
several sets of tools as contractors, were st
the Union station waiting for train on
their way to the Mcdonald fsld, when the
talk drifsed to old times and narrow escapes
they had seen and personal "reminiscences.
One of the party who had quietly listened to
the talk. puffed nervously st his hoby and
remarked:
Talk about scares, boys: did ever tell
you of the scare had in 'i0s, when was
running the tools in the MiiIsrstown fsld'
You know the time that young fellow who
came up from Butler and started q pop
factory in Millerstown, and after making
collections in Butler was wayla3d on the
road, shot through the head and his body
found in the woods, where ii had bsen
dragged by the murderer, with the pockets
of the clothing rified and no clue to the
thief II was a short time after thst-in
aud the sleighing was splendid, and had
four-ysar-old colt that cost me $3.50 whsn
1t was a year old, and that did not take
dust from anything that Travelled In the
middle oil field.
''The man / was drilling forrwas sick,
and sent me word to come to the Butler,
and he would pay me for work done on his
four wells that month. drove over bright
and early, and got n check for 81, 100. ]
met several friends, and. being in no spec
ial hurry, / dove around town until near
" time for bank TO close. AS | got the
cash and turned, saw man eyeing the
money SO gresdily thst an involuntary
shiver OF fear passed over me. ! forgot
the incident aud monkeyed around the
town until nearly 10 O'Clock that night,
when I started for home.
Half WAY home was q piece OF dark
woods in which the body of the young pop
maker had been found. As looked at the
side of the road shiyered with AppTehen-
sion in spite of the Dgtch courage had alb
sorbed that evening, as / saw some one
trudging along the road ahead Of me, but
felt relieved when saw Il was q woman.
The woman stopped and in a h1aTse voice
explained that her daughter who lived up
up the road, had been taken suddenly sick,
and she Was on her way TO visit her and
asked for lift.
"Glad to have company, helped her in
to the sleigh and offered TO take her maf,
but .he KEEP; it in the other hand Jolting
over a rough piece of road she pulled CDe
hand out of the mutt, and my heaIt grew
cold with fear. caught the glitter otstetl
as the moon shoEe through place in the
woods. With presence of mind wonder
at TO this day cut the horse saSagely with
the whip, and dropped 1t by the side Of the
road. Explaining to the woman that the
horse could not be held by any one but
myself, ! begged her to get out and pick
mp my whip. She carefully deposited her
muff In the bottom Of the sleigh and sprAng
out. AS soon as she struck the ground !
shouted to the colt, who. unused 20 the
whip, and spirited, went like a shot from
a gun.
f'As he started heard En unraistakAble
masculine oath bshind me, and, expecting
a bullet in the back every minute, j
crouehed over in the sleigh. The ride WAS
the longest ever had before or since until
the iangles of the bells brought my wife to
the door. put the horse up, and as took
out the blankets picked up the muf and
carried II into the house. Inside was q re-
volver of heavy caliber, with all six Of the
chambers fully loaded stayed awake all
that night and in the morning paid Of my
men"