The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09
VAIN SHOTS AT II SPOOK.
Three IIorsemen's Experience mt the Seems
OFFS Utah NJ Massacre. oil,

F' ~ hafp' At"Nrs
SALINA. Utah. March 28.-On the night Of
tbs loud eIattsF 81 horses. ZEE. tSrSSES t5ssss
The Ihe' %i fsetSs and reeos MED the horssnsn -
Grimm Elliott Tom FHstiold. and Caldwell
e sG's sSsp S ais$ he ( nG ssser 'i ssssyS until e ' +:
dead animal. These three men were Of un.
disputed courage. md no man IN the eounty
S wnp! % t asxs S %i!s a o' Desire ' to Pick ar . sp a%srrsi
diyidaai dS!ins. but to Insult one was to enc
,r KnS%,1s th ~ @. ss, sSsn The those .H Hst s!ssn to to
there that plight. This is tho tale as related
cross s' %fdd nap M"soa a%.S a %Gsn' shsn an into ssfp The
small timber long tho river. then we follered
viii Which sG ioote sds Is II II no al axe kad U "Ssr fetched cd L:
There was a great deal Of undergrowth and
bushes u,h as well. VIII VIII an n6 Of gg Sms
day We had more rabbits and squirrels than
We could. shoot. Even deer wore plentiful. and
they didn't see YOU coming, and often and
often they'd run clean over our feet when you
Every now ami then. bout two or three houis
npart, we'd catch a glimpse OF a man way IN
| nigh US. and as we warn't Fostering him We
didn't. look him up Once or twice Tom.
fsft that Kfei HtS sy dotn E%0E WandSfinr round tness
woods For I'm a TOOL. and a Dig fool. too. II
"Grif and mod, laugh at the notion q dodc.
ing about in that thar dismal wood 'thout q
gun when thar warn t nothing else worth look.
ing at. Still 1t seemed to. me that the next
time l GlIm psed him | couldn't catch a sight
OF no gun in his hands. ] told Griiiin 70 look,
sans snS ne !. no gun nor srG man n% %A 'N s,'" says he. star:
Ing at the spot where I was pointing to. and
though Masn TIA had not BEEN ,Saii a second sines I
looked away; IT must be n spook. BOYS says
TO see that it WAS growing on toward dark. and
the owls were beginning to boot In u pretty
Then Tom he says, y tell YOU what, boys.
taste better when. you eat EN- in the wood
Killed Siit Hh but Tom onar picked out several b BIRDS We
had killed early in the day, and we soon had =
over it with the cleaned game on 1t. We sat
arDuGGd it telling nS s Gnd o when ~ al .h at Sn ED ron ~
saw saw just between Tons head and mine
headless Indian. standing clawinR at his
seyff red threat hnsT ADV II a way W tn that si made s ySu e siif' "a
death. But all Mt once the hgure was gone.
and there was q woman with = lace as u she
arms was a child. a little thing about 2 years
old. We jnmIed to our feet and every fellow
'5't'y i 'Sa, ,i ipa 1 i'm, W. " ss assa e e. e. "a r.
n MANNER SsEi IN f ahis as1 he S s~aded ~ ths GaIlls Sa' w sns
the pest e ,dan ,nd Ty thing ever see And m.
woman, ~ blind as ever anybody WAS. with her
eyes ia'rly shot out on her head. knelt down
arms. and tried to dig it's grave Will her blunt
and broken fingers; We wanted, to help her
but when we F Went to In To srot ? she was gIhn ";
amt no human beings. Caldwell, but they've
some back to, tell MS what VIZ should 90 ior
are the ones TO help 'em, We've seen to;day
only a little work, and and you and Tom here
repeat their own savage act. hut SGT 'em TO
work. and that'll Kin EN- dead. sure,
Their we went back to whore. we'd left our
horses. and that informal beast chased us every
Inch of the way home. First I'd find him On
my horse grinping in my face, Then III roe
him on one ot tn" others:
When Caldwell finished his story he roscanl
looked ut old Robinson. who smiled and SAID.
'Johnsop. my 10y. I've known that story Tor
over twenty years, and that's why the town
avoids the SPOT Of one OF the most fearful mas
sucros tn history"