The morning call., 1893-03-13

-4pnehe George, HIS Hafr and HIS "Rope."
him and l gained experience during my
stay at the rate of twenty years to the
minute.
The Government was 'on to- Redmond's
distiliery and knew that lie had several
stills going at different intervals in the
mountain. They had located his main
camp. where | was employed, but did not
make a success of taking IL.
"OtheT moonshiners would take refuge
there when hunted away from their own
lafrs and we had quite lot of fine horses.
The mountain was practically picketed
all over and signals would be passed from
station to station, so " ord was sure to get
to camp before the Federal ducks could sur
prise US.
"At first Redmond's orders we're to give
warning 10 the Sheriff's deputies not TO ap-
proach any nearer the entrance to the
camp, or else fire would be opened on them.
The persons inside the camp were CON-
pletey fortified, the entrance being closed
by huge revolving stone. Behind were
double banks of Ninchesters and plenty of
men TO handle them. There were apertures
through which the fortified ones could
shoot
1T was certain death for Sheriff to come
too close and after a few had been killed
they gave the place wide berth.
"Old man Redmond had several holes i'm
him, for he was war-hOrse of the first
wafer anu Hdu stUUu OH the AJuNG1nment
gentlemen In many rattliEg settO.
''He WAS in the habit of making frequent
horseback trips into Atlanta and to Au-
gusta. and Black Jack and l sometimes ac-
cUmpanied him.
He did not lack nerve. There were
plenty Of threats around against his life,
and warrants were out for him which no.
body had succeeded in serving He was
just the kind that would never be taken
alive, and lie knew that he was safe from
mi haT hau uptfF IN l. I
been shot nt The last trip he made, and lie
had q large amount of mOonshine whisky
Oh hand to get rid of.
Word had been received that an extra
force Of revenue men were planning to
catch him and cOnfscate his outfit, but in
the teeth OF 1t all he made the run to At
lanta with Black Jack and myself
I'VE laid low out of town until he got
through his business, and started back to
camp. with the full knOwledge that the
Sleriffs were out afterE Redmond's scalp
and bound 10 take hun dead 0f alive
He knew lhey would shoot him if thew
met him and he resisted, and there was
much Lreachery in the district, for several
persons had been killed besides deputy
sheriffs.
You didn't know friend from foe for
certain, and it was case OF every man for
himself if we struck Government birds.
Wing 'em if we could. Stand ,em off
ana run for 1t II we could do no better
camp. Accustomed to the mountains we
detected noises that meant men were not
far away. 1t was the dead of night We
got off our horses and hid ourselves by the
roadside as best we could. There was
heard nothing. Whoever the other people
were they seemed TO be doing about ihe
same thing we were doiug-lying in am-
BUSH.
"Weil. I can tell you, that was an hour of
suspense we passed waiting there not know
a - 1aaf
tackle, or how soon the popping would
begin.
"a: last the crack Of a rife rang ont
which we afterward learned TO be merely a
signal. 1t sounded off to the westward and
below the place where we were hiding, and
just as we were rem ounting to procee ed on
our way toward the camp out rode two
mounted men from the black shadows down
the road and coming toward us they fired
al us and hit Black Jacks horse.
1--WE returned their fire as they wheeled
and then band OF dozen or more chased
us, we firing back occasionally, and the bull
lets wbistiiug by In profusiou as they
chased us. We knew the road best and got
away, but Black Jack was lost in the
serimmage.
His horse had been crippled and he had
taken In his heels, but they had got him.
THE next day the famous James broth
ers, Jesse, Frank and Bob, aud a dozen
Others who knew old Redmond and cnnld
u.
rode In to visit US, and they had Black Jack
with them.
They were looking out for Sheriffs the
night before and so were we, and Redmond
had net and exchanged shots with his
friends while they were on their way to visit
him.
Their horses were all In a lather and
Black Jack and got 81 apiece for rubbing
down The animals
'W hen the James gang left we had en-
tered their employ as hOstlers. They started
us from point to point with a carload of
horses and we represented ourselves as
horse-dealers. We had authority to sell
any horse when we could secure good
price.
"Of course we knew what kind of bus
mess the James gang was in, although wa
took no part in their robberies through the
country. Our part was to arrive at differ
ent points where they would need a fresh
supply OF horses, and when they met us
they would go through the form Of trying
the horses, just as If they were purchasers
from us instead of our employers.
when we arrived at Kansas CITY we
stood off near by on blooded runners. with
orders TO shoot il the James gang needed
help. while Jesse and Frank stood up the
officials Of the Kansas City Stock Fair and
made away with the cash bog. 7
make up my mind that that was getting
little too near Jail 10 suit my tempe erament.
So quit the James service. In the fight when
they stole the Kansas City Fair sack Jesse
James "1ea- bitten" horse Wild Tom was
shot from under him and Jesse only es-
capped by jumping up behind his brother
and riding double. After Wild Tom was
doetored up bought him for SOS in Kansas
City and he served me well. He was a cute
horse trained to trample on q man who an.
preached You with a gun.