The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-12-16

could not turn over even without walk
ing the other up He slept as lightly
as a wild beast, and the slightest
noise inside or outside the hut broke
his slumber. Murray could kill his
man, but he looked upon such a deed
as cowardly. He could have caught
him off his guard and compelled
surrender, but he would have reaped
no advantage in chat. It would have
been impossible to get him out of the
swamp and down to Alexandria with
his hands and feet loose. Murray
waited, hoped for luck to aid him, and
luck came in q singular way. In the
midst OF the swamp was a clearing of
about two acres in extent. This
clearing furnished pasture for their
horses. The outlaw had sometimes
taken a victims horse as we'll as his
weapons and money, and when joined
by the sergeant he had four fine ami
mails in the clearing. At the begin
ming of the sixth week the two men
learned that several scouting parties
of cavalry and at least two citizens
were searching for them, and so it was
decided to remain under cover for sew
eral days. After dinner Friday both
lay down ON the grass in front of the:
hut to smoke. After q bit one of the
stolen horses came forward as if beg
ging for sugar. The outlaw started
up to drive the animal away and the
herte wheeled and kicked him in the
breast. Murray ran over to him and
finding him unconscious and helpless
he Instantly set about the work Of ty-
ing him hand and foot He had only
two or three minutes in which to make
him secure, but fortunately cords were
at hand and Murray was experienced
in the work. He had scarcely tied the
last knot when the Desperate re-
covered consciousness.
's:De you know what was intending
to do after had finished my pipe?"
queried Ross when he came to and
realized the situation, II have never
fully trusted you. OF late have BEEN
satisfied that You Were playing a
game, though ycu carry a mighty in
nocent face and talk like brother.
When / finished my pipe I was going
to getmp, reach for a gum and shoot
you dead without.a a word''
II am hunting you down for the
$1.500 reward" replied Murray. IL
could have killed you half a dozen
differenttimes. but wanted to take
you ito Alexandria to be hung"
You will never take me there!'
'I'll bet my half of the plunder
against yours
s:Done!'
When Murray left Alexandria only
the commander of the Federal troops
knew his mission. He had committed
robheries in company with Ross, and
the whole country looked upon him as
a desperate and outlaw If he
started out with his prisoner there
Was every chance of his. .encountering
a scouting party III composed Of
soldiers the pair might be taken to
headquarters, but If citizens they
would he riddled with bullets and no
questions asked. He decided that he
must take 1.-The ride to Alexandria
alone and during the night. Having
notified the general 'of his capture he
would of course he furnished with an
escort to bring in the prisoner. He
mast guard against the outlaws es-
cape during the interval If the fell
low were giuen:a day in which to work
at his bonds he could loosen them, no
matter how securely tied. While the
sergeant Was studying out plan to
safely secure his prisoner, Ross poured
'0alt upon him the walls of his wrath
and rolled over and over ON the grass
in his struggles to get free. Murray
finally caught the idea. He cut a
couple of >crotched sticks and drove
them into the earth. AS the sticks
We're driven file erotehes carried pole
which finally rested against the out
laws throa as he lay ON his back. A
81 milar contrwanee was rugged across
his hips, and then his feet were ele-
waited by means of a rope running
oyer a limb. As the fellows arms
were lashed behind his back and were
consequently nnder him, it did not
Seem as if he had the slightest chance
to escape.
Marray left the swamp soon after
dark and headed for Alexandria. He
had not gone five miles when he ran
into q squad of cavalry and was fired
upon and slightly wounded.v Ten
miles hrom Alexandria q party of eiti-
zems attempted hfs capture, and he
w:as wounded again. His horse WAS
also hit, and five miles out Of town he
foaa1d himself on foot The news he
brought filled the authorities with
JOY A surgeon dressed his wounds,
made hana sleep for three hours, and
the sergeant then led a party OF ten
men to the canebreak- It was fortun-
ate they were not delayed ON the way.
The desperate and determined outlaw
had released his neck and body from
the poles. broken the lashings of his
wrists and elbows and was hard at
work to free his feet when the soldiers
arrived. He would have been at lib
ertv in another quarter of an hour,
and that wosld have meant deati, to
at least two or three men It took
the combined efforts of five men to
put him ON a. horse and
secure him there. In the
struggle he seized one troopers hand
kn his mouth and held it fast until a
wedge was driven between his teeth.
Ross was safely conveyed to Alexau-s
dxLa, and when the fact Of his arrest
became known the people for thirty
miles around came il to have q look
at kim and charge him with various
crimes. He had Mantonly burned
four or five houses. robDed sixteen
different persons, shot dead half a
dozen negroes ssfor fnu.'' and it was
estimated that he had killed aud
wounded nearly a Rcnra 0f whito NOE