New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-10-04
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onersWas brough in by half q dozen Of
EfcersSand chained to . ring IN the
The prisoner was a broad shouldered
young man, with long, black hair and
piercing eyes. IA he passed into the Jail
part of the building Betty e ssill sl,
the pretty wild flow er ghter Of
Rainsford, caught ST hit of Sic
sprang forward with the word g iii .
trembling on her Lips but instantly re-
strained herself and ttuIned ava With.
apparent unconcern.
Jim Springston was a moonshiner. Ia
other words, he 1nanufae tured liauos
without a government license and IS
therefore hunted BY United States de-
tectives. He had a still among the dark
recesses of the mountains, where for.
years he had pursued his unlawful call
ing. At last, however, he had been
trapped BY Detective Johnson and his
deputies, but his aIture ~ as effected
only after a hard ghtt bit, in which Spring
ston had wounded two deputies slightly
and had himself received flesh wound
in his left arm
ell, we've got another desperate,
and the court Will soon make short work
Of him, = said j ohnson to the iailer as he
came out from securing the prisoner.
81 ~ shall look to you to see that He does
not escape and the officer tWirled be-
tween his fingers the key of the paddock
which secured Spring ston, at the same
time striding out. After placing his
deputies on guard around the insecure
structure to prevent recapture BY the
prisoners friends, Or to circumvent any
efforts on the part Of the prisoner him
self to escape, Captain Johnson went to
the only lodging house in the. village.
where he put up for the night.
The reader has already snrmised that
the members of the Rainsford family.
were at least acquainted with Jim
Sprlngston. He was, in fact, the aft
anced husband Of Betty, who had al
ready resolved to rescue her lover at all
hazards. Her father was, to say the
least, morally responsible to the law for.
the safekeeping Of Springston, and she
knew il would be Of no avail to turn in
that direction for relief. In fact, she
would not have released Jim from jail
if she could have done so with her own
hands, as it would have brought censure
and disgrace down on the head Of her
father and created the suspicion that
the Rainsford family was in league with
the illicit distillers.
Jim Springston had been frequent
visitor to the Rainsford household for
the previous year or two and had won
his promised bride over numerous rival
suitors, but the head of the household
did not know he was violator Of the
law until brought in that evening.
Neither had Betty known Of this fact,
but the moment she had learned Of the
arrest she decided in favor of Jim.
Atsupper that evening the elder Rains-
ford stated that, while he sympathized
with Springston, he could see no way
but that he would have to 60 to prison.
Betty acquiesced meekly, but her brain
was busy with a plan Of her own.
a passing country doctor had dressed
the wounds Of the deputies and the pris-
oner. Betty looked down at the latter
operation, but not even 9 look Of recog-
milton passed between herself and Hover.
They seemed to pursue that course intu-
| itively. They were as strangers, and
thus darkness settled over the quiet
country village.
Just after midnight when the alertness
sof The guards was benumbed BY drowsii-
ness, q. dark figure stole to the window:
of the Jail. a voice almost as still as
the night itself called s. Jimi Oh, jim!
Don't stir or make q noise. It's Betty. 81
There was soft answer sdenoting that
he heard her, and she went on thus,
Read this note when daytime comes
and obey uctions carefully 81" thrust
ing the paper through the bars and into.
the hands Of the prisoner BY means OF q
long stick.
After breakfast the next morning the
prisoner was taken ont and mounted
on 81. 8 horse, and the officers also mounted
their horses, and the par SGT OF for the
nearest railroa sta tion. d distancesof so
miles Just Is the hot aemen cantered
away 8 glance from BETTY "a Jim a.
surdd each that iii md the
programme.
Captaiiin1 johnson ffslt elated oven the
/ capture Of Sp5ring stton for the
first that there Was 8 ham sone fHaid
awaiting hiis safe deliy into ths Hands
LOT the government and seconidl bes
cause the capture added anoth u
lfeather to the we'll ated
cap sc the IS
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