The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-03-22

.dnt. he tells of his return IN VIAL
at night, and of his keeping away fror
home because he was drunk. Then m
:. story OF blood and outlawry goes on {,
the same calm, matter-of-fact way. I
was the next day that the officer. I,
search OF the train robbers vitits,
? Evans house and the shooting of VIII
~ Smith and III Whitney and the esc.n,
occurred The story continues:
AS rode out home and within tbre,
Is DOCKS OF the house buggy passed m,
with three men in 1t. After divine
past me 1t stopped and one of the mer
got out who proved to be Perry Byrd
he waited for me to ride mp, and said
n ne mad rode out with two men To shou
+ them my house. l asked them wbv thew
5 ala not speak to me when they passed n
/ they were going to my house, and he
SAID that Will Hall had sent them ont
LOT 10 bring George Contant up town.
that ne wanted to have chat with
him, for he had been told that ceoro.
was on the train that had been robbed
ana he wanted him to tell what he
knew about 1t. Perry said to me then
'hey thlnk he robbed the train, but are
not sure of 1t. ] rode on home and
MN get into the buggy with him and 90
up town.
went to the barn and split some
wood when John Sontag came to ma
and said he wonld 90 to town n co.
what had become of his brother He
went away, and about o'clock mv
daughter Inez came to the harm ana
SAID, Papa, come to dinner, I pnt on
nent summer coat, and, going toward
the mouse, saw two men on the front |
Porcn' who turned and walked into tho
mouse. When / was within twenty fec,
OF them and without saying a word 70
me stepped onto the kitchen norch
ana my wife said to me, "dInner ia
ready and, going to the washstand
winch was at the pump back of the
mousse, met Eva running out of tho
mouse when she said to me, "Papa, that
man insulted me- meaning VIII Smith e,
"nom had never seen before.
AS stepped into the hall I looked
INTO ner bedroom and picked up re. 6
Vo'Ver' 44-caliber Colts that always ,
Ieit at nome for their protection.
lnen walked into the parlor and said a
20 the front man, what in hell do Won r
vant7" ~"
lie said Where is John sontaeg, A
tola MIN that he went up town. and r.
&c iePiied that he did not do anything a
u the Kind and pulled his pun ;,
umped quick to one side, drawing m,re h
IS ala so, and he missed me, and both a
nen ran out at the front door, for at
nat moment John Sontag stepped into al
ne room with shotgun. I followed nj
I'm out and ducked down 40
red One man ran for the gate with II
Is pistol In his hand, and the other III
imPing OF the corner of the porch hi
I'll headiong into some potatoe vines A,
nd thought Sontag had shot him or
followed the other man over to John
owens house and shot him, THINKING flo
was the man that had lnsnlted n,
When walked up tn him m
raised up and begged me not 70 shoot r.
IN any more, for had killed him. and m,
saw 'hat l had shot the wrong man.
II IKE poor dog Tray, he was in had IN,
'mpany. went back to NV bors :,
ID put on my shoes and went opt ,na ar
rove their team to the barn. b.,
sontag, when l ducked, fired at Whit ,vs
~ striking him with a few bird shot we
III then Tired three more shots with IT.,
otgun at viii Smith and never touched ~,
w. smith got up from where he fell bo,
- "aue a Jump for the top of the I
cRet fence, about twenty feet to the the
IL OF The front gate, and fell fla, 90,
BACK He turned over on all tours rem
d outted through the picket fence like MA
'i'y goat, and running past the cor. tba
OF wire fence that inclosed a bloch rid,
land across the street, SCRATCHED ~. :,
nu on 1t and thought he was shot II :.
onn Sontag came out to the bpgov ,h,,
n my Ballard rifle and shotgun ana II :,
uroVe out the country lane and ston- h,c,
at my brother-in-law Henry Bvrd,s and
a"o wa'ered the team and got a tim,
Gu from his wife, telling her thai we l,ah
re going to hunt Grant Dalton. til
fiday night we went to Wilcox can. c,h,
s,;no 'e' 70 my wife re- apie
sung ner to meet me at her mothers In !
ianch In the canyon, but she sent ,ro,
with letter to me, who brouqbt ana
I'LL the papers and told me vbat b,a
'a's mad been made against me. and dow,
they did not intend to take mo l., 49,
e. y 10
,,ra in it
I'uruay afternoon | heard a man uha.
he Moor ~ MN and saw night
nc MOORE who told us that Crab. T.,
had told him If he found rs tn ton ~ i
90 away that band of Apatche, ana !,
anv ,ro,h,. "I' ne uid not a SOU
any trouble. We started up the IVA. :,
anu 'nat night campe1 on Pine whsn
C. aoou' 200 yards from the Rear ia.
u ana within ten yards of the tran
ould have annihilated The tr,,,. VI
at nl,.. the trailers hamm
at pace but we left them pass bv NJ, -,
'"uay AFTERNOON, and they did NOT s,gh,
on Monday, and, as we had M
1000 we started Tuesday morn. g
'r Young's cabin to get something max y
= we found some bread and hs. =
ny b,no we salts time