Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-16

communication between them II possible.
The girl was real heroine She was o,lu.
Gated in California convent, and while as
iull OF romance as an ogg is o. meat she had
senso Of honor TINT made her sustain hcr
family IN the quarrel with the faction Of
Whlch her lover was chief II was q marvel
TO many people why the Clanton gang did
not attack the carp headquarters immedi-
( ately after reaching Tombstone to revenge
the death Of tho McLowry boys aud billy
Clanton. The reason WAS that Jessie was
confined in her hrothcrs' headquarters. and
Clanton would not run the risk Of killing her,
When the Earps retrcated from Tombstone
they took their sister with them. This was
the reason, perhaps, why can,on refused to
become member Of the shorIfrs posse and
join in the pursuit Of his enemy.
Three months a,or, however whom the
Earps wore living 10 Gunulson, Col, and, Of
course, were running tho town. their sister
mysterousy Disappeared one night. The
result Of inquiry convinced them that she
had fed in company with lie Clanton. This
was pouring salt and vinegar into their fcs.
terng wounds. Thewholc band, oounrislng
Virgil, Wyatt and Julian Earp, Doc Halliday,
Curley Bill sam Saunders, Texas Ike and
Monroe Tucker, armed, mounted and pur-
sued. The lovers had about four hours the
start, but they were easily uailed They
headed for Arizona, They expected pursuit.
and lost no time. They reached Lake City,
eighty miles from Gunnison, In twelve hours.
/ Both were on horseback. From Lake city
they started for ouray 100 miles by regular
4 road, but getting afraid OF pursuit they left
/ the road and crossed over tho trackoss
mountain, going 1900 feet above sea lovol.
and finally reached san Miguel--thrty hours
/ without food.
Here they rested for two days, being con-
WINGED that the pursuit they expected was %
their trnil They wore to certain extent
right and to a certain extent mistaken. The
carp party went to ouray, aud. finding no
trace Of the fugtiyos, became convinced that
they had made q short cut TO San Miguel,
From ouray to San Mlguolis loss than thirty
miles, but the wayis ovor a painless, precipi-
tous mountain, yawnlng gulchos and lmpass-
able canyons. The Earps, however, ossayed
tho journey and made It within twenty-iour
hours. They reach San Miguel about 10
O'Clock in the morning, and as they rode
down the winding trail tho iugltlyos saw
them. Clanton aud the sister Of his arch
enemy had been man and wife about twenty
minutes, an Episcopal clergyman having tied
the knot,
Clanton, though as brave az any man
knew that Il was hopeless 10 join combat
with seven or eight men pacHeod in the use
Of firearms, But, being accustomed to dan.
ger, he knew how TO act He grasped his
trembling bride, rushed from the cabin
whore they were resting and made his way
to the nearest mine tunnel. The minors
were just changing shift and were surprised
at the haste Of the visitors. Clnnton told Tho
miners his story ~ sincerely and eloquently
as he could. The miners were all Irlshmen
and Irishmon love lovers. They became par
tisans OF the fugltives without thought oil
consideration. Chnton ntrusted his brld,
to one Of the miners, who took her into thu
bowels Of the earth, away from all danger
Soon the Earps arrived and demanded tn,
iugtiyes The miners answered with NOR,
spirit than politcness.
The Earps Invited a parley, which tn,
miners granted. The Earps said that Clan
ton sought to dishonor their sister because
Of hatred for them Canton, who stood II
the tunnel, within easy communication, sen
back word that the lady they sought to dis
honor and reproach was his wife. The carp
tried diplomacy which failed and finally
they announced their determination TO storu
the mine II the iuqtyes were not surrender
ed. The miners presented arms and an