The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-11-09

offer set many private cltl2ens 0
still hunts, and at last Gabe Jimlso'
and AL Wheaton devoted all thei
time to the pursuit of the unknow
highwayman, One morning, ac
companied by Gabe's blood houno
Jennie, they were on their way u
Rattle snake mountain, when the
met Hebrew pack peddler, VIII
an hour before had been held up b
a bearded highwayman on tn
Bently road and robbed of 800
The peddler accompanied Cab
and his companion back to the pIac
where the robbery occurred, ano
placed the dog on the highwayman
trail, The hound was held in leas
50 as to keep her constantly With
range Of her owners rifle, The
the trio of men, led by the dog, fol
lowed the trail around the mour
tain side, through the woods an
across chasms and brooks, Jenni
baying loudly all the while Afte
two hours journey and whe
nearing HuntIey, Jennie began tuf
ging furiously at her leesh. Cab
knew she was hot on the trail, an
at last he caught a glimpse of
human form fitting through tn
trees ahead. Instantly Gabe Jim
son raised his rifle and fired, butal
parantly without effect, for th
chase was continued, but ended a
a fallen hollow tree, into which tn
highwayman had sought concea
ment. Gabe and AL knew they ha
treed their "coon" and that hi
capture was inevitable, so the houn
was not allowed to enter the apei
ture, Gabe kicked the log repeat =
edly, then shouted "Come out g
thar an s'render ter tn law er T..
smother yer with smoke, fer we ur
has yer sho."
There was no response to thi
stern command. Not a sound COul
be heard from within the log, Ey
IDENTIFY the robber was disinclined I
surrender, 50 Gabe and AL held
consultation of War in whisper
which ended in the latter going
summon assistance while JimiSo
remained to guard the self impr
oncd captive,
It was shortly after I O'clock wbc
AL returned, accompanied by thrO
woodmen and deputy sherinStronl
Strong opposed trying tosmoke o,
the rObber by fire at the base Of I'll
fallen tree, and directed anothc
method Of getting hold of the roI
Der, which was to split the log ope
SO, with axes and wedges the 10
was split, disclosing within a mC
tionless human form. The ape
ture was materially widened, Will
the deputy sheriff and Gabe stoo
on the alert with drawn revolver
and at last the officer reached dow
and grasped the form by the hou
der, saying at the same time:
arrest you in the name of the con
monwealth Of Virginia for highwa
robbery"
There was no response with
vigorous jerk he turned the for
over and then jumped back aghas
The bearded face that confrontC
him was that Of the dead. Gabe
bullet had done the work The TO
Der had been shct through I'll
back. In raising the body from Il
log, the whiskers worn were disco
cred to be false, and when the 0
fcer removed them Gabe Jimisc
exclaimed'
oHoly smoke, It's Nellie Prescott
Boys, I'm 0abbergasted."
Some Of his companions also re
ognized the pretty face, and, Dc.
spite the fact that the form WI.
clad in male attire declared it to b,
that of old Job Prescott's daughtcI
and It was mercifully decided not Il
inform the Prescott family Of Il
death of Nellie, and 80, after yieN
ing the body the coroner order'
| It inferred on the mountain sic
near Oak Grove, After the burr
there were no more robberies
that part Of Virginia,
A melancholy sequel to the deat
Of Nell Prescott was the suicide ! y
shooting at the grave Of the younI
school master of IIuntley, He haa
been the girls lover