The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-12

missed from the office at about 2 o'clock
p. m, AZ that time the postmaster was
very busy writing some letters, and the
mulberry was done In such quiet way
he did not find II out until few min.
uioa before 3 o'clock, when q we'll dressed
man In company with n beautiful young
lady walked la at the front door Of the
post.oillce. The postmaster set out a
chair for the young lady aud then turned
to the young gentleman, who asked him
" he had seen certain man within the
last few minutes end wanted Ia know II
Rev, ]. l.. West was at home.
The postmaster looked around aud the
l20f was gone, and he was satisfied that
the office had been robbed. lie then
invited the lady and gentleman to 20 up
stairs and quickly closed the office, As
ho went out at the front door he met
his wife, who was just returning from
neighbor's house, aud he told her what
had happened. IL almost struck her
specchess as she was very fond of the
l20f.
About that time Rev. j. L. West came
up aud We all ran up stairs to room on
the second floor. In the northeast corner
If the building, aud In there stood good
locking man, neatly dressed In black
10 years old, would weigh about ld5
pounds, some feet 9 inches tall, with
black hair aud black mustachc and on
his left was the 1909.
Everything was as still as death for u
few seconds Then Rev. West drew n
paper from his pocket suspected IL
was a warrant, aud that he was going To
arrest the man. lie then broke the ii.
lcnce hy saving, I" DO YOU take il to be
yours 90 The answer was, ~ will and
the man took hold of the laut and look.
ed just llGc hc meant To keep ii aud con.
vert 1t To his own use, | then expected
trouble To begin, | could see IN the
mans cuuntenancc that IL they attempt.
ed to arrest him or deprive him of the
lsOC that some one would get hurt,
could see IL sticking out plainly, Rev.
West said several more words To him,
but was So frightened that | do not
remember Just what he said, The man,
still holding % the 1909, said that he
would love it and that he would com.
Tort, honor and keep II ~ sickness aud
In health, and that he would forsake all
Others for IL as long ~ he should live,
aud believe he would have died before
he would have given IL up aud am
satisfied that Rev. West believed as
did, for he consented that he might keep
II, and turned around To me aud another
man and asked us to sign our names NJ
the bottom of the warrant as witnesses
! supposed he WAS returning IL not exc.
cuted, and il he got into trouble about
IL we could help him out ] then felt
greatly relieved rs ! was expecting some
one tc he killed every minute, aud did
not have n thing "a fight with aud ex.
pccted 10 get the worst ut IL as ! was
satisfied the man was well armed.
The man then quickly lett the room
with the 1900, Tie went down the stair.
way aud walked down Main street. We
expected To see him shot down as he
PASSED the brick store below the post.
office, but he was not molcsted lie
there turned and crossed the bridge and
went into house oppositcJ, N.Naughn's
residence, Within few minutes two
horses were seen saddlcd aud hridled aud
hitchcd Ia the yard fence, aud we all
expected Ia see him undertake IL make
his escape nn them,
by this time the report had been cir.
culatcd all over town aud word had been
sent tu the school house Within a very
few minutes o. H. Rose came running up
tn lis, almost exhausted, aud wanted to
know which way the man had gone. We
told him that the man had gone into the
house opposite Vaughn, aud that we
were expecting him to try 10 escape ON
the horses hltChcd to the fence. lie nut
some parties 10 watching the house while
he hunted T. q, FuIks, Sam Kash aud
others 10 assist HIM But the horses
were SION taken away aud put into the
stable, aud they were then satisfied that
he intended 10 remain over night.
The bows decided Ia mister up crowd
and make charge on the houso that
night AZ \ o'clock they had the house
completely surrounded with ut least fifty
people well armed aud equipped for the
occasion, They went Ia the door and
found IL securely locked and holted
The crowd was nntihed ~ this fact. aud
IL was astonishing 10 hear the racket
thew made around that house for about
half an hour, when the proprietor came
to the door anil proposed In treat the
crowd 10 candy IL they would stop and
disperse They accepted the bride and
left. On the next dry the man who
robbed the post office was seen riug at
full Spee,i With the la0f ia the II r~tion
Of Torrent station. This is the last nc
count We have of him. e..
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