St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-25

the crowd about the beleagured voter,
iniertered in the dispute. made vail the
crcsts OF the more obstreperous among
the prosecutors, and, the personal ar
bitrament being declined upon ali
sides by the wou!d-be coercion
lists, did thereupon extend gtn
eral Invitation TO all interfering &c
, come g. ..sG.t :. ...lls dssp OF DO and
have the earth mOpped wilh their rivcn
! remains, which naughty invite was ig.
| nored. Then the new Democrat wrote
and voted his ticket in peace. and Gale,
remarking that he "calc'lated" himself
chad sufficient Of jag on" went home
to take sleep; leaving. however, per-
emptory instructions chat he be awak-
| ened forthwith did danger menace
Democracy's cause anew, or any of the
| units of that cause.
In the course of time another stranger
, came to town. bearded, quick eyed,
resolute man. He was heard to inquire
for the United States marShal'S deputy
, and the county sheriff. He turned out
to be Texas marshal in search of one
bill Collins" of various aliases, whom
the people OF the Lone Star state want
ed' to answer to Il number of indict.
m ents for stage and train robbery, and
Ger tain homicideS incident to these dep
red atoms. The officer had been a
schOolmate of the man for whom he
was searching, and. later on, his com
radc and grOomSman at the time of Col
Inns marriage.
Our deputy United States marshal,
til ell as now, prominent citizen of the
sta te, and the sheriff AS well, were each
Of them such man as ''Ihe sheriff of
M ariposa" himself. Or either YOU
mi ght predicate there's nothing OH
earth a man can say will make the
sine W of Jack Hill brittle
A photograph which the Texas man
had of the outlaw satisfied both OF the
local officers that Gale" was the person
re Quiled. BY now Gale" or Collins.
as known for man desperate III valor.
de ably quick, and sure in the use of
Weapons he always carried. In order
tina his suspicious be not awakened,
the Texan agreed to remain reasonably
quiet, while the unsupported Dakota
off GERS made visit of final identilica-
ito II to the suspect. With that intent.
and with an eye to his present possible
capture, the two visited "Century's"
saloon. Gale. the bartender, was in his
place; SO was ,he scar over the eye that
identified him beyond Deradvehture.
deputy marshal, iron nerved, tall and
strong, held Gale in conversation across
the bar, ready to pOunce upon him
shO uld opportunity offer, while he him
sell "a man Shouldered and thighed like
Atlas. under pretense of obtaining a
light tor his cigar, attempted to 20 be-
hind the bar and so get alongside of
Collins. This maneuver aroused the
ver-watchful fugitive. In the usual
low, quiet. but deadly decisive way he
b id the sheriff Keep from behind thar.
this bar l kin help ye' to. Phi dol but
do want no help this side. Charlie"
There is no reas OH TO think that Gale
antici pated the law to be any closer
upon his slot at the time than it had
been for months previously, but the
habit of desiring no closer company
within his defenseS arose out of. the
habitual caution induced by his lawless
methods of living.
He stood prepared to battle for life
ceaselessly and at any moment.
Persistence upon the sheritf's part, as
things stood then, meant death to both
the officers. land probably the escape of
their man; the former Il small thing in
others sight. am convinced, could
they have been sure of finishing him
first. But this was not to be thought of.
Gale had 1.-The drop" and. though they
stayed about, chatting in all amity for
some further time. lie kept his impreg-
nable place all the evening.
Upon the following day the Texas
marshal, tired of his cOncealment, went
10 the postoffiee for his mail. which,
having gotten, he sat down To read OPP
poSite the street entrance. The office
was Il log building, standing near
where the present office stands. 1t
faced east, with the entrance door open
upon that front and window to the
nOrthWard of the door. In the interior