The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-26

royal set of thieves. When they were flush
| they scorned to drink anything but Roeder-
! er or Pommery Sec and the markets were
! Quilted to provide them with luXuries The
| leader OF the gang, Ike Clanton, was a
! handsome fellow. SIX feet high, with yell
| low. curling locks and complexion, IN
spite OF the Arizona sun ana regular cx-
posture. that belle would envy. lie was a
ready and straight shooter. He faced
| death a hundred times. and met h at last.
He hated the Earn brothers with all the
| intensity of an unhridled passion, ana
| loved their sister with equal force Jessie
carp was beautiful girl of 10 at the time.
/ She had the courage and grace Of her
! brothers, and was, OF course. a partisan
| OF theirs In their fractional fight without
! being in sympathy with their habits OF
life and career of rapinc and murder
Ike Clanton and Jessie carp met at
! dance at Tombstone. Ike aud the carp
boys were then at war. ana carried guns
cooked and primed for each other. Be
! tween Ike and Jessie ii was a case Of love
| at first sight. Her brothers became furious
when they heard IL. and Virgil. the oldest
| of the family and the keeper OF the family
| headquarters. wanted to turn her out OF
| the house and disown her but wyatt. the
brains of the family said this would be
| playing into the hands OF the arch enemy.
| Clanton. He would Immediately marry
her, and both would be happy. This would
not suit the EarDs, and they resolved to
keep the girl away from Clanton, and pre-
| vent meeting or communication between
| them, II possible.
| The girl was a real heroine. She was
| educated In a California convent, and,
while as fun Of romance as an egg IL Of
| meat. she had sense Of honor that made
! her sustain her family I'm the quarrel with
| the faction of which her lover was chief.
| II was a marvel to many people why tho
1 - Il mot al no "A Ptt
! headquarters Immediately after reaching
| Tombstone to revenge the death of the
McLowry boys and Billy Clanton. When
| the Enrps retreated from Tombstone they
took their sister with them. This was the
reason. perhaps. why Clanton refused to
| become a member of the sherims posse
| and join in the pursuit Of his enemy.
Three months later, however when the
| Earps were living at Gunnison, Colo, and,
of course, were running the town, their
sister mysteriously disappeared one night.
| The result of inquiry convinced them that
| she had fed i'm company with Ike CAN
/ ton. This was pouring salt and vinegar
| into their fostering wounds. The whole
band, comprising Virgil, Wyatt and Julian
4 carp Doc Halliday. Curly Bill San Saun-
/ ders Texas Ike and Monroe Tucker armed.
mounted and pursued. The lovers had
about four hours the start, but they were
| easily trailed. They headed for Arizona.
y
| They reached Lake city, eighty miles from
| Gunnison, in twelve hours. Both We're on
| horseback. From Lake city they started
to Ouray, 100 miles by regular road, but,
! getting afraid OF pursuit, they left the
| road and crossed over the trackless) noun
tains, going 1900 feet above sea level, and
finally reached San Miguel-thirty hours
without food.
Here they rested for two days, being
| convinced that the pursuit they expected
was off their trail. They were to a certain
| extent right, and to a certain extent mis-
| taken. The carp party went to Ouray,
| and finding no trace of the fugitiveS, be-
| came convinced that they had made
| short cut TO San Miguel. From Ouray 10
! San Miguel is less than thirty miles, but
! the way is over a painless, precipitous
| mountain, yawning gulches and impass-
able canyons
The Earps, however, tackled the jour
/ ney. and made It within "a hours. They
! reached San Miguel about 10 O'Clock In the
| morning, and as they rode down the wind
| ing trail the fugitives saw them. Clanton
| and the sister of his arch enemy had been
man and wife about % minutes. They
/ were married by DR.. Hoge. Episcopal
| clergyman, whose name IS held in CRATE
| full remembrance by every person famil-
| lar with the early days of Colorado
When the newly welded pair saw the
| horsemen approach they recognized the
! situation at a glance. ClantOn, though Is
| brave as any man. knew that II was hope
| less TO join combat with seven or eight
I men practlced in the use Of firearms. But.
/ being accustomed to danger. he knew how
| to act He grasped his trembling bride,
/ rushed from the cabin where they were
] resting and made his way to the nearest
| mine tunnel The mines were just chang
4 ing shift, and were surprised a the haste
/ Of the visitors. Clanton told the miners
| his story as sincerely and eloquently as he
| could. The miners were all Irishmen, and
Irishmen love lovers They became par
I tisans OF the fugitves without thought or
4 consideration. Clanton intrusted his bride
/ to one of the miners, who took her into
/ the bowels of the earth, away from all
danger Soon the Earps arrived and de-
manded the fugitives. The miners an
swered with more spirit than politeness.
The Earps invited parley, which the
miners granted. The Earps said that
Clanton sought TO dishonor their sister he-
cause Of hatred 10 them. Clanton, who
stood in the tunnel within easy commune
cation. sent back word that the lady they
sought TO dishonor and reproach was his
wife. The Earps tried diplomacy. which
/ failed. and finally they announced their
determination to storm the mine II the
fugitives were not surrendered In those
days an armory was a necessary depart
ment of every well-regulated mine and
the mine in which Clanton and his bride