Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-06-27

He then returned to the buggy. She
ran about thirty rods further, climbed
over a rail fence III the woods and
laid down behind the fence. Lyons
drove up and she was in mortal fear
lest her light colored garments would
reveal her whereabouts. But he drove
by. Soon she heard him returning.
Then she crawled on her hands and
knees through brush and briars up
through a draw and hid in a clump OF
bushes. He drove by but soon re-
turned and drove within a few feet of
the spot she had just left. After he
had passed she an in IN opposite di-
rection, how far she doesn't know.
She got on the public road again and as
it was soon after the rain she got into
the mud three or four inches above her
slippers. She continued to u and
climbed over another fence and laid
cattle were very restless and she was
afraid to stay there. On looking around
she saw a barn and ran toward this,
but she had to climb a fence. This
fence had two planks below and two
wires above. When getting down she
heard him coming. Her clothing
caught and she hung on the wire but
she lore loose and dropped on the
ground where she remained until ne
had passed. Being afraid to go to a
strange house so late at night-about
midnight-she entered the barn. Here
she remained probably an hour, when
she went to the house, which proved
to be Mr.. Gilbert's, and knocked at
the door. Mr.. Gilbert got up and ad-
mitted her. She told her story, al
though wishing to conceal her identi-
ty. She first gave another, then her
real name. The people here treated
her very kindly. Soon Lyons drove up,
hallooed ard when Mr.. Gilbert went
to the door he asked if he might get a
drink. Mr.. Gilbert replied that he
guessed he wasn't very thirsty and he
could get a drink at the next house.
He muttered something that MIR.
Gilbert didn't understand and drove
off.
Lyons then drove to Miss Bunstine's
brother-in-IaW's, Charley Cauthorn,
early next morning and told him that
he had done something last night that
he was awfully ashamed of and when
asked what it was said,
81 tried to put my arm aroundth that
girl and she got away from me-"
"She did," said Charley.
eyes," he said, ''she got out of the
buggy and went into a mans house
and / couldn't get her anymore"
sin whose house was it?" asked
Cauthorn.
He replied, 81 don't know exactly"
but he thought it was ''the third house
west of Jim Edwards" "And,'' he
continued, "I'l do ten times as much
for you sometime if you will GO after
herr
Charley took the buggy and went
after her but when he was passing Mr..
Gilbert's, and before he got to the
"third house," Miss Bunstine came to
the door, at Mr.. Gilbert's request, and
called him. But she was afraid to
come home by Lyons and begged
Charley to come some other way,
which he did. When Charley took
Lyons buggy home the latter asked
him If he had found her.
eyes," Charley said, ~ brought her
home.'i
Then Lyons said, "What's the mat
ter?,
Cnathorn replied, "Don't you ask
me that. You know what's the mat
ter al well as l do. l thought you was
a gentleman or l wouldn't have let
| Ona go with you. But you have treat
| ed her worse than a brute"
81 know I'm guilty." Lyons said,
Shut I don't want you to get mad at
me-
Wednesday morning Mr.. Gilbert
notified Squire James, of Thompson,
when they, in company with Mr.. Ed
wards, called on Miss Bunstine but she
was averse to have anything done as
she did not desire notoriety. Her
father was notified, who said that if
he would consult only his own selfish
interests he wouldn't do anything but
take his daughter home out of harms
way, but that there were other people
in that community who had girls dear
to them and he owed it to those to
prosecute.
Thursday, in company with several
friends, Miss Bunstine appeared be-
fore Justice James and swore out a
warrant for Lyons arrest and he was
taken into custody Friday morning.
There was strong talk of lynching
Lyons.
Miss Bunstine is a slender girl, on
ly Is years of age. 1t was only her
fieetness CT foot that saved her from
a probable death. She is a good pistol
shot and she declared if she had had a
pistol she would have killed Lyons.
The only thing she had to defend her
self with was a large hat pin which she
jabbed into her assailant's hands. Mr..
Farmer, who lives in that vicinity,
thinks she performed n of the
grandest feats he ever heard of and
that probably not one in a thousand
women could have accomplished what
she did.
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