The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-27

his family alone, and in which they
told him repeatedly they would surely
capture and kill him, they gathered in
a body at the front of the house, and,
with a log which they carried from the
road, they made a rush at the door. de-
termined to force an entrance.
Again the deadly rife of the negro
spoke out and Henry Daniels, who had
led the assault with the battering ram,
fell with a bullet i'm his stomach. He
cannot recover.
Maddened by the stubborn resistance
of the negro, but undismayed by the
deadly effect of the fire, they ranged
about the house for an hour, trying re-
peatedly to approach close enough to
set IL on fire, but being driven away
each time by the appearance of Trice
with his rifle at the door or window in
time to compel fight to cover Con-
WINGED finally that they would have to
get reinforcements, the regulators col
lected in a body and started back to
the town. AS they started away Trice
opened the door of his cottage, and,
stepping out in the moonlight. lifted
his gun and, shouting a warning to
the regulators, fired. The bullet struck
Albert Buffum in the back and he fell
to the ground with fatal wound.
They were half panic-stricken, but they
managed to gather their fallen friends
and remove them to a safe distance
from the cabin, where they were left
under the care of five of the party.
while the others hurried back TO the
town and raised a posse of more than
100.
The news Of the tragedy had spread
with wonderful rapidity. and long be-
fore daylight the white population of
Palmetto turned out to a man. resolved
on vengeance. Some time was lost
y nile the Dioodhounds were brought
from a plantation two miles from town
and ii was not until almost sunrise
that the column started TO the edge
of the forest, where the Trice cabin
stood.
When the relatives of the killed and
wounded men reached the place they
had some difficulty i'm finding Hughes
and Sanchez. as the men left to take
care of them had heard the negro open
the door of his cabin. and. fearful that
he would make a dash at them, they
had fled.
Daniels and Buffum. i'm spite of the
severity of their wounds. had crept
away and hidden themselves in the
bushes The bodies of Hughes and
Sanchez were finally found and re-
moved to their homes by the citizens.
AS soon as the dead and wounded
had been cared for the posse was or
'ganized and a general advance was
made toward the cabin. The order was
to rush as soon as Trice opened fire.
There was a perfect understanding
that some man would be killed at the
start, but il was certain that the only
way TO effect a capture would be TO
wait until his gun was rendered harm
less for the moment and then to rush
forward i'm a body and capture him.
The advance was made as the sun
rose and for the first 10 or Is yards
some Of she white men called 10 Trice
TO come out and surreder. He made
no response and there was no way OF
knowing at-what point he would make
his first defensive fire; but. as they
neared the cabin without provoking
any assault, the whites lost control OF
themselves and. with a shout of rage
and defiance. closed in on the little
cabin and tore the door from its fast
enings.
Trice was not there. He had made
his escape while the whites had gone
hack 10 the town Tor achievements.
and the men left 10 guard the dead and
wounded had not seen him go. IL was
imnossible for them TO say when or in
what direction he had started but