The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-11-13
WHISKY IN PLACE OF WATER.
How the Bloody Plans Of Wild Indiana
Were Frustrated.


Were Frustrated.
A Star man happened to meet a man
who had served n term or two or three in
various peniientiaries, hadn't served
several he should have served, and ia
likely 10 serve more before he is through
with himself. Of course, that kind of a
man was interesting, and, inter a time
when ne got to talking under the mel
lowing influence of things made for tine
purpose, he was more interesting.
when / was Is years younger than
l am now," he said, II was out in the
mountains Of the west on a government
reservation, where / could make money
selling whisky under post prices.
was always on the make. and SO snug
gled in dozen or more gallons, and had
them MD in a cave ten miles or so out of
reach. The cave was kind of two
story affair, the upper story being my
secret, and there 1 had my jugs of liquor
hid away, and from there carried II
out in smaller quantities for distribu-
tion. The lower part of the cave was
90 feet below the upper chamber, and
in this part was basin of water, which
had dripped from the upper part. 1t did
not contain more than q gallon of water
/ know it was easily exhausted, for l
spent many a night there, and found
there wasn't water enough to boil ket-
Tie with.
We'll. about the time got in my sec
ond installment OF fire-juice the Indians
got bad, and began creeping in toward
the settlements. / thought my cave
was unknown to the Indians, rs well as
to the whites, but it appears that it
wasn't, and Que morning barely had
time to slip out of my downstairs room
and get up in the loft before ten CT
twelve cf about the Notwithstanding
braves you ever saw squatted in front
of my residence and began holding 4
council Of war. In half an hour or more
all of them except one went away, and
he remained to keep watch.
"At noon three returned with five
white prisoners, and at six o'clock the
rest of them came in with a girl about
four years old. Just what they were
wasn't easy for me to find out, because
WREN I came down to a poine where
could see, / was in danger OF getting
caught myself. did see enough,
though, to show me that the five pris-
oners, who were al Old men. hadn't
much chance for their lives. but that
the child would be carried away. To
save myself had been my first thought,
and now to save these poor wretches
was first
While was debating what to do Or
give it Up as a bad job, one of the In
dians went to the spring ond got some
water. That was my cue. In minute
more was back up in my chamber just
over the headwaters of the spring. and
having turned the drip into another
channel. / started a stream OF that kill
at-forty-rod whisky down the shoota1d
then slipped back TO watch the procecl-
ings. They were discussing when 90
kill the prisoners-I knew enough In
dian TO know that-nrd when II was
about CeteTmnined 10 hold them Over
day and see II they couldn't pick up q
few more and have real. big time. sls-
other of them went over 10 the spring
fol water. This time IL wasn't SO much
water Is il had been. Nhstever IL wa-
made The ugly redskin give big ugh
Of delight. and the others went over 10
him. Well, il isn't necessary for me 20
so into particulars
Anybody. even = reporter knows
what becomes of an IRdiaE or dozen
of them when there are unlimited GUAM
titIes OF FIRE water a; their disposal. and
as soon a. l saw hov the tang was 50
Ing. hurried back end set another Jug
TO work / was little afraid thsy
would get ugly drus< sna XIII her
prisoners. bu; evidently they hadn't had |
mach % sst thst day. gad the hqucr
was getting IN its work OF empty ssosn- !
sciIS. whGtere- was the cause, before
! j.sd sny idea thzt il wes t-l1se for -. :
The whole lot of them was fun. AID in Z
g irw TE.inutss more trey were lying !
s7ound the little lasin Of the spr-rg. 40 /
drunk they copidn'; Tao=e hand nor /
foot.
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