Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-23

How Big Torn Henry Died:


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The attention OF neuty nhu ueen
dirtcad tolely 20 Cars.n "nilo nap,
dali and West were ieit 20 oisPo5e y
Mysterious Dave
They had undertaken con'lac. z
large proportions contract wn'cu
many q man oeiore ano since 'no'i uay
has 1ailen.
The witnesses all agrees ina. itnty
md Dave sno' togetnef, snu ~ - n's'
ME kandaii lay aeau on Ine noU'. Awc
pre- shots from Matnes, ana "es' wss
out OK the hgn'' WIN TWO Apahs y ~
gr1in.
Turning &c. tne aia Of LARSON no sen'
a bullet ahto hisnfy, VINO uropp,uR M
revolyers ran ior lne aooi. dorsey
who TOOK no pait ~ tne ngn's was STA
toned In the'rear o. tns uHnce nail witl
the horses and throwing nimselt on
one OF these' Henty CLOSELY iolowed oy
Dorsey, rode straignt tor nis mountain
fortress.
Inc lamps Wnicn . peen extin-
gushed oy the nrinR were re-ighteo
and the scene tnat met a gag, can
never 90 re-caiied witnout nudae
by those VINO witnessed ~.
la the doorway lay the pody Oh Joe
r'on, the terror OF tne coughs near
In big stove, with nus unnred guns
still IN his hands, lay "big Randall
n q few feet from nins the dying boy
Jim west was grooming bending over
MIN win q SIX noote 10 eacn mana as
though inclined 70 nuisn the WORK rignt
there, was the tall form OF .sMysterious
Dave without o scratcn. Little
DOC" Milligan examined the WOUNDED
man and his prognosls was death In
twen'y-iour nours' rreparstions were
made 70 take MIN 10 q nospitai tnat
the rev remaining hours OF mis- NE
might De passed IN peace. out "Mys-
terious" SAID NO! Fol even now ne
had resolved upon a scheme. a scheme
OF cruel vengeance. he insisted that
West should be aiken TO jail, q to
Jail he went. Mathes knew that Tom
Henry was wounded. Hs Knew that
he would make for his caoin near by.
He had already determined to capture
and bring him back, and he wanted
them all in Jail together. FOR what,
the seotlel will show.
Early next morning.a pursuing party
led nv Mathes ou,ckIv dlscovered the
trail and %easilv followed the fuoit;ves
IN their usu,l re.reat in time of trouble.
the tor,ii,d cabin in the mountains
men wera there. and long hafore
ba cabin was. eached Tom Henrv w.s
q oap s,ttiny In tho imam door wsv with
a WincbesIer in Ma hands waiting their
coming to renew the battle of the
night At a distance of several
hundred Yards from the cabin the posse
Without DELAY an ysterious
djsm,nnted and LAYING ASIDE nj,
booan m annroach tha hon az alone
o,co the wonnded desnerado wavad
Ms Winchester and motIoned him back.
cut the intrepid officer had calculated /
he chances. and without appearing to
iot,ce the menace moved steadily on.
Is be reached the door Tom Horny
ose TO meet him, and in plain view of I
be posse The twa desperate men held a &
BARLEY upon the issue of which hum Z,
The cfieer's life. for 1t cannot be doubt
ed that II the mission OF Mathes had
failed, bis instant death would have
followed Thai Henry would have dis-
missed from ms power nis most Ior-
enemy, II hostiiittts were TO De
renewed, cannot ior a Dc De-
iieved, and no one knew TINS better
than Mathes. But courage mas many
forms aud This poid man nad all OF
them. what passed " tnem my
easily be couJectured. The outlaw was
wounded, surrounded, aud mist nave
known now utterly Impossible IL
to escape. 10 De snre
he had n mar at ms
mercy aud the means Of further resist.
.nce; but resistance meant death, aud
when his blooo had a time TO COO,
these fac's, together with the prospect.
which we may feel sure Mathes neid
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