, 1897-11-22
AFTER BAD MEN.
EXCITING EXPERIENCE OF A RE.
PORTER IN THE ROCKIES SEW
ERAL YEARS AGO.
Killing or Wounding Of All the Pur-
sued Ends the Eventful Tale-As-
signed to Go With Sherif's Posse
After Train Holdup Men, He Re-
manned in the Background.

police reporter. while a group of local
newspaper men were waiting for the
last side to be run off. but it is excit-
ing and furnishes abundance of ma
terial for a story after it Is all over"
This brought out an account of an ex-
p%erience he had while engaged on the
staff of a western newspaper.
Il was doing local work on a paper
published at the foot Of the western
slope of the Rockies some years ago."
he began, land n day a deputy sheriff
rushed into the Office out of breath. 1t
was evident hat something was up,
and we were not kept in suspense very
long, for he said the sheriff was organ-
izing a posse to go to the summit and
round up a gang of train robbers that
had been located there. "A special
train leaves at s. he shouted as he
rushed out of the door. 1t was then 4
O'Clock in the afternoon, which left
only an hour to get ready.
THE managing editor turned to me
and said: Harry. you go!' | felt like
resigning right there. for hunting
train robbers was not my specially.
l had not lost any such individuals
and had no particular reason to look
up any that some one else had allowed
to escape. But her you know how it
is in a newspaper office. When 0
pTa told IN on that Sattlac n and 90 I
had got beyond the tenderfoot period
In the west | did not allow anyone to
suspect that | was hesitating. In fact
the silent meditation was INDUCED in
after l had commenced making prepar-
atoms to go.
The reason | hesitated was because
I was engaged to a dear little girl back
in the states and the day was fast
approaching when | must report at a
wedding where | was to be the groom.
1t was not that I feared for my safety
that I hesitated, but that it might be
necessary to postpone the one wedding
that l would not have delayed for any
thing in the world. | was out Of the
Office in a minute, and in less time
than it takes an actor to change his
makeup l was logged out in garments
fitted for the chase. not forgetting two
large Colts revolvers. of caliber sufici-
ent to annihilate half of Weyler's army
and a Winchester rifle. AS the hotel
where l stopped was some distance
from the railway station. l had to do
some sprinting to get there in time for
the special. and succeeded in jumping
on the tail end OF the caboose as 1t
was leaving the platform.
mo one was more welcome than I,
as had the personal acquaintance OF
the entire party. In addition to the
sheriff and his regular force. he had
sworn in twenty men as special depu-
ties, and Zach was armed to the teeth.
There was scarcely roO to move
around after the rifles had been stacked
around the car. The special train con-
sisted Of an engine and caboose, n
the engineers orders were to run wild
and to make the summit as fast as he
could turn the wheels. | want to say
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