The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28

my throat and went TO the Telegraph In
strument. wired Coolidge to give the
alarm to Fort Wingate, Fort Apache,
Fort Thomas, Fort Grant, Fort Bayard
and Fort Whipple, though thought the
precaution mere waste of energy. Then
sent the brakeman up to connect the
cut wire.
1.-TWO of the bullets struck up here,
Mr.. Gordon" the man called from the
top of the pole.
'Surely notp' exclaimed.
Yes, sir" he responded. "The bull
let holes are brand new.
took in the lay of the land, the en-
bers Of the fire showing me how the
train had lain. 81 don't wonder nobody
was hit, )" exclaimed, eff that's sam
pie Of their shooting. Some one was q
worse ratified man than ever expect to
be. Dig the bullets out, Douglas, SO that
we can have look at Them
He brought them down in minute.
They proved to be winchesters, as had
expected, for they were ON the side from
which the robbers must have fired.
"That chap must have been full of
Arizona tanglefoot to have fired as wild
as he did," 1 calculated and walked
over to where the mail car had stood to
see just how bad the shooting was. When
1 got there and faced about, it was real
ly impossible to believe any man could
have done so badly, for raising my own
winchester to the pole put it 90 degrees
out of range and nearly 40 degrees in
no oi1 fl,fA .t,.s Il
shells ON the ground to show that L was
in the place from which the shots had
been fired.
While was still cogitating over this
the special train had ordered out from
Flagstaff came in sight and in few
moments was stopped where was. 1t
consisted Of string Of three flats and
a box car and brought the sheriff, doz-
EN- cowboys whom he, had sworn in as
deputies and their horses. Twas hopeful
that with these fellows greater skill in
such matters they could find what I had
not, but after a thorough examination
of the ground within q mile of the rob-
berry they were as much at fault as l had
been.
"Them cusses must have a dugout
nigh abouts, for they couldn't "a got
away without wings" the sheriff sur
missed.
didn't put much stock III that idea
and told the sheriff So
"Waal, round up a better one, - was
his retort.
Not being able to do that, 1 told him
of the bullets in the telegraph pole and
took him over to where the mail car
had stood.
Jerusalem cricketsP' was his COM
ment as he measured the aim. eff that's
where they put two of their pills, they
must have pumped the other four inter
the moon. -
"What other four?'' asked
"Shots'' he replied sententiously.
"The road agents only fired four
times, +" told him.
"Them and your pards must have
been pretty nigh together for a minute,
then," he said, pointing to the ground
l glanced down, and, sure enough,
there were six empty cartridge shells 1
stood looking blankly at them, hardly
able to believe what L saw, for Albert
Cullen had said distinctly that the train
robbers had fired only four times, and
that the last three winchester shots I
had heard had been fired by himself.
Then, without speaking, walked slow
ly back, searching along the edge of the
roadbed for more shells; but, though I
went beyond the point where. the last
car had stood, not one did find. Any
man who has fired winchester knows
that it drops its empty shell in loading,
and could therefore draw only one con-
clhsion-namely, that all seven dis
charges of the winchesters had occurred
up by the mail car. had heard of men
they had fired their guns
through hearing another go off, but with
a repeating rifle one has to fire before
one can reload. The fact was evident
that Albert Cullen either had fred his
up by the mail car or else
had not fired it at all. In either case he
had lied, and Lord Rallies and Captain
Ackland had backed him up in it.
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