Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-07-08

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soon began to move off slowly and,
seeing that Miller intended to shoot
him, l called out: Don't shoot him.
Let him co. tho man meanwhile run
ming off down the sidewalk. As this
happened the three men left at the
bridge entered the street on a full
run. Stiles, as he is called, met the
man whom Miller had permitted to 60
and commanded him to stop, threat
ening to shoot him If he did not. !
shouted to Stiles to let the man 60 and
not to shoot him, whereupon Stiles
and the man on the buckskin horse
passed on up the street 80 or 100 yards
south of the bank, Jim stopping in
front of the bank.
LIVELY TIMES IN THE TOWN.
dumping Oh my horse, / rode to
the back door and told the boys to
hasten out, as the alarm was given,
and l thought the citizens we're arm
ing themselves. Bob Younger came
out, and /, thinking all were coming,
got on my horse and started north to
the corner of Bridge square, when l
saw a man at a window upstairs across
the street with q gun. To frighten him
away l shot a pane of glass out above
his head, w%hereupon he stepped back
out of sight. This man was, / think,
DIR. Wheeler. 1 then fred into the
corner of the building on Bridge
square to brighten the people away
from u horses and they ran around
the corner out Of sight.
"Bob went OH down the sidewalk to
the stairway, intending to get his
horse at that point. noticed that Bob
was the only n who had answered
my call, SO 1 again turned and ran
back to the bank and shouted to those
inside: 'For Gods sake, GOMEZ Just
then Miller called to me, saying he
was shot, and looking at him I saw
blood running down his face.
"The firing by this time had become
general and, as the two in the bank
had not come out, I was forced for
the third time TO ride back and call to
them to come out and this time they
did 30. In the meantime Miller had
been shot again and had fallen from
his horse. 1 jumped from my horse,
ran to Miller to see how badly he was
hurt, and while turning him over wal
shot in the left hip. 1 took Miller'i
pistols, remounted my horse and rode
toward Bob, who was standing neal
the stairway, Jim being with me.
HOW THE ROBBERS ESCAPED.
"At this moment Bob was shot. ]
saw him change his pistol from hi
right hand to the left and from the
way his right arm hung limp at hi
side l knew it was broken. I calleG
to him to come from there and, turn
ing to Jim, I told him to catch Miller
horse for Bob. This was done. Boil
ran up the street and Jim helped hin
to mount. I then called to Pitts tt
help me get Miller up on my morse, i
being my intention to carry him be-
fore me. On lifting him up we saw b,
was dead, 80 I told Pitts to lay hin
down and run up the street out Of
range and I would take him behint
me. / then cried to the rest of tn,
party to move on ahead, and they
started, Jim leading the horee tina
Bob rode. Pitts ran up the stree
about q hundred yards, where hi
mounted behind me and we rode on
of town on the Dundas road.
"When we got out of the town the
last man to leave the bank told mt
that as he jumped on the counter ant
was leaving the bank he saw Miller
lying in the street, and at the same
moment one OF the clerks sprang ur
and ran toward a desk. Thinking b.
was going for a pistol, he ordered hin
to stop and Sit down, but he kept on
and as my informant jumped from thu
counter, he leveled his pistol and fred
The man fell, but how badly he hai
hurt him he could not say. We learn.
ed after we were captured that 1t wa.
Cashier ). L. Haywood.
WHY COLE PLEADED GUILTY.
"My intention after the North6eli
robbery was to gooto Cuba, Soud
America or Australia to settle down
After the amnesty bill had been killet
in the Missouri legislature I could see
no hope for me, and I could plainly
see that j had to get out. I though
that If I could get $4,000 or els ,00t
from someone worth millions, I'd take
it and go. I pleaded guilty of thu
murder of Haywood because Of the
excitement of the people of Mime.
sofa, who thought we ought to b.
hanged, and owing to the fact that ths
newspapers and book writer's ha6
raked up all the sensational matter
such as bank robberies, railroad rob.
berries and other crimes from 1850 tx
tho time Of the Mortified affair, and
connected our names with It. W.
were strangers In q strange land
without money to employ counsel and
it has been the same from that day Il
this. We have had no money will
which to get anyone to do anything
for Us. All that has been done wa.
from the highest and noblest stand.
point, charity and humanity, on the