Connecticut western news., 1897-01-21

CT miss my guess He oIdn | want yon
 up here. Mistook you fer government
 chap. S.eeg'
 Bob grew interested. He wasn't par
 ticularly anxious for another scoop but
 neither was he in the habit of letting
 good story escape him. The result was
 quiet investigation, eLciting proof
 that the miners suspicious were cor rect. Several days later scare head
 topped three column article from The
 Meteor's correspondent at Jimtown-
 Then follow ed visit to Rocky Canyon
 of posse of government officials aud
 raid on the den. The Meteor had
 scccp daily, and The Telegram and IT News felt themselves obliged to sen,
 correspondents to this interesting scene of action But Ecb had the advantage cf precedence, and the rival scribes found themselves unable to get at the facts which The Meteor published regu- larly.
 The close of Bob's vacation found him
 in the midst cf the government raid,
 and a telegram from The Meteor's man. aging editor ccmphmented him on his good work and requested him to remain
 at Jimtown until further orders One night belated traveller was sleeping peacefully. rolled up in a
 blanket under tree, nine miles frcm
 Jack Doolan's mining camp. His horse
 was tethered near by. Toward morning
 the sleeper was gently aroused by the sudden tightening of rope about his
 waist, pinioning his arms to his sides. Iy< en fxx~sa If whom might have been recognized as 1 members of the counterfeirers' gang, who had somehow escaped the ends of
 justice, ard for whose recapture a heavy
 reward was TOW waiting. The others
 were strangers 10 him in the main facts in the murder case, and remained in the background, though DO one of the four seemed at all timid about being ob- served
 The prisoner saw at once that he was known, but he waited silently for the announcement of his fate,
 ''So you Ire the chap who brought the bobbies down on we uns, air youg' be- gan the recognized leader tauntingly.
 Come up here and spied into what wus
 nore O your d-d biz and reported it Do you know the fate O the spy?'' The man remained silent.
 "Tell, they says their prayers; so if
 you've got any messages to wire up ard you better be abont it, cause this ere
 station closes in about three minutes. " The prisoner felt the rope slipping to-
 ward his chin. Already the ether end was over a limb of the tree under which he lay. He set his teeth firmly, threw out his arms in final, desperate, al- ! most unconscious struggle-then it was over.
 The Meteor went to press early. The Firefly and The Rocket held open late for further particulars of mysterious l lynching that occurred in the Rocky Canyon district the previous night The
 Meteor knew nothing ot the event until the rival papers announced in leaded
 lines that another horrible crirlc had been committed in the celebrated Rocky Canyon. A gentleman. whose name had
 not been ascertaine&, but who was thought to be government official, had been found by members cf Jack Dcolan's mining camp hanging to a tree several miles from Jimtown. Indi- cations pointed to the escaped counter 1 feiters as the perpetrators of the deed. ! For the first time The Metecr's cor respondent at Jnntewn was scooped. | Tie Meteor couldn't understand it ' Message after message, wired to Bob | Lcng, Jimtown, was reported undeliy- i cred. Tho Meteor's editor grew desper-
 ate. Then, as 1t neared time for another
 edition and no story came of the lynch
 iLg, he determined to satisfy himself ! and his readers on ore point at least.
 He sent brief meSsage 10 the operator
 at Jlmtown, "Wlro was that jay who
 was lynohed up there the other nighJ:'
 Immediately the wires ticked back,
 Bob Long "-Brocklyn Citizen.