The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-16

Gallant Ned Lawrencel Far on the way ,
to Cramer's bewildered force they found
his body, shot from ambush through
and through in two places Yet, said
his weeping orderly, he had clung to
the saddle nearly q mile. Oh, the wrath
at department headquarters and along
the line Of posts and camps against that
gang, made up, as so many knew ie
must be made, mainly Of the thugs and
deserters offscoured from the army In
days when moral character as vonched
for wns NO requisite before enlistmenti
Among the dead upon the field was
found the body Of q once trusted ser
geant of Lawrence's troop, but the
other outlaws were Mexicans On Jail
birds, strange to the soldiers who turned
them curiously over. Pennywise, scared
half 70 death and dreadfully shaken by
the capGizing Of his wagon. was other
wise unscatked. His clerk was shot. his
driver sorely wounded; two Of the San
| Saba escort were killed, and others hit.
Brooks, with Captain HAines from the
San Saba. pushed on until nc noon he
reached Cramer's people. now re-enforc-
ed by Fuller and his men and by the
shame stricken MullaDe. By nightfall
his exhausted horses were drinking their
! I'LL from the stream. The two wounded |
officers, Barclay and Cramer. with half
q lozen troopers. were being made as
! comfortable as possible
By dawn of the next day Mullane's
pleading had oVerpowered Brooks, |
whose heart was wrung at the contem-
plation Of such unreqnited losses. and
taking Lieutenant Winn and 30 troop
ers with him the Irish captain, given a
chance as he prayed to redeem himself,
marched away westward from the can
tonment at Crockett's, bent on overtak-
ing the outlaws In the Apache noun
tains, whittier they had gone. burdened
by half a dozen wounded, so said the
one prisoner. who, unable to bear the
torment of jolting along on horseback
with an arm bullet smashed at the
elbow. had begged to be left behind.
He was a mere boy, whose elder brother
. had been for years a fugitive from jus
, tice and Of late a prominent member Of
the gang. and it was by the side Of that
, mortally wounded ruffian they found
, the youngster weeping, more from grief
than from pain. only mile away from
|. the scene of the second ambuscade.
, Verify the men who planned those
, death traps were masters nf their viii
1 lainous trade. Concentrate all your
, shots on the officers" were the instruc-
: tions "Get them down, and the men
will be helpless as sheep" Cramer. his
doctor and his sergeant had fallen at
the first fire. and that little command
was paralyZed. Vigilant bushwhackers,
!. schooled for years in Indian fighting,
q watching the Crockett trail against the
a coming of other leaders, had easily rec
oRnized Lawrence as he rode gallOping
\ ON nc the head of his half dozen, and
q the Zone more square fight proved but
a one sided affair after all Poor Ned
knew he had his death wounds at the
: instant, yet whipped out his revolver
and ordered, "ChargeT" and charge
;. they did upon the scattering, cowardly
crew that fed before them on their
, fresh horses until the trooper leader
y tumbled from his saddle, dead without
!. grcan. and then. at. safe distance. his
: assassins turned and jeered their help
a less pursuers- How the veterans of d
!, troop clustered about their old time
y captains lifeless form that night. and.
n weary though they were after 30 hours
o Of sleepless chase and scout and battle,
= implored the major to let them start Of
once upon the outlaws trail
The same tactics that had halted
"A Cramer's men and murdered Lawrence
. had been played ON the escort from San
!, Saba Kidding the ambulance at the
- first volley, yet in the dim moonlight
> missing the lieutenant commanding,
"a who happened to be riding at the mo-
- ment on the flank of his column instead
: of at the head, the sudden volley felled
=. a sergeant, but left the subaltern full
20 Of fight, and he rallied his temporarily
in stampeded troopers not 400 yards away
- and charged back on the Fridays Will
y, a splendid dash that drove them heltel
ne skelter to the rocks. Then, dismount
ba ing, he Lad stood them of superbly ur
.. til rescue came
Not for another as hours could oil,
Pennywise be induced to go on d
Worth. Though there was reassuranc
in the fact that the Fridays were scat
tered over far western Texas by tha
time (some never stopping. as it turne'
out, until safe from pursuit beyond tn
Bravol the veteran money changer
nerve was sorely shaken He had no
half the pluck Of his punctured clerk
who, though shot by q Henry rife bul
let through the left arm and across tn
breast outside tho ribs. declared himsel
fit to take even hot and feverish driv
and go with the paymaSter. Fuller an
his ranchmen stuck manfully to tha
much desired safe and announced thei
intention Of protecting the paymaste
at all hazards. The wounds Of Crane
and Barclay had been most skillfull
treated by the young doctor before Co
labone reached them. Thanks to ii
perfect habits and vigorous constitutio
"' of the latter, there was nothing to pr