Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-01-27


10 seoure tba draver ~ ba b,s,,t shou,n
mir Of clean heels already
~ apraa with Won J, said rho so,;ro
"and I will send for tba constable ~ nnos
and arrest hin, y
While a sarvart yvas o,;ok,v disr,+o,os
for the officer oP tho Jaw tbs soriro and
Tarbot. each armed with . nistoi o,ittod
the house by the rear and. beino nroy;dsd
with a lantern went tn tho stahIo nyar
which was the havloft where the drover
was spnnosed to he Asoendino tbe ladder
without noise. the ,awve, threw Tho liobt
of the lnntern across the f,oor Tl,eye
\ e,,re enough Law tLa aan,t for,, ~ -.
I drovor with every SION unon A ~ a assn
sleen NEVERTHELESS when tho constahje
arrived the drover wac aro,sad and n,,,oh
to his surprise. was informed frat he was
n prisoner After he heard the exnlenat;o,
of the fact he laughed heartily and said
swell. now isn't this some tr,cl that
Won, arc trying to ~,r,otica ,ron n,oo T VOW
III clever mt IL isr,t f.ir ~ u,aLa !, +,roa
man o,,t Of his 6rSt sloan For tho COLO ~ a
iokan
He wac ass,,rod that II WINS M ioho and
ba;na t;,dIr adr;sod ~, 10 so,ira ~ no
nniatlv viii +ha onnstah,o No IA go
4u NJ WIN .ne cohsVao!e' nc uiu ~
man was discoverod on the other side of
the stream about n quarter of n mile below
the bridge. III was removed to the village
lockup. and there Mr.. Tarbot identified II
as Wrav,s The sk,,ll was fractured aud
the right arm broken. II was sunposed
that the arm, voc hrol,on ,ybon ra;sod 40
protect the head from a bludoeon. which
was found near the body.
But this was NOT Mi. The overseer Of
the poor had in his charge in nm outhouSe
of the village inn a man who had been
found early that morning on the bank Of
the stream with a dislocated arm and soma
broken ribs.
Here WAS a nice counnlication of things
such, in fact. IA had never before come
under the notice of Souire Norman or his
son-in-law. Tarbot. The man with the
dislocated arm was soaked and mnd stained
and had evidently been carried away Inv
the Overlooking stream. Tarhot naturally
associated him with the person who Ind
given the package of MONEY TO the droyer
for safe keeping. This turned ont "a he
right, for the droyer, being quietly intro
duced to the place where the mar was. said
wen, UG1gnDOr, 10 YOU want yOllr mack.
ageY''
The man. who had been ,v;,o fo, soma
time annarentlv unconscious nov, hesti,.
red himself and. looking nronnd and Coz.
ing that only the drover was tbars ey.
claimed:
.sWhat, Are Won the man 7 tbre,y Il
top,
cave. IL il safe. WINS the renlv s.,yhap
will Won be ready to dividey,,
.sDon't saw a word. y said the mar, in ,
low tone. "Stav around mil T a,n ah,e
to oct away and then ri mako n All riaht
with Won"
After this all s,,snic;on was re,,oved
from the droyer. and he was taken intr, The
counsels Of the squire and Tarhot. Tn
few DAYS tho nan WINS we'll enough to tall,
and he was encouraged to do 60 hv the
droyer. who assumed tho cbar,ctcr Of n
free rover >lookinr around for what be
could pick I'm or Knock down, The man
admitted that he had taken the naclraoa
from a stranger whom he met m the hirb.
way. He was confronted with tba club
and Wrav,s cornse Init MT m n hold front
and denied all Knowledge of them Final.
". however. he confessed IN tba drovar
that he had Drained Wrav and sto,en tho