The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-12-18

time the bullet entered the brain Of
jules, and with hardly a tremor he sank
back limp aud dead. Nothing was done
60 Siade There was no law but force
Tho military rule was only nominal.
Jules was buried almost on the spot
where ne had fallen l never heard
Slade speak of the matter. and it did not
seem 20 change him.
Frank McCarty, lOf whom / have
spoken before, was a more fierce and
fearless man than Slade. and ] believe
that Slade was afriad OF him
have looked upon few men who are Nc
Carty's physical equals. lie was feet
3i2 inches tan and splendidly proper
toned quiet at times, but very de-
mon when his cOarser nature was arous-
ed. lie had charge of the freight trains
over the division OF which Slade su-
perintcuded the stages, and often rode
up and down the line, sometimes on The
stage. but usually employing a big muic.
Danger he faced daily after the troubles
with The mountaneers began, but he
never seemed TO know IT.
shortly after the killing Of Jules the
mountaineers who had been expelled by
McCarty and SHADE returned. MCCaity
organized party, including himself,
Sladc. and two wagon bosses, and gulns
TO the ranch opened an attack They
shot as long as they could see anyone TO
shoot al. The proprietor of the ranch,
Sctonche. and his squaw were killed.
Another Frenchman was chased away.
Schonche's two little boys ran ont and
spent the night on the prairie. Soon
after the bones Of one were found. pick
cd clean by wolves. The other was dis
covered In pitiful plight and taken 30
The home OF Mrs. Slade She had not
heard of the raid. but only realized that
he was a child. weary and bruised and
frightened, it's tender feet bleeding from
prickly pear thrusts. and she took 1t in
She soon learned the story. but she kept
the boy, naming him James Alfred Slade
When / last saw him he was "a, almost
a man I'm size and we'll educated
well. more blood had to flow The
momtaineers were reused to frenzy. At
a ranch on the Sweet river lived three Of
the fraternity-Bob Stewart Pete Pig
con. and Charley Bacon. They were an
hard men. They went TO one Of Siade
stations kept by "A man named Barthol-
new and found him near his house i'd
ing a mule Pigeon shot him. rihed his
pockets, and mounting the mule rode 20
the station, where he cody told Mrs.
Bartholomew that she was a widow,
pointed 10 the mule and Bartholomew
revolver as evidence and informed her
=
had scarcely gone away when the stlge
came up Mrs. Bartholomew wrote a let
ter detailing the circumstances Of the
murder
CAPTURE OF THE MURDERERS.
1.-THE driver resolved that he would
reach Slade as quickly with the news
as horscfcsh could do IT, But that was
siXty-nvc miles away. 4 change of teams
was hurricdiy made and the stage swung
out on the plains with the stock n a
gallop SO the entire distance was made
with a change at every station. When
tho stage. hours ahead OF time, the part
ing horses white with foam. drew mp at
Horseshoe Slade and McCarty We're both
there. and at first demanded TO know
why rules had been violated.
Read this. said the driver, handing
over the letter
When McCarty had read IL he turned
10 me. WENTWORTH he said, round up
that siN-hOrse pinto team as quick rs
the Lord viii let YOU
These horses were almost as Wild as
elk. BY the time l had them up Me
Carly had his horse ready. There was
Slade, Bob Scott Cy Shurric Bob Owens.
McCarty and myself ! was ordered on
the box to hold ten horseE. There Wes
also a five-gallon kog OF whisky in The
light Concord. McCarty whirled his
whip. and away we flew on the mission
OF vengeance. There was never such a
stage ride as that. The tough little PIN