The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-19
ing back three-quarters of mile" he

ing back three-quarters of a mile,'' he
added.
jumped. slid and tumbled. About five
feet from the bottom was a ledge and
below that running water. 1t meant
jump to the other side.
Matthews was the first over. This
side is soft" he shouted back. The chief
stepped back a few feet and made
run. His foot caught as he jumped and
he landed short on the other side and
fiat on his back but Matthews grabbed
him and pulled him up.
4 can't never make it," said the
prisoner.
You have TO- said Sergeant owen,
Then I'll throw you over" and the
stalwart sergeant started to keep his
word but the prisoner suddenly decided
he could jump and he made it. Then
over went the sergeant and landed his
200 pounds firm and square half way
up to his knees in soft dirt. Smith fol-
lowed and the party scrambled up the
bank.
After another half mile they came
upon house on the bank of the same
creek they had been crossing and re-
crossing. But there was only one house
The boy spoke of two. He did not know
whether it was the one they wanted or
not. Sergeant Owen knocked and
pounded on the front door and then he
shouted and yelled. The chief raped
on the side door and Matthews pounded
the rear door and Smith shouted. No
response. The party yelled themselves
hoarse.
After a half hour of yelling and
pounding, a second story window was
raised and a mans head appeared.
What do you want?" He was inform
ed that the crowd below was peaceful,
not White Caps or Highbinders and
wanted to see him. He came down and
complacently said that he heard the
party pounding and shouting all the
time but he preferred to remain in bed.
The chief found that the Robinson
family used to live next door but that
they have moved and that the house
had also been moved. The family was
now living near Twentieth street and
Topeka avenue, SO back over the same
ground, over the ravine and across the
fair grounds the party tramped and
again surrounded a house.
There was little excitement in the
last arrest, but when the prisoner came
down stairs and found six persons wait
ing for him he said, Good Lawd. Did
yer leave eny ter home?''
The work was over. Two days be-
fore Walter McLain and lob Tobias
were arrested, guns and all. In all four
of the leaders of the young gang Of
brigands were in custody. 1t was two
miles and a half back to the station.
The chief was looking for the nearest
telephone when, he suddenly stopped.
We'll, 1 declare" he said in amaze
ment.
There on the front steps of a house
sat a young lady and her best fellow.
The best fellow had his arm around tine
girl. The girl had her arm around the
best fellows neck and h-I head on his
shoulder. They sat on a IL inch plank,
both of them.
The chief was surprised and the par
ty lined upon the sidewalk to view the
strange scene. Two o'clock in the
morning is late for love-making," said
the chief
Since when?" asked the girl and she
informed the chief that there was a tel
ephone in the store at the corner but
that the proprietor would shoot anyone
who would wake him up at 2 o'clock
and ask to use his phone. The couple
did not untwine their arms.
A telephone was reached on Topeka
avenue and Twelfth street and the pa
troll wagon was called. 1t was q tired
dusty crowd that stepped out of it when
it backed up in front of the station at
2:20 but the Younger Dalton Gang is
badly broken and the chiefs first expe-
dition was a success.
Say, that chiefs a slayer" re-
marked one of the party as he tried to
pick cockleburs out of his clothes. I'VE
must have tramped IL or IA miles"