The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-05

there was a woman in the case. 1 ford
ed the river and pushed on as rapidly
as could. l inquired the next day or
so from people / met on the road
whether they had seen a man and wo-
man pass that way, and the answers
received confirmed the Swede's state
ment. L was up against it at last l
had never heard of female train rob-
| Der IN all my experience, but here was
one who was evidently onto her job
Fart of the time the trail led over
! rough foothills, and at times the fugi-
tiYes would take the open road. 1 had
the advantage in the respect that they
had not the slightest idea that they
were being pursued, but / knew that
| they would never relax their watchful-
ness for an instant
| AT last / saw that they were making
Tor the Wolf mountains in Montana. 1t
was evident to me that they were
STRIVING to reach friends. and l knew
l must catch them before they got to
them. had been just thirty days on
the chase when 1 crossed the Cheyenne
FORK of the Tongue river My people
were only few hours ahead of me
out L fouEd that they had changed
horses and were riding like the yery
oeVll himself. My poor beast was fright
fully jaded, and 1 thought several times
OF trading him off, but [ could hardly
Drlng myself to the point. / knew the
wolf mountains like a book. and the
deep gorges and PERCEPTIONS CANYONS
were more friendly to me than to the
IugltiVes, for l saw that they were
wandering hopelessly. On the afternoon
VI the lhlrty-Second day they ran into
blind canyon. and 1 knew had them
mad seen the remains of fires thew
had lit, and l thought I would be able
70 trace them by the CLEAN of the one
tnpV had that iob
nave 1t, they did not light any fire that
evening, and while 1 was leading INV
Morse carefully along the mountain 7
Sd" thdI they were camped about fiftv
yards below me down in the valley.
Inc bandit and his female compan-
ION were sleeping in tiny shelter
tent which they had bought some nIaca
along the route. Their. horses 49,,
plcketed within thirty feet of them |
was afrlad that my horse would neigh
ana took off the saddle and nut the |
sack | had under it over his head 7 |
waited the whole night through. watch |
Iul the whole time. 1t was absolutely |
use useiess 10 thlnk of attacking them in |
the dark. but I crept down to within
ten yards of the tent and sat behind
a tree till dawn.
Capture of the Desperadoes.
Just as the first streak of the morn
-AcAAN cpptdI6u III the east the
woman, a coarse-featured tyne of he
rough females to be seen about min
ing camps, showed her head out of the
tent she peered around cautiously |
ana then walked boldly to where the
horses were tied. AS she was coming
Dack she caught sight of me sitting by
the tree, with my rifle on INV knees
She did the nerviest thing 7 ever saHv
any one do. She never appeared to no
tlce me, and pushed her way to the
tent was too foxy there, however.
saw the time had come, and | drew a
1ead bead on her and told her to halt.
she saw the jig was up and she
stopped, but she called out:
Jim, save yourself: the marsboIs
are here Then she stood there and
'aced me defantly.
The tent, frail thing hardly larger
nan goOd-siZed handkerchief
topped down in an instant, and be,
leath Its folds l saw the struggling
egs of a man.
'ou make another move I'll fill your
llde 1ull of lead l saw that the woman
vas unarmed. and / aimed nv Win ,
,hester straight at the heap of canvas. {
was AFRAID that he would get some I
and of peephole through the cloth 5
md nail me with his six-shooter. :
The woman made a howl when T ,
made the movement, and told Jim that {
hey had better surrender He an ,
Wered with muffied voice that he '
ave up. / told him 10 keep quiet and :
ot make a move. Then I tied the !
andS of the woman with piece of the =
ope by which the robbers horses ,vere q
lcketed, and turned my attention to :
he man. He was a big, dangerous i
boxing customer, and I had a notion .
o knock him in the head when 1 pulled
ne tent on him. He had not been able u
0 get hold of his gun. or l would have
ad trouble with him. l tied him I'D. n
owever, and marched the two down u
logging camp on Tongue river. v
From there it was easy to get them L.
place OF safety. The had spent y
ut $500 of the money. and the remain .
er was in big sack which the man II
ad carried behind his saddle. The man y
OF ten years and the woman two. She
led in prison, and her male companion
OF out about year and a half ago. >,
n account Of rrnnd | u