The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-08


long to get my consent to an elopemont.
we ran away one night and were
married
Il was happy for a time but not for
long. AIv husband began to abuse me.
and presently he drove me from rim.
Two wears after I had left him the
bird time. he came TO me- and begged
me to go back to the West. making
smooth promises. followed him to Tue.
son. After the money 1 had saved had
been spent he began beating me. and
lived in hell for months. Finally. fe
Joined McCords regiment and went TO
the war
BEGINNING OF THE PLOT
81 wanted TO die and tried to Kill my
self three OF four times. Finally I got
EMPLOYMENT cooking for some miners at
Mammoth. I lived there In tent pitched
on the banks Of the CHA river. The
work was too hard ana I packed my
goods i'm wagon and started to go to
Globe, but the horses were unable to
pun us through a man named Joe Boot
wanted to go to Globe too, and we made
= an ARRANGEMENT with TWO Mormon boys
10 freight the whole outfit to Globe for
IS. ! Went to work again in a miners
boarding house. Then one of the big
mines shut down.
II got letter just AT this time saying
nay mother was diving and asking me to
como home II ] wanted TO see her alive
again
Joe Boot told me he had a mining
claim and offered 10 go and try to dig
up enough metal to get a passage home
10 Canada. We went out 10 the claim
and worked night and day The claim
was no good. I handled pick and shovel
like man, and began wearing mems
clothes. ! have never worked so hard
In my life.
ROBBED To VISIT MOTHER.
When We found there wasn't a sign
OF color in the claim l was frantic I
wanted to see nv mother. 1t was the
only wish I had Boot had no money
and could not get any He nronosed
that we rob the Globe stage / protested.
He said it was the only way to get
money.
Joe. / said, if you Will promise that
no one will be hurt. will go with you
He promised. and We made our plans
"Ou The afternoon Of the robbery we
took our horses and rode over the noun
tains and through the canons, and at last
hit the Globe road.
We rode along slowly until we came
TO a bend in the road We halted and lis
tened ill we heard the stage
Joe drew 2 forty-1ve' and said.
'ThroW up your hands" l drew my little
Jh rtE-eight and likewise covered the oc-
cupaUts of the stage. Joe said to me.
'Get off your horse 1 did so, while he
kept the people covered. He ordered them
OUT Of the stage They were a badly
scared outfit ] learned how easily a job
OF this Kind could be done.
Joe told me 10 search the passengers
Really ! cant see why men carry re-
NoiFers, because they almost invariably
give them up at the very time they were
made to be used. They certainly don't
want reyovers for Ilaytbings
SEARCHING THE PASSENGERS.
Of gave Joe a Iorty-four' and kept the
fortN-iive for myself. Joe told me TO
search the passengers for money, did
50, and found on the fellow who was
shaking the worst $500. This fellow was
trembling 50 I could hardly get my hand
IN n pockets. The other fellow. a sort Of
dude, with his hair parted in the mid
die, tried to tell me how much he needed
the money but he yielded s36, a dime
and Two nickels, Then I searched the re-
manning passenger Chinaman He was
nearer my size, and Just scared him TO
death l only got S. however
The stage driver had 9 few dollars but
we decided not 10 rob him. Then we gave
each OF the others = dollar apiece and Or
dered them 10 move on, Joe warning them
not 10 look back ~ they valued their
lives.
Joe and l rode slowly up the road q
few miles. We turned off to the right
and sought the toughest region that we
could find. We passed at right angles
over canons, and repassed them the same
day, TO cover tratl that we knew would
be hot before many hours
AS / look back upon that wild ride. I
marvel that We did not lose our lives.
As 1t was, we had very many close es-
c&pes II seems to me now that moth
ing but the excitement of the hour could
have carried me through this awful ride
over the perilous trails and the precip-
itous canons. Today I cannot tell how we
ever got through the ride that day.
THE LONG CHASE FOR FREEDOM
Just at dark We came out on the road
near Cane Springs. Joe left me to take
care OF the horses and went to see If the
road was clear.
we started for the railroad. Our
horses were worn. but we came to a
hay stack and got q feed for each Of
them. then pushed within six miles of
Mammoth. We We're well known the,e
and had to be careful.
We first lay doWn in tho bushes but
We heard wagons pass and men On horse
back. which made US uneasy.
Upon reaching this spot of safety we
found it to be the home of wild or musk
hogs. These hogs will fight is they have
to- However, we could not hesitate about
other chances, and We selected a hole into
which we could crawl. Joe started in
and [ followed. We had to look out for