Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-06

lashing for letting some cate wan
der away When I heard the ranch
man open up on Wilson. I expected 10
see the later shoot the fellow without
further talk. bat he managed to con
tain himself. however. and that night
when we went into our hut on the
feeding grounds. he told me what an
eHoft 1T had been to keep from killing
me ranchman, and declared thlt il
mat SORT of thing occurred again there
would be funeral on that ranch. and
that he would ATTEND personally TO the
H1tle preliminary matter of supplying
| the corpse for the occasion
y few days afterward Il party of
| prcspectors passed that way. and IN
Known to me Wilson procured from
! tiem Il beetle of Whiskey and proceed
Ell to take frequent generous doses of
| the liquor, which speedily aroused
| everything mean in his nature. He be-
came reckless and allowed the cattle
under his charge to roam at Will, and
| the result WAS. tha.a some of them
! straYed away. 4 fact that the boss was
not very long in finding out, and when
| he did find it out his rage knew 10
! bounds.
''When / saw him ride rapidly across
the feeding grounds towards Wilson.
and saw him ges' iculating wildly with
his heavy Whip. l realized Al once that
the hour for the promised funeral was
at hand. [ saw him raise his whip as
IT to strike wilson and at the same in
| slant. pistol ShC:: rang out, a little
puff of smoke rose above the bOss'S
horse. and the ranclman fell from his
saddle He was as dead as a door
nail when two of the other hsrdeTs and
myself reached him. The instant the
shot was fired. Wilson put spurs 10
his horse and was off like the wind.
\ couple Of the herders gave chase
hut he had too much the start of them,
and they soon abandoned the pursuit.
I noticed that after the shooting
some of the herders gave me looks that
Indicated that the ac5 of my partner
had prejudiced them against ne. The
matter didn't worry me particularly.
however. ana / gave it no further
thought after l reached my hut Lha It
night. | WAS then the only occupant
OF the place l had been in bed prob
ably three or four hours. when / was
suddenly aroused from my sleeH by a
strong grasp on my arms. arI~found
them DiIiOned and Il revolver pointed
at my head. 1 was unable to unda!,- !
stand d. first what it all meant. bat
l soon found out My assailants were !
a couple of hanLbreeds, fayorites CT
tie dead BOSS. and l realized when I /
recognized them that they proposed toi
Wreak veE%eanc on me for the act of /
Wilson. One of the fellows forced D !
gag into my mouth and made the !
strings fast at The back of my neck. II. /
was 10 use to kick. / had been taken /
by surprise and was oveIpowered and !
[ just simply made Up my mind that (
there We're going to be two funerals in !
stead eff one. as Wilson had pIarnad
Il felt that it was pretty tough -
be murdered that way on account OF
what Wilson had done, and for which
l was in no manner responsible. hut
there appeared TO iIe 10 help for it. H.
was no use 10 struggle. and no appeal
fer mercy that l could have been
tempted to make had l not been gag.
@ed would have awaited anything; on
the contrary. 1t would simply have
pleased my cap.ors 10 have had me-
show the white fopther. and TREY
would then. out OF pure deviltry. have
subjected me to tortures that they
had LOT chen conceived The fellows
tied my legs together at the knees and i
ankles and then carried me Gul and
threw me across ths back OF horse.
and conveyed me to tree about Il
hundred rods from the house.
.'One end Of a lariat was hen fas-
tened around my neck and the other
thrown over limb, and the scou-drels
then pulled me up a-l made the lower
end Of the lariat fast to the tree.
can remember that l suffered eXcruci-
ating pains in my neck and beck. and {
my head seemed to be absolutely burst
ing. Then l began TO lose conscious
ness and experienced a sensation OF
floating. ! knew nothing after that
until l found myself at the side Of {
small stream in Il thicket. with Wilson .
bending over me. My throat was 50
swollen that l could not utter Il sound;
my eyes seemed TO be bursting from 4
their sockets, and my head ached
fearfulIy.
''wiIson was bathing my face and
neck, and when I came toI realizing
sense Of what had hapFained to ne,
told me that when he dashed across {