New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-09


he had caused their entire train to be burned,
and that all had been murdered with the excep
ton Of herself her sister and a colored servant.
Miss Mary told me, also. that when her fathe-
was in California he a witness in a murder
case and it was his testimony that hanged the
murderer, who was brotheG Of Myers. She
told me that she and her sister were taken
prisoners by the Indians and that Myers was
with the Indians at the time. They did not
march them far that night before going into
camp The Indians had cut forked sticks.
stretched the girls fiat on their backs, driven
the sticks over their ankles into the ground and
also over their wrists, and in this way had made
them fast while the captors lay down and slept
She succeeded in loosening one OF her hands
during the night and finally freed herself and
her sister They started to make their escape
by running but had not gone far when they
found the Indians were AFTER mem. maggie
having outrun her. Mary had hidden under
bunch Of brush, when she heard the Indians
capture her sister.
We then took off our serapos, wrapped up
this girl as comfortably as possible and took her
about q mile and a half TO a grove Of timber. l
took her in front OF me or my horse When we
got to the grove we cut boughs and made a bed
as comfortably we could, left her there ana
started TO hunt for her sister. telling her to be
perfectly easy and that no one would modest her.
lust at daybreak caught sight Of the In
dams campfire. only short distance rom
Sagebush Mountain. We tied our horses and
started to crawl into their camp Within few
yards OF the camp we saw three Indians asleep
also white girl. tied to the roots OF tree onIy
living We had crawled within few feet Of the
Indians when discovered another person IN
sitting position, little to one side he was IN
the guise Of an Indian. with the exception Oh MS
dress.
We were so close onto them now that we dare
not whisper to one another and everything nad
TO be done by signs But we thoroughly under
stood Each man fired at his Indian at a given
signal and not Indian got to his feet When
we threw our pistols on the person sitting on py
himself with the intention OF firing on MN
we were surprised to hear him cry out In good
English: Don't shoot, am white man"
THE CAPTURE OF THE RENEGADE.
knew that he was not prisoner, conse-
ouently as soon as we got to him we took his
guns away from him and bound him We next
released the girl and she told US who the man
was We took her to where we had left her
sister making the prisoner walk IN front OF u.s.
hoping all the time he would give us some eA-
cuse to shoot him down before we got To quar-
ters
When we got the two young women together
I started Maoney to head quarters for an amDu-
lance. also sending my report with him. We
had to take the girls about five or six miles on
horseback in order to get to place where the
ambulance could get to us, and they were III
such condition that we were obliged 70 travel
very slowly
II was late in the afternoon when We got to
headquarters. I had :he women taken to my
quarters in the camp. and started TO get some
fresh water for them, when | met the COM
mander He asked about my prisoner and Tor
an answer / directed him to the young women
in my quarters.
was gone some fifteen or twenty minutes for
the water, and when l came back | met the
colonel. l had been with Colonel Elliott NJ
tie over two years. and this was the first time
had ever seen him when thought he was MAD
all over. He said
Captain Drannan I want that man executed
at once. and / want him executed IN the pres
ence Of those two young women. Get them IN
front of your tent there spread down DlanKelS
so they will be comfortable and see one Of the
hardest hearted villains die that God ever put
breath in"
| Immediately went to work preparing for the
execution. | asked the young women II they
could witness It, Miss Mary said. Yes. could
readily see him shot hanged or burned"
pinned piece Of paper over Myerss near.
and told Davis to step off eight PAGES in front
OF him At the word three" the entire scout
force. five in number should fire in rotation, ac-
cording to their rank.
We had searched this man Myers when we
first took him prisoner and supposed that we
had taken away all his weapons. When every
thing was in readiness. and had counted one
he said. Are you going TO shoot me down ike
q dog with my hands tied?
| took out my sheath knife. walked UP behind
him and cut the rawhide string that bound his
hands and began counting 'one, two. nut ne
fore / had said three" Myers drew knife
and started for the girl who stood by my side
When the scouts the motion they fired be-
fore | had given the last word. but not all to-
gether Myers fell at the first shot. came up TO
his knees and tried again to get 10 the girl The
second shot struck him and he fell again. then
turned on his hands and knees and tried again
TO strike the girl when shot struck him full
in the forehead.
We kept the two girls with us about two
months before we could catch train going to
the east. When the first train came along
going west. / went to it myself told the emil.
grants of the circumstances OF the girls ana
asked the women to donate some clothes. when
they did very literally With the first train
going east the colonel sent the girls back To
the States