Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-07-08
MRS. RAMSEY.

that she had dreamed that she had
seen her husband and Shepherd come
upon the horse thieves and attack
them; that the thieves had started to
fee on their horses; that the OFF,
GERS had followed and fired upon
them, the thieves returning the
fire. Three men had fallen al
most simultaneously from their
horses, two of them being the fugitives
and the third her husband, who had
been fatally shot Her dream had
continued so as to take her out to
search for her husband with the hope
OF meeting him upon his return. In
stead OF meeting him alive she en-
eountered covered wagon. which she
described, bringing in his body, see
ing which she had screamed SO loud
that she awoke both herself and the
others asleep in the house. She re-
fused to retire again that night. The
only comfort that she seemed to re-
ceive was In the assurance that as soon
as day should break she should be
driven out in the direction which her
husband had taken. Il know / shall
meet that covered wagon" she said;
Il Just know it. but | want to go. any
how, and to know the worst" Ac.
cording to promise she was allowed to
start out from Hayes City at very
early hour on the succeeding morning
friend accompanying her in car
riage. They had driven out distance
OF fourteen miles without meeting any
one, when there began to dawn ray
OF hope that the dreadful vision Of the
dream would prove to have been mere
ly Authorization But the poor wom-
an looked eagerly forward for the pur-
pose OF getting the first view OF that
which she most dreaded to see. Long
as it was In coming. the wagon came
in sight all too soon. Rising up over
the summit of an elevation in the
plains and looking down the descend
ing grade she saw. coming slowly to-
ward her and her companion, COW
cred wagon drawn by two horses.
| Throwing UP her hands so as to cover
her eyes she exclaimed with all the
force of positive conviction:
my God, there's the wagon" After
| the sight of the wagon she refused to
be comforted and only urged her driver
to increase his speed, sobbing as If
heartbroken as they pushed on.
The woman's dream had been more
| than a dream. 1t had been a real Wis
lon. There had been no deception. The
vehicle was Just as she had described
1t, and in it lay the lifeless body Of her
husband-ail just as she had dreamed
1t.
Inquiry revealed the fact that the
| shooting had occurred as 1t had ap-
| peared to Mrs. Ramsey. and just as she
| described 1t to half a dozen witnesses
before leaving Hayes City. The officers
had come upon the thieves in the after
noon OF the first day out. thirty-ivs
miles from Hayes City, as they were
| concluding their dinner and preparing
to continue their journey. They had
mounted when they discovered the Of
ficers riding down upon them. The
thieves knew Ramsey. and their hrst
thought was to escape from him at all
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to their horses. leaving their stolen
| animals behind. The officers spurred
UP their horses also. and were soon
chasing the thieves across the plains,
The two parties were not less than
sixty yards apart when Ramsey said
to Shepherd, after having summoned
the fugitives to halt:
well. don't see that there is any
thing to do but to bring them down
You take the one on your side and III
take the fellow on my side"
This speech had hardly been spoken
when the two thieves turned in their
saddles, with pistols presented. 1t was
plain to be seen that there must be q
deadly duel there and then.
Wont you surrender" shouted
Ramsey.
"Never!" was the reply.
"Then we will kin you"
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