The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-05-18

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l:.idcrs had r3na.rI f., sli, nu, with -,
loIcn horses that were ,;rI,i lhrrr .rL
had also taken six mules rs "in.,r,.,'
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Nfght0cn .ueu, sr,N%*'it,y. wc<r in the
r;n'ly, and the n"u,iN %n .lm':yr Three
Heard hCOf beats down towards the va!
ley about half past o'ulocE, lat Thought
Il was only some of tho ponies belongings
10 The Cheyenne scouts. There was one
romfor-lhn men hud tHkcnuu Grcarm,
with them; for Il luMicl inspection OF
tho company Vuartrrs showed that tine
rArbincs were all in their racks and the
rsyolvcrS in their cases SuMo OF the
men might havc small caliArr pistols Of
their own, but the GuvNrnMrnt arms had
not been disturbed, li@li tho party, at
least, must have ri,'irn bareback and
with only Watering hridlHa for thcir
ttccds. They wrro indeed "#pu:iinT for
fight" and the rr%l!l! Of tho roll call
showed that tho missing troopers were
all lrsllmcn and some OF tho best and
most popular men IN tho command
Whatever their plan, thon%ht Strykcr
rs he trottcd down to th" MonCc, it was
probably carried out by this time; twas
now within minute OF J O'clock.
Only \ milo out ho was ovcrtakcn hv
Dr. GUM. who rrincl up an instant {,
ask if any ono had hrrn sent ahrHu
'lhank Goa for that! h0 exclaimed
when told ihat Perry and Srr%t. Gwynnr
had Go1lo at the first alarm; then, strik
ing spurs to his horse, pushed on at rapid
gallop, whilo the troopers maintained
their steady tro,. \ mile from Dan
raven, in tho dim light Of early morning,
tho captains keen eyes caught SIGHT of
shadowy forms OF mounted men on the
opposite shore, and despite their efforts
to escape on their wcaricd 6trc,ls, three
OF them wcro speedily run down and
captured. One OF them was Corp Douo
van. and Donovan's face was white and
ms manner aGitatcd. Bidding him ride
alongside as they pushed ahead towards
tho ranch, Strykcr questioned him as to
what had taken place, and the corporal
never sought to cquivoratc:
"Wo've been trying for several II, hts
cir, 10 get horses and go down and have
It out with those biArNyuarcs at the
ranch. We took no arms, SIT. even those
Of US who had pistols ul our own All
wo asked was II fair fight. man ngains,
man. They wouldn't come out Of ,hri,
hole-thcy dasn't do it, sir-and lhrn
they fired on us We'd have burned ~,
roof over their heads, but vly lieut.
Perry gallopcd in and stopped us. !
came away then, sir, and so did most OF
us Wo knew twas all up when we SAW
'he lieutenant; but there was moro fir.
ing after left. This way. captain. Out
across the prairie here. We cut down
the fence on this side" And 80 saving.
Donovan led the ittlo troop to a broad
gap in the wide barrier, and thence
straight across tho fields 10 where lights
were seen fitting about in tho dark
shadows of tho buildings of tho ranch.
Anothc, moment, and Strykcr had dis.
mounted and was knccling beside tho
PROSTATE and unconscious form Of his