Arizona republican., 1900-10-02
A NOVEL EXECUTION.
The Story of a German Bandits Sud-
 den Taking Off.

| here all alOne?' l asked. NO, he l answered. mot so dull as you might
 think. by any means. You see, there is
 plenty of game to be had, large and
 small. for the shooting; the scenery is
 delightful to me, who, like you, am d
 bit of aa artis-. and then the banditti us1ally provide a little additional eX- citement "Wha,"' l said are there
 banditti around here then?" Yes" heI
 answered. most certainly. though not
 in the direction from which you have
 come But as you proceed into Bohe- i mia you will find the mountains in | fested with them, anI I shall send an | escort down with you tomorrow. h.
 deed, in the-c piping times of peace 1t
 is chieey tor the purpose of escorting t:ave.eIE through the mountains that
 we are here. You will have a specially
 strong escort o-naorrow. though as we
 have here confined in the fort notor-
 ious bandit We captured but yesterday
 in raid on his hiding place, and to-
 morrow 1 shall send him down to
 Rabensburg for trial. There is no
 doubt what his fate will be- Two mur-
 ders have been proved against him, and
 there are numerous improved ones and
 hundreds of robberies down to his
 name. It is, as you say, long way to
 send him. but Rabensburg is our heal
 quarters. and he will be tried by the
 military there. But you must be tired
 and glad to get to bed" Saying this,
 he showed me to a small bedroom and left me to my slumbers.
 I was awakened early by the sound of { a bugle. and was soon out to enjoy the
 fresh air and fine scenery. l was inn
 mediately struck by the strong position
 of the fort. the site on which it was
 built being admirably adapted for de-
 fense. The road. if road it could be called-perhaps pass would be better word-here ran for a full mile ill klnd 3 of glen or gully, lined on either side by lofty and precipitous rocks, which, tow ering up high on each side, left only q narrow way in the middle. Standing . in the center Of this gully you could 9 look along the path about half mile , each way, at which distance it came to I a stop. the road suddenly dipping down a on Cne side to Rabensburg and on the f other toward a forest. It was in the r. middle of this valley. or rather cutting . that the fort had been built, stretching
 across the narrow way from one wall
 to the other. so that. if necessary, the
 road could be completely blocked and swept by the guns of the fort. III times of peace the fort had gate left permanently open, allowing travellers to walk right through it and pursue thell T way to the farther side.
 Ii My friend, the lieutenant, soon Joined , me. and 1 remarked on the strong posi- , tion held by the fort. Yes" said he 9 smiling. T think we could give a good account of ourselves before an enemy , could pass along the road from end to ! end" and he pointed to the three guns n mounted on each side. commanding the ? two roads. A large one was in the Q middle and smaller one was on each = side of il. and very formidable they f looked. He said I might leave them al 4 noon, when the escort for the prisoner { would be ready. Hardly had he hniSh- e ed speaking when shout was heard Iii n the fort. followed by the report ot . rifle and a babel of cries. The olhcsI
 rushed down to see what was the mat . ter l following him closely. Arrived al n the square we found crowd of SOL s diers assembled aroI-nd a man lying o7 - ground bleeding profusely from >: wound in the shoulder. The officer Wa - quickly told the cause Of the tunult $ The bandit while being led out or the = cell, preparatory to being mafcheC 9 away. had suddenly stabbed a sololel h with a hidden knife, and. taking ad- Q vantage of the surprise he had created - had escaDed from the fort, though g y sentry had fired at him. He was sooI . deserted flying down the road Whlch 4eo
 to the forest, and several men started r in pursuit. The officer was about tt } r.isyT1 a1 Q $ touched his shoulder and said few y words to him. Are you quite sure yol 9 can do it. gunner?" asked the lieuten r ant. Perfectly certain. sir" replied t the old soldier T will lay my life o1 s it she will not fail us at this moment i, Very well. then" said the lieutenant t ..Recau the men" The bugle rani Il out. and the pursuers turned and slow
 Iv retraced their steps to the fort d After all" he continued, it is ou n hest chance. for they could never catcl 2 him. Just look at the pace he is Soini s at. several men had been potting t inc fugitive with their rifles, but with IS ont success. so he ordered them to de q sist. as it was only throwing away am l. intuition.
 l Iightfng a cigarette, he sat down an'
 calmly watched the ever lessening forn = of the brfgand I now went up to hin : and asked the reason of this strang z apathy on the part of the garrison ' Don't be in a hurry, my friend re piled he smiling, we are not so lag, - anI foolish as doubtless you think '' Listen to me" He then explained tha II just as he was also starting in pursui u of the fugitive the old gunner had tol'
 him that there was a far quicker an' - su-er method of arresting him thai
 that of pursuit. The big gun in tn
 center of the rampant on that side had , by constant practice. been trained t.
 throw it's projectile exactly in the mid
 dle of the narrow path just before i , dipped out of sight and had been kep
 permanently in that position. And, |" the lieutenant went on, Gunner Mul Ter is ready to swear that ball O
 shell thrown from that gun will hi the exact spot provided the gun ha