Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-07-05
NEW SERIES--VOL. XIX. NO. 25.

miles oil, and that same night store
III Fremantle would be broken into.
and two or three OF its best guns. with
suitable cartridges would be missing.
AS time went on tho various lardeFs
in Perth we're visited in the same un-
expected manner. and emrtied OF
their contents Bill never took any
thing excep. ammunition. food and
tobacco, but wherever the police
came up with his camping ground
often to find the fire still smoulder,ne
they always found several nevspa
pers OF the latest dates giving rartacu
lars Of where he was supposed 10 be.
In the course OF the many weeks
nine, think k-that this chase went ON
the police often got near enough ts
be shot at. One poor constable wn
badly wounded IN the throat 80 that
he could never speak above whisper
again, and another was shot dead.
But Bill was never to he seen. Some.
times they came on a pannIkin Of tea.
standing by the hre. and another s,nqs
he must just have flung away his pipd
lest its smell should beiray him. ous
Is lost In amaZcment at his powers ol
endurance, for he could have had nj
actual sleep all that weary while. Thd
general plan OF campaign was 10 Keep
him always moving, SO as TO tire hir
ont. What strength must ha >hava
possessed to do without sleep all that
time, and 10 cover such fabulous "'s-
tances day after day. The rolicd
themselves, or rather their horses.
aud even the trackers. go. quite
knocked up, III spite of a regularly
organized system Of relief; 40 what
must ii have been for the hunted boy.
who could never have had any reat a.
all?
At last the end came: a. earliest
dawn one morning Bill, resting ou a
log in the bush without even n fire to
bctray him, opened his eyes 10 the
sound of command to put up his
hands, and saw half a. dozen carbines
levelled straight at him few yards
off. He showed fight to the last, and
managed before holding up his bands
to fire shot ut the approaching con
stables, wounding one Of them In tho
leg. The men rushed IN. however.
.
cuIrcd, and brought into Perth. But
the most curions part Of the story liea
in the universal sympathy, and. in
/ deed, admiration, Immediately shown
/ by the whole of our very peaceablc
and orderly little community for this
youth. OF course, the officials did
not share this strange sentImental,ty.
for they regarded Master Bill ard MS
exploits fTom q yes. ,lins.ent pqi2F of
view, and / used really TO ie.'if ito
angry. especially with my I.--ale
| friends, who often asked me il ! was
not every sorry" for the culprit. My
svmpathies, / confessed, were more
with the families of his victims, espe
clally tho poor policeman with his
mangled throat, whom / had often
seen In my weekly visits TO the hospi
! tai. When | expressed surprise at
| the interest all the gl.ls III the place
took in the young ruiiian, the answer
! always was: "Oh, but he SO brave.
1t appeared to me the bravery lay With
/ his captors!
He was duly tried, but the Jury did
not convict him of premeditated mur
/ der, and in face of the verdict he could
only be sentenced to Imprisonment for
some years Master Bills captivity
| did not last very long on that occa-
| sion, for he watched his opportunity.
| sprang upon the warder one day.
| knocking him senseless. scrambled
over the wall Of the exercise ground.
near which chanced TO be pile OF
stones for breaking, and so 90. away.
| Then the pendulum Of public opinion
that strange and unreliable factor
in human affairs swung to the other
end, aud violent outcry arose. and
Bllls immediate death was the least
Of It's demands. lie was caught with
out much difficulty that time. how
ever. and it was strange TO hnd no
one taking the leas. interest IN his
second trial, which resulted Ill
lengthy and vigorous imprisonment
Poor wretch, ! believe even | ended
by being sorry for hita and his
wasted life. with all is splendid pos
sibillsies. .-Cornhill Magazine.
Trem~ndou. upheAvai of Nature.
There is in Western Utah. sixty
miles from Pioche, sort O! lara for
nation running through an immense,
canyon, which shows plainly .aat
some tremendous upheaval ot nature
visited the country and probably DO
s.royed everything It encountered for
miles round abou.. In the d-ress
part Of this most desola.e spos 3 iarzge
stream Of water comes gushing on. VI
nigh cliff, al If J. came from sae
gigantic nozzle Of great hose. and
falls q cataract into tie abyss below.
Before reaching the bottom. however.
tie water is disseminated into tlae
spray and spreads ou. like huge fan.
the play and spors o. the wluis. It's
strange and beautiful sight Prob
ably In sa,os uerInj Iarg I.sa. .l. llel