The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-25


with me. I'll make no complaint. and II
/ best YOU I'll arrest you
WHIPPED IN FIVE MINUTES.
To the giant towering high above Dick.
the lob seemed so easy that he laughed
and accepted the challenge, but In less
than Eve minutes was thoroughly
whipped man, owned his defeat, aud wac
handcuffed
But he cascd his mind by swearing vol
ubiy with wealth ot ornate profanity
that shocked Dick. who told him: III
You don't stop that language, fln give
YOU another polthogue.' and sam pru-
IDENTITY hushed. He was tried ON no less
than eighteen charges, and was sent I"
prison for four years
IL WAS not long before Dick Plunkett
was appointed United States marshal
and found himself engrossed by war
against the then thoroughly organized
gangs of horse thieves and marauders,
foremost among whom was billy the
KIDS" band, who made regular busi-
ness OF stealing horses in oregon ana CAL
ifornla to sell i'm Wyoming, Colorado, ana
Utah. or taking animals from the latter
TO dispose OF i'm the former
on one occasion they stole some horses
from cattlemen In the Montezuma valley,
and were pursued promptly by Marshal
IINuktAl anu ~ D'lNrfs \ lif hiAhFf i'FN'N
five days ana extended down into Utah
where the thieves meant 20 take refuge
IN the Henry mountains, on mesa that
was reputed one OF their ancient and
almost impregnabe hiding places.
The pursuit was so close on the last
day that shots were exchanged, and a
cattleman named william Bail one OF
plunkett's dearest friends was killed, but
the fugitves temporarily got away
81 ala..A -
point where "A narrow trail led up to the
mesa. near Plute Springs The trail was
steep, crooked only wide enough for one
rider. and commanded all the way from
the mesa. tifty or sixty feet above.
one man with Winchester could easily
have kept an army at bay upon IT, ana
there was not for miles any other break
I'm the precipitous wall confronting the
valley. by which approach could be made
I'm going up there. said Marshal
Plunkett The posse. who were all his
friends. swore he should not; that it
would be certain death, and even tried
by force TO restrain him.
I'm go, all the same boys, he told
them, FOR It's my duty. man can die
but once anyway. and I'm no better
fashion than in doing his duty. And may
be- II / go up quietly, alone, nothing VIII
happes~ato me, so l don't want any OF
you with me-
And when they tried to hold him. he
laughingly put them aside. for he has the
strength of three or four ordinary men
and went HIS way up the tran alone.
|, The rest OF the story as IL Was uIamil
\ from him in chat recently-all not with
out difficulty. for he Is shy OF exploring
himself-illustratrate wei the man ana
his methods.
j got up TO Il" he said. with good grass.
plenty OF fine pinons and leVcl as moor.
There were trails leading OF every
way. made 10 deceive, and IL was getting
quite dark. so that | could not have iol-
lowed them To- the cave, a mi deep. that
the thieves were said To have, Where
they had stood pursuers many "a ume TOT
years past and there was not time 70
get my men and the horses up IRON pc
low, so / tied my horse, took on my sad
tlie,-afla- lay down 10 sleep. .
"Rut IA was a good while before I could
sleeS. thinking OF my folks in Ireland;
wondering ii they saw the, same stars !
maybe the last night ia see them
didn't sleep much. | guess Any way
| when daylight began 10 break was III
| and moving.
II saw from little open space got
| To smoke going up. and went CAUTIOUSLY
| toward IL. IL was then about ioui
| o'clock. saw horse picketed' IheI e
tree nut my winchester behind another
| which ] marked that l might know wha'
| tree 10 run 10 II should have TO be huf
'.rhere was woman baking biscuits
at a fire before the tent, and she had two
or three little -four sacks full of them
asked her for drink. She gave II To me
and asked where ! was was going golng. .yo', sniu; q;
afoatp' | said | was. She said, It's - OF
30 miles. and it's very early.
Where have YOU been2 j told her !
was preparing for an early start ana
and and ri give YOU SEQ FOR him for rec
ognized the horse as belonging To cat
tleman | was Interested in
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
with that a man spoke up inside the
tent and he told me IL had S15 | could
take the horse. / saw him reach under
| his head which caused me To think ne
was reaching for his gun, so iuinpsd
on him and handcuffed him. and broko
| hts arm i'm handling him.
sThen he know AT once was DICK
| plunkett but he hadn't recognized me
! until 7 jumped ou him. The woman crled
! a child woke up and cried, and the IAN
guage that woman used 10 me Hdur Hl'
wish I was never born.
! "The man said the gang hadn't made
the mesa yet, as their horses were play
J ed out, and ne told me of thirteen horses
they had close by In corral | strung
them on "A larlat by their hopples, anC
/ took them along, and he went with me =.
show me the trail l came up py, Wnlct
| wasn't easy 10 find; and then i let mn
''Soon I saw two men making break
! fast They hollered 10 me. They were
| Lee Hamilton and Ike EscridRe, an,
! Hamilton was tho man who killed m,
| friend the day before. They had got W
! to the mesa I'm the night. and they knew
! me.
| ''Secing nay string Of horses they sald
| Dick you've made a good hauI Sal'
| 4 had and they asked me TO get cow
! and take breakfast. We talked abou
! different things--how l got their trali
! and So on. and I took a cup OF coffee. i
! was made OF alkali water, and looked nk
| condensed milk.
! II told Hamilton he should not hav'
| killed Ball who had wife and three
| lovely girls I'd rather they'd killed me
| And i brought on a little fuss with Ham
| iiton because I wanted IL. I got him oi
| his back and handcuffed him. In a sec
| and or so, and Escridge says: DICK lie
| him go,
| II looked up at him, and there he wa
| with "A revolver pointed at my head, clos
| bv. aud he fired The bullet took out IN,
| tInner teeth and some OF my back teeth
| mn I didn't lose my presence OF mind.
/ drew nv pistol and covered him, leavini
60 fhc chap / had handcuffed, who RAJ
/ away. i.
! SAYS Escridgc: Dick, ] don't want {
! kiil Vou' Saws 1: Lei her go, and kep
| my eyes fixed on him, and he hesitateo
| lust then my people, who heard IN
| shot came up on the mesa close To Us
! and when Escridge looked up their WIN
| chesters covered him. and he gave up