The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-07-13

anu was PROBABLY 1lreQ at me from
the up stairs north of the bank. Bob's
arm was broken through the elbow
joint by a large ball, presumably fired
by DR.. Wheeler, and two Of our party
had been killed.
Now I saw a good deal in the news
papers at<the time that our friends or
ourselves wished to retaliate upon
those who did the shooting. State
ments of that nature were not true.
We never had, nor have we now, any
Ill will towards those who shot us. Had
I been in the position of those citizens
I should have acted as they did, that is
if could.
I will now give a description Of our
long weary fight to Mankato during
which we were almost continually wad-
ing through mud and water under a
continuous downpour of rain. In the
vicinity Of Mankato, between daylight
and sunrise, we met a. man, whose
name have forgotten, in a woodland
pasture. We compelled him to go
with us for about a. mile, and then
realizing the risk we took, but not
knowing what else to do with him, we
turned him loose. We learned form
this man for the first time, that there
had been one man killed and two
wounded at Mortified, and we were at
a loss to make out who the third one
could be, but we learned after our
capture that man had been shot some
where in the south part of the city, the
mans name I have forgotten. DR..
Wood of Faribault, examined the
wound and said that it was caused by
a bullet which had struck and glanced
from brick house near by. OF this
I know nothing only on hearsay, but I
know that neither Jim nor myself fired
a shot in that part Of the city. We
were In front of the bank and our stray
bullets went north over Bridge Square.
I believe that the bullet that wounded
him was fired by citizen at us, the
ball passing up the street southwark.
Now as to the man we took prisoner
near Mankato. The story he told in
the presence of Captain A. Barton Of
Faribault was true. He said that my
brothers and myself had saved his life.
The question of how to dispose of this
man was discussed and in velw Of our
desperate situation it was proposed by
one OF our party that we! shoot.
him, to which said: mo weSwill not
kill him.. 1t will be easier to run away,
from all the men he can put on our
track than it would be to get rid Of the
memory of having killed an innocent
man who has never wronged us. and
who says he has wife and children
depending on him for their support"
The one who made the proposition COM
promised by leaving the mans fate to
Bob Younger. He walked up to where
Bob and Jim Younger were sitting with
the man and the following statement
of he situation was made to Bob: If
we turn this man loose he will have the
whole country after us in twelve hours.
and with your broken arm we can not
possibly get away" To this Bob re-
piled, II would rather be shot dead than
have that man shot for fear OF. his tell
ing might put g. few hundred men after
us. There will be enough time for
shooting If he should join in the pur.
SUIT In the meantime the man was
swearing by all the Gods that he would
never speak Of having seen anyone. I
cut the cords from his wrists and told
him that knew that no oath that we
might administer to him would have
the least weight, so that to- swear him
would be q waste Of time. but Of course
we would be glad and thankful IL he
would say nothing OF having seen US.