The National tribune., 1901-04-18

given IN order for military aid. should 1,
be required, but Gen. Canby himself went
with him to the Cspitol and introduced
liability of any statement made in con
nection with the business which had
brought him SO far from home; as, while
l had charge of the Secret Service OF
tho Government, during the war, with
myself and sons had had an intimate &C
quaintance with aud PERSONAL friendship
for him.
Gov. Pease frankly stated to William
that the atfidavits were rather weak, and
that should some of the .shysters" Of tina,
State, who did a thriving business In
habeas corpus releases, get an inkling oi
his business and the nature of the papers
they might give him deal Of trouble, ever
if they did not get his man away from
him eventually. He said he would max,
the requisition as strong as possible
however, and expressed q hope that tn,
reputation of ingenuity in devising an(
executing expedients possessed by Pink
erton's men would he more than sustained
in this instance; and Gen. Candy termin
ated the interview by giving the document
approval over his own signature.
My son thanked them both for theil
Kindness, and withdrew, only too anxiou.
to get to where his man was before any
information that he was being sought fol
should reach him, and either scare him
beyond the Rio Grande, or enable hin
TO act on the defensive, as only a mar
can act who has plenty of money, plenty
OF friends, and, as we already know, O
great plenty of bravery on his own ac
count.
Soon after he had returned TO the hotel
Heating came in with the undoubted in
formation that Taylor had a permanent
residence at or near Corpus Christi: that
either he or his brother owned a sheep
ranch near the coast, not far from that
city, while the other dealt in hides and
wool there; and that one or the other
penetrated into the interior as far as San
Antonio, soliciting consignments.
My son at once concluded that It was
the Captain who had done the dealing,
as well as stealing, and whose money and
business ability had been brought to bear
upon the trading at Corpus Christi, and
upon the ranch in the country near it;
the brother, though probably entirely in
nocent of completely in the robbery, or
even knowledge of the source whence
the money had come, being used only for
a convenient repository for his ill-gotten
FUNDS IN case of Kuhn Brothers following
him before he was ready to meet them.
lie therefore decided to get through to
Corpus Christi in the very shortest time
IN which the trip could be made via New
Braunfels, San Antonio, Victoria, and
Port Lavaca, hoping that he might be able
to pick him up along some portion of that
route, as it was quite evident he made
frequent trips in that direction; and, at
whatever point he might be started, should
he seem to be going much farther into the
lnterlor-which would be improbable, as
san Antonio at that time was quite a from
tier cIty-arrest him at once, and hurry
him back to Galveston, along the route
he was already familiar with; but, should
ha Io4
take his own course, keeping him well in
hand until he had reached Corpus Christi
or some other seaport city, and waiting a
favorable opportunity arrest him and get
hlm aboard boat before he could recover
from the surprise. E ig
Not half hour before they left Austin
he fortunately met Judge Davis, of Corpus
Christi, who was there attending some
poitlcaI convention and who gave him a
letter to his law partner at home, should
ms services IN any way be needed, as
had been of some service to him on a pre-
Nlous occasion; so that when my two de-
tectIyes left Austin on Jan IT, 1868, they
leH perfectly satisfied of ultimate success,
though the same terrible experiences as
to staging were again encountered.
IL required the entire day to traverse
the few miles between Austin and BIanco
creek, where they secured a sort OF SUD-
per; the Onion Creek and its branches
having been waded and forded number
less times. AT MancheIl Springs, the
stage-pole being again broken, they were
only able to proceed after improvising a
tongue out of sapling chopped from the
roadside with very dull Ratchet. At
blanco Springs good rest was taken
and the driver, having the days expert
ence IN his mind, objected to going far
ther that night; but the detectives in.
sisted that they had paid their money to
De taken to certain destination, and, as
they had shown a disposition to more
than earn their passage besides, no ex-
fered.
After a good deal Of grumbling, fresh
horses were secured, a new pole put in the
stage, and the procession again took nm
ITS weary march over the then most hor-
Iipie Oh roads, crossing the innumerable
brooks and runs which now poured tor
rents INTO York's Creek. All night long
they slushed and splashed, and tramped
ana cursed; though the rain had ceased
LOT time, there was but little light from
the SKY, which seemed full of black. heavy
clouds ready to burst asunder, to again
dIench them and swell the torrents
along. from Blanco Creek, took turns"
trudglng along ahead of the lead-team.
ana, with lanterns, picked out the way,
often they would be misled where the
ground was so bad as to almost defy n
passage over it, when the patient animals
behind them, steaming from the toll of
stfalnlng along with nothing but mn
empty coach, would stop, as il guided nv
a keener instinct, where they would uuief
iy remain until the united search of the
three men had discovered the road. when
the intelligent creatures docileIy plodded
along again.
And so, through seemingly bottomIe.s
quagmires; over corduroys, where the
Shaky ends of timbers, struck by n horse's
moor, would mercilessly splash those walk
ing beside the useless vehicle, or, sudden
~ relieved from the weight of the nom
der9us wheel, would fly upward to heaye
gallons of slime upon the coach: laboring
around the bases of far-extending mounds
or sandy loan: descending into unexpect-
ed and sometimes dangerous depressions.
along creeks, and plunging into streams.
where drift and changing, sandy bottoms
Always made 1t question whether the
cohch could ever be got across, tFey
marched only as Sherman taught soldiers
TO march, or as honest detectives will
crowd all obstacles between themselves
ana their duty, and came with the gray
OF the morning to the beautiful forest
shaded Guadaloupe
tording this river without nearly the
trouble presented at some Of the nettv
runs and creeks which had been nassei
they came to New Braunfels with the snn
which had shown itself for the first time
since their arrival in Texas, and which
also shone upon the first city which had
shown any of that wide-awake. 500.
and thrift so common TO
nearly all Northern pitina