The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-02-01
WIPED OUT THE GANG
THE BATTLE THAT DIFFERENTIATED
THE EXELBY OUTLAWS.

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A Close Quarters Fight with Guns
Tint won Far c,r,oin u,.,,o.,
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"uow we wirod tho f,,,a,s rxo,.,.
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'o''' 'N'cp' !" "'''ldi govern
Lleht REPORTS sa'd captain Charles l..
Bartlett who used to be government
scout ana deputy United States marshal
/ at Dcadwood. t. a group of friends
The gang had struck terror 70 every
Indian ON Tho rosor,.,tio,, who had o,,.
nronert, ma f., o,.or,. r.,,'l,,,,,,, - nat.,
+, ,lat IN ti,'. ~ iu~I - L,
Of tbn piro nj, .,.I '..l..,i '..,,'i,,
bsd hcn, ,Ia.oI ,I,. -, '7,
FAMILIARITY win ,hn Si,ny .n,'rtr,. ori,.
n short limo aftrr orri,n6 n.as or r,'s
ed to eytp,ninote tho Ey,ih,s NJ an,
/ cost '
/ affairs rnocbod a. ,,iyis u.bon ,,o
c.nu GOT ov.,, Vim "a ~ ,l,.,.,,a,,;,, -,
lnn@in,, 70 fri,,,lI,. ,J,i.r ~, h.,.I L,,,,,
buntin,, inst n,st If ,hn Hia.l, IInIs i,
conn.nv u.i,L . ,.,r,,, ~, M. fail,,I.
I sevrrn ,.int.,. v.n. iH.t ,,,,,,i,,., ~
tbc Ipdi,,s folt tbof NOV. L.,I lit,r, No..
/ lection from I,,,lnys.,c,, II ,La tr,,,,,i. -
Uncle sam conId NOT ston snch hol5
/ tbnfts os IRWIN, n,,.a, ali ,io;r hInsa..
rho thrlt v..,s .nno,liI,. ,raaoJ ~ H.,
| Exnlbv r,u.s Tb,i. strnm..h,rJ ,,,. ..,n,,
after located an rho Ii,tlr NIiss,nr We
notified tho sbnriffs ot Mn. ,it,. Man
ana thrv can,,bt ono ~ thn nm, Eon,
of The nonirs woro found ,,r,li,., around
his camptre snori,I drrut, ,,o. .nnt
TO brin., tbe prisouer f., Dc,,i,vond but
before hc 1cft NiIns Cit, il, roco;,od
word that tho resi- of tbn Eynll,,s v,nrn
lvipo in woit for hin, md p,o,,,t - r,...
enc tho nrisoncr If thoy l,illoI nil .bo
IDENTITIES in thc countrv
"Rvan beliorronhei for y nosso -
mcct him n,,r STONE. ron.b NJ tI.,
crossipg Of thn Limb NIiss,rri tool.
the Williams hrothers J,,, p,tI,r, Al
1 RAYMOND. Doe RabcocI, ana in = Mind.
ing snoUstorm. bo,ded tho rnyt p,orrin.,
for stones ranch Not ortcn in tho his.
tory of FIGHTS ON tho frontinr has so won
/ known srt Of scents boon rotbnrod nc
| rode ON that ca,nnoi,,n
.'The snow was \ foot doom and We
were so cold that before we ma finished
! the 60 mile ride tbr hlond On our snnrs
was frozen. In fact wc wern oblircd
/ to use our spurs cruelty to roach tbrrr
at all.
1--WE arrived at the ranch about 10
o'clock mt night and told ola man Stone
TO care for our horses He told us ,u
we dared hope to find out about the En-.
clbys. At Sbustcr's ms the old man cou.
cd it. there were three habitations. form
ing triangle. each about POO wards
from the other. First came stones
ranch. then the saloon and third thc
cabin where Sinister lived Stonc had
told us that EXclhy and five of his mon
had arrived AT the saloon in the middle
of the day and had been drinking and
carousing ever since. This accounted for
their being off their guard
I'VE decided to wait till the next morn
ing. About . O'Clock we saw six of them
start with thrir nucl,s ana animals FIR
the road They mt their pack mules
ahead as they approached the crossing
which bridsed the river a quarter of &
mile distant. We framed them in
baIt os .onn w. ,yo tbon,ht thot , ~" Ia%