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

he was hurt, and while turning him
over was shot in the left hip. I took
Miller's pistols remounted my horse
and rode toward Bob who was standing
near the stairway. Jim being with me.
At this moment Bob was shot, I saw
him change hit pistol from his right
hand to his left and from the way
his right arm hung limp at his side
I knew it was broken. I called to him
to come from there and turning to Jim
I told him to catch Miller's horse for
Bob. This was done. Bob ran up the
street and Jim helped him to mount.
I then called to Pitts to help me get
Miller up on my horse, it being my in
:tention to carry him before me. On
lifting him up we saw that he was dead
so told Pitts to lay him down again
and to run up the street out of range
and I would take him up behind me.
I then cried to the rest Of the party to
move on ahead and they started, Jim
leading the horse that Bob rode. Pitts
ran up the street about a hundred
yards where he mounted behind me,
and we rode out Of town on the Dundas
road. Up to this time did not know
that a citizen had been shot. nor did
know that any Of our party had shot
with the intention Of hitting anyone.
knew that I had not fired shot at
anyone intending to hit nor did Jim.
The fact is that all the trouble was
caused by a quart Of whisky which, as
I learned afterwards, one Of the three
men that went into the bank had con-
cealed, and between where they had
left us in the woods and town they had
drank the most Of it and were drunk.
the door Of the bank and not coming
out according to the agreement when l
called to them that the alarm was
given and the people were arming them
selves. Had it not been for the whisky
there would not, in all probability, have
been man killed, and can truthfully
say had known they had whisky
never would have gone into the town,
for with all my faults, and am sorry
to say they were many, whisky drink
ing was not one of them. and I never
had confidence in a man that he would
do the right thing or what was expect
ed Of him when he was under the in
fluence of whisky. When we got out Of
town the last man to leave the bank
told me that: as he jumped on the
counter and was leaving the bank he
saw Miller lying in the street and at the
same moment one Of the clerks sprang
up and ran to the cashiers desk.
Thinking he was going for pistol he
ordered him to stop and sit down.. but
he kept on, and as my informant jump
ed from the counter he leveled his pis-
tol and fred. The man fell, but how
badly he had hurt him he could not say.
We learned after we were captured
that it was Mr.. J. L. Haywood. can
truthfully say that throughout my en-
tire retreat it was my most sincere
wish and hope that he was not seri-
ously wounded Not that expected to
be captured, through fear of personal
saftey, but because I did not want to
be connected in: any way with the death
OF a man who had never wronged me
or mine. The death OF MIR. Haywood
was never considered in our plan, and
neither my brothers. nor myself were
connected with the deed either in
thought or act, we were of the party
and to that extent responsible. After
We had got out on the road ] learned
that Jim had been shot through the
shoulder. and as It was . large bullet,
we persume IT came from the gun Of
Dr.. Wheeler or MI. Manning. I was
hit in the left hip. Z was = pistol ball