The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22

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suIryins srousd 70 the porch. foand burke
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WI Sa a.. as; ~ I isns JACK s Sl.a
fST 4. have n, NJ i, ling e live Keep out
y sssss &c l9' sfSSs /. could
live Ave minutes. 20 took the old woman
Sna au ss' the SHf x sns @
For. twenty minutes the battle kept up furi-
ously. great many shots were nred from IN
the little puts Of smoke and then sent a bull
let straight to the mark.
i HI ss. &. He c;sa Hs S% nf
r rihs stock az slowly Close one eye. ana r.
r rss Ru . 1ns ESus hole n s .awm
yards away, The bullet went straisht TO
the 9Sn Mss Wat ca tSs
dead mans shot. and Ia always Hue-he
i ran e" to him and he said: Stretch me out.
old man. and pull on my boots. i am going
e Ss My is Jazz fss
family knows nothing OF me. do not want
1bS.s e o s'. s b. Assd:
had been game to the finish. 49,. A..
When az wa; Ss' :fB: s,s oSp fse
a. The n% Dead mans % shot, The r:t :hot rsd
mil and from there &c came ali the time the
hercest fire Jack missed aim ut the place
several times, but that last shot, went to the
dssperado with his Whole head Blown OH;
saw Jack Burke decently buried. ! have
ney sa mt out Hss
despatch TO the newspapers. which read
lack BuTks the srsatssSt desps5Sado VIII VIII
other members Of the prigand gang
was witness s sisc q The passing Of two two
evening In the spring OF 1881 rode into Fl
was o'clock when / reached Fl Paso and !
m i tie marshal Of ri Paso. ne was born
Restitution. T w .nd . %SG # 10 ,i II: ssSy full Of
that time with part Of the notorious gang
Hshwsymsn. wheh, l mot studemiTe he
T. S' r EHS nGn from to e 6s
"; 1oul tired ssn AND % en- gosS Hn: rsG D.
t sSla Ai aaioe efa With mt. then. said tn.
marshal, I'm going TO capture Campbell and
stern, two OF the kids gang. They're des-
perate lads. and hear they are In the upper
end OF the town now. wish you would alaId
my rear so that ! am not attacked, III DO
the shooting. It's not your Job, but don't
want to be shot In the back. Will you aor'
I went and we sailed up the middle OF the
street Dial With his pair o. tis and with my
and had to admire the cool courage. not to
say daredeyiltIy. Of the young m.rshsl, He
seemed perfectly confident OF getting his men;
and he went along the street In full view OF
the crowd. both hands at his revolver belt.
We had walked scarcely O. distance Of two
blocks when the ball opened. The two des:
peradoes jumped from behind the old Grand
Central Hotel, then an adobe house. ana
brought their Winchesters down upon Dial
Both Weapons spoke, but the balls vent above
the target Without ninchinG or batting an
eye or showing the least fear on earth. Dial
whipped out both revolvers. They spoke al
most simultaneously. Campbell lurchsd for
ward with. a great ugly bullet hole directly
between his eyes. Before he had struck the
ground Stern was sinking into a heap, shot
through the head Dial rushed up to the men
and found them. both dead.
It wal, the quickest work ever saw. But
how II w. the men fred high ! never could
understand. Both were dead shots.