The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-11
The choctsw Route.

ful oathS the eXultaut howlS or the
robbers.
LAS soon as the ossieyNd men realized
that the desperadoss were rnak'rg fer
them they turned out the torch and then
waitcti for the attack One of the thieves
fred and Glockners pisto! an-ue cred. but
hi scoulpanions heatc him stumble ami
ttsy fell on their faces and craNlei &C.
hin (, the chutes and Posts or b t.
en-, thieves were fall IL thick and fast.
IL was a moment full # hoI or. FIR
n. Z rrows' was thick ritE >riChe and
tn Only light in that 2 - II darkness W
fire fash OF their rcvoiyrrs a. th- '',nI-
t.r:T, exchanged til II lesd"n c,mpIi-
HeIts The firing c)..;lpuAd until the
:hievcs were far down IN Nh. shaft
AT this moment we Joined them and,
IL. - nc- candles &c fund st;IncknCr
r,issiaG AS we mai u .ll-''N~Iy
there ca re faint n ~ -roan fr.'rn
-. :. G = slope. AMI Al. >killn,tn mas
lilly despatched Bell and .Iiil II rescue the
injured man.
He was hanging ny lis cic:' os on I
tive inch piece OF projecting ircr pipe. All
81 II had broken he wD.:Id have beer
d; shed TO pieces on tn, rocks a lmn,ired
feet below.
When he was shot re fell head fore.
most, and by a miracle landed IN the
slender support which saved his life His
rtscuers had 70 carry han up eighteen
feet to the level. for he was absolutely
helpless. as his ribs were crushed and
he had two frightful wounds The left
elbow Joint was shattered. and he had
an ugly flesh wound in the right arm
Somehow he lived through it, but it was
months before he was on his feet.
AS we were not certain the thieves
were all out OF the mine an extra force
of men was summoned. and all the out
lets were closely guarded. Bell, Gill and
myself went down into the Emerson
stope, where the thieves had first been.
and found they had uncovered a couple
inches of ore, and there was about half
4 ton OF rich sylvanite, that averaged
about S a pound
Their entrance and exit to the mine
wa. no less dramatic than the battle. for
they had 10 Climb UP the ladder of the
old shaft for six hundred feet For a
distance of twenty-eight feet there was
no ladder. and they swung sailor fashion
ty bucking heavy straps around the tim
bers. It was a perilous trip. hampered
a sthey were by their load OF ore. but
We estimated that they made IL Fl about
eighteen minutes.
Here we secured aour first clew 70 the
identity of the thieves. for we found
torn letter and a little later. when Lobo
s-.0 n >
shaft. he found their sacks aud bulls
eye melted out OF lantern
When Gill. Bell and I explored the
shaft we found the scraps OF several let
tiers which. when carefully pieced to-
sether proved 20 be a letter signed by
John r. Friedenstein and letters to him
from Red Rock. Col.
The evidence was placed in the hands
O. John c. Frazier. who soon arrested
Frisderstefn il Anaconda and Hartley J.
Lake and Kuykeadali who were found
r. Cripple Creek in bed with their boots
on. The electric torch was secreted IN
a -four bin. while IN the stove were
chunks OF ore that looked Ike solid mug
gets Of gold.
The long chain OF csrcunistantiai evil
dsrce was completed soon after. when
Mr.. shiunan and I visited the jail. As
We passed Lakes cage he called out,
Say. went one OF you fellows give me
{ match
bid yan ever hear that voice beforeT
I asl-eG-
What Mr.. Shipnsa cried. il * the
voica of man in the uai.se. whose fright
fol irnrrecatfors can never be forgotten"
.'ThA trial was a series 81 tragedies
The father OF KuySenSsil died Of n
broken heart when his son vss proves;
guilty. and at his funeral two 81 the at
to--svs for the defense PLACED their hands
On the co@n and took solemn o1ths -
SPEND their lives in zve-r1rx ths death 81
The aged man. who. they declared. Was
fouily murdered by the false testimony
% the detectives.
later one IF them attempted 20 sssas-
ssnzts Mr.. Frazier. but vas dissrred