The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

! dism $50 the driver. telling him that he
had sore Old scores to settle.
That part Of the conduct of Young Mini;
which disi'ays the nest likeness to the
hravaGo ii Outlaw Harry Tracy took place
between the time when he was first seen
by the officers of IN. law and the time
When he finally threw. up his hands in Il
cornlield the farm CT his uncle. Jerry
Mink and begged the posse II spare his
life. He also had scattered pepper on his
trail "a bother the bioodhounds
MURDERER. IN TRUCE. SHOOK
HNNDS WITH OFFICERS.
II was a, O'Clock Sunday evening that
Sheriff George ". Smith got the first
glimpse of the Young desperate. After the
| conversation between Mink and his father.
! after the killing of Mrs. Mink. the father
got sheet and spread II over the form OF
the dead woman. The younger man took
a seat in an easy rocking chair which COM
! inanGcd 4 view OF the yard. The story of
the livery driver. Dan Durham. had put
the officers on the right track. The Sheriff
ard q posse. OF citizens arrived Al The Mink
, homestead. When Mink was called upon
! 10 surrender he replied that he would not
be taken alive.
! The crowd. We'll knowing the boys repu-
| tation for dcSperateNess and for unsrring
| craftsmanship. hung back and did not press
Inc ISSUE. hlIk NsitEtt Ia lEe too- iutl
! explaining the manner of the revenge which
! he had sought and obtained. called upon
! his friends. If he had any in the crowd, to
! come in and shake hands with him. No one
| made Il move.
Then Mink threw aside all his firearms
but one revolver and called upon the Sheriff
F.! and his deputy. George Mains. to come in
| and talk with him. assuring them That he
+. would not harm them if they would not
/ try TO take him. Accordingly. the Sheriff
| ard his deputy threw aside their arms and
4; entered. With revolver in his left hand
! Mink shook hands with them and engaged
! them in conversation. The two officers
| tried to persuade the boy TO surrender. but
| he refused 10 discuss the point.
| When Smith and Mains departed, Mink
again put on his trappines and stepped out
! side the door. lie surveyed the crowd
! which. at sight of his weapons. fell back
/ to safe distance. Warning them that 10
! interfere with him would mean death for
/ someone. Mink slowly sauntered through
! the opening left by the crowd and walked
| about thirty yards TO a fence.
! During this time his back was turned to-
! ward the posse. but effort was made
| to modest him.
When Mink arrived at the fence he turned
, around preparatory to crossing over and
faced the crowd. At this juncture some one
fi:ed Il shot. Quick a fash the young
! desperado's rifle found his shoulder, and he
sent bullet in the direction of the crowd.
Each member of the posse sought cover.
Mink hid in the hedge near the house, and
fired several shots, none of which took Ell
feet
When the firing ceased the crowd still
avoided the place where the desperate was
seen last. II was II O'Clock when Mink
made his escape. When daylight came it
was found that he had fed. A guard was
placed around the place where he had been
ont pu rhaJ al w4r "a
In order that the bioodhounds which had
baen ordered from Colchester McDonough
County might have an unimpaired scent to
work on.
PEPPER ON TRAIL
BATTLES BLOODHOUNDS.
The bloodhounds arrived at noon and were
put on the trail. but owing to Minks pre-
cautions in filling his pockets full of fine
pepper. no Roadway could be made. The
officers had nearly lost hope when word
was brought that Mink was hiding in a
cow barn on the farm of his uncle, Jerry
Mink. about three miles from the scene Of
his last crime. This was at O'Clock in
the evening.
Mink had been discovered by cousin,
young daughter of Jerry Mink. He had
begged the child to bring him food and
drink. Frightened. she had run to her
father and made him acquainted with her
discovery. The uncle in spite of the ties
of kinship, quickly saddled horse and
rode over to the home of Adam Mink and
told him of his sons whereabouts. The
father notified the officers and expressed
the hope that they would capture him.
When Sheriff Smith and picked posse OF
thirty-eight sworn deputies from the ranks
of the local company of militia, all armed
with army rifles came in sight of the COW
n 81 Az
he emerged from the barn a fusillade of
shots greeted him. He was untouched,
however, and pressed on toward a wood
short distance away, in which he intended
TO entrench himself and sell his life as
dearly as possible.
The posse, however, pressed on in pell
nell pursuit and was SO close on the heels
of the desperate that he did not have time
TO fortify himself in the wood He ran on
through the piece Of timber and into an
open corn field on the other side.
Here several of the pursuers stopped and
took shots at the flying figure. When in
the middle of the field Mink threw up his
hands and called to the posse to quit shoot
ing. The men who were in the van of the
posse were John McQuitty and Grin Davis,
two farmers living near Pittsfield. The
prisoner was brought into the city and
lodged in Jail at lois o'clock. great
crowd had collected, but no disturbance was
made.
Mink does not bear any of the earmarks
of the criminal. He is 4 mild. inoffensve
lcolirg young man, quite boyish in ap-
pearance with almost fiaxen hair. His eyes
are blue
On being asked if he were not sorry for
the crimes he had committed he said:
Well it does look pretty bad doesn't it:
but when 4 fellow has stood as much az l
have you sec" and he stopped, leaving
the sentence unfinished.
CRIME HIS REVENGE
FOR STEPMOTHER'S TAUNTS.
Mink told the newspaper man that he
had done what he intended to do and was
now content. He eaid that he did not wish
to kill any of the posse and in substantial
ton of this fact pointed out that from his
place of conceaiment Monday he had an
opportunity to pick off at least a dozen of
his pursuers.
The motives which Mink ascribes to his
crime are varied and present an interesting
study
1t is evident from his talk that the main
purpose of his 2.U10-mle journey in search
of revenge. was to kill his step-mother
Concerning Harris, he said little, ascribing
only as a motive that Harris had upheld
his daughter Beulah in some falsehocds she
is alleged to have told on him back in his
school days. 1t is probable that Mink had
no very great grudge against Harris but