The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16
THE LADY AND THE BAD NAN.
Story Of Western Experience b, clara
MOrriss Husband.
From The Miiraukec Seminal


/ About fifteen years ago. said +, L. Har-
riott Il was gobbled up and mad" n deputy
Sherln I o help rearrest man who had robbed
the Deadwood stage. killed tho driver and
| one OF the passengers
y was out with my theatrical company
| at the time, and We hid jus, succeeded in
| loading our baggage AZ omaha, when | saw
| coming toward me on III" platform mot
! ley group. In the lead was u man with hand
| cuffs. behind him he ShrriN and an austere-
looking clerical gentleman, and bringing
! up tn" rear u man in red shirt hi gh top
! boots and q slouoh hat leading two blood
hounds. Nv curiosity was excited, and after
We had taken our places in the passeng ger
coach sought out the man with the dogs
and learned from him that the man under
arrest was the notorious Doe Shelton, who,
about six wee ks before. had robbed the Dead
wood coach. killed the driver and one OF the
passengers, and made of with the contents
OF the Wells-Fargo box which contained the
treasure
1T seems that in making hs escape Shelton
had left fragment OF his coat, which had
his horse and with the aid of the bloodh0unds
the. Sheriff and the, man in the red shirt had
ttrailed him through the county to Jasper,
Sheriff was taking Shelton back to Cheyenne,
where be expected to meet his fate: :.
braska, a nice-appearing lady asked and OBJ
tanned Of the Sheriff permission to talk with
the prisoner.
she related it afterward. Shelton related
TO her that the cause of his ,strGying from
the path of reCtitude, was the loss of his
That his. father was one Of those an2terc,
overbearing men. who found fault with his
every act, and followed it up when he was
q boy by administering severe punishment.
He said that his mot her made iHtercessions
for him, and that when she died his home
was no longer endgrable and he had left
70 "a la
declared came from the thought that he
would soon be- with her in heaven
na he NO" %a 00 He s Ss
r. fs% stoDPed foT d1nnsr $SstSp %af
the woman went out to her dinner when
the train started up again the prisoner nsked
for permission tS go to the toilet room 90 wh bic
/ stood talking with the sheriff near the
door, and after a lapse OF about II rtcen minutes
the Sheriff called on shelton to come out
few minutes longer the door was forced and
the place WINS found to be empty, lie had
withstanding he had the irons on his legs
THE train was stopped with several
hounds We're Brought out There was caI
for something belonging to the prlsoner
and with this the lqdy hmTriGdiy yo ieit The her
seat, OpeHtu ntT NhHS' anu pih'cu rollI'-
thing In the bottom OF 1t The prisoner
had taken all his belongings with HAN, and
there was nothing with which 20 start, the
dogs en- the scent. After looking about
for about an hour an order came for the train
to go on, and jumped lboard.
when got to san francisco ] learned
that the lady who had held the conversation
with Shelton had obtained his pocket hand
kerchief and when the call was made for
something belonging to him sh" hastily placed
il in the bottom of her valis", for fear II would
be discovered and made use of TO put the
bloodhounds on the trail and lead 10 his being
captured. ,, .
Shelton lie never wns brought to Justice.
In fact. he seemed 10 drop on the EARTH.