The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-21
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one bandit guarded the driver. one
| atoni at either end of the line and
/ two went down the row transferring
everything Of value from pockets 10
"a Wide mauthed haE The express
box. ana the mail bag yielded their
/ qupta. and the robbers found them
selves taoe0 richer
The robbery completed. ths two
lead horses were cut out Of the
stage team and the bandits rode
away into the night The stage
reached San Antonia IA the early
morning hours late. a HhcrifrH
posse was sent ont 60 take up the
/ trail is hours OLD when II was
found. This time the trail led
north the ahcriffa posse followed
q until II was discovered that the
I men had separated into two pairs
and the nhh had taken up a fresh
/ companion. A reward OF 500 each
I Tor the criminals WAS offered and
I the Texas official returned o. forget
/ the matter In hiH Immediate work
Il was 10 sYounEefa Bend in the
/ indian territory AZ the southern
edge ~ The Cherokee Nation. that
I The bandits turned. "A long 500 mile
run that should land them in the
shelter ~ the Canadian river cane
brakes at the ranch of ald Tom
starr starr WAS Cherokee Indian
"a man Of giant stature. cool. eau
tiouH with n large appetite for
crime. ie had established his rep
utafion ms a terror among his peos
I pie and hta house had become "a
refuge FOR the Missouri outlaws.
/ lite ranch eas re- great bend OF the
/ Canadian river. between uriartoWn
and Eufaia. shut fu on she north
! BY ruFsed. niuty mountains. i'm
peuetruble except % hofsemen. and
surrounded for five miles bY rank
cnnehfateH that closed round like
bis pillows ~ prairie grass Here
| The oid man lived. asfyinE the iau
aud rejoicing tn The occasional Visits
I ~ the YauHrerH and their friends
80 deeply waa this border chief Inn
I pressed bY the daring Of these via-
itafa that be gave 10 hia retreat fhs
name 81 "Younrrra Bend
On the fidn north the Younger
boys W~rs together Miller rode with
Mccoy. end Jim Heed took up a
companion named Morris. Nhn said
that he uaa a fugitive from Tekaa
ofnEaFa he won fteed'H confidence
and proved to be = dlyeFtinE com
I raHlen.
Some days after the band aapHrat-
80. Reed and Morris rode up 90 a
/ farmhouse faF dinner and. 81 Mofz
I rif suggestion their guns Nere Jeff
on their aaddiea During the meal
Morris made an excuse % leave the
Z table DE sent 10 his horse. TOOK
{ hia winchester ard returned iu
time 90 meet Reeds defiant curse
with shot A. the first fire Reed
grabbed the edges 81 the table and
raised % Ia front ef himself az a
HE'D scattering the dishes Ora
smashing HraI D. Merits shot again.
spiiHteriuE the table toe. and the
bullet took effect Ia TteeAs body.
ReleaainE tbs table. the wounded
man feI haek. searching he Iaf keta
fer riafai 90 All bis assassin.
Morris shouted 20 the larmst sa he
saw Reed tumble at his pocket
XIII him. he's murderer Hes
murderer there Is q reward for
him. dead of alive. I'm an affc~rf=
And fhr farmer. coming forward.
disafmsd TIE dying man. helping to
finish Morris CHASTITY wofh
IRE tair e Reeds death reached
fhs four aha bad come safely 10
YaunFera Heud Mufria had learned
- the redenvuun en- thr Canadian
river A poass would b. gathered
and cent up there they nlEht be
( upan them st the moment for d aaa
ramar that brought The story to
fhenl. and determined officers could
ouffiae rumof. Old Tom starr vas
I called 90 a council
YpunE~fa uenf AS fmnFegn able.
said starr. fi'a evil reputation pro-
E teftfd u fram Invasion. Ia ths years
that had PASSED since h. cut away
Z the eanshraks % plant hts eoFnneld
Z no man had penetrated 70 that Jog
T stronghold Without his knowledge
and consent a few men had come
I iu Who never sent cat these had
not been able 60 explain their pres
I enea 20 the satisfaction % starr.
Even az The old man spoke Ter
az sheriff With a posse o. 10 men.
~ha had followed him the 100 miles
across the Indian country. we're rid
I ing en- The trail through the cane
1 brakes Eve miles from the log
I house they had waited until the
stars came cut and The warm. eariY
June air had given way 20 the cool
81 baesEes Of the timber. Then they
I took up the march. going forward.
single file. silent a. dead men. over
a trail that RaH nowhere broad. and
often scarcely defined. they picked
7 their way slowly At the corner n
I Stars field. a quarter - a mile
+ from the cabin. the sheriff gave his
I final word 81 Instruction. The
/ house wac 90 be surrounded. swiftly.
I silently. With n Gordon drawn close
I about fhen. Hith a brilliant mounltt
I sky 20 show them II they ran. thu
I Texas officer was confident % their
I capture A hundred yards farther
I the horses we're left. tied % the raiI
| fence. The 10 ercpt forward.
spreading into two lines 20 surround
/ the house.
The moonlight showed the big log
cabin. so squat among a group Of
log outbuilalnRH. the long. black
/ shadow ~ cottonwood cutting a
I sharp track across the bright claq-
I boarded rouf A faint flicker Of
/ light showed from a window at ONE
/ end. note ~ angry red in the quiet
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