The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-04-08

Tor tne man WHO nau taken tuelF mon
ey from them and Lad them arrested.
The prosecuting attorney. quickly per
ceiving the value OF this GO ipiicatiOn
In holding back the mob thi.t was al.
ready forming. called HOrneT from the
crowd and made him get UP ON the
fence and confess that his prisoners
had escaped. at what time lie d.d not
know, probably toward the beginning
OF the storm. when IL was nnisirst.
You see" cried tie attorney. there
is nothing as yet OF which we eau nc
cuse the Crossroads. If our friend las
been hurt it Is much more lisely tha;
these crooks did Il. They eAaped IL
time To do 1t. and We all know they
were laying for him. You want TO b.
mighty careful. fellow citizens. Hor
ner Is already in telegraphic communi
cation with every town around here.
and he'll have those men before night
All you've got TO do is to control your
selves little and 20 home quietly"
He could see that his words Except
those in reference to returning home
no one was going homel made an I'M
preston. There was babble of shout
ing and argument and swearing that
grew louder and louder.
Mr.. Ephraim Watts. in spite of all
confusion. clad as carefully as upon
the preceding day. deliberately climbed
the fence and stood by the lawyer and
made single steady gesture with his
hand. He was listened 10 at once. as
his respect for the law was less notO-
rious than his irreverence for IL. and
he had been known in Carlow as Gus
tomarily a reckless man. They want
ed Illegal and desperate advice and
| quieted down to hear it. He spoke in
his professionally calm voice.
Gentlemen, il seems to me that Mr.
Smith and Mr.. Ribshaw." nodding TO
the man with the rawhide whip, "are
both right. What good are we doing
here? What we want TO know is what's
happened TO Mr.. Harkless. 1t looks
| just now like the shell men might have
done II. Let's find out what they done.
Scatter and hunt for him. Soon as any
things known for certain Hibbard's
mill whistle will blow three times.
Keep ON looking till II does: then" he
finished. with barely perceptible
seornful smile at the attorney-"then
We can decide on what had ought be
done"
Six Crossroads lay dark and steam
ing In the sun that morning The forge
was silent. the saloon locked up, the
roadway deserted even by the pigs.
The broken old buggy stood rotting In
the mud without a single lean little old
II ms aF hA Oh
dren OF the Crossroads-to play about
II. Once. when the deputy sheriff rode
through alone. tattered black mound.
more wolf than dog. half emerged.
growing. from beneath one of the
tumbledown barns and was jerked
back into the darkness by his tail. with
snarl fiercer than his own. while a
gun barrel shone FOR second as II
swung for a stroke OH the brute's head
The hound did not yelp or whine when
the blow fell. He shut his eyes twice
and skunk sullenly back to his place.
The shanties might have received q
volley or two from some of the mount
ed bands. eNasperated by futile search
ing. had not the escape of Horner's
prisoners made the guilt Of the Cross
roads appear doubtful in the minds Oi
many. As the morning waned the ad
vocates OF the theory that the gam
blers had made away with Harkles:
grew in number. There came a tele
gram from the Rouen chief OF polio,
that he had clew 10 their whereabouts
He thought they had succeeded II
reaching Rouen. and II began TO b,
generally believed that they had ex
capped by the / o'clock freight train
which had stopped 10 take on SOM
empty cars at a side track mile north
west of town, across the fields from
the Briscoe house. Toward noon
party went out 10 examine the rail
road embankment,
Men began 10 come back into the VII
lage for breakfast by twos and threes
but many kept on searching the woods
not feeling the need of food or carin
IL they did. Every grove and clum
of underbrush. every thicket. was ran
|, sacked. The waters of the creek. sha
low for the most part. but swolle
! overnight. were dragged ut every poo
Nothing was found. There was not
sign.
The bar ut the hotel was thronge
all morning rs the returning citizen
rapidly made their way thither. an
those who had breakfasted and wer
!, going out again paused for internal q
: well rs external reinforcement. TIL
landlord. himself returned from Ion
J, hunt. set out his whisky with a LAWS
hand.
HE was the best man we had. boys
said Landis as he poured the litt
ID glasses full. Wed ort of sent him
Is the legislative halls of Washingto
* long ago. He'd of done us honor ther
e But we never thought OF doin' an,
c. thing fer him. jest set round aud le
"A him build up the town and give hi
il empty thankyes. Drink hearty, ge
Ill tlemen." lie finished gloomily. Il don
grudge no liquor today-except To Liz
W Willetts."
ie lie was a good man. said your
,u William Todd. whose nose was red. IA
up from the whisky. 1--WE about gi'
of up
Il It's goin' 10 seem mighty emp
nt around here" said Ross SchOHel
iit whats goin; TO become o the Hera
t's and the party In this district! Wher,
the man to run either OF 'em nov
sc Like as not he continued desperatel
,ly it'll go against Us In the fall
ad Dibb Zane choked over his four fl
ed gers. We nights we'll bust up I
w dab busted ole town er he's gone"
in Il don't know what's come over til
he Cynthy TipwOrthy." said the landlol
ar "She's waited table ON him last I,
he years. and her brother Bud works