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One Of Cushing's Exploits.

One of the most daring of Captain W.
B. Cushing's many sensational exploits
was his attempted capture Of the Con
federate General Hebert. To convince
his superior of the feasibility of a GER
tain plan he had matured Gushing un-
dertook to bring the Confederate COM
mander to breakfast On board the flag
ship. With twenty men in the boats
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upon his telling
the story of his
being dashed to
the rigging of
the Hartford in
the battle of
Mobile Bay.
oh" answer
ed Farrag ut,
"solne II S e
was madeabout
that, but it was
not as people
told it. | had
gone up aloft-
to see better
to get above
the smoke of
the ships guns.
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he pulled past
f ort Caswell
and the forts at
Bald Head, in
the mouth Of
Cape Fear riv-
err, and landed
at Smithville,
the Confederate
ters.
Hidinghis boats
and their crews
within twenty
five yards of
n battery he
went, with two
men, to Gener-
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sailors and ma.
/ n e s to go
ashore. Two
thousand men
landed in small
boats. Owing
to the heavy
musketry fire
they found il
impossible to
%intrench, and
the whole as.
sen blage in
bands of % to
100 advanced in
three divisions
with wild yells.
e u t e n a II t
G o m m a II der
praoSa IoH tha
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house, in the center Of the town. Cush-
ing crept up the stairs to the generals
room, which had been located for him
by a friendly negro, and dragged from
bed a dazed sleeper who proved to be
Hebert's chief engineer, Captain KEEL
ley. From him he learned that the gen.
eral was not at home. The h~eadquar-
tiers desks were ri1ed of papers and
maps, and while alarm cries were
sounding through the camp Gushing
and his party, with their substitute
prisoner, Captain Kelley, were in the
middle Of the stream, dropping down
as noiselessly as they had m
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tily across the
line. She had
gone but a few
yards when one
or more torpe-
does exploded
under her. She
W e o n
bows first, her
screw plainly
visible for a
moment to all
on the Tennes-
see, which was
awaiting the
onset not 200
yards distant.
Craven was in
tho nilot hnl1Sn
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discipline that
the moment
they heard the
well known sig
mails the crew
fell in mechan-
ically at their
guns. Wherever
l observed a
drunken man |
ordered his
comrades to ar
rest him. Some
howed fight,
but they were
soon overpow-
cred and put in
irons, Calling
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Capture Of Mason and Slidell.

The real hero of the capture Of the
Confederate ENJOYS Mason and Slidell
from the British steamer Trent, &C.
cording to a sailor who was present.
was Lieutenant d. NJ. Fairfax, conf
mander of the boarding party. Fair
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Carnage at Fort Fisher.

Fort Fisher, the last important for.
tress of the C%onfederacy, ~succumbed
on Jan. 10, 1865, to a combined land and
naval assault. For three hours Com.
modore Porter had bombarded the
fort. At noon the signal was given to
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A Modest Admiral.

Illustrative of Admiral Farragut's
simplicity of character was an incident
of the annual race of the New York
Yacht club in 1866. In the course of
that day a number of ladies insisted
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1t sometimes happens that a man faints
when wounded, and to insure me
against a fail in such a case an officer
took a small piece of rope and tied me
fast-that's ALL"
CHATS all' was delightful in it's
modesty.
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Y Aug. 5, 1864, when Farragut

IN Aug. 8, 1864, when Farragut
steamed into Mobile bay, TAX
ing the lead of the line of mont
tors and gunboats with his flagship
Hartford, Captain Craven of the Te-
rumseh asked for the post of honor in
attacking the Confederate ram Ten
nessee, whose destruction was the object
Of the raid. The bay was planted with
i%orpedoes, and the line marking them
was buoyed out, yet when the gallant
captain saw a chance to close with the
Tennessee he drove the Tecumseh has
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Dewey and the Shark.
At Mobile bay after the fall of New
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There is nothing like keeping late
hours to make a man a clever extern
fairy story teller.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-16
Leon, Union County, N. M,
Ir,pa Ok 100S


June rs, 1905.
Messrs. Romero Drug Co.,
Las Vegas, N. M.
Dear Sirs:
Considering that l should express my
gratitude to you for the benefi-
cient effect which your marvellous
medicine La Sanadora" is having up
on suffering humanity, hereby de.
clare that my life was spared by the
use of this medicine in a very serious
case which occurred to me on the 9Th
day of the present month, when ! was
bitten by a rattle snake on one of my
hands, which effect caused the swell
ing of my hand and Of my body within
twelve hours after the bite Of the rep.
tile, were signs of my certain death.
| thank God, that through the charity
of the good lady, Mrs. Adelaide Pin.
ard, who. seeing my sufferings, gave
me a tablespoonful Of la Sanadora"
to drink, and also she poured some Of
the medicine upon the spot on my
hand where the bite was, and loon af-
ter this | commenced to feel some re-
lief and this increased hourly, so that
after fourteen hours l was entirely
cured and in my normal condition, re-
naming only the scar of the bite in
my hand.
The above statement of facts l
make this date under oath in
the presence Of Hon. Leon Pinard and
Mrs. Adelaide Pinard, who were eye
Witnesses In the Ease of nv cure.
7-9O (Signed) VICENTE LEAL.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-16
NOTICE ron PUBLICATION.

Homestead Entry No. 1887.
Department Of the Interior. Land OF.
flee at Clayton, New Mexico. July
II, 1905.
Notice Is hereby given that the follow.
ing.named settler has filed notice Of his
intention to make final proof In sup
port OF his claim, and that said proof
will be made before Robert l. M.
Ross, United States court commits.
sioner at his office in Las Vegas,
N. NJ, on August 2S, 1905. viz: Juan
Baca Y Lucero of Chavez, New Mex.
leo. for the +. ". S. E. V. So" & and
W. ", s. W. ", Sec 9. T. 10. N. r.
Is +.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation Of said land
viz: Cruz Baca. Of Chavez. New Mex.
leo; Antonio MARTINEZ. OF Chavez,
New Mexico; Ramon A. Trnjillo, OF
Sanchez, New Mexico; Teodora Her,
rera. of Sanchez, New Mexico.
EDWARD w FNN.
7.58 Register.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Homestead Entry No. SAL.
Land Office at Santa Fe. N. NJ. July
IL, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol.
lowing-named settler has filed notice
Of his intention to make final proof
In support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before U. s. court
commissioner at Las Vegas, N. NJ. on
August 81. 1905. viz: Andres Mar
quez, for the 8. E. v, N. w. u, N. E.
v, s. w. V, w. v, 8. E. v. section
1, T. IA. N, R. % E.
He names the following w'tnessr-
to prove his continuous resid ehce u,
on and cultivation Of. said land, viz.
Eduardo Gonzales. Of Corazon, N.
NJ; Vicente Marquee. Of Corazon. N,
NJ; Alexandra Fresquez, Of Corazon,
N. NJ; Manuel Gurule, Of Corazon, N
M. MANUEL r. OTERO,
7-61 Register
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Homestead Entry NO. $3.50
and Office at Santa Fe. N. NJ. Aug.
., 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
oing-named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in
support Of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before U. s. Court
Commissioner at Las Vegas. N. NJ. on
7ept. IA, 1905, viz:
JOSE BLEA
FOR the f IL NV IA Lots / and 2,
Sc. 81. T. IA N. r. "a E.
lie names the following witnesses
0 prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of. said land. viz:
Bonifacio Madrid Of T%rementina. N.
NJ; Juan JaramilIo of Trementina. N.
NJ; Celso Blea OF Trementina. N. NJ;
Martin Blea of Trementina. N. NJ.
MANUEL r. DTERO. Register.
8-45
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Homestead Entry No. 5799.)
I and Office at Santa Fe, N. NJ. Aug.
8, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof
in support OF his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the U. 8.
court commissioner at Las Vegas, N.
NJ, on Sept. Is, 1905, viz:
BONIFACIO GONZALES Y PACHECO
Cor the SW ia Sc Ia r ~ SW IA
Lot 4. Sec. s. r. IA ~, r. 20 E.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of, said land. viz:
Marcos Castillo of C~haperito, N. NJ;
Reynlundo Ulibarri of Chaperito, N. NJ.
Narcisco Gallegcs of Chaperito. N.
NJ; A. B. Gallegos of Chaperito, N. M.
MANUEL r. OTERO. Register.
S44
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: : s counteracts aud DIVES Al, the
poison from the hlnod and builds up the
system by its tine purifying quail
tiles and tonic effects II strengthens
every part, increases the appetite. helps
the stomach and digestion, aud by sup
plying the body with rich. pure blood,
cuvcs Malaria aud all its d~isagreeable all
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-16

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

'ilonie stead Entry No. 5000
Land Office at Santa Fe. N. NJ, July
Is, 1905.
Notice Is hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has filed notice
OF his intention to make final proof
in support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the register
or receiver at Santa Fe, N. NJ. on
Aug. "a, 1905, viz:
AGAPITO LUJAN
for the NE IA Sc IA, Sec. "a, NV
IA SW IA. S IL NV IA. Sec. 35, T.
II N. r. IA e.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon. and cultivation Of, said land,
viz:
Asencion Chave zof Galisteo, N. NJ;
Manuel Sena of Galisteo, N. NJ; Frank
Leyba of Galisteo, N. NJ; MacariO
L.eyba of Galisteo, N. M.
MANUEL r. OTERO, Register.
7-73
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead Entry, No. 6aeo.

Homestead Entry, No. $500.
Department OF the Interior, Land OF.
flee at Santa Fe. New Mexico, July
~. 1905.
Notice Ii hereby given that the fol.
lowing'named settler has filed notice
OF his intention o make final proof
In support Of hts claim. and that
said proof will be made before United
States t,ourt Commissioner ut Las
Vegas, N. NJ, on September I. 1905.
VIZ: Placido Lucero. for the 8. w. u
N. r., Y, s. Il. u N. w. Y, N. u. Y
8. w. u. N. w. Y 8. =. Y, Section
8. 7. IA, N, r. 20 Il.
He Names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up.
on and cultivation Of said land. viz:
Marcos Castillo, Of Chaperito. N. M:
Andres Baca. OF %Chaperito. N. NJ;
Raymund0 Ulibarri, Of Chaperito, N.
NJ; Narciso Gallegos. Of ChaperitO.
N M. MANUEL II. OTERO,
TT Register.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-16

l could have raised ten pounds of weight
from the ground, the pain was so severe.
This was my condition when | began us.
Ing Doan's Kidney Pills. They uickly
relieved me and now | am never troubled
as | was. My back is strong and | can
walk or ride a long distance and feel Just
as strong as l did twenty-five wears ago.
l think so much Of Doan's Kidney Pills
that l have given a supply of the remedy
to some of my neighbors and they have
also found good results. II you .an silt
anything from this rambling NOE that
will be of any service to you, o. to.any
one suffering from kidney trouble, you
are at liberty to do So"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Corton will he
mailed on application to any part of the
United States. Address Foster-Milbupn
Co., Buffalo, n. \. Sold by all dealers
price, fifty cents per box.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead Entrv. No. 5so5.

Homestead Entry, No. $685..
Land Office at Santa Fe, N. NJ, Aug.
8, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing-named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the register
or receiver at Santa Fe, N. NJ, on
Sept. 81, 1906, viz: Dario Chavez, for
the S. w. "a, Sec. 4, T. II ~, r. 13 f.
He names the following witnesses
J to prove his continuous residence up.
on and cultivation Of, said land. viz:
Natividad Leyba, of Galisteo, n. NJ;
Justiniano Leyba, of Galisteo, N. NJ;
Miguel b. Ortiz, of Villanueva, N. NJ;
Noberto Eusinas, of Villanueva, N,
NJ. MANUEL r. OTERO,
SCI Register.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-16
Territory or New Mexito,
County OF San Miguel.

l!Iy Oh Las
To All Whom It May Concern:
Sealed bids will he received by the
undersigned on or before August 16,
A. D. 1905, at IL noon, for the CON
structing of the following work given
In approximate figures:
GS,240 square feet of cement cross
walks.
1.400 lineal feet Of cement curbing.
1000 square feet of cement side
walk.
Specifications and details will be
furnished on application to the city
clerk.
Bids must have attached to them a
certified check for $4,000 given un-
der the usual conditions and In favor
Of the City of Las vegas.
The city reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Dated July "a, A. d. 1905.
CHAS. TAMME,
7.109 Clerk.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-16

j. B. Corton,
farmer and lum.
b G m a II. of
Deppe, n. c.,
says II suffer-
ed for years
with my back.
1t was so bad
that / could
not walk any
distance 0 r
even ride in
easy buggy. !
do not n1;ayN
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-16
HARVEY'S
The High Mountain Home

For comfort health and pleasure
take a trip to this famous resort.
Carriage comes In Tuesdays and Fri.
days; goes out Wednesdays and Sat.
urdays.. Terms are $500 . day or
$1,000 a week.. Fare each way, 500.
The trip, including passage and Z
stay from Saturday TO Friday Or from
Wednesday TO Tuesday 10 $1,000.
Leave orders at Murphey's drug
store or Judge Wooster's office In the
City Hall. Address Il. A. Harvey,
City.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-16
CONCESTIVE CHILLS|

are the result Of poor, thin blood and bad
circulation. They occur more especially
durine the warm weather.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-16
Couldn't Lit Ten Pounds.
Doan's Kidney Pills Brought Strength
and Health to the Sufferer, Max
ing Him Feel Twenty-Five
Years Younger.

Sick kidneys cause a weak, lame or
aching back, and a weak back makes
o weak man. Can't be well and strong
until the kidneys are cured. Treat them
with Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's tn.
testimony Of one man cured.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-09
|ROOSEVELT'S PEACE EFFORTS.
Russian Comment on Presidents lender o.
Good Offices for Peace.

he,tpr terms TO the Russian people
than 10 the bureaucrats who DeSaH
the war, This paper reiterate5 the
demand for a Xemsky Sabor TO Setl!e
h.a question, Even the Gra2ZSdanlh
declares peremptorily for peace lhe
Noyoe Vremya alone dissenting from
the general chorus by saying tnaL
neaca is not so essential as foreign
and international enemies imagine ana
picturing Great Britain. the united
States and the continental powers BE-
ginning TO trembl2 in the face OF the
yellow peril.
Members of the diplomatic corps
Sunday expressed their pleasure that
President Roosevelt had taken ina
lead in urging Russia to give up the
prosecution of the war. but they SAID
they were apprehensive that the preS''
dents efforts would be fruitleSs.
Baron Rosen, the new Ambassador
to Washington, does not seem TO De
accelerating his departure on account
of developments in the United States
He will sail on July u.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-09

st. Petersburg, June J.-PreSldenF
ROOsevelts tender of his good oGtlces
TO bring about peace is received with
general favor in the press and ~ the
public. and a desire that some steps
should be taken toward securing ali
honorable peace is increasingly mani
fest.
The Russ declares that the pre5I-
dents offer should be commended as
an act Of friendship tending TO bring
out Japans terms of peace, and Rus
sia's acceDtance of an offer when
would not mean surrender on humil'
iating terms. The paper maintains al
the same time that negotiations, II De-
gun must ba direct, and that there
must be no intervention by other pow
ers.
The Bourse Gazette says that Russia
must make the best possible use OF
the friendly office OF the United States
and Great Britain. This paper, as
we'll as the Synotchesva and the NaSh
ashism and others advance the ldet
that Japan will be disposed to gran
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-09
What Is a Week?

The question seems simple enough
70 answer in two seconds, yet it has
occupied the Supreme Court OF Vic
toria for two days. The Factories Act
provides that 10 girl shall be en-
pIoyed for more than forty-eight hours
lin any one week" A manufacturer
was summoned for violating this pro-
vision; but he contended that the
week should be reckoned not by the
calendar, but from payday to payday
that is, from Friday to Thursday In
elusive. The magistrates decided that
it was the correct Interpretation, and
the Supreme Court has Endorsed their
view.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-09
Afraid Of Kansas Politicians.

A man from a Kansas town walked
m TO the cashiers desk at one OF the
large hotels in Kansas City Saturday
and, tossing a check for 500, said:
Cash that, please
You'll have to be identified, Sir
replied the young woman, pleasantly
why. | am a director in the bank
on which that checks drawn, and I'm
quite well known in politics over my
way" he said
did you say you are a politician"
asked the cashier. "Oh. sort OF a
one" replied the man smiling. That"
came from the cashier, makes posi-
tive Identification all the more neces-
sarv." The man did not ask why, but
hunted up friend and was Identified.
Kansas City Times
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-09
Cumbie Fatally injured.

San Angelo, Texas: R. f. Cumble,
a prominent young stockman, while
riding vicious horse on the range
near Bronte. Coke county, was thrown
and fatally injured. His jaw was brok-
en- and head injured. A searching
party found him unconscious twenty
four hours after the accident. He has
not regained consciousness. He is a
son of Rev. R. NJ. Cumbie OF Bronte,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-09
A Liner Ashore.

New York: A big incoming steam.
err went ashore late last night off
Point Lookout, to the east of Jones
Inlet, near Freeport, L. I.
The steamship is supposed to be
liner, but until long after midnight it
was impossible to learn her name.
The sea is running extremely high
and the people of Freeport dared not
venture far enough out in boats to
learn anything about the stranded YES
sci.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-09

London. June 6.-AIfonSO, tneI
Young King of Spain, was welcomed tOI
England yesterday with the most
elaborate of ceremonies, every detail
Of which was supervised by King Ed.
ward himself.
Never in the case Of a reception
OF a national visitor has greater at
tention been paid to detail or more
careful preparation made for mag
nificant display. If only the Weathc'
had been propitiOus the reception
probably would have been the most
brilliant ever accorded foreign VS.
itor to England. A deluge OF rain
at Portsmouth and at London, how
ever. marred all the spectacular eff
/ fects.
| The day, which broke drearily in
France increased in gloom as the
British royal yacht Victoria and A.,
! bert crossed the channel from Cher
bourg, accompanied by strong eS
cort of British cruisers and torpedo
boat dostroyers. Approaching the
mouth of the harbor, the royal yacht
passed through line after line of gun
boats and great fighting vessels, be
decked with flags and flying the Span
sh ensign and a score of which fire.
the royal salute.
These war vessels resembled phan
tom ships asst he Victoria and Albert
emerging from the haze, passed th'
saluting ranks. The young King, Wh'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-09
SURE OF VICTORY.
Member of Russian Staff Says That Is
Why They Took the Risk.

Toxic. June 5. A telegram from
Sasebo says:
A member of the Russian staff be
ING asked why the Russian ships TOOK
the risk of essaying OF Tsy Straits
said:
I'VE were confident of victory.
Reaching Vladivostok was not the only
object. The Emperor commanded us
on leaving the Baltic to fight and de-
feat our enemy, and we were ANXIOUS
to obey his orders. We were conf
dent and ready to fight from the start.
Our mission is ended
OF the captiyas brought to SaSeoo
the battleship Nicholai is the most
seriously damaged. There are many
holes in her port side over three !eet
in diameter, and the majority OF her
ouick-firing guns on the port SIDE
were DESTROYED. Her forward funnel
was shot partly away and one mole
along the water line measures ten
| feet.
A dispatch from Ma2airua says inc
Japanese battle3hip Asashl was
largely engaged with the Russian Shli
Borodino. After the Borodlno toof
fire and was sinking the Asashl sus
pended firing, but the Borodlna con
tined to fire. Practically her last sho
struck the Asashi asten on the lar
board side, killing Lieut.. Morishlta ant
seven others. Morishita's leg was Sho
off. but using his sword as cru'cl
he managed to reach deck, where n
died. A dying sailor asked for pape
on which to write farewell messas
TO the Japanese navy. He wrote:
"Bainzai! | die a glorious death
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-06-09
TRIED TO BREAK JAIL.
viii Manning, to Hang for Murder
CAPTURED Before He Got Away.

Greenville. Texas, June Ga desper-
ate but unsuccessful attempt to break
out of jail was made last night by
Will T. Manning, who is under sen-
tence to be hanged on July I for the
murder of his wife near Celeste.
When Assistant Jailer Lee McKln,
ney went upstairs to sprinkle the
floor of the jail with a disinfactant to
keep off the mosquitoes, Manning ask
ed him to sprinkle the inside of his
cell and under his cot. Mckinney
opened the door and went inside, ana
while sprinkling under the cot the
prisoner grabbed him and Knocked
him to the rear end Of the cell,
Jumped through the door and locked
the assistant iailer up. Manning then
ran downstairs to the office OF the
iail. He was followed by Waterman
Darby. who caught the prisoner around
the waist and held on to him until
Jai.er Wiley E. Smith could come from
another portion of the building to the
outside of the door to the office. Man
ming was trying to unlock the office
door and Jailer Smith caught his arm
and pulled it through the bars o
the door and held him until a grea
crowd of people had been alarmed b
the noise and gathered at the jail
Manning, seeing that. he could not e.
cape, consented to go back to his Gel