, 1905-02-04

ley resulted in a promise from the
crowd to not further modest the Of
ficers. They were told that If they
should again attempt to come upon
them, Kelly would be killed outright
and that the officers were prepared to
kill at least twelve of their assailants
before ueing taken.
The mob were true to their word.
and did not put in an appearance dur
ing the remainder Of the entire drive,
which was made as hurriedly as pos.
sible. The captive and captors reach
ed the junction a few minutes before
train time, as Mr.. Boswell had ~calculat-
ed to do. They found, somewhat to
their surprise that Kelly's brother and
his party had taken another road and
had gotten in ahead of them and had
rallied a mob of two hundred to their
support. who swore vehemently that
Kelly should never be taken on the
cars. Boswell managed to rush his
party into the hotel ~unobserved. but
they had no sooner settled there than
the mob began to beat at the door and
demand admission. This was denied
them, and they were stood of until the
train came up. 1t proved to be a
freight, but Boswell determined to take
it.
Now was the trying time. The mob
had congregated on the platform be-
tween the hotel and the railroad track
and was so dense hat 1t looked i'm
But Boswell was equal to this occasion
as he had been to others. Now is Jul
time, boys" he said, and they prepared
to o. out. He had procured the as
s~istance Of another we'll armed and
faithful man, and he placed him and
the Missouri sheriff on either side OF
the arrested murderers, while he cock.
ed two revolvers, holding one in each
hand. The hotel doc was opened as
soon as the train stopped, and the party
walked outside. They were me with
a wild yell, and then became apparent
a disposition to move upon the little
party. Again the pistols were leveled
to make a passage. Slowly 1t rolled
into two walls as the Red sea did of
old. The two assistants were placed
in front while Boswell brought up the
rear with his pistols in hand. and they
passed through the jerring and swear
ing crowd. AS they were nearing the
well in the rear. but did not hurt him
badly. Quick as thought he turned his
back to the cars and fired both Of his
pistols over the heads Of the crowd.
Such a scattering was never The
platform covered a marshy piece Of
ground and all around was a shallaw
pond. Twothirds OF the gallant two
hundred were sent sprawling into the
water-presenting a scene which was
quite sufficient to excite Mr.. Boswell's
idea of the ridiculous. Notwithstanding
his serious surroundings. Adjoining
this pond was a cornfield, and through
this the frightened creatures few like
Texas steers.
There were, however, still a few left,
and they seemed more disposed to
fight than ever. Kelly's brother jump
ed upon q fence and was preparing to
shoot when Boswell leveled upon him
and brought him down with a bullet
through the thigh. producing a yell
which acted as a potent quietus upon
the crowd. and the battle was over.
Some of the roughs made an effort
to board the train, on which Kelly had
been placed during the melee, but
were knocked of. and soon the party
was on the way to the Bluffs. The
journey was without incident.
But all was not yet over. Kelly was
SO badly wounded that 1t was found i'm
possible to proceed further, without alb
s%olutely e%ndangering his life. He was
placed in the Council Bluffs jail and a
physician sent for. Strange as 1t may
seem. it wal discovered that. although
the ball had passed entirely through
him, he had hardly bled enough to
color his shirt and the doctor stated
that with ordinary care and rest he
would soon recover. He was kept in
the Jail there two weeks while the
physician was attending him, recover
ing rapidly all the time. Boswell re-
manned close with his prisoner and
slept with him every night. Not aware
of this fact, Kelly's friends came MI
night in force and began an effort to
break the doors of the Jail down. But
being met by this man Of eternal vigil
ance and an ugly Winchester rife, they
retired in some disorder, heaping i'm
precautions upon his head.
The next assault was upon Boswell's
cupidity, and consisted in an offer a
$40, 900 in clean cash to him II he would
allow Kelly to escape. But this ~
met as all other efforts of a different
character had been. and failed Of its
object, as it wa refused, though Bos-
well allowed 1t to be understood that
probably 1t would be accepted, think