Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-08-11
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sior.a s>'s.niRg -. Stood ia.'f - f.s.e.
vhan lss. s.~ Prank Hrruf he a.
~ handsome a Fsuti a. cs,4id b. fsaud
IA all The Blue t'rs~- csaruv. tsis ahs
t.e wears Of ssrifs and i.ri gatiaa had
told ON him this and the terrihlr or
aoal he was thon UNDERGOING. Iiia fine
tai ferra ~as stili erect aud i.is staring
hall defiant. buf ahc aa-y raller of , u
checks. the hauntad r~u.T sil.n il a.
dark eyes. and the ucrvaus ts9itsl. irsq 81
the lips teid nov kocHly he lsit tlse slf-
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gave him ay band and said. a.
lsa him to scat;
Frank. atn mighty sorry 10 find you
IN this FIX
i have no fault - find with nv be
ing prisoner fnr that 8. h. fsrfune of
war" he said. with q aou-l.lanL asr.
AS good or even better men taan NV
self have had - submit b. eaptisre. Bat
do object ~ boing eonsiote, ~ q erime
whicn ! am incapable of committing
'1bat there must Lavr been xiaeaco
aesias, your | said. quiafiy.
80 there wasl' he exclaimed. 'bnt
from first to last the condemns. tory pars
Wss pcrJared"
You refer to the murder of I5hn
0ariine, near Pcrryvilie2"
Yes. that's 1t. Captain. HARDING vaa
billed. how or by whom know not. bat
do know that at the date OF ibe nar-
Or ! was still with MY command. two
huRdved miles away" said frank. with
. fierce earuestness that convinced me
he WAS telling the truth.
4 "fut could YOU not prove voar whore
obsuts 1T the timer ! asked.
Prove my whereabouts at the tirne.'
he repeated. ''Why, how could hrina
any Of my men before a ankee court
martial to prove an alibi?"
But. ere there no Iinion troops who
might have been aware Of your vicinity.
1t is yess custom to let your wheie-
shouts h. known said.
Fra0A nRent rose and began pacing
the Aasf, while he strolScd his soft
brown bsssd In perplexed way. sud
denly cOsming to = halt before me, he
fixed his eyes on the floor and said:
"1heRe " one of your men, an old
frisa4 of yours. who is now in Libby
prissA, who, II he were here. could
prove that on the very day John Hard
inG wss killed ! was in Powell's valley,
Reos Cumberland Gap"
''Whs n the rnan?'' | asked.
stllswara Scott
"iowssa Scott prisoncr?' / ex-
claiDeA.
''Gea, captured by me on the tenth
day u Octebcr-the day OF the murder,
miud you--capturod by me two hum
dre1 miles from the place where Hard
ing's i,ody was found. l am USUALLY
well-mHanted. but no horse could make
thstdistance in few hours. = said Prank
Brent, with a nervous laugh.
Il shall not deny what you state"
! ssid, but as you can not corroborate
it, 1t does not help your case. As we
are not exchanging prisoners now.
/ Lieutenant Scott's presence is out of
the question, though ! viii confess
that his evidence would save you.'
( lie had evidently been thinking over
every chance to avert his sentence, for
/ he said quietly:
General Boyle believes he can get
/ your President TO postpone the date. If
( that is done, Scott can be paroled. spc-
cialiy exchanged. or his evidence, taken
I in Richmond can be sent through under
I flag Of truce. He does not like me.
and there is no love lost between us,
/ but he is brave man and he would not
! lie. not even to get square with me for
/ the trick that led to his capture"