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The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23
BLANKETS AND WOOLENS.
How to Cleanse Blankets the Right
Way and How to Put Away
Woolens.

Washing Blank"ts.-WhCn my lit.
tie ncighbor washes blankets, it is
:. pleasure Just to sit by and watch
the pretty. soft, fluffy things blow
ing on the line. The process is sc
simple that | have learned to do it
myself. Choose Il. warm, sunny, but
windy day. This is important, If the
best results are vi she'd. While dry,
look over them carefully. and put Il
safety pin in the center Of the
spoiled spots. For ~ pair Of blan.
kCts, prepare a SudS with half Il cak"
of any good white soap, With one
tablespoonful! each of bO"aN and am.
you can bear the hand in. Let the
blankets stand in this FOR an hour,
and if the water is too cold, add
more hot water Then look up the
places where the pins are, remove
these and rub between the hands
on the board. and do not soap on the
blanket direct; have ready Il second
tub Of SudS. and paddle them around
in this, squeezing and pressing he
tween the hands; rinse in not less
than three waters Of the same TEN.
perature, running them through the
wringcr each time. I'asten with at
least a dozen pins to the line, and
shake frequently while drying.
Storing Woolens.-This Is the sea.
son for putting away WOODEN clothes
and furs, No moth balls or other
vilc.smclliug substance will be needed
If the garments are hung on the line
in the sun, whipped with IA light
switch, and in the case of clothes al.
the soil spots carefully cleaned. Then
tie up i'm clean pillow cases or, better
still. fold over the hens and run
along on the machine. \ Chain-11itch
machine l. best for this purpose. as il
is easily ripped; but if a lOrk.atitch
Il used. have the bottom thread loose,
Country Gentleman.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23
REQUESTED RECIPES.
Good Graham Twists, Nice Graham
Waters and Crackers and Some
Bran Biscuits.

Graham twists are made OF tire.
or four parts Of graham iour 10 one
part sweet cream. Whole wheat nun
may be substituted. Sitt the glll'n
flour, and, II very coarse, adl hpll
white flour; have flour cold dn3 ia
a basin. have cream cold and, Top
ping into the -four stir briskly With
q fork, allowing no Wet pools 10 form.
This should make a very Stitt dough
which should not stick to the board
while being knCadcd unc-half hour, or
until Il piece will give a swapping
sound Nnen pulled OF. Roll tlin rs
piccrrIst and cut into strips OncYIl!t
to thrcc-quarters OF an inCh w.Ie,
twist with hands and lay in bnkine
pan; the oven should not be TOO Not.
When done they ar" crisp, and me
starch is dcXtriniZcd tpartially di-
gcstedD, as in ZweibaCh.
Graham Crackers-Seve cupfuiS Of
graham flour, II CuDiuI of tl:ici.
sweet cream Tor butter), II pint Of
sweet milk. two teaapOOnfuis Of hlk-
ing powder; sieve and rub the hlk-
lhSN ~ INV ~ Il'''i : wv ! ~
cream Tor butter. which should be
rubtcd into The flour wellD, Il li't!e
salt. then The milk; mix we'll, and roll
rs ihin as soda crackers; cut in ANY
shape; bake quickly; then leave about
the stove for Il few hours to dry thor
Oughly.
Bran BiScuitS-Onc quart Of milk
~ water; three te~aSpoOnfuls OF bit
~ tor lardD three tableSpOOniuls
sugar; two tablespoOnfuls Dnkcr'a
yeast (any live yeaSt will dOb; p!hci
Of salt. and ilouI. wheat and graham.
Take enough wheat iiOur to use up
tn" water, making It the consistency
Of batter cake dough; add the rHSt
Of the ingredients ani as much cra-
ham Tour as can be stirred in with
Il spoon. Set away until morning.
In The morning, grease 4 pan, .|uul
the hands and take Il lump OF cough
the size oi Il large egg, roll liE1tly
between The palms; put into the pan
and let them rise - minutes, and
bake in a tolerably hot oven.
Graham WATERS - One-third cmPful
of butter. une-third rupful of sugar:
half "t"aSpOOnful Of salt; II pint OF
whit" -four; N pint of graham "onr.
Mix the butter, sugar II salt: Chou
this mixture INTO the white and Gra-
ham flour mixed; wet it with col"
water into Il very stiff dough; ki"ad
well. and roll ont very thin; cit !"
squares or any shape desired and
bake Guickly.-The Commoner.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23
BOYS HEAD ONE SOLID SORE.
Hair All Came Out-Under Doctor
Three Months and No Better
Cuticura Works Wonders,

Mr.. A. {. Barnett, proprietor OF a
general store in Award, Oklahoma,
tells in the following grateful letter
how Cuticura cured his son Of a ter
rible eczema. My little boy had CO.
zena. His head vas one solid sore,
all owe his scalp; his hair all came
out, and he suffered very much. |
had q physician treat him. but at the
end of three months he was no bet
ter. | remembered that the C%uticura
Remedies had cured me. and after
giving him two bottles Of Cnticura
Resolvent. according to directions,
and using Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment on him daily, his eczema left
him. his hair grew again, and he has
lever had any eczema since. We
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment,
and they keep our skin soft and
healthy. | cheerfully recommend the
Cuticura Remedies for all cases OF
eczema. A. &. Barnett, Mar. 80,
1905"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23
How'S This ?

We oner One Hundred Dollars Reward Tor any
case ~ Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hans
tstsrrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. -.
We, the undersigned. have known +. j. thenry
for the last IL years, and believe him perfectly hon
orable In all business transactions and hnnhrldsy
able u carry out any obligations made ny hl- nrUl.
WALpiSG. kiSNAH 4 MANNiH,.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. q.
Hairs Catarrh Cure Il taken internally, acting
directly upon The blood aud mucous surfaces ~ ne
system. Testimonials sent free. Price - cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists,
Take Hairs family Pills for constipation.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

For fifteen e a
! had kidney trou-
bles, and though |
doctored faithfully,
could not find a
cure. | had heavy
backaches, dizzy
headaches and terri
bic urinary disor-
ders. One day /
collapsed. fell in
sensible on the side
walk, and then
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23
In a Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT.EAsE.

A powder. 1t cures painful. smart
ing, nervous feet and inSrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery OF
the age. Makes new shoes easy. \
certain cure for sweating feet. sold
by all druggists, 25c. Trial package,
FREE. Address a. $. Olmsted, lie
Roy, n. Y.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

Quarrel. ch? You don't mean II!
Why, before they wer" married she
used to say there wasn't another man
like him in the world Yes; bul now
she says she'd hate to think thal th'ro
WAS"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

No girl would ever van to be a
man, because he has to wear his hair
short.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

Didn't ! understand YOU To say they
keep a servant girl?' "Ccrtainly o
said they tried to; 81 soon as on" e
they get another
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

Jimmy felt so athletic this spring
that he made a spring and Jumped over
he spring.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

Let a man make a good resolution.
aud his wife will make fun OF him for
doing r.. And vice versa.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

Peppery remarks should be taken
with q grain Of salt.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

Mrs. windows HootninR syrup.
For children %teething. softeuh the guns, reduces =
allays palm, cures wind colo. No. . botua
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

Complexion bad? Tongue coated: Liver
dsranged! lake Garfield Tea.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

Write Garfield Tea CO., Brooklyn. y. Y,
for package Garfield Tea, the herb cure.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

wasted away In bed for ten weeks.
After being given up. | began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. In a couple OF
months | %regained my old health,
and now weigh lSS pounds. Twelve
boxes did IL, and | have been well
two years"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Seek first, if YOU would win the strife,
TO make Il s.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

We never saw Il baby that could be
put to sleep half as quick as Il ma ;
conscience.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23

Garfield Tea overcomes constipation, sick
headache, liver and kidney diseases.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-06-23
WASTED TO A SHADOW.

But Found a Cure After Fifteen Years
of Suffering.
A. II. Stotts, messenger at the State
Capitol, Columbus, o., Y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
LOST HER PACKAGE or HUSBAND.
WIFE who Had Him Sent by Express Can't
Find Him Among Other Freight.

PITTsBURG, Oct. eff the Adams Ex-
press Company doesn't find a package"
that has gone astray there promises to be
trouble.
Two years ago Johann Schmidt and his
wife lived in Germany. They had enough
money to pay one passage, 80 Mrs. Schmidt
came TO America, got work, saved money
and sent for Johann.
He arrived in Baltimore on Wednesday.
Johann knows no English, 50 the agent
at Baltimore decided to send him here by
express. A tag was put on his coat and he
started.
He was not on the train on which he was
expected, so Mrs. Schmidt got alarmed
and sought the express agent. The agent
sent a telegram to Baltimore aud this after
noon got this reply:
Forwarded him by express as per agree
ment. Will send a tracer after him"
This information relieved Mrs. Schmidt
greatly.
The general agent here went personally
to all the branch Offices and rImmaged
among the freight. but the package he was
looking for was not there.
Ii is thought some mistake was made in
billing Schmidt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
MOBBED NEGRO rs LOCKED UP.
Ventured to he Well Dressed When He Met
a Variety show crowd.


Daniel Clarke, a negro elevator man
employed at 357 West llsth street, logged
out in fiashy style and swinging n cane.
started through Sixty-tifth street from
Broadway last night just as the Amsterdam
Theatre, a cheap vaudeville house, turned
a crowd OF boys and young men into the
street at the intermission Clarke offended
the crowd in some way and u dozen of them
pitched onto him at once.
With the gang at his heels Clarke started
toward Columbus avenue and down that
street at a hot pace. The pursuers were
yelling like Indians and continually attract
ing others who had no idea what the row
was about. When Clarke found that they
were gaining on him he darted into Magee's
haberdashery store at 20. Mrs. Magee,
who was in the store alone, screamed when
she saw h excited negro and grew hys-
terical when he lodged behind the counters
and hid under a showcase.
Several OF the ringleaders had entered
the store 10 drag Clarke out when Policeman
Hickey of the West Sixty-eighth street sta
ton house got on the job. He raped for
assistance and finally got Clarke to the
station house. There John Gray, 10 years
old, of 113 Amsterdam avenue, went forward
as complainant. He had a cut in his head,
which he said came from the cane Clarke
was carrying. The negro said that he struck
no one but that the crowd first went after
him with paving stones. He was locked
up, charged with disorderly conduct.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
MORGAN,S ELECTION EXPENSES.
II Cost Him Only o 10 he Chosen senator
for Another Term Cost Pettus SO.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Ex-senator John T.
Morgan held up hie right hand to-day and
aolemnly swore that he expended only 500
on account Of the recent primary oonven-
tons in Alabama by which he was chosen
for the United States Senate for another
term Of six years. The venerable Senator
made his affidavit in the Office Of the finan-
cial clerk of the Senate. to confo rm to the
new election law Of his State. After the
oath had been administered the afldavit
was mailed by the Senator to the Secretary
Of State Of Alabama.
That" said he, will go into the permae
nent archives Of the State of Alabama, and
in order that you may know just what I
did with the money l will say that I paid it
to the secretary Of the Democratic State
committee"
Does 1t oost only 500 to be elected to the
Senate from Alabama?" Mr.. Morgan a
asked.
Not always 30 cheap" replied Senator
Morgan. And that's a good joke on Pet
tus, my colleague. | happen to know that
his election cost him seventy dollars-ten
dollars moro than l had to pay. The old
fox! l wish it had cost him a hundred"
Senator Morgan is so. Senator Pettus
Is IS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
BOYS TRY no REGISTER.
Say = Man Promised Them IS Each 10
Vote fer Hearst.

Not yet IS years old, Benny Mos
kowitz and Ely Yusen, two boys en-
ployed in a livery stable in Avenue d,
were arraigned in the Tombs police our
yesterday before Magistrate Steinert on
a charge OF illegal registration. They
were arrested by deputy superintendent
Of election.
The lads told the Magistrate that they
work in the stable and get SO a week.
The wife Of the boss kept 81 of that sum
for their board and allowed them to sleep
in the haymow. They were short of money
and they say a man told them he knew
a man who would give them s. each II they
would register and vote for W. r. Hearst.
You are both big enough to say you
are twenty-one and il will be all right"
they say he told them. They agreed, and
bot h registered in the Fifth Election dis
trict OF the Sixth Assembly district, Of which
Deputy Sheriff Max Altman and City Cham
berlain Patrick Keenan, are respectively
captain and leader.
The boys did not know exactly what to
do when they got into the place Of registra-
ton, and when the enrolment blanks were
handed to them they supposed they we're
expected to vote. They tried to figure
out the puzzle, and finally solved II to their
across the face Of the blank.
i voat for misser hurst" wrote Mo =
kowitz.
Il vote for w. r. Herst for goviner,"
was the way Yusen Endorsed his.
They were held for the Grand Jury in
81 900 each. Not even a politician ap-
peared to defend them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
NON-UNION SONG ron HEARSr.
Charged That Ills Campaign Music Makers
Haven't the Necessary Label.


Haven't the Necessary Label.
1t was charged yesterday by the Actors
National Protective Union, which supplies
MO singers TO entertainments, that all
the singers at the Hearst labor ~demonstra-
ton on Thursday evening were n~on-union
except one man.. President DeVaux of the
Actors Protective Union will probably
bring up the matter before the unions.
AN the women singers we're n~on-union, y
he said, and | assert that there has not been
a union singer in all the meetings Of the
Independence League clubs, in the entire
campaign. and there were hundreds of cases
in which professional singers were EN-
ployed at these meetings. If Mr.. Hearst
ia a friend of the unions surely everyt hing
should he union at his campaign meetings. -
IL was asserted yesterday hat though
the Rockmen and Excavators' Union has
a membership of 25,OOO. not more than
about two hundred of its members were in
the parade on Thursday night. There was
about the same proportion as to member
ship in a number of the other unions which
were supposed to be in line.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
CRIES or "HANG BIOS RUEF~
San Francisco Graft Fight Growing In IN
IensiIy Police Attack Citizens

san FRANCISCO tsrnt Fight GrOWInS IN tu-
IensiIy Police Attack Citizens
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2e, District At
torney Langdon and bis assistant. Francis
]. Haney, to-day scored m in the battle
against local grafters. They got from
Judge Seawell OF the Superior Court an
order restraining Ruef from seizing the Dis
trict Attorneys office.
The complaint declares fatty that Ruef
and the acting Mayor and Supervisors
control the police department and threaten
to eject the plaintiff and seize his books
and records.
II asserts that each and everv one Of the
defendants has beer guilty Of felonies and
took the action solely to defeat the ends Of
Justice and escape punishment.
After this order II was supposed that Ruef
would not nave the hardihood 70 appear
at the drawing for members Of the Grand
Jury this afternoon. Rut he had his bench
men crowd the court room and when 200
business and professional men appeared
the police under instructions threw out
the citizens, among whom was Rudolph
spreckels, who is prominent in the effort u
prosecute the grafters.,
Another Of the men thrown out by the
police was DR.. ~Shadworth y. Beaseley. pro-
lessor OF anatomy at Cooper Medical College.
Il took six policemen to eject the doctor,
for he is a fighter.
Or the sidewalk he h%arangued the crowd
and declared that Ruef should be killed.
When Ruef came out DIR. Beaseley made
a rush for the boss. and only the quickness
OF the police "A ed RueG Bcaselev fought
the police and cursed Ruef. The boss
turned pale and was visiblY disturbed over
= - IT..
Ruef should be hanged to the nearest
lampDost.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
UNLICENSED DENTIST.
cavity Fined Once. Post Is Again Arrested
on Won MS Charge.

Frank Z. Post, 20 years Of age, Of 2I9
Fast Eighty-first street, was arraigned
before Magistrate Whitman in the Essex
Market police court yesterday, charged
with practising dentistry without a license.
The complainant was Miss Belle Como,
an agent for the New York State Dental
Society. Miss Como stated that Post
had an Office at 42O Grand street and that
he had treated a number Of East Side women.
one of whom made a corrobOrating AFFIDAVIT.
Miss Como did not visit Posts office in
person, as she had already once caused
his arrest and conviction. For that offence
Post was fined $3.50, the heaviest fine ever
imposed in the State for such an offence.
Magistrate Whitman held him in $500 for
a further hearing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
ELEVEN ESCAPE FROM JAIL.
Governor n warriors OVerpOwered and
Locked Up-SIx RecapIured.

Special CaNs DespatcA 10 THE SUN.
LONDON, Oct. 20.-When a warder in the
Jail at Gloucester noticed that the light
was out in n Of the cells between 3 and 0
o'clock last evening he incautiously opened
the door Of the cell and a convict sprang
upon him and knocked him down, rendering
him unconscious. The convict then seized
the warder's keys and released ten con-
victs from their cells.
b governor Of the jail was aroused by
the tumult and hurried to the spot. But
the convicts seized him and threw him into
a cell with the unconscious warder and
locked them in.
The freed convicts then hurried to the
main entrance, overthrow a warder who
tried to stop them there and stripped him
OF his keys and money.
Five succeeded in escaping, the others
being seized. The five rushed 10 the bank
Of the River Severn IND demanded of a
boatman that he row them across. He
refused, and they then left the river and
fed into the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
UTES AGAIN ON THE MOVE.
Said 10 BE Going TO Induce the Cheyennes
to Join In n Raid.

SHERIDAN, Wyo., Oct. 2o.-Word comes
that the Utes are. now moving northwest,
toward the northern Cheyennes, whose
reservation lies fifty miles east of Fort
Custer, Mon.
II il said their purpose is to induce the
~Cheyennes to join them in some kind of a
raid.
Last night 10000 rounds of ammunition
was shipped from Fort Mackenzie to Major
Grierson, in command of the Tenth Cavalry.
He left Gillette to-day to GO by rail to
Arvada, within fifty miles of the Utes.
Col. Rogers, in command Of the Sixth
Cavalry. has not been heard from since
leaving Fort Meade. 1t is expected that on
Sunday the two commands, comprising
about 500 men, besides officers, will reach
the Indians.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
G. HAMPTON A SUICIDE.
KILLS HIMSELF AND A WOMAN
IN THE HOTEL GRIFFOU.
was Assistant Secretary % the United
States Trust COmpsny-SaId by Friends
10 Have Been IrresDOnsIble--suIclde
Had Nothing TO do with the Company.

States Trust COmDany-SaId by Friends
10 Have been IrresDOnslbIe-SuIcide
Had Nothing 10 De with the Company.
A man who, without doubt, was Louis q.
States Trust G. Company, IS Wall street,
killed a woman companion and killed
himself at the Hotel Grifou, 10 West Ninth
street. While he had registered at the hotel
as Mr.. and Mrs. Sinclair Of Burlington, Vt,
letters proving him TO be Louis Hampton
were found when Coroner Shrady investi-
gated the case early this morning. Mr..
Hampton has been living during the sum-
mer at Highlands, N. Y.
Henry l.. Thornell. who until this spring
was secretary OF the trust company, said
early this morning at the Hotel Hawthorne.
20 West F%orty-ninth street. that the dead
man was undoubtedly Mr.. Hampton. He
said he was positive that Mr.. Hampton's
act had absolutel y nothing to do with the
bank.
"Mr. Hampton suffered a stroke OF nerv-
ous prostration some years ago and had been
irresponsible at times since then " said Mr.,
Thornell. IL believe that was the cause
of his act"
Investigation by Coroner Shrady Of the
lead woman's effects led him to believe
that sh e was Victoria Taczau. A bank
bood on the Greenwich Savings Bank bore
that name. Her carriers had the initial IT"
Mr.. Hampton hada wife and two children
at Highlands. The dead woman appeared
to be about Is years old. although he was
really upward Of 30.
Manager Grinou said that Hampton ha d
been at the hotel before with the same
Woman In his po%Cketbook were receipts
from various hotels, among them the Chel-
sea, in West Tw~enty-third street.
A letter signed Lucas" was found in the
dead mans pocket. 1t said that an expert
was examining the books. of the United
States Trust Company and intended TO keep
at it for a month.
A rent receipt was found in the woman's
possession showing hat she had lived on
the second floor at II West Sixty-thlrd
street. Her handbook indicated that she
had drawn $500 Yesterday. There was a
balance Of $3.50 in it.
The woman was lying across the bed with
a bullet through her heart and the man
was stretched on the Dol in front OF the
dresser with a bullet hole in his mouth. A
revolver with two empty chambers was
in his right hand and his hat was crumpled
in his left. On the dresser was a full bottle
Of laudanum.
Manager Grihou said that the man went to
the hotel Thursday afternoon and arranged
for a room. They appeared yesterday
morning, the husband carrying a small
grip. They had their meals in heir room,
and but for a few minutes that the woman
was walking outdoors in the afternoon,
they stuck to their room all day
The chambermaid, Annie Holman. was
told to call them at 1890 O'Clock last night,
as they wanted to take a train for Burling-
ton. She couldn't secure a response when
she raped on the door. and the police of
the Mercer street station were summoned.
The bodies were then found.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
tn KET AGENT HELD UP.
Gagged and Bound and Al the Money in
HIs Possession TAKEN.

BUFFALO, Oct. 26.-Two masked men
armed with revolvers, held up Alexander
Goetzman, ticket agent for the Interna-
tional Railway Company, in his Office in
Lasalle at 10 O'Clock last night. Goetz-
man ia a cripple and was bound n gagged
by the robbers, who took all the money.
about SO, from the cash drawer and re-
NAMED with their prisoner until 1 O'Clock
this morning. Goetzman wa found in
a semi-conscious condition seven hours
later.
At 3 O'Clock this morning James Dolan
Of Rochester was held up in this city by
men answering TO the description given
by Goetzman. Dolan had just stepped
from a train at the Central station and
was walking along Exchange street. The
holdup was witnessed by two detectives,
who chased the ~highwaymen and fired
several shots at them, but the crooks got
away.