The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-04-18

hot pursuit OF the two misohieyous te
porters.
As the two fellow reporters came to
us, we released the horses, laid on ON
stomachs in the long grass and waited
for the onslaught. We had no lesire
to do bodily harm but felt that a little
display of real warfare would aid or
cause. Two of us whipped out our weap-
ons and when the horemen came into
view, we fired several times into the
air. Nothing could have caused greater
CONSERVATION. The valiant guards speed
lily turned front and the glistening
horsshoofs in the bright moonlight sent
us into paroxyism of laughter.
The other boys came Struggling one
by one into the rendezvous, and before
long, all were accounted for but three
These three men were lost and we con-
sidered it our duty to find them at all
cost. Two of them were suspected char
acters. That is to say, every one in
the reportorial party was of the belief
that they would, if they found the prop
er chance, get the news as early as pos
sible, wire it in to their offices, then, sat-
isfied that they had secured "scoop'
on the balance of us, would proceed to
Waukegan and leave the others to take
care of themselves. This was mere SUE.
picion, however, and would not justify
us in leaving them at the mercy of the
Zionists. For, the followers of ELI uh
were desperate that night.
Through one of the boys who came
to camp without his partner, we learn-
ed that he had gained entrance to the
meeting and would "divvy" up the GOOD
news when he succeeded in getting out
safely, which was about as difficult 4
task as getting in. The guards knew Of
the presence of an unusual number of
reporters in the city and were also a~are
of the fact that it would be fully As cf-
fective to capture man on the way
out of the meeting as it would while
he was entering. Anything, to keep the
affair out of print, was their motto.
We divided into two squads. was
appointed leader of one to attack :he
Jail, owing to previous experience that
I had had in that place. The others
agreed to lie in wait for the successful
spy, and in case of his arrest, grapple
with the guards and release him.
With my little squad of five men, we
proceeded up the south boundary line Of
the city, keeping outside the limits, rn-
til we reached the street upon which
the administration building was located
This was known as Mizpah avenue. Up
on gaining the street, we turned into
the city and stole along carefully, in
the shadow of the buildings, through
which entrance would have to be made
to get to the Jail.
1t was a serious operation, as the
building also housed the bank, Dowie's
business Office, and all of the offices of
the leaders of the place. 1t was also
made known to lis that the United
States marshal had also taken posses
sion of the building in the name of the
creditors. That made complications II
little more delicate.
The moon had descended so far into
the west that the east front of thc
building was thrown into shadow.
But we could dimly make out the form
of a man patrolling the front of the
building. We reconnoitered in the rear
of the building, endeavoring to find our
prisoners by calling him to the grated
windows, which were close to the
ground and furnished narrow beam
of light to the cells beneath But, we
found no trace of our comrades.
Then we divided and advanced, one
party around the north and the other
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