The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-12-06

where, at another house, occupied by
an old lady and gentleman Miss Con.
ways house, | got another good feed
This was, | think on Saturday night,
Nov. II. | was then so weak from lack
of food that could hardly stand, and
was ready to risk anything for a meal.
| went back there the next night, but
couldn't get in.
after that continued north through
several towns, including Lincolnville
and Searsmont. In this latter place |
got my first horse. They say l stole a
great many horses, but | only took two,
this one in Searsmont, and one on Mon
day night, down the river here piece
(Prospect). | drove right through Bel
fast late at night or early in the morn
ing, l don't know which, only it was
very dark l met no one. This first
horse was fine roadster-he would go
right along at good clip without the
whip touching him.
eyes. | did drive into blind woods
road in the town of Monroe, they tell
me it was, although at the time didn't
know where | was. l went in there for
several reasons. l wanted to get out of
sight for while and have time to rest
a bit and cook little raw food had.
Had all gone we'll intended to come
out that night and keep on going. With
that rig and gun | would have got out
of the State all right. But someone
saw the smoke of my fire and then
found the wagon tracks, and l hadn't
been there a great while when | heard
someone come crashing through the
woods road. H was making so much
noise that could hear him long way
off WE'LL | got out of there in hurry,
and left the rig and all my kit behind
me. Yes, the copy of Kipling's Amer
lean Notes was mine-or, at least, it
was copy that l had picked up some
where. | left that, too.
"No, those people who say they saw
me on top of Twombly Mountain, as
they call it, are away off. l didn't go
up the mountain at adjust skirted
around it. In fact, l went around
twice, and was travelling in circles
around that woods for some time.
"No-I didn't hide. in any barn in
Monroe. That's one of the foolishest
things have heard yet. Neither did |
| try to steal a steal horse from Mr..
Bowden of that town. don't know of
any such man. No, l never was at
the Monroe fair in my life and SO could
not have been refused permission to
run game there. That is all fake.
No, you can put it down as fact that
| never tried to steal a horse in Mon
roe, and also that no one chased me
and fired at me. If any shots were fired
| it must have been at someone else.
Eyes, it was a pretty hot hunt down
there in Monroe, and some of the
things that happened were funny
enough to make man laugh-lf he
was not starving to death. But | got
away from there all right, and took a
course back about south. No, | didn't
steal any pot of beans in Prospect, nor
any axe or blanket. l did get a horse
and wagon there, the second enc | had,
on Monday night.
did | see any of the men after me
out in Monroe2 Oh, yes, saw lots Of
/ them. The woods were full of them.
| Why, once or twice some of them came
SO close to me that l could have hit
| them with a stone.
Yes, got horse, pretty fair one
an old grey mare, at house in Pros.
pect Monday night; also got coat and
overalls, and cold lunch. | drove
north, through several towns, knowing
that | was not far from Bangor, and
long before daylight Tuesday morning
| could see the lights of the city. l
made up my mind to make a bold front,
and drive right through the city. The
wagon was such as all farmers
hereabout use for marketing produce,
and 1 thought that if drove right into
the city | would be taken for farmer
No one was looking for Mr.. Francis to
come to town that way. / drove right
up long street overlooking the river
! Main street. and down another street
to the right, to big railroad station
(M. c. west side.) Then 1 saw that l
was off the track, so 1 followed up a
street by the Wharves Front street) to
near where switch house stood with
lights on it foot of Union street.F Up
| that street brought me to the business
part and | drove right down a street
! (Maln) to square. | saw a policeman
/ standing in a doorway, but he paid no
attention to me. There was no reason
why he should. l understand you have
! lots OF farmers in here early in the
morning. Well, | must have looked
like one.
"Where next? Well, l kept on in
nearly a straight line, following a
double line of car tracks, and into an
other square EAST Market), and then
out long street past a church with
park in front of it Centre street.) l
kept on quite a piece out into the
suburbs, when met a man driving in
who looked at me pretty sharp. got
it into my head that he might give an
alarm, so l set the horse loose and
started on foot down toward a stream
and got to another road VALLEY ave-
nue.) There, at the end of bridge,
was a little stable, and l went in, to
rest and keep out of sight for the day"
''Did anyone disturb you while
there?"
"Well, man came in twice and fed
the horses, but I was hidden, and he
didn't see me. That night, at about
half past eight, l started out again,
and walked out the road the stable was
on, and over bridge to another road,
which followed till it brought me to
the railroad track. I saw q station
there, with light in it, and 1 kept on
going, about three miles up the track,
past another station, to the place where
was cornered. l went into a barn
and lay down in the hay, and not long
afterWard some men came in. One of
them saw me, and said "Hello." l
passed the time of day with him, and
asked if there was any chance of get
ting job around there. He said man
named Moore was hiring men for the
woods. I then asked about the chances
of feed, and he said he guessed the
| wOmau nf the hOuso widow named