The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-09-01

conviction and legal proofs are Tar apart; 80 ne
bided his time. ois m4a, r Af}bNl
XSs,s not s ssSans stranger said the hos
smile. 9e jtato
"Well, by God, when set EN- up every one
drinks or settles with me-"
In a fash It looked like trough house," but just
then clatter was heard outside and an overland
caravan pulled In, putting aa end TO the impehd
Ing trouble The Hembefs 6f the caravan fled
Into the saloon and were soon washing down the
Nebraska dirt with blue Ruin" whisky. Cheney
and his companions slipped out and shortly AFTER
wards retired for the night They We're qhaftered
In one room In the guhh6%ef hotel Their bed
was q pallet on the floor For awhile they talked
over plans Tor the morrow when they would hunt
up Lem Stockham the sheriff, and prepare to get
the gang and finally tired nature asserted itself
but Guthrie was Uneasy and restless. He lay
awake for some time listening to the sounds Of the
crowd outside. Occasionally there was shot or
two, yell, ribald song, and so the night wore
on. 1t was quite warm and after tossing about for
He was gone quite awhile and walked down by the
Sycamore creek. Finding an Inviting. spot he took
plunge, and Just as the ffst rays OF dawn came
up over the horizon he started back to town. Ire
had been out about two miles and It was quite
light when he turned the Hill and loeked down the
street. He was surprised I'd see large crowd of
men standing around the door of the hotel and in
second scented trouble. He had seen mobs be-
lore ana knew this one was bent on mischief.
Guthrie was believer in lunches" and some.
thing told him this mob had something to do with
Cheney and their work. He made his way eau
Aously through the crowd keeping his eyes and
ears open and his mouth shut.
He learned that the caravan which stouped
there for the night was from Cincinnati and ohio
river towns. One OF the members, boy 20 years
DID, had about $1,000 strapped In his money belt on
"a a-AAk n ...-AaA
the edge OF the town and the boy had ieit his
bucolio friends after midnight to 60 to camp En
route he had been waSlald and half killed. When
ne recovered consciousness his money was GoAe
and ne staggered back to town. His head was
pretty badly battered up and when he half fell into
the saloon where his companions were making a
night OF II, he wasn't very pleasant picture to
behold. ~
In broken accents he told of the robbery, how
TWO men had held him up, robbed him OF his
money and then beaten him, supposedly, to death,
But LIE Is very tenacious, especially In 10 year oid
youths. ~ ''"' 0'u
A glass OF liquor revived him a little more.
HOW many men, you say?" asked his wagon
boss. -' ""eon
Two are all saw" faltered the boy. The do.
soription ne gave was meager.
Buck Ewing and few OF b,s frlesas ,,.tonoa
and the one who had wanted every one 70 Tr,nS
WIN MIN early In the evening snarled out: "Tll
pet IL was that chap who wouldn't drink with mo
h ne ana his partner left early in the evening" and
MS oeruddied brain forgot there were three IN
good thing. ~A ''uu'f was
In times ike those just recorded reason IA mama
20 give way to desire for revenge, or lepaS iaw
Ster was mighty little In those DAYS, Lem .sm
SStock s, the sheriff, was away and so the mob
S ar ,u,l sway All this time Cheney and Lonergan
were peacefully sleeping and Guthrie was tryi"u
10 walk on his restlessness "'i"s
a announcer round OF drinks was served ora .ho,.
the mob was ready for any devilment nu p nnen
Snnm anu his party and the wagon boss led tSe
could you recognize the two men who ,,u.uos
YOU %vo. asked Ewing Of the boy '''eee 81
The S .a ! .ntn s l could" the Lad replied.
1 AZ Gay light they reached the sunower ps Sos1
Hneney and Lonergan must have been s,oau'nl.
AM, 1saa men not to have been awakened hnt ing
nrst thing they knew their door was throw Uuo ene
shooters Doned looking 90 down the uzzes Of six
was. was magnificent; SO was Lonergans Us nerve
r. ~ hs sH learned when man has the drop on %e"
40 Is oetter to submit and play for time p on you
Get up, grOwled Ewing A0'