The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-20

$40 900 on his head, was also brave
man with some good In his compost
tion.
Turner. after ride Of two days
with hardly minute out of the sad
die, had reached Taunton completely
tired out, faint with hunger, and in
high fever. He walked into an
eating house, called for some food,
and almost Immediately fell asleep
at the table, with his head resting on
his arms. Suddenly he was tapped
on the shoulder rather vigorously.
and, raising his head sleepily, saw
standing beside him the redoubtabie
Jesse James himself! James held a
Colt .4S in his hand, within an inch
OF Turner's temple.
Looks as II / had you right, eh,
Bud7" said James. with a grim smile.
at does look that way" was the
calm reply. "Well. don't prolong the
agony. Fire awayl"
James, however, could not bring
himself to kill his man in cold blood,
even though he knew full we'll that It
was to track him down that Turner
had come thus far.
II don't want to shoot you, Bud"
he said: "but l tell you this. If you
amt fifty miles from here by 6 O'Clock
tonight. the boys will have no mercy
on you"
you'd better shoot right away,
JESSE" answered Turner. 81 am
here to take you, and 1t is either that
or you take me-"
James now noticed for the first
time that bud" had left his revolv-
ers in their holsters on his saddle,
Turner being consequently unarmed.
Thereupon the outlaw put his gun
into the holster, sat down at the ta-
BILE and called for two drinks. He
solemnly touched glasses with Tur-
ner; then, rising, said: "It's pity
you amt one of us, Budl Just sit
where you are for five minutes, until
I get to my horse" Backing to the
door he smiled and called out, "The
next time. suppose, we'll both
shoot, eh?"
"Both," answered the sheriff, la.
conically.
James then disappeared
Turner ate his meal quietly, con-
vinced that sooner or later he would
catch his man. This once, however,
he was wrong, for Jesse James was
brutally murdered-shot in the back,
some time later, by Bob" Ford, one
of his own men. Curiously enough,
however, 1t was "Bud" Turner who
avenged his death by capturing Ford
and delivering him up to the authori-
ties. Previous to Jesse James death
in q fight between bud" Turner's
posse and the James gang sixteen
men were killed, but both the
Jameses-Jesse and dFrank-escaped
During the next few years Turner
killed-by actual Government statis-
tics-seventeen men, including such
famous bad characters as "Kid"
Henderson, "Bob" Aiken, Dick Cole,
and another "Wild West" celebrity,
"Tim" King.
After Turner's right arm was am
putated-the result of knife wound
given him by the famous Calamity
Jane" who, in an endeavor to pro-
tect a man whom Turner had arrest
ed, attacked him with q bowie knife
the veteran sheriff retired, hoping
to live quiet life in his native State.
But it was not to be. Walking down
the street one day, "Bud" was at
tackled by the brother of a desperate
whom he had. killed, and in self-de-
tense shot and killed this man also.
Then, for the first time in his life,
bud" was brought to trial, but was
acquitted.
When King Edward, as Prince of
Wales, visited the United States,
Bud" was one of the party-which
included such other notables as
"Texas' Bill and Sam Kellogg-who
actedaas guides to the Prince on sew
eral of his hunting expeditions.
Bud" died very peacefully, leav-
ing two stalwart sons to carry on his
work. Both of them, as might per-
haps have been expected, are deputy
sheriffs in the State of Missouri, U.
s. A., where, in the bad old days,
their father earned his grim sobri-
quet of americas champion man.
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