The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-08
AS HORSE THIEVES
JOKER HAD TWO OF HIS FRIENDS
ARRESTED.
Prank Almost Resulted in a Lynehing
and Victim Finds It Hard to
Forgive the Author Of
the Plot.

Two old college classmates met IN
indianapolis last week, says the star
of that city. One was NJ. Scott Nc
Donald of Richmond, Va, and the
other was Floyd A. Woods, an attor
ney Of Indianapolis. Ten years ago
these men were students in Wabash
college at Charlottesville.
Mcdonald is a grandson Of the late
Senator Joseph e. Mcdonald. Woods
and Mcdonald were friends for years
in indianapolis before they went tC
college.
When they met the other day Nc
Donald said: 81 have never quite for
given you, Woods, for the time you
nearly got me lynched."
And thereby hangs the tale.
In little sitting" which Mcdonald
and some of his old chums had the
other evening the story was retold
Il was only getting even for what
you did to me-" said Woods. do you
remember the night l lay in my white
little couch soundly sleeping over
there at Charlottesville and you and
some of your friends came in with a
pitcher of ice water and dashed it all
over me? Do you remember how !
ran you half a mile down the prin
cipal street attired in my night
clothes?"
Mcdonald remembered the incident
and he also remembered how Woods
got even.
A week after the ice-water incident
Mcdonald and a classmate, BraX Car
penter, started to drive from Craw
louisville to Indianapolis. They had
to pass through the village of James,
town, which they would reach about
midnight. An hour before they ar.
rived the jamestown marshal received
this telegram: IF two young men
driving a black horse come to your
town arrest them at once. Be careful
they are desperate. Horse stolen.
The telegram was signed Mark
Davis"
Il wrote that telegram and pushed
it under the operators door while he
was at supper" said Woods. 81 pushed
a quarter in with it. OF course the
operator had to send it."
when we turned up at jamestown
little after midnight" said McDon.
aid, there sat the marshal in the mid.
die Of the street with a badge on as
big as my hat. He arrested us at the
point of two big revolvers."
Mcdonald and Carpenter were kept
under arrest until late the next after.
noon. They were kept under heavy
guard as they were looked upon as
desperate men. About nine o'clock
the next morning Mcdonald had a
happy thought. He knew the Big Four
train passing east through jamestown
probably would carry some Crawfords.
vile men.
Come down to the train with me, .
he said to his guards, "and I will con.
vince you that am innocent"
When the train drew in half dozen
Charlottesville men jumped to the
platform. They had all been posted
by Woods.
ASK these men," said Mcdonald
and the marshal did so. Each man de.
clared: 81 never saw these fellows be.
fore" Late that afternoon the BOYS
were released on the strength of tele
grams from Charlottesville. Just be
fore their release an old farmer of the
locality approached Mcdonald. 81 am
deeply grieved," he said, ito find that
the grandson of my old friend, Senator
Mcdonald, would steal a horse and
then add to his crime by lying about
it,"
IF Woods lives to be thousand
years old" Mcdonald said, 81 don't
think will ever forgive him for that
trick.