Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02
CHAPTER XIV.
The Sunday Murder.

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after crossing the Frenchman,
watch the trails from tho Goose river
and through the Mission
and intercept everybody
riding north until tho posse from
sleepy Cat or Whispering Smith
should communicate with them from
the southwest. Nino men rode in the
party that crossed tho Crawling Stone
Sunday morning at sunrise with Ed
After loavine the river the three
whitc.carpcd Saddles of the Mission
range afforded a landmark for more
than 100 miles, and toward these tho
party pressed steadily all day. The
southern pass of the Missions opens
the north slope of the range into
II pretty valley known as Mission
Springs valley, and the springs are
the hcad-waters of Deep creek. Inc
posse did not quite obey he instruc-
tons. and following a natural instinct
Of safety five Of them, after n
and his three deputies had scattered,
punched again, and st dark crossed
Deep creek at n distance below me
springs. 1t was aftcrward known that
these five men had been seen entering
the valley from the east at sundOwn
Just as four of the men they wanted
rode down South Mission pass toward
the springs. That they knew they
would soon be cut off, or must cut
their way through the line which Ed
Banks. ahead of them, was posting at
every gateway to Williams Cache, was
probably clear to them. Four men
rode that evening from Tower w
through the south pass; the fifth man
had already left the party. The four
men were headed for Williams Cache
and had reason to believe. until they
sighted Banks men, that their path
was open.
They halted to take counsel on the
suspicioua-looking posse far below
them, and while their cruelty eX-
hausted horses rested, Du Sang, al
ways in Sinclair's absence the brains
of the gang. planned the escape over
Deep creek at Bags crossing. At
dusk they divided; two me- lurking in
the brush along the creek rode as
close as they could. unobserved, to-
ward the crossing, while Du Sang and
the cowbo; Karg. known as Flat Nose.
rode down 10 Bags ranch at the foot
of the pass.
At that point Dan Baggs. an old To-
connective engineer, had taken a home
stead. got together a little bunch of
cattle, and was living alone with his
son, Il boy of ten years. II was a
hard country and too close to Will
liams Cache for comfort, but Dan got
on with everybody because the tough
est man in the Cache country could
get Il meal, a feed for his horse. and a
place 20 sleep at Bags, without
charge, when he needed it.
Ed parks. by hard riding, got to the
crossing al five o'clock. and told Baggs
OF the hc1d-up and the shooting Of
Oliver Sellers. Tho news stirred the
old engineman. and his excitement
threw him OFF his guard. Banks rode
straight On for the middle pass. leav-
ing word that two of his mel would be
along within half an hour to watch the
nanoo no,no himd a. nah. for
the crossing until more of the posse
anne up-at the least, to make sure
that nobody got any fresh horses.
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