The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-20

that were selected and Kept up for the
convenience of the gang, and were
used as rendezvous and hiding places
when we were pursued by tho officers.
We had to be careful, as We knew that
there wns Il posse on the lookout try.
ing to hit the trail of the men that
were concerned in the Revuelto hold
mp, so we stayed under cover at Camp
No. Q until il o'clock the next night.
Then we saddled up the horses and
started out for McAdam Is ranch, az
irving there at 3 a. m.
"Cools was our leader. and VIC did
whatever he ordered We remained
at the McAdams ranch that night, no
one keeping guard, as we felt safe
there at night. ] awolte about sun-up
and reused up the rest of tho boys.
| Cook put lsbell and myself on guard
with our rifles ! went up on the ridge,
some 200 yards from the house, and
Isbell went In tho opposite direction
about the same distance. Our instruc-
| tions were if we saw anyone coming to
run TO the house and give the alarm.
| We kept on guard about an hour, then
went to the house and TO bed. Haw.
kins and Cook stood guard the rest of
went on for a short time
! AS soon as it got dark we started
on McAdams did not 90 with us, and
as he said nothing about the Revuelto
hold-up we did not believe he had
heard about 1t, or imagined that we
were going TO do any more work Of the
kind. We drove about 25 miles TO Tu
cumcari, did not stop there, bat went
on TO the Essary ranch, which we
reached about II clock We then
went on TO GTcer's ranch, three miles
west from Tucumcari. Greer is Haw-
ljns' father-in-law, and his wife lives
with them, We had lunch there and
remained until . a. M, when we left
and rode i'm a westerly direction along
the Rock Island railroad. just after
sun-up we reached the top of the hill
which overlooks Palomas. We stayed |
there all that day, as VIC were doing
most OF our travelling Mt night when
there was not liable 10 be so much
danger Of being recognized. After sun
down we rode off the mountain and
went down TO n dug0ut, where Cook
had horse feed stored, and then on TO
Il Mexican S house, where we mado him
put mp supper. We rode fast all night
and before the dav broke stopped in a
canyou where we built fire and went
TO sleep. We slept only until the sun
was well up and then mounted hill
where we could observe the horizon IN
all directions, aud remained there until
3 o'clock in tho afternoon. We got
supper at n Mexican sheep camp. rode
north for half mile and then decided
TO go to the Luna valley, as Cook
said he thought it would be the best to
light out for n cooler climate We rode
all that night until 3 o'clock in the
morning, when we camped on the prai
rie, where we got all the cool climate
we wanted, for we almost froze to
death, the weather having turned bit
terly cold. We slept until sun-up. and
then went into camp in canyon four
miles distant. After another lunch at |
a sheep camp we rode all Of that day |
toward the southwest.
Whenever We would SEQ anyone on
the road Cook would swing around and |
would follow. On this day Cook set {
the prairie on fire, and it soon got out |
Of bounds and was roaring when we
left he did this just for fun, and
willie we were watching the flames
lcaping across the plain. Cook told US
what he figured on doing in Sumner
He said: 'That ID place has never
been stuck mp yet, and those Sumner
chaps are always Dragging about it. ,
Well, VIC II just show them what we can |
do in the way of sticking up their Jay |
town Hawkins. Neil and Potter said: !
Sure, We IL take them in. They ought |
TO get it, and get ii good, Just for blow
ing about it. IsbelI and ] didn t fancy
the notion and said so, It looked like
pretty tough proposition to talk of |
sticking up whole town. especially |
were plenty of good gun fighters And |
Sumner had name for holding a num-
Der of them. There was n hot argu-
ment, but Cook and Hawkins were
bound 10 have their way Smith sided |
In with them and Cook laughed when
Isbell and ] finally gave in and said
we were willing TO take tho chance.
Lo1l l. Ill
sary,' said Cook. with q grin that made |
him look more fiendish than ever. This
man Cook was part Indian, you know,
and / don t believe there ever was one
of the redskin race at their worst that |
could outdo him for sheer deyilishness |
once he got his mind set on doing any
thing, At four o'clock in the after
noon we were some twenty miles from
Sumner. We halted to talk things |
over, smoke n few cigarettes and ar
range our plans. Cook and Hawkins
figured out the location Of the entrance
to the store which we proposed to stick |
up. and which also contained the post
office. 1t was arranged to go into the
store two by two, while one man re-
mained outside and held the horses
Cook said that the first man that at
tempted to show fight or resist our or
ders in any way must be shot down on
the instant as that would throw q bad
scare into the rest and we probably
wouldn't have to kill more than one or
two buttors-in before the rest would be
glad to leave us alone,
"'We started for Sumner about half
past seven. It was dark then. We
drove within two miles Of the town,
when Cook and Hawkins paired us up
tho way they wanted us to ride into
the town and told us to go straight
into the store the way we were riding