Cañon City record., 1910-06-02
Jibley's Car
From Tuesdays Daily.
(BY H. N. BEECHER)

attached to his car sometimes" said
Mr.. Sibley, better known as just
''Sib," who drives the new state car
for Warden lyman. I'VE get to like
her much as one does a horse, or
something that really lives and
shares our troubles, when trouble
comes, or we think that it does,
which is just as bad for the time we
think it.
"A really good car comes right
out and shows her good points when
fellow is up against it hard, as we
boys are SO many times, and on short
notice too-just as mine did that
Monday night at the time of the
prison outbreak when the cons tried
to blow up the penitentiary
81 was up town at the time when
1 heard the shots, then word came
over the phone that the prisoners in
cell house No. l were loose. OF course
/ knew what that meant and that
my place was at the prison ready for
orders from the warden and his Of
ficers. So | did not wait to be called
but turned her loose at once and let
her spin, and she stretched out her
long old body like race horse com
ing first under the wire.
Just before we reached the front
about the prison doors, a big crowd
of men, looked like prison clothes
too, most of them, and I could see
also, half hidden by the shadow of
the high walls, numerous rifle bar
rels. I guess they must have looked
about a dozen times as many as
there really were, for I thought all
of the time that they were in the
hands of the escaped cons who had
broken into the prison armory and
taken our guns. I tell you Sib felt
pretty funny just then. No I did
not turn back, a fellow don't like to
do that, though l did not feel a bit
good about going into that bunch of
cons-as | supposed 1t was-for
they all know me and do not love me
any too we'll, for have given too
much quick service with the car to
NOIh lDdl anu
getaways, as they are always at
tempting to do. 1 also helped to
capture Miller when he made his
break year ago. And say, speak
ing of those holes in his and John
sons heads. speaks well for the
new Winchester sawed off. repeat
ing shot guns that the new warden
has just got for his guards, they GER
tainly did the work last niht and
saved prison outbreak. But as I
was saying, the cons don't like me
nor the car, SO | made up my mind
to just push her through the bunch
let come what might.
May be 1 was foolish. but the new
car was all right. My. but she
worked lovely, spoke right up and
hummed as smooth as the Burling-
ton special clips over the rails out |
of Denver. 1 turned on all the juice
and let her out for every spark that
she had in her. headed right for the
crowd of supposed convicts. / knew
We would make stirring time in
that crowd even II we did get a bull
let in our back for our trouble. II
was then that she behaved so fine.
seemed to know that was scared to
death, and also talked to me. every
throb of her perfect engine helped
to keep my hair down, as she tip
toed on her tires and went her speed
limit
Close down the line we came, 1t
seemed very long to me Just then,
though IL was only few seconds,
had my eyes so fixed on her motion
/ scarcely saw the crowd, expecting
every minute to hear bullet come
our way-myl but she was purring
now. Then we reached the curbing
and saw-just a lot of armed citizens
of good old Canon City ready for any
emergency that might come, from
within the prison walls-or out,
from the looks on their faces.
Well, I had pretty hard work to
slow her down without taking some
of the crowd, and 1t makes me
shiver yet to think of IT. when / saw
them scatter-and the car knew too.
yes she did, for she seemed to slow
down all of her own accord without
any asking, and better than could
have worked her, 10 save my soul,
from Gripping lot of men.
Yes sir, this ca viii seem better
than ever to me now, for though
there was no real danger, l thought
there was, and so did our big new