The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-11-24

had good Moe house am big sta
Bile. The gate was op n am we rode
into ths boss lot. We had rcaroeiy
got inside dll fium the Ikab'e THAR
was abou, twclve or f!fvm hhcrs
fired in our direction. Shore 'nDugai
the whole garg was .har'. Whbn ne
shootin' comm snced ccupie o. m N
show d themselves at the house an
darhcd back inside. They 'xpecoed
we'd git cut o. tn ne II We was snot
at s'poss. hut we didn't All thdr
sho:s wsnt high. Over our heads
Didn't hit nobody. We all fell offn
our HOSES as soon as We was hneu
at. Port am Steve an Caprn jess
all yelhed out to say with 'em. We
had en- an Port he shet the gaze
Surraund' the stable, so They can't
git away was the mex ord'sr and we
starred TO do IT,. They commenced
shootin' at US agin an come so
oloat some of had to look for
somsthin to hide benin.
VIE omcmenced to shoot back but
morn half our guns was WEI an
wouldn't go off. A fcller showed his
self undsr the shed an blazed away
at us. Bill KIink drawed a bad an
fired. He throwed up his hans an
wsnt down. He fell clost to the
door an another feller started out to
help him. A rife cracked AM he fell
crost the door sill. Jest here Ash
ford Woodward an one or two more
started for the stable. They was
tole not to try it. They hardly start
ID till a shot frlm the sable killed
Ashford. The others took kiver.
We KEEP working gradual like so
as to surroun' 'em an kep cut off
an holed up in the sable till we
couud git more msn there. Then we
tended ii stick fire to the stable an
rcass EN- out and git the whole gang
This was what Capt'n jess was gig
germ on we found out aftwards. Port
but got mi good humor with him af-
we, had worked roun' 'txix the s.a-
bic an the house. They rad took XII
yer blind a big pile o. wood, an was
watchtn' the stable all the timh i
had drappsd down benin a stump O
little piece away and was tryin' to
pick some powder into my Gle gun.
1t had got wet an wouldn't go off.
bust ID three or four caps dryin' it.
Port 1t seems, seed one o. tihdm
thru a crack in the stable. We had
forgot about them fellHrs we had saed
run into the house when 1e first
come up. He rssted his rifle ON the
wood pile an aimed The cap busted
but it didn't go OFF. He drapped
dawn, put on another cap am started
20 aim agin. Jest THEN a falaer firad
from behind a big gate post at the
yard gate Jest bshind him. looked
up jest then. / knowad from the way
Port jumped he was hit. He turned
aroun' an started right ait the faller
behdn' the gate psto. / saw tine fell
Ter but my gun wouldn't go off. He
made as If he was goin' TO Shoot
Port once or twics agin. BUT ever
lime he showed his head he saw
Port lookin' thru she sights of his
rifle right at him an comm right
on to him. Port was about three
steps away I reckon, am the man
says "I'll surrender il You won't kill
me" Post says throw what you've
got over the fence then, an come
out holdin' up both hams am | won't
hurt you. He don it. In other two
men with Port had ben watchLn'
that direction too with their rifles
ready. Ths man turned over two pis-
tolls an carbins. Another ONE Of
'em bshind the fence called out 81
want TO surrender too" Port saws
come out thsn holdins up your hams
an he did. We foun' put afuatKhrds
that Ports rifle was wet jest hike
SONS o. the reat. He nsNar did cit
The load out o. it till the stuck 1t
N the fra after he got hOms. L
was a Little mad at Port at that time,
)u go in a good humsr with him af-
er that The feller's bullet struck
him on thu shoulder, tore off a Shout
tr strap, dug UP THE hide, an cut
nim a considsr'bls cash in the neck.
He wasn't hurt much. John Soown
was hit once. He got a prskty good
'catrch but wasn't hunt much eth a.
Ashford Woodward was the only one
If US that was killed
Our men had worked anoun' by this
lime an had 'em cut off. Capt'n
Jest then a rifle cracked am hs went
HE IiUrmore boys. Cap'n Vickens
'sckon guessed what we was up 20
ln' didn't 'tand to be ketched In no
'ich trap Thsg had stopped shoot
m at MS and we could hear sorne-
hin gofn' en- in the stable. Some
II us though. thy was 6ixIsn' Ito sur-