The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-22
hen such exercise seemed app.opri-

The first night they camped by the
road Il mile or two from Curlew. 1t
wal q case OF camp out II you travel.
ed much ur there in those DAYS. Jake
had some ideas as to horse-fhief ac-
tivity. He figured that 1t %prospered
best at night and that it wouic be q
good scheme to watch the road as he
wen: along. just at dark 10 saw a
r!deE coming up and ilentiiel hir as
Draper. -
Hes meat, but kept still and
Ies him go by now" Jake told his men.
He wanted: Draper badly enough. but
he wanted Mcdonald worse. and took
no chances on soaring Draper back to
alarm his chief. Such precautions are
worth regarding in the man-hunting
AS soon as Draper had ridden un-
s~uspectingly past Jake jumped on his
horse barebacked. but not without a
fine. In consequence Draper elected
to come meekly into camp in prefer
ence to being brought in too defunct
to realize 1t. Jake had a taking away
about him when dealing with bad
men. He sent Draper back to Repub-
Tic with Warren, Draper riding q horse
later discovered to have been stolen
from a British Columbia owner.
That night Jake and his men, laid
out In a rafnstorm and began to back
track Draper the next day. They
found he had come down the Midway
road from the ferry and. there went
into camp for Mcdonald. The next
morning Jake sent Godfreyson across
to scout for their prey. with instruc-
couldn't make the trip because Nc
Donald knew him. He went readily
enough. however. when he heard the
signal shot.
Mcdonald had taken refuge in o
cellar at the ferry house. His horse
was tied in the brush near by. The
officers made an ambush about the
horse and waited, knowing the out
law would come to his horse II he
two hours and then Mcdonald con-
cluded the coast was clear. He sus-
pected nothing else until Jake arose
with a demand to surrender vocalized
along his rifle barrel.
Mcdonald proved as gane as his
promise in the pinch. There was
nothing more encouraging than a fu-
neral to gain by d~isregarding the drop
when Jake happened to have it. but
chance. He drew his revolver and
shot twice before Jake pulled his trig-
ger. When that happened Mcdonald
desisted because OF a bullet in his
head. The others had taken a hand
just prior to this Interruption and al
together they had somewhat Of a
heated argument while it lasted.
Mcdonald was Is yards away and
still running when he dropped. A few
hind a bank Of earth, an irritating cir
cumstance that Jake noted and ac-
cordingly shifted the sights to McDon-
Ids head. He was a methodical and
prudent sort of officer.
That incident disposed Of Mcdonald
and left Draper for further considera-
ton. The sheriff's office was now free
to devote especial attention to the
prisoners ~antecedents and local
went into close confinement under the
charge of numbering HUFF. This fall
ed to disturb him p%receptibly. Ac-
cording to his theory nobody had wit.
messed whatever happened between
them or the night a year before. and
nobody could swear how Hun died.
He simply vanished somehow and
Draper opined that it would bother
the authorities considerably to connect
him up with any such shadowy oc-
currence. -,
The sheriff hazarded the opinion
that he had something more tangible
than surmise to operate upon. Which
was comforting to- those who knew
the sheriff and wanted Huff's murder
er r. Run e. 1Mcrrb val Prosecuting At
torney then at Republic. In more re-
cent times he has had further and
more notable, experience in connec-
ton with banking trouble prosecution
at Portland this time, however. not in
the rolse of Prosecutor. Judge C. H.
Neal, who heard the case. 10 pre-
sides over the Lincoln county court.
NJ. E. Joseph, then county clerk at
Republic, is now Assistant Prosecut-
ing Attorney in Spokane. F. NJ. JEFF
frey. who defended, Draper, is now a
Seattle attorney. He got married
while the trial was in progress at Re-
public and left his bride shortly after
the ceremony to consult with his
client. The sheriff locked him in and
forgot him until 8 o'clock the next
morning. j. E.. Kellogg, assistant