Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-07

 struck projecting awning hook with
 his mead. The Diow was sharp and tine end of the hook penetrated his temple. Bill sank 10 the pavement un- conscious.
 Some Of the idle Iaborers who had
 been alarmed at the shot, seeing Bill go down. came forward Bill, bleeding
 at the temple, lay while Spike, won- dering what had happened, stood by. The sheriff came up.
 There he is," said one of Seagrue's
 men, pointing to Spike. There's the man that did the shooting" The crowd worked in and the sher- if, despite Spikes protests, laid his hand on Spikes shoulder and told him that he was under arrest, turning him
 over to g deputy as he did so. with orders to search him. In a moment | they found on Spike the revolver he had taken from Bill at the courthouse. The sheriff opened the gun. It con tained five loaded shells; the sixth had
 been discharged.
 The crowd. angry at Spike, surged
 forward. the sheriff holding them back as best he could while he directed his deputy to take the prisoner away Helen and Storm, finishing their
 lunch. had gone to the courthouse and were busy with the recorder who was trying to find the missing book, when
 a clerk coming in told about the fight
 down street. and of a prisoner. named Spike. the crowd was trying to take from the sheriff.
 Storm and Helen. not waiting to pursue their search. left the room to ascertain what the disturbance was about.
 By this time the sheriff and his dep- uties had succeeded in getting Spike to the calaboose where they pushed him inside. But the crowd. now a
 mob, had followed hard on their heels.
 It was growing larger every moment and the feeling was running higher. In fact. Storm and Helen had hardly
 reached the street when they were told there was a good prospect of the city jail being raided and Spike be-
 ing dragged out and hanged to the
 first pole.
 Seagrue had sent Lug out to look
 for Bill. whose disappearance dis turbed him. And Lug. finding his part
 ner lying deserted on the sidewalk.
 tried hard to bring him around. He
 stopped a man running past and with
 his help propped Bill up.
 Helen and Storm. reaching the edge of the crowd in front of the jail, saw |, and heard enough to make them real
 ize the seriousness of the situation.
 They looked at each other
 What do you think?" asked Helen of her companion anxiously. Storm shook his head. We've got
 to get help. Helen. and get it quick"
 The only place it can come from
 is the camp. then" responded Helen
 with decision. And we must go after f it, George"
 They hastened to the station and told the story to the agent. Storm
 wrote message. directing boy to
 rush upstairs with it and get it off.
 When Rhinelander opened the tele- gram few moments later, he read:
 SPIKE, WORKING IN OUR BE-
 HALF IN TROUBLE WITH SEA-
 GRUE'S GANG. THEY ARE STORM ING JAIL TO LYNCH HIM. ON EN-
 CINE. HAVE HELP READY AS
 SOON AS WE ARRIVE-SToRM.
 Rhinelander. without loss of time.
 assembled his men. told them of the f trouble at Las Vegas and asked if they
 were willing to help rescue Spike.
 They answered with an affirmative yell and he ordered them to climb
 aboard a fiat car.
 !, In front of the jail a man was ha-
 ranguing the crowd and urging them to I get the murderer. And his listeners
 were already in a humor to rush the
 place. Within. the sheriff and his men
 were anxiously watching develop | ments.
 ! The sheriff ordered deputy to slip | quietly out the back way and get hold
 of a car. The moment the machine appeared the sheriff smuggled Spike
 cut, meaning to take him to the coun- ty jail for safe keeping. Unfortunateiy. ' an alert rioter saw the move. He
 gave the alarm.
 Befcrc Spikes captors could get | him away the crowd headed the ma
 chine off. It was then a case of any | port in a storm and the officer with
 his little party took refuge in tho city
 council chambers, handcuffing Spike
 to the flccr in order to have everyone | free to hold the rioters at bay.
 Helen and Storm had boarded a
 switch engine in the yards and run it
 down to camp where the flat car filled | with men was coupled to it and with | Rhinelander in charge. headed again Il for Las Vegas.
 The sheriff in the council chamber | found himself surrounded He went \ to the door and addressed the mob i He told them he would defend the | prisoner with his life. The officer went inside. fastening the door behind him, | and his men made a barricade of desks to protect themselves from oc-