The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-10-05
cAApTER XIV.


A Race 10 the Swift.
Since Sheriff Harding bad lef. his
offsee in the county tasi and had res,v
h0tns 30 bis ranch ou the north s.it
~ the river Sanr hours earlier, not d
It'll. precious time was consumed III
bunting hlm Up, beyond this there
was another delay IN securing the dep
a,y Nhsn StaFhurk's car came TO a
stand for second time before the
taesafronting entrance Of the court
house. Smith came quickly across the
walk from the portal
!. AZ uassts9g-Sl ~ ss@sHai ussnsaII,ss
Judge Warner has gone home and he
has made ine his messenger There ~
d ftt Hr sharp work III te' Sidne, And
yun'tl heed Strong POSSE Can you
dcpuike fifteen or twenty good men
shn can be- depended upon Ia fght
aad reaiexyous them Oh the nerth
side river road In two hours from
nowY'
The sheriff. big. bearded man who
talght have sat for the model OF one
of Frederic RemIngton's frontiersmrn.
took time to consider, IS u u scrap
he asked.
1T IL likely 10 b.. There arr war.
rants to be served. and there will
most probably be resistance. Your
pass. should b. well armed"
wen try for IT," was tae decision-
"on the north.sidc river road. y"u
says You'ii want us tnountedy'
~ will be better to take herSss. We
could get autos. but Judge Warner
agrees with the that the thing had
better he done quietly and without
making too much Of = stir In town"
"All right" said the man Of the
law. TT that ally'
"Na. not quite al. The nrxt Of the
warrants 10 tn b served here In Brrw-
strr--upon Mr.. Crawford Stanton,
Your deputy will probably md him at
the Hophra House. Here IL the paper !:
Il IL \ bench warrant Of commitment
on charge Of conspiracy, and Stan
tpn II TO be lorked up. Also you are
to see to II that ynr Jail telephone
IL ~. Of order. - that Stanton wont
be able 10 make any attempt 10 Get =
hearing and hail before tomorrow :"
THAT part Of II Ia mighty risky"
srid Harding. -n~s the Judge know
about that. tooY'
"tle does; and for the ends Of rur~
t-rvt.r-s ~ s~~+~%s With u,>-~thcuxh.
Of cous. he c,uldnV Ssvr . manda-
tory order"
The sheriff turn~i 10 his tail dep
MY, who had Descended trn,n the
rumble seat In the rear,
you've heard the dope Jimmie"
he said shortly. 60 and xvt His
Snhw and m4A h.us up. And r. he
wants To b. yelling Help and send
lww -trr bis la~y~r <ss s.ssaehsty ~hy.
the Telephones takia' lay-on,
Sayvy~'
The deputy nodded and turned uIs,n
hls heel. stuff'as the warrant ser Stan.
toas arrest toto his pocket as be
went Smith swung IN beside star
buck, saying: ia couple Of hours,
then, NJ. Harding; somewhere near
she bridge approach on the Other side
II the river"
Starhqrk had started the motor an''
Mas hendlns tosvar,! 10 adjust the oh
feed wAea the sheriff lee. them.
You seem Ia hase made ten
strike with judge Warner" 'he ex'
tnnpuncher remarked. rvplscing tho
riash-iamp In it's scat reckct
"Ju,sc Warner IL man In every
'aeh %, him. bot there is something
behind this nights work that | don't
quite understand" wss the quick ~
ply \ bad hardly begun 10 state ,hs
case when the Judge intercepted rSe>
1 knaw BE- said. I have been walt
'rg or ven p~NG9r 10 coFae aud sss
ter r-lset What 90 you make at
that Rlty~
x anat know. nnies< ssEnesnr In
Stantoas eg,a, hrs welshed- Shaw
asiShg have ,!,,Dc Il. lie has s~-~a ta
ls'h Stsl'tnss asa StillinS> says he Ia
SIRE at Sssatou 'aT s.anse rssSna Sasw
WAS s-ySRS e. -, Stiiilrgs TO aSrre 10
arrp the nl(road case assinst him,
ard RIB says be made SOME vague
pr>'r,lse NJ helr In th- II "a i4ae hasi.
at'>s II the railroad pccNle woala
q <~,>c aet 20 prysSsNGte
There Ia s ssryNw l,~sss somewhere.
I Know by the way suaS~ Warner
t,~,k bold whsfa pyssf~a>.Nj ta swear
nat the wsrrsst far Stan,on's sTrrSs.
tg Said I can't understand Mr.
Sasl;a vhy yea havvR't ,ioae this b.
fare and DC sat tcwa and a,lesi pus
'ae blank. Bet we can let that 40 scv
he Nre>sat. How sse yoS giving ~
set a3e acrcss The river wi'Asszs TAX
sag me thrvaSh ta~ h+'art Of the town
aad g:vias ~ BrvwS.sx pOilce . ssy
at ps!