The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-22
WILLIAM p4rTERSS

Confined From our Last Issuv
soon they heard a scramble az
a splash IN the creek Dan Sill
was coming back
Sliko Jnmmed his Winchester Int
iuc of tht empty Hcnhhnrds and M.
lied the hridis rolitH Of the hots,
uuldiuE the rcins In one hand. Doc
srlppcd "a saddle horn and pimul
uneously stuck toe In stirrup. En-
ucd then "a mighty crcak OF saddle
Gather, , snort. and Slike found
himself on his back On the groulI
Alth one foot higher than hts heal
\ riu barrel smut, him smart
lyci tho ear
when sliko emerged into the Iall
possession of hi. scnscs. he was tlr
q Disguised man boz tbs tcrritotH
loo you fool Ike admitting ,i.f
the district attorney helped 5000
urruk jail asked ntlly.
Nuthin TO say. declared D.p
Slikc, tho unropcniant
They found the body Of the msu
with hiH face in the water. silIy
dragged out the body and turned be-
on nj back
This f,licr ain Jack MURRAY
cried the p%erpicNcd MIR. VIM
IL skinny Shindle. Where's Ja,k
Murray
They left skinny shlndle lyiue
hcalde the little creek and went Goo
the other dead man beside thH
branding fire.
Billy turned the dead man fu,.
upward Tie whistlc1 Here 900
odd numhtr Thl. Teller Is Simu.l
a. s..HHs..H - F.W.a. HH. .
turc llk" To- know Why he's ridlus
Tor the T. t-'
Came then a punchcr riding 600
hlg occasions
know him. raid Dawp,r.
'mon Tommy It's me. john
DHwa3n.'
DO Johnny Tommy "a
with H straight mouth. nId ID
nan with his arms tied kri Daley
D. that Dts uamcT nsked nIlr.
fhckinE DIS thumb toward the dc. 0
man.
Jim Daley said Tommy 'D.I
sur. ! Killed him. siikc trucu.
lently fwrrcd the question.
This is sure hard ON Daley
observed Tommy n, told me 20
came north Tor his health
North
Yeah couldn't stand the cl.
mHtc IN Arizona. he said. nmpi
fled Tommy. He only Joined TN
outiit last week. let go see II {
Know the other Teller.
SURE. | know him., doclAr a
Tommy after one look at the d, ]
face. He's named BrindIol
been with the Horseshoe alpIU
Fchruary
Toward dawn mex day the hurs
showed signs OF firing Min
won { last another five miles. saui
Johnny Dawson.
They were making camp wheu
Billy stopped 10 examine "a butcher
knife taken from Siikc Hc cuusht
his breath ON the handle Of ~,
butcher knife the letters T. " w,re
cut deep into the wood
How many butcher knives iid
you take from Walton'a9" hu do-
mandcd.
one, replied sliko
Why. bells bells" acclaimed
Billy then you didn't KIN l,aa'
Tuckleton.
First knew ne was dcal
Shkc said thoughtfully "AH n
rule, don't XIII my customers
She sald he only took ono
knife, Bllly told himself stupidiy.
He was no nearer the solution ~
the Tucklcton murder. fills theory
that Slike had Killed Tuckieton WIS
smashed 10 smithereons by tho d--
covcry OF the Walton bG cher knife
In Slike's bootleg. Unless Slikc had
taken two knives but Siikc had
not taken two knives.
Early ono morning several days
later the sheriff pro tenn pf
Croker county WAS reused hy fnp-
pings on the office door shotgun
Shiilmaa did not open the front
door. He went round the back way
with his gun in his hand and. an
circling the house. he found az ihc
front door u hatloss Dan Siiko Nat
on his back In the dust. tied hand
and foot. and with q gag IN hi.
mouth.
Later In the day Guerilla Melody
called IN Nate Samson. asked the
storekeepor several apparently aim-
less questions and lcnfed thruuell
the cutlery pages OF Mates hard.
ware catalog. SIN Inter In the DIS