The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-11-17

province, and an Indian named Alex.
ine was placed on guard about a mi.
west OF camp at the forks of the Pen.
ticton-Oroyiiie road, with instructions
mat II ne should see any person come
IN over the road with q gray horse ne
should 60 to camp Immediately ano
mere notify me. and that he would
iihd me In certain room, and he was
20 come to certain window 40 tba,
there would not be any question of
VINO might be coming. and at dawn
the next morning Alexine came in.
On Monday night Alexine did not
want TO go out alone and Thomas Ora.
nam went out with him. Shortly after
Aiexine and Graham left the house
Messrs. Dean and Cubbage. two pro.
vincial police. arrived from Midway
and shortly thereafter Alexine arriy.
ed at the house and reported that the
man with the gray horse had come to
camp. We were at that time under
the impression, or of the opinion. that
the horse would be cached at the
Lynch cabin, which was about a quar-
ter OF a mile west Of camp and that
Roderick would proceed along the
ridge trail to the scene Of the hold-up,
secure the cached bullion, and then
return to the cached horse, and Alex,
Inc and l were sent out to Graham.
and as understood 1t, we were to
work east toward this Lynch cabin,
Messrs. Dean and Cubbage were to
examine the road to see that this gray
morse had not passed through camp
and then work west toward this same
cabin. and IL the horse was located to
surround such horse and await the
arrival Of Roderick.
Upon locating Graham. Alexine,
Graham and l proceeded east until we
came to where the Douglas road
branched off and ran by the Lynch
cabin, there, upon our knees, with
eyes and hands, we examined the road
but could not find any trace of a
horses footprints. The question then
arose as to now we should guard this
road. the discussion being carried on
in Chinook between Graham and Alea :
inc, and 1t was decided that Alexine
could either remain there, or continue
along this road, as he desired, and II
he saw gray horse to continue to
camp and notify the constable, or II
he should met ROderick to pay no at.
tentiOn to him, but to proceed to camp
and there notify the constables and
that Graham and l would continue
along the main road, until we came tC
the east end Of the Douglas road, and
then follow that Douglas road back Ia
the Lynch cabin. The Lynch cabin was
about 300 feet north Of the main road
and the ground partially cleared be-
tween the road and the cabin. When
Graham and arrived at this opening
we heard something crashing down
between the jack pine and the under
growth. Graham stepped behind a
stump on the side of the road. l re-
mained in the road, and then proceed
ed slowly eastward along tle road.
understood that Roderick had gray
or white horse. Something came
around the curve Of the road, this af-
ter coming through the woods to the
road, while l walked slowly east along
the left, or north side Of the road.
finally saw that man was coming
leading a dark iron gray horse and
recognized that man as Roderick.
Watching him as intently as l could
under the conditions, all that could
see was a tired man leading tired
horse, the reins in one nand and the
other hanging by his side APPARENTLY
containing nothing but an empty grain
sack. kept my eye on the man units
I reached the horses neck, then turn
ed and asked: "Is that you Natt?"
Immediately the rein was dropped
the man wheeled and quickly stepped
back a couple Of steps, and l saw the
rifle barrel coming up from the
ground out Of the nand that contained
the empty sack. While this was being
done Roderick replied, Yes, and had
the rifle leveled full upon me. He did
not try to bring the rifle to his shoul-
der, but held it at or under his arm
and l could hear the click, click of the
! hammer going up. Seeing his gun sc
unexpectedly made me think OF mine
which had in a holster, attached tG
a belt. l pulled it, and In doing SC
Jumped to the left, toward the horse
party out Of range Of the rifle ano
while the revolver was yet in motor
pulled the trigger, this, with rata
ACCURACY. A full moon was riding high
| in the sky at the moment, the sky De
ing covered with large, massive roll
ing clouds, but at times 1t was as Ign
as day, and as against the dry, dust'
road-it had not rained for some tim'
the rifle barrel was as plainly Wis
ible as on q cloudy day.
"After the death OF ROderick, Geo
lB McAuley brought a certain part!
to camp who claimed to have a sKetci
lshowing where the cached bullion wal
located. but that party stated ina
Itbev were unable to locate such Dui
lion. If any one has been In camp NC
kinney during the past summer look
ling for such casled bullion, IL ma
lpossibly be some friend or the child o
Ichildren of such person. =,
| "While l never was and never I'll
claim to be a "gun man. the only wa
thai 7 could explain the deadly accu
racv with which I shot was that as
surveyor | had been used to pointin
. transit telescope at an object by Jus
looking at it, and upon setting up
hoard and Just looking at some pa,
ticular place on it found that eoI, -
| come just as close to sucn po'ns ,. :
iust shooting at it as I could VIII
careful aiming. xr,.
"The Indian Alexine that was wiz y.
go that night / understand Is now .l
uh,ef uS of the Incaneep tribe on the oKs