The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-10-20

| ~ away tfux3 the 0UeN. while ffes
burglary was eelng cemmitted. Bal
why had u failsdf And whA, ltat
chamssrs bees sfterf
He m1as have kno~a that there wai
10 noasy IN the sAfe TIE n~us pa,
csme % Enoathly By speeiai nssses
Esr. and was haadsd oct the SAME eve
ning II would arrive ea the Mspday
Chambers could net have been afIss
sg'oii Of that kind.
Wilton lacked throagh yoe's papxrv
again. Everything seemed iatsct, and
ncthtnI had even been tsmp~red with
|; must have been tia, Chambers tvok
fright after tho murder.
Suddenly Andersen came running
across the smoking groand. followed
BY some haif-doaen u The sngsns~ss
The. foreman cane painting op 10 shs
door Of the shack.
THE Hi~n are crazy drunk. Mr.. Car
ruthess, and they're planning TO ATTACK
the office r be kasl@st Somebody .
been teliiag them the ssfrs .uil Of
money and that they're geiHg 10 be-
laid Of. because u the are
Wilton reflected q mon.cnL while
the engineers gatAcred anxioasly aboa,
bim.
~Eh~y eant erea thu aats. said
Ninon. "A, ienst. tAefes etliy ens
man can. snd hes beea al II ALREADY
M, never mind ahay | mean don't
want blooished IN op-n Il and show
u 10 them" lie turned to Que IT the
engineers Take four men with yea
aud hurry 90 the store ard see thai no
hsrui 'cot,,es 10 uiss Hcpoaatd aad
her father he ordered And take
this" be added. picklng the ryyolvcr
out II the drawer and handing il 10
him.
You'd better come too, Mr, Carru,h.
ers" the uiau suggested.
"Na, III stay here. said wliton
Hurry"
The engineer picked four men and
they hurried down the read Andersen
and two others remained with Wilton.
Hardly had the party left when The
mob came streaming cut VI the bunk.
beasss toward The of,ics. snouiing and
yelling.
Seeing the four men stsading 10 the
doorway, however. they hesitated 10
rush them. probably In the belief tina,
they were srtoed. and stood Of. cure
Ing them.
"s@ak upl" shouted Wilton. what
10 Il you men wsntr
The shouts died away to q nuitsr.
Ing. A spokesman stepped forward.
we want the money In the safe.
and ven have ~" he shouted I'VE
MI knew yoa set the ore because the
lines busted. aud you've got the safe
rhock full Of moasy. You've worked
10 like dogs all summer, and now
you're going to lay us on because the
busted Yoa'd better hand
L over"
Evidently somebody had been telling
he men that tale.
There's no monsy 10 the safe" he
-seud q dcputstion Of three
men and yea can examine H."
The Hunkisa who for the most par,
him very well. looked nj
me another uncsrtainly. They sers
- doeiie ~ lambs without leadership,
But they had . leader: the OUTLAW
rehxuay stetp<d forward OFT Ut the
'gpwd
Tome along. boys. he's fouling yonl-
% yelled. smash his head or him
live them what's coming 10 them 70
Bu, he skunk hack Into their midst
. the believing mob rushed forward
yil,oo. ne,lcsd that hs was tngsrtns
revolver In his coat rocket he wait.
u I'LL the mob VAS close upon the
hack. He had calculated that an Ia.
tant's hesitation would follow, seiEe,l
, and sprang into their midst, wrik
ng out right and le.t and Telling a
runken iabores At every blow. As
'ongusy tamhled desperately With the
r!sger VI the weapcs In his poke,
gil,en dealt him q Nra shiux blow
hs, knocked him senseless Hs
topped. took the rvve'rrr ard turned
nj faced bis assaIlsats
Nov. men," be said crtspiy. ~rv,
I'D you that you shah examine tho
m. ard III kesp my word Thrpe o,
Oh eater. Ths rvs, ~ili wal, out.
de-"
After \ pause shr~s Of the ~ork,n~n
aus forward unc~rtainIy. Wilton
'ok them inside the shact. opened the
lte door and tect Sa, the contsn.a
ackase b. package
Satisfied there's ~ E,cneyv 10
Med.
Il guess thai's So admitted the
NdsF 81 the wen. reluctantly.
Thea set out said Wilton. dr,yins
'em ssvAri the dow.
The thr~s sejsaned their eocapanlo,ss
ia. vtsA ssllsn mat,erings the woxk.
ea sar~Aed away almlessiy. and TO-
NY Unable to unite - any eurrh~ /
An for asgr~@zsen 200 that their
acss was goee. Andespeo and ens
the enxsn~rs psct~s mp Tsnxuay
VI ercuxat him .nse the shack. The
M was sti'i vaec0scsoaa Hcwsver.
allowed signs " ccrslrg Ia shcrtly.
'isies h dead sald wIlsra quietly.
Jules deadT ahoated Anasr~sn.