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Show ' 1 J " ' , rjy N vVf 'Jf ' ' '"' : " w '"--'" Kenney a "ttra -ff-4 4 ' a d a be aa an old detective. iro f "Yli-ijt V " ,nd b"n " ov'r f-tj -a i 'Ji ' 7 "r- w l"n"1 r"r I'""' arn. line " t-t1 ?'i ;, lahl.atory: U' li, 'j- ""'A "iliiliblng It" nndr tl Callahan, arl rfr'''j'f'j xrv aniiiiua fur a aliow, bee a lee I f. , ' I a a yutmg trail then One d.-if ta- '7Yy,'tl ' "' n'"n ' ,,n ,n'' "'-''a' X.J'V' y. Z XJ, Xavalla lounty. adding that live n,g - dcra had hern committed In aa tj.-n- weeka and that the aut.inrltlea hM nrTeri(1 a reward of f'-no and tona pay my atlary and erpenaea h!la I waa at wmli on the cane. B I ataned for til Tlemiio. the town In v. hn li the muidera had hut tlnna. liy putting all Hie evldenre ttiRether I aaa able In antlnfy mvaclf r dt ftillnwlng faita- Kach of the five hodha hid liecn thrown Into the river it the aurna pnltit. a ahelf of rock hlKh anovn the deep and rocky rhaam f ttii river bed; lUa flrat two had been tli'ta dliied of while the rlmr wai city, and ao their hedloa remained, mangled but rr.(orntrablc. In Hie a.ind it tie liaaa of thla preeipbe. Two of the other IkicIIcb had lrrn found lot'ged airtlrt rm-la or wtllowa lower down, having tieen carried alnnn by the i-urrent. fa", the latent vtctltit, had brn dlarovered clinging with a death grip, to a iirojixt-Ing iirojixt-Ing i act in, the feet dancltng In the water, but the head and trunk well autcf the at ream. All of the victim had been atranrera In town, the bodlea had all hri tripped of their valuablea, and tha alight evidence at hand mnvlnced ae. i f coura that each had been murdered for money. The town niarahal and tie thcrl.T, Ixith of whntn I waa aure had expended tlnlr Ikhi erfcrta, told tu tkit In a Ooublr-Ttam Buckboard. In two out ef five cnaea. In which the earpaea bad liern prnmptly found, trte of hoof prlnla. aeemliiKly of two or mora horara, were plain In the hard aa 1 about the place. There hod hern no alkn of wrimin or hiigiiy heela, anil Hie Inference waa plain that the horaea employed hud been ridden and lor driven. I worked quite awhile about the own. hoping for anme more Unifile theory upon which toenert my Ingenuity, lint w aa at laat driven hnpeleaaly be k upon the hnraeback clew. Aaaumlng tlut the flrat thing to do waa to find the horaea. 1 naturally devoted my flrat attention to the only livery atahle Id tovn. The algn over the duor wna "Dalley 4 Hiaag," but I Boon found out Hint llrwg waa the ante owner, and that Dalley had drowned blmaelf In the river ataut two mnnlha before my arrival. I told llracg that I waa an Invalid from Uie alea. and that I wanted to ride horaeha- k every clay while I waa In lil Tletgio. I had an Idea that the hmee which bad already vlalled that loneaone i k ef d';ath would. If ridden Into the neighborhood and -.e.nu4 waa wlvarw rttwn,l, ruvUIl lle Sauii'" di Hi r e nerrrvfa ;nilmeyw. To tftfp eBU t gallilieel i about evaiy day, rudlng my Irlpa near the cliff aid chinning borto'a ai open I aa Uragg'a forbidding temper would permit. By lounging aiaiut the liam I began to know moat of the horara. and one day a chance qutdlon dlreitet at tha half anted negro hoetler dlacloaed the Identity of the noprletor a fivtrlte addle horae. That quickly auggeated an Inquiry aa to wha n horae Dalley bad uaed. and the anawer waa aa eaally given. Hut It waa tn vain I tried te engage en-gage either of tha likely looking anlmala. flragg Inaiated that he wouldn't hire Jaaon" to hla own brother, and for "Top-flaflant." Dalley' hrae, 1 waa convincingly Informed that nobody rould ride tnat animal "In dartlme" except Ita lata maater. In other word a. fop-liallant, quite mannerly and gentle after dark, waa "ao, outlaw," a bucklm. plungltig. runaway bruntho luring the day. At lait Dragg, with a banker who vraa to advance the money, went down to Ihe Nucee Valley In a double team buckboard In buy aoma alock. I bribed the negro hoatler to let me have Jaaon. and. tnla time Ihe experiment worked. Jaaon no aooner felt the alark rein thin he pricked up hla ears and trotted quit to the verge of the bloody aheW ; -r the river. I hla Bocmi'd like aomethlng elgnlflcant and yet 1 could bardl, .cuvlnie myeolf that there waa any aenaihla way to apply It. Hut when I got up the next morning attddeu'y It dawned upon tne that the mil ul Ion of the myatrry. If there waa one. lav In riding Tupriullant to the aaraa place. 1 received to tiat llragg'a alncerlty by neglecting to ride that day and demanding the forbidden animal for a moonlight gallop. He looked Intareatedly at ma that evening when I told him what I wanted, aald (hat I d belter wall till It waa "real dark." and finally cunatnted to give me Top- ' .' '-'.V' ;'v;V;''v -a 'ui"M' Took the Dlt In HI Ttoth and Tore Away Into the Night. Callant. He watched me mount, too, but 1 had no time for him hrcantie the rei.tlvo beaut under me took the tilt In hla teeth and tore awav Into the nlittit like a eenred ghoai. At flrat 1 waa atrong enough to guide him, but at lent my uniAclea wearied and t anw with horror that he waa making with dtapernte determination for the lonely point of rnika uhuvn the I. num. vlnlng my petll wllhuut realllug Ita relation to the "inurdrra" I waa Invea-tlKatinx, Invea-tlKatinx, 1 itet my feet from the ntlrrupa and Jumped to the ground jtint aa he chtiri;td toward the precipice. I rotted headlong over the rocka. cacti and aand. bin when I at rumbled to my feet and wiped the dual from my eyes me frantic liurin waa trotting away. I ritiii;ht him by the bridle, afraid to tiM.urit. mt. aa I lid hint In k Into the town, met Hiukk. riding Jiibuii. He looked poalilvely frlithteneil the minute he an twe, but when he came up I arretted lil to That night I ariin-hed hla an To and found the WHtchea. paH-ra and trinket that had been taken from live of the murdered men. Hut the oddm "mid" wna Imlley a Jewelry and dlauiniuK which had I n mlnulng up t0 that tlu-.o without exciting any graver anaplclon than that hla corpae lud been robbed after he had ilrowinJ Umeelf. Thnt'a ntunit all. Drang waa acitilited of niunlo,, but got ten yeara fr robWy. We never did ferret out the borae'a aharo In the crime, but I nia-pect nia-pect that halbya death mny have hapiiened accldontully while riding with hla partner. The latter had robbed the body. Hla aucceaa In avoiding ag. pb-liin may have auggeated iialmt the horee for other vlctlma. I alwiiya f,n aure thul Uracil "figured" on Retting mo. too. Of course the "tamo horae at ' nlKht" flitlon had a purpose, darknosa being the beat time for murderera and ithniiia. Oh, yea. there wna one other Incident: we tried to drive tm vlllnlnoua home Top-Callant over the rllfT. but he wouldu't go. We bad i0 beit him. John It. Kaftery. In C'hhano Record Herald. |