piwaw' " j-V'rtMf(( , .tWr;:, yY , ,, .. ,,. , . , Hi.V r 5tv -Y ,'J '"" W rWrrTS a.o, THE SCR ANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY, MAY 11!, 190fc The Robbery of the Paymaster By "AM Submitted UK 1'UIN'CtPAIi ovont in tills nutratlvc the inni-oVr nml robbery or tlio iny- iniiHlor of one nf the lni'r cnul mining r-ompniiles nt Northeastern 1 o n n b y 1 - vnnlii, which occurred u minihor of years ago will, no doubt, be remembered by tho older lcsldents ot this region, nlthntii.-h this Is the first time that tho (Malta or tho manner In which tlio criminals wore hunted down mid tlio crime fastened upon thorn has boon put Into print. There appeared to be absolutely no oluo which would lead to the detection of tho perpetrators of tho double crime. Mr. "Williams, tho paymaster, and the young man, whoso name was An drew McMtillcn, who accompanied him In the capacity ot assistant and Kttiml, had left tho railroad at Johnson's sid ing to drive to the lladley mines at 9 o'clock In the morning. Tho distance was about three miles and was through u country that was entirely uninhabited, part of It belnp through the woods. IJoth tho paymaster and his assistant were well-armed, each carrying a revolver of large calibre and the best make. In addition to this, McMullen, It was remembered, as they drovo up tho hill from the station, had, lying across his knees as if ready for Instant use, a repenting rlflo with which he was known to be very expert, being able to'hlt a mark the size of a silver dollar nt one hun dred yards distance with absolute cer tainty. However, It was not with any thought of danger or any apprehen sion of attack that be was apparently ready for It. The two had taken the name Journey month after month In perfect security. Hut McMullen was a young man who performed every duty with the utmost care. He had been sent with the paymaster to guard him and the large sum of money he car ried, and he was always as much on the alert as 1f he expected the attack which was finally made. Hut when It came it was like a stroke of lightning out of a clear sky and all his vigilance was of no avail. The paymaster was expected at tho mines between !) and 10 o'clock. When he did not arrive, the men nml hoys who were assembled to receive their pay supposed that for some reason the time for paying had been post poned and many went back to work. Others determined to wait until after noon for their pay. Several decided to take a day off. and started for the station to take the train for the neigh boring town, and it was some of these, along uliout noon, who made the dis covery that a terrible crime had been committed. As they ueared the middle of u dense woods, through which the loud to the station Kill, they ucie sui prised to 11 n 1 a horse hitched to a eariiage slnndiur by the ro.id side. Proud Prancing Pegasus Paramount George Washington, the Father of Our Country, said: "FN TIME OF Shakespeare made Richard III. exclaim: "A HOliSti! A HORSE! MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE." Lord Stanley says: "We Have l'urcliaseil Two Hundred anil Twenty Thousand Horses for south AIYica.'' Winston Churchill also romarks: "MOBILITY OF 3I0UXTKII BOHltS MAKKS MXKI.VI) JIAKVSM." BUFFALO Illustrating as it does tho acme ARID MOUNTCD WARRIORS 01 Both civilized mid mivn','o. This Heimnu in having added to its forces paitiolpauts tory.making Warfare," tho HBKOUS Op tune-expired and invalided Hoiiiierf, both BOER AND BRITON IJetuolnnentB from the Cunudian Contlng-nit, comprliiiiK volcrnns of Iho GanaJian Itahd Rifhs, Northwjst Mount) d Pollci, Badin-Powall. Mafrting Heroas and Stnthson flow Branded bravest nnd best by frlond and foo.whllu upholding the ability of NATIVE! AMERICANS In irntra ilMliulion, ami in a tplru ut urn Uy, will anm.ir a upr.crnutne hctly ol SOUTH AFRICAN BOERS From tliu hard IlKhtiiiK forces of (lie Veldttuid Koi.jes of the Dark Continent, In a ''war that a tutored humanity." The heroes of tho liund to lmnil strimglu for life would not ho eonmluto without those bravo men who fight for tho lives of others with tho I'nrjcs of tho niKlity Usep and the men who use tho mortar to IHItOW THE l-IPE LINE to despalriinr wrutohe, on a wreck, have their fitting place among tho world's lioioeB. A corps of genuine COAST GUARO LIFE! SAVERS Will illustrato for tho first time in publio tho mothod of itsihio by meuimof tho Dr.'eches Jluoy, iiblng iietual apparatus loaned by the government. A Gf?EAT DIORAMIC SPECTACL" THE -CAPTURE OF PEKIN in The Tribune's Short Story Contest. As they came tip to It, they saw that the animal was bleeding fiom several wounds, mid that he had evidently been unable to proceed fuithcr on ac coiiliL of weakness caused by loss of blood. "Ity ," said one of the men In an awestruck voice, "It's the paymasters hoi so." "Yes," said another, "and he's done forj and I am thinking that It's worse that has happened to the paymaster." Hvpii as they spoke, the poor itiiliiml swayed back and forth whole It stood and then fell blindly to the eaith. The blood gushed from the hole In Us side, and after one or two convulsive move ments It lay dead before them. Without another word ami with white faces the men hurried on thtough the woods over the load along which the horse had evidently drugged himself as n thick trail of blood marked the way. About a bundled yards fail her on they came upon a ghastly sight. The bodies of two men were lying In tho middle of tho road unite near to each other In great pools of blood, and huddled together hi a shapeless, lire less position, just as they hud fallen from the earrluge when the fatal shoots were fired. For It was evident nt once that both had been shot by some unseen person or persons with never n chunce to tight tor their lives and the money entrusted to their care. The men, hurrying along the road, uttered a hoarse cry of horror and ran to the spot at least two of them did; the third, as they remembered after wards, held back. "The paymaster will never pjy us again," said one of the men as he examined the dead body of Mr. Wil liams. A charge of buckshot, evidently fired fiom some point (dose at hand, as the wounds from tlio shot were all close together, had struck him. in tlio bad;, making a fearful looking wound, and had passed through bis body and must have killed him instantly. "l'oor man," said the second of the two men, "he never knew what struck him. Not a bie.iln did he lake after tho nuirdeiln' baud pulled the nigger. And young McMullen, too, as tine a young fellow as theie was in the country. Shot thiough the head," he said, as the two bent over the body of tho young man and examined the wound caused by a bullet which had struck him In the back of the head and had apparently penetrated the brain, "Wb.it Is the matter, I.ovNky?" said one of the two to the third man who had k"pt in the background. "It mnkc-a me sick," said the Pole ror such he was with white face and shakintr limbs. "Well, it ain't a nice sight, that's a fact." said the Urst speaker, "lint some one must go back to the mines and tell them what has happened." "Me no go," said tlio Pole, hastily. Ira PEACE PREPARE FGU WAR ill P of cijuestilimlsm in Its eveiy phase nnd feature, anil in ovevy ago nnd clime. menu, rvoiy distinctive exponent of the science of hovsemmiship which ft'M n HE WJjLD surpusitH in interest its iiriMh'uiiisiii.i, in tho very latest i-onllliU in "il s. THE IRaNSVAAI., soIl-imbiI from "We'll, you can slay bote then, and Phllbln mi' I'll go," replied the man. "No, no, no," said the Pole, In great agitation, "Where's your nerve, mini?" said the other In disgust. "You've worked about the mines long enough to have wen men hurt and killed before." "Come here, Murphy," said tho one called Phllbln, who had been examin ing the body of young McMullen dur ing this exchange of words between the other two. "I do believe the young fellow Is alive still," ho continued, ns Murphy hastened to him, startled out of his auger with the Pole by tho sudden earnestness of his companion. "Just put your hand under his coat and tell me If you can't feel a little warmth." Murphy did as dhei ted. "Hurrah!" he exclaimed, "of courso there Is. He's only rimmed. The bullet must have gliuned oil". He'it bled a lot, but If we call get help right away may be we can save him yet, and I tell you he's well worth saving. That's what all the men will say, and the boss thinks so, too. Now lot's lift him In the shade here out of tho dust and sun. and then I'll get b.ick to the mines ns quick as any one could a foot and we'll have the doctor and a carriage here In no lime." The two tenderly picked up the un conscious body of McMullen and care fully laid it In the shade. "l-ovlsky has something the matter with him," .".lid Murphy, as the Pole silently watched them, but making no attempt to help. Murphy then proceeded with all speed in the mines, and In a short time returned with an ambulance and medical assistance. The doctor, upon examining young McMullen, Informed them their con jecture was correct. The bullet which bad struck him bad glanced off. it hail stunned him and made an ugly scalp wound, from which he had lost a good deal of blood. Put a i-liong constitution and an In domitable will enabled him to bo around again in a couple of days, in fact before the physician who attend ed him appioved. Put McMullen foil that he was part ly, at least, lesponsible for the death of the paymaster and the loss of tho large sum of money to the company, alt hough nil of the oillcials sought to remove any such feeling fiom his mind. An advei tisement was at once pub lished oifeilng a rewind of $r,000 for the apprehension of the parties who had committed the cjlnio and for the recovery of the ? 10.000 which they had secured. Olllcers and detectives were at onco on the scene, but all of their efforts proved of no avail. They agieed that Hit" criminals had so carefully covered ui their tracks that there was small chance of capturing them, and that MffSB$' VJffl v i. E BB tliey had gotten awny to some distant plnco with their booty. McMullen, however, hnd a different theory, although ns yet ho had noth ing upon which to base It, Ho was of the opinion Hint some one would have noticed any strangers In tho vicinity, and all the Innulrlcs inade by the detectives had failed to .establish this fact. Then ho was himself acnuulntoil with all of the men nt the mines mid none of those employed nt tho place hud gone uwny. Therefore, he concluded, tho crim inals wero still at work In their old places and were simply waiting until attention had ceased to be directed to the event, when they would quietly slip nway on some pretext mill go where they could enjoy the proceeds of the robbery, Andrew had formerly worked In tho mines and won his way up to tho po sition ho held by his Intelligence and Industry. lie now went buck to his old occu pation, allowing It to be understood that the nincluta wovf dissatisfied with him because he had failed to gunrd tho paymaster. He hoped In this wny to secure some clue to the criminals. Put for a long time his efforts wore itnavalllnir. One day he happened to meet Mur phy, who had been one of the three first on the scene of the murder, and the conversation turned upon that event. In the course of which he men tioned what he called the "lack of nerve" upon tho part of the Pole, I-o-vlsky, who had been with him and Phllbln at that time. An Intangible something suddenly Hashed Into McMullen's mind. A pe culiar expression or look that he now recalled to have seen on the Polo's face when ho had met him, which, ho now remembered, lad occurred only once or twice since he had been back In tho mines. Andrew sold nothing, but he man aged to meet the man Lovlsky more frequently and to observe him morn closely. He soon became convinced that the man was avoiding him; and this led him to an Increas-d vigilance which very nearly cost him his life. The Pole was actually one of tho two men who hud committed the crime. He at once became suspicious of An drew and told his partner In the crime and who worked with him In the mines of his suspicions. They ob served Andrew closely for a few days without allowing him to know It. And then laid a trnp for liim. Andrew observed I,ovIsky making his way just after dark one evening towards the edge of the village. Ho followed him and saw him meet an other workmen, alro a Pole, and go into an ui building. Creeping up close to this, Andrew was enabled to overhear their conver sation. It was as ho had suspected. They had committed tho crime and had hid den tlio money down the mines. They would secure it the next day and then, In a few days, on the pretext of getting work somewhere else where they had relatives, would leave the country. The next day Andrew followed them Into the mines, and saw them proceed to n portion of it quite remote from the usual place of working. He kept the small lamp in sight until reaching n certain spote It suddenly disap peared. IMessIng forward cautiously, This exhibition has achieved and tho eavth has yet produced, milking ho was suddenly grappled from behind and nt tho same time received n stab from a dlrk( which, luckily for him, struck his shoulder blade nml nmilc only n long slush in his buck Instead of penetrating his heart ns was In tended, but ri otii which the blood pouicd In n stream. Nothing hut Andrew's skill ns an athlete and his presence of mind saved him. Sinking back as If ho had re ceived a ratal wound, the men some what relaxed their grasp. As they did this Andiew, by u sudden elfin-1, shook them loose. He could see them by tho dliii light which they hud uncovered making a rush at him,, with one tor rlllc blow or his close I blind he caught the foremost, on the point of the chin It fairly titled him off his feet. The blow Itself was stiftlelont to i.-inM hint unconscious, but In falling, as was discovered artorwards, the back of his neck came In contact with a t bee or lock with such force that his net k was broken and death was Instantaneous. Grappling with the second one, An drew nt onco discovered Hint be was the one who had stabbed hlin, Tho man endeavored to keep his right hand rice, and Andrew at once divined his purpose and strove ns desperately to grasp the hand that held the dag ger. He received one or two slight wounds, but finally succeeded In catching tho man's wrist. Then all that was at end as far as tho Pole was concerned. With a sudden exer tion of Ills Iron muscles Andrew bent the man's arm until ho heard the bones snap like a pice of dry wood. Wiestlng tho knife fiom his hand, In an Instant he had burled It In his breast, and the light was over. Warned by the Increasing weakness he felt, Andrew hurried back as rust as he could to the part of the mines where he could secure assistance. That was the last he could remember until ho found himself lying In the open air half nn hour later with a crowd of wondering faces gathered around, among them the doctor, who hnd just bandaged his cuts and stopped the bleeding. In u few minutes Andrew had pri vately Informed tho superintendent of what had happened. The latter nt once organized a party, and, guided by Andrew's dlie-tinis, had no diffi culty in procoedl .g to the spot In tho mines where the dead bodies of the Poles lav. And close to them, In a small loces.s in the mines, was found the money. Andrew was i-oon around again. Ills exploit received a great deal more at tention and praise than he relished. He felt depressed at first over the event, as the killing of two men was anything but a pleasing recollection to a young man of twenty. "You must not feel that way about it. my boy," said the president of the company to him. "Yon saved your own life and recovered tho money for the company, and here Is your reward, fairly earned and well deserved." And the ofllclal proceeded to count out a pile of bills until $.,000 lay be fore Andrew on tho table. And what was. perhaps, of more importance, Andrew received his old position back with a very substantial increase in salary. His subsequent career was a very fuiccossrttl one, and, although at times he could not help feeling sad over the terrible event, Mill ho could not Im agine how ho could have done differ ently. Ask for Kelly's union crackers. FACTS AND FIGURES NOT ON FICTION FOUNDED. Modern Warfare Means Hounted Hen Tho Eyes of the World Fixed on the Horae. 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The grapbio story of elvillntiou of the continent, as shown heretofore by the WILD WJiST, tho SPORTS AND PASTIHES OF THE FRONTIER The Scenes sf INDIAN WARFARE, Togo t her with the mhm military tournament Which huvo made this tho most unique and original exhibition iu tho world, tiro till retained and presented by newly recruited forces, 'The roster luclude U. S. CAVALRYMEN AND ARTILLERYMEN RUSSIAN COSSACKS AMERICAN INDIANS GERMAN CUIRASSIERS , WESTERN COWBOYS RIFFIAN ARABS MEXICAN RURALIE8 MEXICAN VAQUEROS SOUTH AMERICAN OAUOHOS ANNIE OAKLEY JOHNNY BAKER In feats of daring tinil skill, portrnying scones and Jncldonts of llfo in th open This grand ensemble of moving Immunity led in person by OOU W. F. CODY. "Buffalo Bill" usmiimiuurrKcriv.; iuuctokshu op mm. n.vtij salsuury Grand Street Cavalcade and Rough Riders Review On thi morning ot l:li billon, lemliii: Hit grounili at 9.30 o'clock unit traversing the principal streets. Two Exhibitions, Daily, a and 8 P, M., Rain or Shine. 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