I7H THE WEST SHORE.
hundred jr ! of the cabin, he would by the accident of the preceding day,
dismount and 11 hi animal a conidd- ami one hundred and fifty men at onco
i-raM distance Uyond it The alleged repaired to the scene, which proved to
remi it ohrioua. I? one of a bloody tragedy. The dead
It is Urly rjuinite to add that the man, frozen almost a hard as granite,
iirr d all ttiRTnatiiKti a "copiers,' wm lying on his face, with a bullet hole in
were rrndered mimrable by tbone m- his right temple. When turned over,
lTtitiu-faaatini; but the teuom of he waa recognized as having been a
that clh iiiiDxria1iy directed against "check guerrilla," bearing the euphone
lh r.uf, tit) U-ing credited with ous fouhrvjut-llr of " Poker Flat Pete."
prMMwftitg the rnt itoiit power for Then there was a crowding into the cab
r iJ in, where all waa lying about and heaped
On 1 W' ul -r llih, tl, a bitter, up in a topsy-turvy style. Upon a bed
Of 1 1 and tnny dy, Itauor, ., iloliv- in a back room, waa lying another gam
n ..d i.f m at ! of the hy. bier, "Spanish Joe," shot through the
.IrmJir mil n, ri'inainitig uon the jt the breast, and quite weak from the loss
a lnit time, mb-ntty alumrbed in the of blood. It waa apparent that his aanda
work of the miners. Junt an he was of life were fast running down, bo he
Uut returning home, by a fatal coin- waa comfortably propped up and exhort
cidence, dinantrou cave occurred in ed to reveal the circumstances attending
that mine, killing three and seriously the exioting situation. The substance
injuring fiie men. The latter were ig- of his revelation was to this purport:
noratit Ulivera in the " copper " suier- He, the dead man, and four others, all
titioij, And they attributed the accident known in the camp as exceedingly bad
to supernatural manipulations on "the characters, were aware that it waa the
put of y.ubn lUu.-r during his visit desire of all the gamblers, and many
This pile rekindled the fUme of miners, to rid the camp of the Bauers,
hostility agJiit lUuer and his son, and and as they ( the six men) attributed the
they wen n..tif;rtl to eae the camp ill-luck, that had many months pursued
thin tM.ty.f,.ur hours. Tlio prevail- them, to the "coppering" influence of the
ing cxrit'tnent wm intense that the father and son, determined, on the pre
friends of the iruted father and son ceding night, to take the matter into
council! them to aWnt themselves their own handa. With that fixed pur
for a while, at Ut, as there was no pre, e, they visile! the cabin at midnight,
dieting whnt outrage the infuriate,! fn. and demanded to be admitted. After
aticw wrr n..t cM of committing, interrogating their nocturnal visitors as
Thu m at :,. uchk in the after, to the object of their mission, and re
nonn. and the iUurm sgrel to exile ceiving no wtisfactory response, the
thetlre. the follow ing day. luer. began .hooting at the late com.
, 7 mining, aa a era, through a small window. The first
Kddler Mdmicgfrom Camptonville, volley brought Poker Flat Pete to hU
2 7 ' . i 1 Viy- a cond pierced
man ,mg swk ami mff in death, acroa. the dying man, breast At thb jane
ho Uphold of lt.er . f4bin. He haa. tare, the four other, forced the Lin
ened 1 to the crop, .uhout making an door, and after a fierce struggle, the fa-
inU ad Ke an a arm. The ther and son were gagged and spirited
.null, gene he commas rebirth away. Now the dying'San UthUpow.
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