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John Looney, A. Robinowitz, Hugo Gerlot, Gustav Johnson, Felix Baron, and others were killed by a mob of Lumber Trust gunmen on the Steamer Verona at the dock at Everett, Washington. J. A. Kelly was arrested and re-arrested at Seattle, Washington; finally died from the effects of the frightful treatment he received.
"We went out in the country until we came to where the road crosses the interurban tracks about two miles from Silver Lake and McRae told me to get out. He then pointed down the track and says, 'There is the road to Seattle and you beat it! so I started down the track. "I hadn't gone far, maybe 50 or 75 yards, when I met a bunch of gunmen. They came at me with guns.
With Garvey were his five gunmen, mounted, armed to the teeth, and blocking the road! Kid Wolf caught the driver's eyes and nodded for him to go on. The stage rumbled up to the spot where Garvey waited. "Stop!" the Lost Springs ruler snarled. "I reckon we want some words with yuh!" "Is it words yo' want," drawled the Texan, drawing up his snowy mount, "or bullets?" "That depends on you!"
Selden and Krell had been recruited from the southern border, they represented an element that the ranger service was slowly and surely eliminating and driving northward into states whose laws were less stringent for the evil-doer the professional gunmen who took life for the malicious thrill it gave them. Krell and Selden were "killers."
"I'm in on that," said Pringle, rising brightly. "That's my happy chance to join in this lovin' conversation. Speaking about gunmen, I'm a beaut! See that hawk screechin' around up there? Well, watch!" The hawk soared high above. Pringle barely raised Foy's rifle to his shoulder as he fired; the hawk tumbled headlong.
A deputy sheriff, at the most critical moment, fired a shot in the air, as he stated, 'to sober the crowd. There were armed men in the crowd, for every crowd of 2000 casual laborers includes a score of gunmen. Evidence goes to show that even the gentler mountainfolk in the crowd had been aroused to a sense of personal injury. 's automobile had brought part of the posse.
"But before they could unlock themselves Reginald Maltravers, who had, we must suppose, escaped from Morris's through the carelessness of one of Logan Black's subordinates, crawled up the bank of the canal, which he had swum, and made for the two gunmen, with the water dripping from his eyeglass.
"I'm going to close my account," stated The Spider. "Going south?" "No. I got some business in town. After that " "You mean you've got no business in town. Why didn't you write?" "You couldn't handle it. Make it out to Peter Annersley," said The Spider. "One of your gunmen, eh? I see by the papers he's got a poor chance of using this." "So have I," and The Spider almost smiled.
"It's not likely Mirov's Brungarian henchmen would endanger their whole setup by taking any cheap gunmen into their confidence." Chief Slater also reported that Len Unger was still at large. "But the FBI will probably pick him up soon," he added. "I sure hope so," Tom said. A ten-hour sleep that night proved a fine tonic.
Anthony thought how little rain or sunshine he would enjoy shut into that close little cage in the smoke-colored, windowless hall. A darkling figure, he attained tragedy in leaving the life that had used him so shabbily. Three young gunmen came in one night, tied him up and left him on a pile of coal in the cellar while they went through the trunk room.
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