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X ******* Mvmtfm,torn or Mot**—ATlfMrtem Rv IMrtfA dtj or two afoot t Detroll Mrti« detective wait into SaginawCOWSty, Mich., %ku* * OM who WSOflfcoftl with Uviag Uapcnd wit* the mailt. Bi kadlkcBMM and daoerip-tkm of tbt mas, nd was Informed before aUrtiag tbal bo wosld boro to look o*t or bo wosld got a kmifs or s bullet put into him, aa tbo follow, 8oas-sol Large, bod staled tbot bo wosld Mttr bo tokos witbost int borla# s good fight, ‘Most ofifesdora moko this bofcot,bat lock tbo bockboso to set up . to tboir words, o»d tboodbwr did so* pay msfb sftaurtou tolUwnhf.ilWh* wtMdflifimt bo mods a bfcutiom luaafrioa of «ati-Ds (roikr. and ooogrWned tbot Largs wso ■topping with a relative abost twostj mi £e« from Wo*oso Ha vat down tbo Hvor. and at Woum* loomed tbot Largo and bio brother-in-bw bod loft fpi homo abott* two hour* bdoo. both armed. Ho wao also informed thot Large bad is boom way rood rod a bint tbot ••one of tbooo MioiUn woo coming op to aoo him, and would, therefore, be on bia guard. Tbo detoeure hired a horse and started for tbo boos orrr tbo rood a loot deep with mud and water. It wao within as boor of dark . when be came in debt of tbo pleao where be hoped to And bio man.Ho hitched bio bovoe in tbo woods, looked to bio revolver and walked bold-Iy up to the how. The children hod witnwooed hie approach, and tbs sen inaide trie prepared for him. Large * brother-in-law opened the door, epoke civilr, and the odsf took lb# *eat which wsa offered him. There wao so sign of Large, and it wao aoam time before the detective hinted at his business. He first mode inquiries about pise Undo, ud then naked the prioo of real oatote, bo that the man waa is dosbt whether hi* Ti*itor wao a speculator or an ofifaer of tbo law. Tbo oAeor ftsally asked,so if morolj inquiring for aa acquaintance: MOb by the way, boro you eeea 8am Large lately f••Is it 8am or mo you west T replied the man, and bo bad sot don* •peeking before be hauled out a nary revolver half, o* long a* bio arm and bold it on b line with the officer's ryea. The men were abost four feet apart, and for a long thirty iroood* there waa not a move or a sound to disturb the ticking of the clock. The revolver ws* cocked^ bold with a hand that did nd *hako, anil the two men looked steadily into each other** era. The wife set at tbo oilier end of tbo room, a spectator, and one of the children stood behind the father's chair. The detective thinks he lived a whole week's time in that half minute. He saw ••shoot** in the man’s eye, and was almost afraid of starting him into palling the trigger so be replied, in a sobdaed tone, “ 8am is the men I'm after*••That's a different thing!** said the ra»n lowering bi* revolver. Ho went oot of the back door as yon came in, and is three miles into the woods by I this time.”I Of course be would oay nothing to• Criminate bio relative to aid. in hu ar-| real, but bo waa very friendly with the I detective after be had aocrrlainsd that I ne waa not after any one bat 8am. Hoeven walked down to where tbo deteo-• tive hitched bis horse, and bis partsns : words were: 44 If vos’d said to* wanted I me, or raised a finger, M have bored 1 too through quicker** wimkl If you ' want to catch Bam I've no particularobjection, but yotu*b«st and sorest way will be to shoot him first, and then arrest him afterward.**
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Smethport M Kean County Miner
Smethport, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, May 22, 1873
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