acrBjIl£*S':a-8nrB't11111*lof^xn immmsfflm^erlsMdlpAnf' nsi ..Conners_ *Jasti'o !,%3wio;ifhacl!i8e^icornel- S►fr-'•• Start^Towajd Objects.;;\.. / •”%A,u •*• TStV %s%~ ' , * j*Miller, Rlchc^on, Conner and ‘my:; self sthitea;'Miller; telling Ferguson to-stay withPalumbo. When w eigh t to the crossing wdrcould notisee. aby one* ‘ We;were, walking jhuiftedly .and at that time. started #oi run, east tanking they hadNfi-* Vto run towards town. We had goner but a;: short distance .when I saw them under the tree. I could ; only see tyro at first. I said ‘there they are.*' I would say twenty-five feet from them. They were'lyingdown. .When T spoke they jumped upand I think •there were about six orseven of thein ^in the party. Someone hallooed ‘hands up’ and i, up’ ana immediately a dozen -shots were fired.' |t| could see two fellows on their knees about 20 feet from me. I did not, know who they were. I did not have any idea. They ,had on light colored coats which lookfed like khaki. They webe near' the tree, one.' was a iittlb 'to the rear of the first and he had a pistol in' his hand. I could see that and he. seemed to be shooting straight at nte. One‘shot came*so near my face that I. thought I could feel 'It. I pointed my revolver at him and demanded he throw up his hands when he immediately fired again. I think this was the fourth - shot He fired again, before I fired at .him twice when-I was shot. I supposed by a shot gun when It turned out to be, by the man at his side. I shot twice again after I had been hit -Then the fellow with the pistol shot again striking me in the ankle. Just at this point Palumbo’s automobile moved up behind me, the bumper striking me and knocking me down. It stopped instantly. I came around the car and there found Richeson who toldmft Tift hppn* phot5*