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Pete Mccartney--his Last Escape

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
June
Year
1875
Copyright
Public Domain
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Tile Cnüvoiston (Texas) News pivis the 'ollowing particulars of the ln-nt escape f the notoi-ioin counterfoiter, Peto McCartney : lio was bcing convoycd from to Austin, !it whieh latter place his ;rial was about to come off. Ho waa íuarded by i'our mcn, it is Btatfld, two of wliom woiv Drputy United Staten Marlmls. Wheii the 'train stotiped at Pales tino some ono who reeognized him called nit: "Helio, Pete! They've got you igain!" "H- 1!" said Pete, " thoy root keep me long." And Pete wns right. opon the train vto observed two ■itrangers, who remained closcly abonl McCartney during the trip iroin Tyler, [nt who did not enter into any partíoalar conversation with him. Thoy liad a box of cigar.s along with them, some of whioh they handed MoOartnoy. McCai-tney took a handfnl, a if for future use, and jiut them in Iiíh pocket. Toward the heel of the eveniug it is snppoaed he invited his gaard to emoke, and the suppositioD is continued thatthe guaid smoked. It wan vcry easily done, but shortly afterward the Marshals raust h:iv.' ixH'onic drowsy, for thoy feil iuto a profouud sleep. McOartoey's cigars wt're juut the thing to aid au ordinary passenger in gettiug through a night on a raihoad train, but not good company for vigilant United States Marshals in charge of tho crack couutorfeiter of tho age. Aboxit 10 o'clock at night, whilo the train was npproaching Willis, a negro attendaut discovered that Mac had Huddenly disappeared. ïhe gaard were as comfortable aspossible, and were snoring away ut a beautiful rate. The negro shook them up a httle, and attempted tci cxplain matters. " Tour prisoner is gone," said the negro. " Gono where?" said the gaard. But this was more than the African attondant eould wtill answer. The presumption is - but of courso only a presumption - that McCartney was aided by the two strangers who were observed about him on the train; thatthe cigars he had were drugged; thatso soon as he indueed his guard to partake he feit bis fortunes improving; that when sleep overtook the Maruhals he was all right; and with iraplements, probably also fnmished him by tho sanie hands, hc ent the irons that bound his legs, and Ieaping from the train whilo in full motion, he ntood, or lay, upon Texas soil, Wth once moro a show for his white alley.

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