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noise, and, starting up, found the fifth or last prisoner 

 nearly half-way out of the opening at the back, being 

 helped in his movements by sympathizers outside, who 

 were pulling the man bodily through the square hole. 

 We, of course, stopped this attempted escape, awakened 

 the other sentinels, and the bunch of us then told 

 stories and walked around the cabin to keep awake 

 until daylight came. 



Upon the advice of Larkin we took the men outside, 

 one by one, and put them through a severe course of 

 cross questioning. The constable, having a pretty good 

 record of some of their past misdemeanors, finally per- 

 suaded one of them to confess the full particulars of 

 the robbery, and he showed us where the stolen plunder 

 was hidden, in a pile of manure back of the stable 

 where the oxen were housed as oxen were used on 

 this lumber operation in place of horses. Everything 

 was found just as it had been hidden. The man, in 

 his confession, told us who were the prime movers 

 in the robbery, etc. 



Breakfast was served to the men without removing 

 the handcuffs. There being five of us, each fed one of 

 the prisoners, and then we ate. Taking with us the 

 " cookee " as the important witness, we went to the 

 water tank and there awaited the arrival of a train. We 

 boarded the first one that came along and were soon 

 in the county town. There the prosecuting attorney 

 made out the indictment on the evidence we presented. 



