. Thrilling lives of Buffalo Bill, Col. Wm. F. Cody, last of the great scouts and Pawnee Bill, Major Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill) white chief of the Pawnees. bank atMedicine Lodge. One held the horses and the otherthree entered the bank. Hands up, exclaimed the leader. Not so fast, cried Lillie, who had only a few minutesbefore entered the bank to deposit some governmentmoney, his revolver was in action at once. The hammerfell on an empty barrel, the desperadoes opened fire onhim and Lillie, seeing that a four handed fight with threemen who had loaded pistols while his was empty, was notcond
. Thrilling lives of Buffalo Bill, Col. Wm. F. Cody, last of the great scouts and Pawnee Bill, Major Gordon W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill) white chief of the Pawnees. bank atMedicine Lodge. One held the horses and the otherthree entered the bank. Hands up, exclaimed the leader. Not so fast, cried Lillie, who had only a few minutesbefore entered the bank to deposit some governmentmoney, his revolver was in action at once. The hammerfell on an empty barrel, the desperadoes opened fire onhim and Lillie, seeing that a four handed fight with threemen who had loaded pistols while his was empty, was notconducive to his best health, made a dash around thecounter and escaped through the back door while the rob-bers kept shooting. Both bank clerks were killed. Lilliedashed into the street. Get your rifles, he yelled, shouting to a crowd of citi-zens a little way off. Bank being robbed, lets give ema run for it. The ranchers and cowmen headed by Lillie soon over-took the bandits, a running fight commenced in which oneof the bank thieves was shot from his horse, anotherwounded and the other two captured. The cowboys werefor a lynching bee then and there. [136]. aj\r TH^ WAY TO THE, M-Ias/^L^ Robbers Lynched No boys, give the law a chance, theyll get theirs any-way. That night, however, the jail was broken into and thetwo men strung up to a tree. Not long after this Lillie bought a herd of cattle andstarted for Cedar Creek where he intended taking up ahomestead. The country then was filled with desperatecharacters. Men who thought nothing of jumping theweak-kneed settlers claim and holding it for their land was then becoming valuable. Lillie selected his site and built a rude little cabin. Thenext morning he picked up a note lying on his door read : Save trouble and move away quick. Reversing the sheet of paper he wrote on its back:Move nothing, Im here to stay, if you fellows are lookingfor trouble drop around to see me any time, and ridingover to the supposed autho
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