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Show [ge ~IJ)ng ~oliloqu11 of 1~c Uir1im of tgc @ti ll>~b•t rrc [ragrbrr. "liE was approached fi'Om behind by Deputy J\br-shal \Vyncoop and his assistants, knocked clown with a mace and partially shackled. 'l'hc fugitive, who bud uusus:.pcctingly waited upon th?m during their breakfast at the Phenix IIotel, "·as a tall, noblelooking, TOinarkably intelligent, and ~ nearly wl1ito mulatto; after n. desperate ctrort and severe struggle, lJC shook off his five assailants, ami with the loss of everything but a remnant of his shirt, rushcU from the house n.ncl plunged into the wn.tcr, cxc1aiming : " I will drown rather than be taken alive." llc was pur· sued an<l fireu upon several times, the last ball taking effect in his head, his !b.cc being instantly covered with blood. lie sprang up and shrieked in great agony, and no doubt would have sunk at once, but |