Ti
=.000 REWARD) =

For the capture, dead or alive, of the
Indians, Moses Paul and Paul Spintlum,
who murdered Provincial Constable A.
Kindness on the 3rd day of May, 1912,

pebble, or something equally as useless in
trade for what he has taken.”

Neas was not altogether satisfied by this.
He did not say so outright but he did hint
that the bush rat was a two-legged one.
Janes, sensing the implication, thought it
best to say no more. He was puzzled. Neigh-
bours were few, but they were honest. He
could feel the rapidly rising suspicion of
Neas. A few minutes more of this and their
hitherto pleasant relations would reach the
breaking point. Neas was about to speak
when a sound came from behind the barn.
The two men raced around to come face to
face with Chief Constable Fernie at the

near Clinton, B.C.

The Government of the Province of British
Columbia hereby offers a reward of THREE

THOUSAND DOLLARS

($3,000) as above

stated, or ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
dollars ($1,500) for the capture, dead or alive,
of either Moses Paul or Paul Spintlum.

By Order.

Provincial Police Office,
Victoria, B.C., 6th May, 1912.

stories that can compare with the astonishing
record set by Chief Constable Fernie and
his trackers. It has never been equalled
to this day. We can appreciate it all the
better by following this sequence of events
in the historic chase.

Al Neas, a rancher on Big Bar Creek,
rode over to the ranch of W. Janes to get
a horse. The Janes property, known as Des-
olation Ranch, though only 18 miles from
Clinton was well off the beaten trail by a
distance of at least twelve miles. News,
therefore, was long in coming to this isolated
place. They knew nothing there of what
had transpired in the Paul-Spintlum case.

Janes was glad to see Neas. He persuaded

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him to stay overnight. The rancher was
pleased to accept the invitation and spent
a very pleasant evening chatting on various
subjects in the cosy Janes home.

A MissiInG SADDLE

Next morning Neas went out to the barn
to prepare his horse for the homeward trip.
He fed and watered the animal and then
noticed that his saddle was missing. It had
been hanging on a peg. Neas thought the
matter over for a moment and then decided
that Janes had probably taken it to hang in
another barn. He would ask about it at
breakfast. During the course of the meal he
mentioned it to Janes.

“You're saddle is right where you hung
it,” Janes said. “I never moved it.”

The two men went out to the barn after
breakfast and conducted a close search for
the saddle. It was not located.

“There’s a lot of bush-tail rats around
here,” Janes said. “I have known them to
carry off a bridle, but never yet have I heard
tell of one that would pack away a saddle.
Besides, there’s nothing left in its place. You
know a bush rat always leaves a chip, or a

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head of his trackers.

“We're on the trail of an outlaw,” Fernie
explained. “He's on foot. We picked up his
trail at Ike Kerr’s ranch, about eight miles
from here. He’s kept off the road, always
walking on the grass, but his trail leads
right to this small window at the back of
your barn.”

Janes glanced at Neas. The two men
laughed. It was evident now what had
happened to the saddle. The man Fernie
had been following had simply reached in
the window at the rear of the barn and
removed the saddle.

Neas smiled. He quickly realized that if
the door had been in the same position as
the window he would have lost not only a
saddle but his horse also.

Janes was astonished when he heard of
the brutal murder of the constable. It had
happened twenty-two days ago. He was
further surprised when Fernie stated that

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