CHARLES PITTS.

This bandit who was killed at Madelia, is known throughout the south as

Wells. He is presumed to be the man that shot the brave cashier. He is

reputed to have been one of the most daring of southern horse thieves, and

possessed a great knowledge of horses. His nature was brutal, and he was

as bold and tenacious as a bull dog. The gang always engaged him when

particularly dirty work was on hand, and when on a long tramp, as his

horse education made him valuable in the care of stock. His body has been

embalmed and is now in the possession of the surgeon-general of Minnesota,

whose museum his skeleton will ultimately grace.

[CHARLEY PITTS.]