“Jones says they rode upon a keen gallop for perhaps 20 miles, when Witt suddenly stopped and dismounted. He took a lariat from his saddle, threw it over the telegraph wire and pulled it down. He took a pair of wire-cutters from his pocket and cut the wire. Following along to the next post he cut the wire again as high as he could reach. Taking one end of the wire he mounted his horse and dragged the detached piece a long distance and dropped it in the sagebrush. He says that when they left the sheriff’s office at dark they each put a revolver in their pocket, but with no intention of stealing them. Witt did not know that they were armed. After riding several miles after cutting the wire Witt suddenly stopped and said he was lost. Jones said the road was perfectly plain, but Witt insisted that he did not know which way they were going. Witt told them to remain where they were, and he rode off a few rods and commenced lighting matches, one after another. They could see the tops of trees near by. Jones whispered to Walker that Witt was giving a signal and that assassins were probably concealed near there to kill them. Drawing their revolvers, they rode up to Witt and demanded to know what he was doing. He said he was lost and was lighting matches to look at his compass. They knew he had no compass and ordered him to get back into the road. Jones took the lead, Walker following Witt. Jones had the best horse, and he says that from that time until daylight they hit only the high places in the road. They stopped at a ranch to get something to eat, and the lady asked them if they met any strangers going west during the night, stating that about a dozen armed horsemen went past there just before dark. Jones says he is positive that it was the intention of the stockmen to have them murdered there where Witt gave the signal, and that their leaving Douglas late in the night was all that saved them.