haha! thank you sir Keith! well, I guess he hitch hiked over to one of the hideouts. I don't know what the details are about when he got his horse shot out from under him but for some reason they didn't see him in time or they didn't want to risk getting shot going back for him but evidently it was a wooded area and he was able to escape on foot, I think the posse assumed that he'd been picked up by one of the other gang members.
Thanks for the kind words and the resteem, I appreciate that!