The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-07-23
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fftom Po0sroy's Democrat June 0l ,..
In Missouri lives man named Sam Hide.
brand who, during the wsr, was notorious
bushwhacker desperate beyond words For
years he has lived by murder and robbery.
human blood being sweeeer to him than
milk 10 children. He has been repeatedly
pursued, shot st, and wounded by officers Of
justice, but has always contrived to escape.
He wears . steel plate on his breast and
another on his back, and IS considered bullet.
prXof. .'-.s'.' s.-.- .'.
He has been shot in the breast near On
hundred times, the bullets aways glsncing
of, while he laughs with demonisc glee II
= man does anything against him, he waits
his opportunity and kills the person thus Of.
Tending his desperate highness With .
knife he cats notches on the butt Of his rifle,
taus Keeping tally Of the number Of persons
be has slain since the war began. When
last at the A0aae Of Q relative in st. Francois
county, the tally counted seventy Eight men.
II any person attemp,s his capture he lice in
wait for him, and 1t some time, in some out.
Of the-way pIs e, he puts bullet through
his heart with NO more compunctions Of
conscience than at shooting squirrel. He
10 the terror Of two countiea A few DAYS
since Sheriff Breckinridge, of Washington
County, with fourteen picked men, a..
tempted his capture by surrounding the
house where he wss, and where sixteen other
picked men were keeping guard, to prevent
his escape. The desperate was alone in the
house, the family having fed. The cabin
In which he had taken refuge IVES builtof
logs, with lights shining through the chink.
ing The dour was barricaded from the in.
side. The Sheriff demanded his surrender
telling him there was no hope Of escape, the
men having determined to take him. regard.
less Of cost Al this demand he laughed .
hendish chackle, threw his left hand out Of
the door and shot Breckinridgs In the groin,
innictfng . severe and dangerous wound.
A man then fred, striking Hildebrsnd In
the thigh; another fired twice q his breast,
the bullets glancing OIL from the seeel The
man who fred hrst entered IN old kitchen
nearby. and was looking through :, crevice
10 re the position Of the robber, when
Hildehrand fred 1T him, the bullet striking
his heart, killing him instantly. He re-
mained in the cabin, firing and receiving
repeated volleys from without, till'o O'Clock
at night, when he bsoke out from his fort,
jumped the fence, Jued 70 the woods, and q.
capc1, though mors than On hundred bullets
were fired st him. He, waited in the cabin
till he had ,faMiliarized himself with the
faces Of his pnrsuers, and when he left It was
with the remark: Damn your souls, each
one Of you j. marked, and your days ars
numbered" -, 81. ,I:....a... ,,...-. ......
II IS safe TO say, If he is not speedily ove..
taken, every one OF those engaged In the Ut.
tempt 10 a;aure him will coon benunbercd
among tho missing. 80 nt.A .y.re':"r 7-..-r
4.n lF:s:a the Nissoah Democrat Jaas soI sa.g
1t is coajectured that Hildsbrsnd il n,a.;.
ing his way toward the 1iesouri. Those
WHO formerly har6ored and assisted him
have become alarmed and arc now anxious
that be- should brought 70 justice. It u
ho.'ed that the people Of the river towns will
tIe Oh the look out for him.
The following 10 Q description of his per.
son: Hildehraad 10 8 feet / inch In hight;
saHdy complexion beard rather thin, and
mostly IN the chin; keen hlue eye; on each
side Of his face he has 6O1id Of blood vein
cOkDred spot the size of . half dollar; hawk
nose; small mouth and feminine voice; light
thin hair; aged about IS yeap; weight
ahout 10 pounds; walks very erect and
carries his head back. Hal on, when last
sccn. brown butternut cs,aU, very old psir
Of shoes and black sl0uch hat Had scar
ON one OF his legs, caused By \ shot passing
through the calf and coming out below the
knee, H N"'t5<'fl sAsa'i' '7"& 'H2 r@!s.Za