The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-02-11
LODGE CITY, MONTANA FRIDAY, 1870
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-. BEsE 9f9v vags-.,lt 1tuxsti 81. ri ss.,
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ID A curiousI feature about California life
was The breed Of desperad6es she reared md
fostered ON her soil aasl sfterward listribu.
ted over adjacent Territories through her
Vigilance Committees when Eshs had he'd
enough of their exploiss These men went
armed Ia the teeth with nomssrous revolv.
efs, and preycd upon each other. Their
slightest Misunderstanding were settled on
the spot BY the bullet; but they rarely mo-
Tested peacesble ci,isens They robbed and
gambled and killed people for three or four
years, and then ss.died with their boots on"
- they phrssedit, that ID, they were killed
Observation-Disclosures invariably and they
never expected any other fate, and were
very seldom disappointed. rsil aort 4a.h
Ed Ida i''R sAn BRows. 3.7r t''r VS.
Sam Brown, Of Nevada. killed sixteen
men N his time, and was jonrneying to.
ward Esmeralda to kill = seventeenth, who
had stopped the breath Of ( friend Of his,
when party Of law-abiding Citizen, way
laid him aud slaughtered him witt slot
guns. Mourncrs. were exceeding scarce 1t
his funeral II Is said that Sam Brown
called for drink at the lar Of the slaugl,.
ter House in Carson City one morning "a
saloon 90 nickna,ned because SO many men
had been killed in it) and invited astra,gcr
up to drink with him. The stranger said
he never drank and wished TO be excused.
BY the custom 81 ths country. that was .
deadly insult, and ~ Brown very properly
shdt him dowR. He left, ,hins lying there
and went away, warning. everybody to let
the body alone, because It was he meat. he
said. And it is said, also, that he came
back after awhile and made coffin and bu-
ried the man hi.nsclf-though I never
could quite believe that without assistance
| Virginia City was full of fdcsper~does, and
some of the pleasantest newspaper reporting
| ever did was In those days, because re-
ported the inquests on the entire lot of
them, nearly. We had fresh one pretty
much every morning. Toward the last il
was melancholy 10 see how the material
was running short. Those were halcyon
daysl I'don,s know what halcyon days are,
hut that is the proper expression to use in
this connection, believe. .. "...
| H- JACK WILLIAMS. '
Jack Williams was one of the luckiest oi
the Virginia City despcra,loes. He killed a
good many men. Hc was q kind hearted
man, and gave al his custom to poor IN
dcr.aker who was trying to get along. Bu
by and bye some body poxed . double.bar
relied shot gun through crack while Will
liams was sitting at breakfast. and riddlc(
him at sucl. y rate that there was harsll,
enough of him left to hold an inquest on
and tl,en the poor unfortunate undertaken
best friend was gone, Al d he had to take il
his asiga.f Thus be was stricken in tn
midst Of his prosperity and his happiness
| for he was just OF the point of getting MAJ
ried when Jack Williams was taken ava
fnm him. and of course he had to give
| "Ys s>ss3f5' - n afs- N4gs r. a.wsr gas
+ cEMETERIAL crRrosIrrEa. 1a.4
tits said that the first twenty six grave
in the cemetery at Virginia City were tl,os
Of men who all died by the bullet And I'll
first six Of another Of those towns containc
the bodies Of desperate and f1veof hi
victims-and there in the bosom Ut his fan,
| lily, made dear to him by ties Of blood, h
csmly sleeps unto this day. i ri %4S'tH &.
| ''.-1 o. ID Nm sLADE.. 50" t'.'.-''] =
At the Rocky Ridge station in the Rock,
Mountains, in tho old; days Of oycrlan
stages and pony expresses, I had tho 60,
geous honor Of brcakfssting with Nj. Slade
the Prince Of all the desperadoes; who xii
led twenty-six men in his time; who use
to cut off his victims cars and send them a
keepsakes to their relatives; and VIII
bound one Of his victims hand and foot an
practiced on him with his revolver for hour
.ogether-s processing which seems almos
inexcusable until we reject that Rock
Ridge is away off in the dull solitudes 0
the mountains, and the poor desperadoe
have hardly any amusements. Mr.. Slad
aftcrward went to. Montana and began
4 thin ont tho population - usual-for b
!, took . great interest in trimming the censu
and regulating tho vote-but finally tn
! Vigilance Committee captured him an
hanged him, giving him just fifteen min
utes ~ prepare himself The papers said \
cried, on the scaffold. ...t .,f.,5t,s rs s.t >.
Il The Vigilance Committee II wholcsom
regulator In the new countries, aad b.
characters have = lively dread Of It /
Montana one Of these characters was place
, on his malc and informed tbat he had iprt
Z cisely fifteen minutes 70 leave the coaasr
II 1in.n He said, Gents It. this mule don
balk, dve II answes. ftt.yfaat.ls4 g.1e.oA
But that il sufficient about the despera
doeA ] merely wished 10 make ''plsslh
y mention II den y : iCalifosniad prbdus
n 81 shS n'o4lH " .attas 80 4Sl ~ I
d So .tar a3.els .s.ss il q - !, ~
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