, 1870-05-12
SAM HILDEBRAND.
The miH.Ouri Desperate En- Route TO
:. the Red River Couutry-ERc IL Inter-
Viewed by n Sioux CRY Reporter.

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\. 1hc Red River Country-E1c II Inter.
viewed by n Sioux Ctfy Reporter.
From the siouz City 7fna<s dprI1a.
1 It is now opportune TO mention the fact that
the notorious outlaw and desperate Of Mis-
Bouri, Sam. Hildcbrand, WAS visitor Of 6iou1
City Tor few days last week, and left by the
steamer Nick Wall, on Thursday night, foE
|. new acene Of operations, and against nation
| more p1etentoas than the commonwealth Of
On Monday We were standing on the plat
|, form Of the depot when the tr1in came in on
the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad, and among
the large number OF passengers We noticed
outlaw Of Mlssouri. He had his valiss in one
hand, and his rifle, in buckskin case, IN tho
other.
He looked cautiously around, and his keen
eye met ours in recognition. He beckoned Ms
to one eide, and, in a familiar manner, said.
"Hel1o, old buck, you up here, too, be you
I managed, By hard scratching, to got away
from them fellerp down in Missouri, didn't I
They'd given somethin' to be as near me now
rs you he; but, + tell you, made some q
them ere fellers sick Guess I'll 80 and get
somethin' to cat. Hadn't bite IN two days
few days till get away- then you may blow as
u1uch as YOU d1tn mind to. like to let them
ere pukes know Old Sam is tzumps yit.
Bleep7"
We told him tho Clifton House WAS Is good
pInc. as he could go to and Msjor Clay one
Of the finest fellows he ever met
"Guess that's all right" said Sam, "but
don't want him nor nobody else to know who
am: III mako out Tn goin' to the mountains,
ard thatu be all right"
stBut your Dame!"
Pshaw I've got more names to draw on
than family of church goin' folks-''
t.What about Jour comrades 7"
"Tll tell you about them By and by Now,
Tn as sleepy and hungry as the devil AEe you
"You bet. I'm running the local Of the
wThats a right smart paper. Saw ono down
on the Northwestern Road- I'll give you: an
itern in q day or two which Will be- worth
Wo waited day, and in the cool Of the even
ing after eundown We saw HllebEand sitting
| on stamp by the river bank in our State,
and looking at State and Territory across the
/ river
"He1lo! Sam" and cur hand was in his
"sit down spell, and I'll tensou something
:, II Hpw I'd Ga you gotawa and what's become
II bud : a1 pretty tough cid tine to get swayy,
fhe Sheriff popped him Fye got now $50
on"
. ssBut about your escape7" 80,
"Well, you recolloct the night the Sheriff Of
st. Francois and his posse Of men WOE stoppin
at Wade's farm We thought it was. up, but
two Of tie boys went in to join in hunting Ms:
and we manaEed:to get them tight. We piled
some wood around the house md sot fire to it
60 as to keep them watm."
"Nbat! set fire to the house Z" ="
"You're right; but the sherihc-he'sa tough
old coon-managed to get away, but the rest
ttAnd the two men?"
{. They came out before tho oven Was hot
enough. Tho Sheriff started back for more
men and We nade trucks for the North. We
were little too fur away from our enemies,
and they were too many fur us, and we were
among persons who done Us no hurt, and we
couldn't get up any excitement. You know
that ol1 tiger son saw in the buckHhn, Mon
aYour wife?"
that old critter ~
ave no idea That's not the ono the hun
ters took from you and carried to Jefferson
and then TO st, Louis ?"
aThat's ali humped up story about that
ere rifle This one had all through the War.
and ali through Missouri, and Ehe has ATS
notchea along her bar1el--Jou kno" "hat thai
means ?"
"You killed That many, suppose ?"
"Yours mighty right Jake popped nearly
as many-in fact al the boys.done well, thers
no discount on that There's many one
We popped nobody ever heard Of. We let the
id abolition robbers see they couldn't walk
over us, no how you can fix It.
"We started all the way through the woods,
meeting every once in while. We had h
roaring time OF it when We met, and gave the
rads some trouble wherever We found EN-.
"Keetltk {keoknk) I had The boys 60 up
the river as far as st. Paul, and for fear I
might be known started this Way. went
from Eee1lirk to Des Noines, and crossed over
tho Boone, Hheke I got On tho E9xtaNeaattsR