New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-05-21


come of it if it could. For any measure Of
reform or improvement by which his t0tter
ing empire might be stayed in its fall, the
Sultan has to be surprised, hoodwinked OF
bribed into giving his consent, nor 10 there
ever any certainty that what has been OBJ
tanned by the ministers stratsgem may moi
ct any moment be revoked by the sover
eign's caprice.
How q Graveyard Was Started In Caster
City.
Death demanded sacrifice. A grave
yard had to be started in Custer. No one
had volunteered to die, and no rufian had
offered sacrifice. Fate led Charlie Holt
and John Picket across the plains from
Sioux City, and hope and ambition induced
them to drive their stake" upon the south
ern slope in the suburbs of Custer. Poor
boye! they were not yet men, and their COM
| reach IS in value. They selected town
| lot upon the side of grassy knoll, close to
. small grove of straight, tall pines, and
being unable to chop large logs or buy lum-
Der with which to construct . habitation,
dug . cave. They call them ''dugouts"
here, but q better name would be dead
FALLS" for they are little else. These
boys made their deadfall eight feet square,
covered it with pine brush, propped this
up with eight small poles, threw on
several tons Of earth, and went to bed
to dream OF home, of mother, OF father and
Of the fortune they, in their b0yish ina
ginations, had already carved ont OF these
golden RESINS. When morning came (yes-
terday morning March 81, a sad sight was
revealed to the young man who went to the
dugout to borrow shovel. The angel of
and had buried the sleeping boys alive. A
faint, piteOus voice beneath this living
grave broke the icy stiffness of the frosty
morning, crying out, "In Gods name, pull
me out! am dying" The boy who had
come to borrow . shovel fed in horror from
the fatal spot, calling loudly for help, which
came from all directions, from fifty cabins
in the gulch. A dozen ye0man arms delved
down and tore away the cruel earth which
had already elapsed and claimed one of
these boys az its own, and which had hug
ged and pressed in it's icy embrace, for eight
long hours. the struggling survivor. The
story told by the mangled and mutilated
youth is q brief one. He told it to me
while grasping in agony and pain, stretched
upon q cough of pine bOughs on the hill
side.
I'VE fnished our 'dugout' yesterday, and
l went down town to beg for work or -four.
We had eaten up our last grub. Charlie
that's my pardner-staid at home to fix up
things and finish digging out the chimney.
l went to the miners meeting at Swearen
gers saloon, and came home about ten
O'Clock and went to bed. When woke up
l was buried, but had one hand free, with
which l scratched away the dirt and brush
and got air. Then all was dark again, and
alter awhile l woke up; | could see the
stars and the moon, and l heard Charlie
calling to me to help him. tried to move,
but the dirt came tumbling in on my face,
SO l quit. Then Charlie said, johnny, / am
dying; write to my mother l cried out,
Charlie, can't get out; God help you; we
must die = then all got dark again Thst,s
al know, sir, I'LL Just now. Is Charlie
oesd
Yes, Charlie was dead! His crashed and
maDgled body was dragged out of the
debris few minutes afterward and borne
cabin, on Custer street, and laid out upon
plank placed upon two lOge.
Then came the inquest-first held in the
Black Hills. 1t vas queer scene. There
stood the city marshal, tall, rough. hon.
est man, with bronzed brown face and tear
stained eyes, pair of navies on his hips,
but gentle as lamb in the face of death
like this.
The coroner, miner with grizzled beard
and hard grimy hands, stood by the BODY
with book in his hand. Two doctors.
just arrived that morning from Platte
county, Missouri, looking more like trsmps
than professionals: stood by awaiting. A
reporter, Jewish clothing dealer, saloon
Keeper, a lawyer and two miners consti-
tute9 the Jury, which sat itself upon log,
wnlch insisted upon rolling over every two
Mhutes: Inc inquest was brief, the re-
porter organized the jury, swore them in,
sonnd 'Ie eslaenee MADE the verdict, and
Tha Hsrd ino nsse onclsi arcnlVe OF the CITY
snffacat;on ;, +hsr aootEonts 1 ueat9 from
reaSv w;,h vh;oh ~ "a s Oh, anu materal was
Cnsrssr WIN "ni0n W s'srt graveyard In
men came humane hands and kind heats
c anu alG Tss tne unfortunate stranger.
ona in fha " 10y Aoun i wnlte snirt, the only
a shrou1 ND 10y 10y Hh sn1:s WAS converted into
ronn1, 49, a." u Hnalno Hol5 soon lay IN
Vas not r al ~ -. upun vi, pier OF logs. This
that hisch assartoS vas ah Dunt ~ the corner OF
~ al, o~o ~ oosuaseu caoin, the root opened
halt Sozen uo Sno ~ " escape, ana then a
DAYLIGHT Tia o sa' anu watcneo uhtll
orsvsyard WY were oouno 10 start q
faSiesNves l.Sias sn1 1. ilsng VI .ne sun came
Who ba3 In ,aunes, klna hearted pioneers
winter w o ,';a wteatn oI pine tWlgs,
fraomants' puI zones, anu Iour little
of ths hi.o11 wHlto tariesan' ana pieces
honnot M. e'Inss VI WITS Drogmoncs
tall ,,,oa 40 "roa.n was lald reveren-
Nos oil thass on4 e. aupa h,o pine Dox; 1t
oo,,,a =. 'S0 .L o Io :9 noar1o0 women
~ HUo. ..e w, anu tney o,o u well. But still
.no k."toyalu WAS uot inaugurated. Here
Mas corpso noa1ly snrouCed, wreathed
anu comneo, ana no graveyard; but site