Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-04-04

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APRIL 4, 1877. '.ssI i.s.1. 81.
said don't you kick her; when he said you
pimping son of a ---h get your revol-
Iver;-I will kill you befereiI leave the
house. He threw his blouse on the floor
and said 81 am fighting son of a b=--h
from Scranton, Just as he said that
grabbed the pistol; he ran at me and En-
ma said look out he will hit you with it
again. Just then the pistol cracked; he
staggered forward and as the second shot
was fired he turned tothe north facing
This left side towards me- As he was fall
ing 4 fired the third shot; he fell on his
hands and knees and crawled TO the door,
and when he got there he pitched him
self forward, Strengthened his arms and
said, Oh dear! Oh dear. Emma said,
EPete, don't you go outside, I said you go
out Of fitfle bar room, for they will . Ere IN.
70 I stepped over Messengaleo and stood
on the porch, and he called for the priest.
z n said, you oughtsto have Thought of
that before, but / never will asee you die.
there. Crowly came running up and
said, tsJohnny are you hurt p j IGsaidiyes,
and you are to blame for it. II hit him.
on the head with six shooter, therei
where they tried to prove ] used sling
tshot. Charley Driscoll came up tome
|andisaid Pete, what have you, sdonei q I
answered ]; shot this soldier, and handed.
him my pistol. j turned to Massengale.
and discharged soldier said, throw the
son of alb -:h in the gutter, he is moth
ing! but soldier II said I'llz do nothing,
Of the kind. I will take him in my house
and some of his friends can take caretof
him. 19ais: a. * .atfa3-.5 lls2.l
o While Iewas talking to this man, [
stepped on another pistol on the side walk,
I stepped over Messengale. and! left the
pistol on the bar; and then asI liftedIh This
headoI discovered the sling shot, picked
it5up and said Emma that is what heihad.
We carried him into 1.-The house. Pete
Malloy came in looked at Massengale
and said where is Pete Branigan? As
I was there he said get your hat, which 1
had lost in the row. Sheriff Mckenzie
Ethen came in, and said Pete let us 20 out
Ethe heEbacksway. We wentto Capt Howe's
quarters and told him of the trouble; he
said where do you live; told him on 4th
st. He says I thought SO; there is where
they kill soldlerss ~ a &s8 II
I told him all I asked for was fair trial
and his men for evidence. He told the
1st Sergt. to hold the men in their quar-
ters;:the Sergt said he did not knowsifhe
could. and the Capt. saidif you can't I'll
get up myself was put in the Jail but
was not searched. Mckenzie told Rick
cts, the jailor, to shoot the first mansthat
attempted to break the door, and went
to secure additional guards, Twas placed
in the cen with Richards who made me
as comfortable as he could. / complains
ed of my neck being lame and hcsaid my
hair was full of blood. He washed, the
cuts on my head and we sat there talking
I.awhile and ! took the sling shot which I
had fpickedsup by Massengale'ss sidesout
of my pocket and he discovered the ini-
tials s'J.5M" !" on it. I showed the sling
shot to my fellow prisoners and gave il to
Lawyer Williams when he came up and
| tshowed him the cuts in my head. Rick
cts, the 1ailor, demanded to know
to whom 9 I gave the sling shot My
lawyers thought it best MOTTO place this
but to save it for the trial. Ihaye no fault
to find with my treatment in the Burleigh
county Jail until after Mckenzie left for
Ft= Madison, when the depty., sheriff
was placed in charge. The day McKen-
ziesleft he visited my cell butsleft the key
in thedoor and went down town. While
he was gone I took a piece Of soap and
got an impression of the keys from which
1 made pattern of piece of an oyster
ea,l,and sent this away and had keys
made, but never used them, / used for
this purpose the case knife with which
Williams, the. soldier. prisoner, had3cut
the iron bars, and with this cut the riv-
cts Of my shackies and threw. it in the
|slop bucket. 4 then bound the shackles
with piece of blanket so the work would
mot benot1ced. then had no intention
of fleaving but meant to show Mckenzie
when he came back that could have
gone if had wanted to- Il did not like
the talk of the depty. sheriff but thought
7 would keep quiet until Mckenzie came
back, but the depty. circulated reports
that had attempted 10 make Il break
and said i'll got away he would give, his
neck for mine. While heard this talk day
dIIeI Ody Slll udu NO IHtcHtlOH W Co-
cape but expected to secure Governor c..
K Davis to d sfend me and through him
get new trial, .but.I heard so much talk
that became discouraged. Governor
Davis drew on me but refused to cash
his draft until the next morning though
my friend from Winnepeg urged me to do
so and to give the case to Davis imme-
diately. did not tell him that had de-
termined to escape and that that was my
reason for not honoring the draft. I then
had it partly fixed::wfth the jailor, whofwas
to let me out. He came to the cell but
was in doubt about the $500 had prom