Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-02

We0S W ksGuStu8 my VOOUO ! 0oO 9U0ovVu
ono boot aud put II on aud was GtoasinE
around the buggy Of that time; Williams
picked up that gun, took the gun and
walked around between me and the wagon,
said hc, Hank. arc you readyy" speaking
to Cammack; Cammack answered, said he,
I"yes"; Cammack pulled . large revolver
from his belt and walked between me and
the buggy: says I, "boys. what are you 60.
ing to do!"; Williams made the reply. ''you
will flnd OUT; he walked around coming
up to the head OF Mr.. Landphere aud I fol.
lowed and made . spring for the buggy.
when Cammsck turned around With the
large revolver and put It to my breast and
satd. sgo back and CIT down, or You are .
dead man; I did % and I hol
lowed, and II woke Nj. Landphsre
up; be raised up G~4andpherel and saw
of the gun towards him, says be, "Oh! for
Gods sake don't kill me-" Wiliiams' reply
vas, "You will die right here" and VIII.
liams said, II will watch Besbs," and Cam.
mack turned round taking the revolver (;
says he, lone, two, three" Az he said two
Williams threw bis eyes along the rife, and
they both fired almost together. IA they
did % I jumped towards Cammack and
grabbed my revolver, then Williams aud
Cammack came up to me and said, "If you
ever squeal you are = dead man." They
came back then, cit down the gun, aud Viii.
liams said that they would have to hide the
body and get it off that ground they started
of and went away frow me-, aud while they
were gone I took my revolver, which had
two empty chambers, and put two more
cartridges in it. They came back to me
and asked me to help them carry him away;
says mo, that mans blood is of my
hands and l will stay co."
Williams made the reply, says he:
"Hank, We are men enough to carry it
away ourselves"
Williams said : "Ifyou won't help us to
carry him away, damn you 60 and get the
ponies" l went and l got the ponies as I
started for the ponies they started of with
the body, Williams at the head took hold
Of the quilt, Cammack at the feet ; l came
back with the ponies and was Harvesting
them up; Cammack said, "that quilt will
give us away" He went and got the quilt
from the body, l suppose, where it was lay.
ing. Mr.. Williams took the quilt and
hurried it off to the left towards the buggy,
or towards Crow Creek, and Mr.. Cammack
took the coat and hat and the boots and the
cap and carried them away, something in
the same direction then came back and saw
the pieces Of that gun that l had broke
around the tree says he, "they
will know that il any Of the men from Be.
lott, run across it." He took them and
carried them away then by that time We
had pretty we'll picked up and then We
hitched up; l at that time, hadn't any more
cartridges in my pocket. that is what called
my attention to the trunk I vent to the
trunk where / had some more l had brought
in a box /; I got them out and emptied them
in my pocket; Mr.. Cammack took George
Landphere's pipe out of the trunk and threw
it away piece BY piece in different directions;
then when We started away from the ground
Williams and Cammack covered up the
camp fire and also where Mr.. Landphere
was killed T; first they threw some dirt on it,
and then threw ON some limbs. Cammxck
and I started TO leave the ground together,
Williams drove the buggy; We went on until
We came to the road, the Firesteel road /;
the road led to Sam Coon's ranch We got
to a mud hole and Williams got out and
washed some blood off his pants; Cammack
took q pair Of overalls out of the trunk
and put them On over his-he had some
blood on his pants also; We went On then to
Coon's ranch ; there We stopped and got some
water ; from there We inquired the way TO
Brule City We left there We camped about
five miles from Mr.. Coon'e. on . email
creek there we vent to Brule City by way
of Red lake or Mr.. Nelson's, and We vent
to q camp above Brule City, close to Mr..
Van Meters place, close 70 his house, and
on the 7th Of July l was arrested, and you
all know the rest.