The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-11-15

A SOLD BRIToN.
A Practical Joke Played on a New Ar,
rival in Deadwood.

| rival IN Oeadwood. :
The Times relates the following as a
specimen of the practical jokes preva-
lent in the Black Hills:
A week or two ago a young man land
ed in Deadwood, direct from England,
His name is Frank, and he is a brother
of Deputy Sheriff Brewer. He came
here with all the freshness and verdancy
Of fatherland sticking out from his
honest eyes, and manifesting itself In
every movement Of his body. As was
said Of a certain man that went down
to Jericho, he fell among, not thieves,
but the worst practical jokers that ever
lived, and in the short time he has been
among us has been the victim of the
cruelest sells that human ingenuity
could invent. He has been sent all over
the ne~ighborhood to borrow from the
different families articles that v
existed in the world. Everything he
saw here was new and strange; every
man who carried a gun was a road
agent or murderer. and to such an ex-
tent had his fears been excited that he
was ready to believe anything told him.
Yesterday he received a letter from
Thomas Collins, dated at Crook City,
in which the writer charged him with
the attempted seduction of his daugh-
ter, and swearing that he would never
sleep until he had cut out his heart and
swallowed it. This letter he showed
to his friends, who told him that they
knew Collins; that he was a bad man.
and lived on human flesh; that hardly a
week passed over without his killing a
man or two, and they wrought Frank
up to such a pitch that he went before
a magistrate and filed an information
against Collins, a warrant was issued
and placed in the hands Of Hank Bea-
man, who towards evening reported
that he had captured Collins after a des-
perate fight, and had him heavily IRON
ed and guarded close by. At 7 O'Clock
last night the crowd commenced gather
ing at Justice Clark's office, but finding
the room too small to accommodate all.
the court adjourned to Joe. Ludwig's
saloon on Sherman street. Charles
Washington Dolloff was chief Justice.
and he sat there with all the dignity
that aver graced Sir Mathew Hale,
and after the crowd had all gathered,
Hank Beaman came in with the desper-
ado, Collins, and his daughter Wheeler.
Collins was loaded down with irons and
could hardly walk, but did at length
manage to get to the seat prepared for
him, and about this time made an effort
to escape, and for a short time there
was a terrible time between Collins and
Hank, but the officer finally subdued
him. This racket attracted a huge
crowd from the street, and by the time
the complaint was read by lawyer Fraw-
ley, who managed the prosecution, the
hall was densely packed. at the CON
clusion of the reading of the complaint
the prisoner was called on to plead, and
plead not guilty. The young Briton,
at this point of the investigation, saw
the entire crowd snickering, and took
in the situation. Stepping upon a
chair, be proclaimed in a loud, clear
voice, ''Boys, l see by your smiles that
you are joshing me. Ill get even with
you If you'll come to England. Come,
all Of you, and take a drink with me;
its nv treat And four bundrad man
said they'd take sugar in theirs.