The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-03-26

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and courageous, yet as quiet and psrn'
manly a messenger as W Ellis, Fargo Q y"
ever had. He has had numerous dss,...,"
encounters with bad men, and ranks o.
with HOWE, Riedler and Featherstops s
nerve, daring and adventure. We hail
he never had but one shooting match
Montana, but has had several elsswh. "
The following from the st. Joe Herald y.
February 24sh, will be surprise to hi. ~,
acquaintances for two reasons: Is, ,L"1
he went after his man as he did; ID ,hs'
he didn't get him,
Shortly after six o'clock last eysp;r, !.
usual quietness that pervades the GU, S"o
House block was suddenly broken nv ga
report of four pistol shots which at,rss.. .ue
the attention of those who were passin, ~
at the time, aud greatly to the aston;ay2
ment of those who were bent to wors =
the Office of Tyler s. Hall, the real ss,. u
agents. On a public thoroughfare, in ss'
most prominent locality in the city, to bs sa'
the report of firearm was matter aror"a
to furry the clerks aud slacken the Sn.sa
of the pedestrian. T'''
After some Questioning the informatio,
was gathered that stranger, without ~
parent provocation, had followed Mr., I'M
into his place of business, and with W.
words, " You id son of b-h, Pll k%
you anyhow" opened FIRE with the avid,
intention Of putting an end to The exists,a,
of the corpuleDt agent. Those who W.
inside had observed Mr.. Hall in eau ee
conversation with stranger OUTSIDE ,S'
door, butAdid not dream of serious culu ra'
nation until MI. Hall passed into The olsns,
followed by the stranger, aad The sboot;nn
commenced. When Brown sipnibed his
intention to kill by whipping out his pi,tol
Hall took in tho situation at glance aOS
just as the gun was leveled at his head :.
made side movement with the rapiditv ~
lightning, but none too quick to escape tSs
ball which wbizzed by his head aud bnrisS
itself in the wall. Almost at the easb =;
the pistol Col. Lincoln, who was sngacsS
in conversation with Mr.. Halls sister.in'
law, at the time, 9rappled with Brown
while Hall approached him and kuockeJ
the pistol to right and left as it was bein,
emptied. Lincoln made desperate eaort
| to wrench the pistol from Browns hand
and in so doing narrowly escaped bullet
in his own brain, the third shot PASSED
! through the crown of his hat aud fudp,
Judgment high up in the wall. Before tbs
pistol was recovered, however, another ,bOt
was fired, the ball going through the floor
and before Brown could again shoot he was
floored by the combined efforts of Hail sOd
Lincoln and his weapon taken from him
-, l., 4 l.
to kill, and had sufficient reason for At.
tempting the life of Hall.
By this time quite crowd had COLLECTED,
and physicians were paving over Halls
anatomy in search of the perforations male
by Browns bullets, but no gaping wound
could be found from which blood oOzed and
trickled down to the boot soles.
In the midst of all the excitement Deputy
Sheriff Spratt sto. near the mau thrstnr
for "goah," and in very quiet way Is.
oorted him to Jail when he sgnifed bis Dc.
sire to be delivered over to the authorities
Brown manifested some little nervousness
while being escorted to prison, and dropped
some remarks that might tell against bin,
but of this the Herald will not take COY.
nizance since IL seems almost impossible to
get at the true facts, or rather what
brought about the shooting.
One reason assigned for the deadly
assault is, that two or three years sgO
Brown alleges that Hall took advantage Of
circumstances ana endeavored to prey upon
the weakness Of his wife, but whether any.
thing further thaa an insult was offered,
the prisoner would not state when Herald
reporter visited the Jail last night II is
| lnln1isaH hnUpvar that fhara anal nitiuht.
ing circumstances in this affair, and what
is contraband for the papers will come out
in good time.
Those who have known BroNa since be
was boy in st. il eph, were activs enough
in their steps last night to get bonds for
his appearance before Squire Fitton for
preliminary examination on Wednesday
but at II o'clock last night no Que had been
found who felt willing to be surety for
$500. 1t was thought, however, that re.
sponslble parties would appear this morn
ing and bail him out.
James w. Brown is we'll known to 0
great many of the early settlers, and, We
understand, when a boy, rode the second
pony out of ST. Joseph when what was
known as the PONY Express" was estab
lished by Ben Holiday. He seems to have
been especially adapted for tho wild and
reckless life that opened before hin, and
possessing more than ordinary courage, be
soon won favor with his employers aud was
rapid in his promotions. When the Con-
cord coaches succeeded the feet-fooed
ponies, Brown was retained and mada
sort of detective and whole protective
association against the road agents that u.s.
sumed monarchy DER the plains. lu ems
capacity he render d service invaluable
and saved the company many thousand
dollars. At one time he alone fought anl
defeated six "road agents" who bad
planned to rob the company's safe, aud
is claimed for him that hs has been insiru-
mental in bringing the worst desperadoeS
OF the plains to justice. For fifteen years
he has been trusted employe Of Ben hOllI
day and Wells, Fargo Il Co. From tho
latter employers he carries an elegant goa
watch which was presented TO him .
recognition of his fidelity and courage, and
there are those in this city who can testlI!
to his bravery while or the plains. As
boy and young man he was very calm ana
deliberate and never quarrelsome, but
the same time he b. that determlnatlop
abour him that called Cor admiration. 40
has always been true 10 his friends aud DIS
employers, and for his faithfulness in years
past, Wells, Fargo & Co. made him their
agent at Deadwood.
About four years ago he married MISS
Lulu WEIGH, daughter of the late Edwaru
WEIGH, he living when be married her ~
Virginia City, Nevada, and employed "
QUE agent for the company above men
toned. Mr.. Brown comes fion highly
respected family, and when young MAJ
was marked for bis comeliness and gal'
lantry. He has a brother Lying ut Mays
vile, and sister, Mrs. S. F. Garrett ["
Savannah.
The sadness Of this unfortunate affair %
made doubly so from the fact that NJ.
Brown and his wife came all the way from
the Black Hills to attend the funeral OIL aI'
Edward WEIGH, which takes place to-uaI,
and at the hour Of midnight the VIE was
ignorant of the fact that her husband W.
incarcerated. And she having always SUI
tanned an excellent reputation upto wv w
time they were married and after, anu ~
his absence to have her chastity questiCIs'u
was what reused his ire and prompted p a,s
| to resent the insult III the manner DO NV
Although matter of two years stana'us
and over, with plenty of time to repsS'
| over his wife's confession. he meets his mA w.
states his grievance, and then deiiosm"'
| proceeds TO make him n corpse.