The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-03
A COLORADO SHERIFF,

lcamp herbert tCol) Corr Denver News.l
There seems to be something inexpress-
IDLY funny in being a Deputy Sheriff,
especially one from Buena Vista. Quite
interesting tales are told of Deputy Sher-
| IFS from that section. The latest is told
OF Ike Barrett, who started after Joe
Turnbull, the murderer of old man
Osborn. Ike, as soon as he gets into
Taylor Park, swears in two Deputies
named Ferguson and Buzzard, and to.
gether they start for Spring Creek, where
they expected to capture Turnbull. Upon
arriving at that place Barrett succeeded
in getting blin' drunk, and forthwith
tried to clean out the town. Every man
that came along he pulled his pistol on
and made them come into the saloon and
take drink. He at last espied Colonel
j. B. Stone, of Denver, who was in that
section looking up mining property.
Barrett drew his pistol on Stone and
told him to throw up his arms, which he
did, when Barrett went through him,
taking revolver and $40 from the
Colonel. He then made Stone 60 ahead
into the saloon and take drink, which
the Colonel at first refused to do, when
the desperate pulled the cooked revolver
on him, saying, with an oath, that if he
did not drink he would shoot him. He
made every man drink that was in the
saloon, and he pulled his revolver on any
one that he thought was not giving him
the attention that he desired. He kept
Mr.. Stone prisoner form a. m. until
II noon, and paid for the drinks with
the money he had taken from the Colonel.
His deputies tried to interfere in behalf
of the Colonel, but they were soon
silenced by his threatening to shoot either
one of them if they did not keep their
mouths shut. He threatened the bar
keeper who made run for it, when the
desperate fired after the fleeing man, but
not with any success Everybody was
trying to sneak out of sight Of the mad.
man. One of his deputies mounted q
horse and tried to escape, and just as
the desperate took aim to fire the mar
dropped from his horse, thus, no doubt
saving his life, as Barrett is known to be
a dead shot, as the following will show
While they were all in the saloon an ole
man came in with several letters anG
gave them to Colonel Stone to deliver al
the first postoffice he came to out O.
| Spring Creek Barrett took the letters
from the Colonel and threw them on thu
floor and commenced shooting at them
filling them full of holes. The old maj
went to pick the letters up to rewrit
them, when the william made the olt
gentleman hold them out at arms length
when he commenced shooting at then
while he held them in his fingers, shoot
ing them all to pieces. After emptyin
his revolver, he wanted Ferguson to civ
him his, which he would not do, when h
| shot at his deputy, the ball passin
; through his hat, just grazing his head
About this time the Colonel got ava
and the circus broke up for want of an
munition. Mr.. Stone tells this interes-
ing tale himself, which is vouched for
the two deputies. The last heard
l Barrett was that he stopped at Texs
Creek Friday night. 1t is thought thu
Y If he meets Turnbull they will chum t,
I gether and make two of the most precior
rascals unhung.