Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-07
MAINTAINING IN MONTANA.
Twenty three Outlaws Lynched-The
M~urrysvilie Rioters-Dicd from
His Wounds.
Special 10 the Globe. Democrat.

Special TO the Globe Democrat.
FoRr KRoaH, Mont, August 4.-Betwoen
the Mussel Shell and Judith Rivers are th.-
most daring and powerful bands of horse
THE -, regularly organized and csptainedt
that have ever existed in Montana. For tn
past month horse.thieves have been havin-.
things their own way. In the Yellowston
country no less than twcnty.threc have bee
lynched during that time. Numerous steau
boat wood. yards all along the Missouri riy
are nothing moro than nests and hiding plaS
for tho robbers, who are now known to =
both white and red. Vigilance az d safety Cd y
rittees are ut last b. ing organized TO hunt
rascals dowu, and from the reports coming -
much good work is being done. Many tele-
graph po'e' and traes bear the well.veutilated
bodies OF either white men, Indian or half
breeds. Mr.. Rcece Anderson, was the first
citizen TO open the campaign, and with twsnty-
five cowboys belonging to Stuart 4 Kohns'
Cattle company cleaned out in short order n
nest of stock. thieves who infested the Mussel
Shell and Lower Judith basin. Thirteen
in all, inc)u ing two half-b' esds, were
rounded up and hung. Andcrson's party then
pursued and overlook, on July 18th, n NUM-
bar of horse-tbicves, who were attempting t.
drive n large band OF horses across the line in
To British ter itory. All of the stock was re-
SpNVl'is bub IA ''Hus hkiltNDt tbptDtu lllt
the Canadian possee sions. Another band of
cowboys captured at Rocky Point, % few days
ago, u gang of five hoise.thieves, recovering
hon them thirty.two hsad of horses. The
five outlaws were then suspended from the
nearest trees.
A RUNNING FIGHr.
Granville Stuart patty, after Gle aiming out
the Downie aud felix gang of desperadots n
week or ~ Ago, started off on q raid toward
VUnN1u AInnpfntna nat TnnaInu tha,V $40.
up with q gapg of thieves and had n running
fight with them, A few animals we. e recap
turcd and two mounted rascals wounded.
The latter were promptly set to stretching
hemp. Crossing the Missouri at Fort Haw-
ley, the vigilantes arrived ut Bateman's wood
band of rascals, which lasted two hours. Ben
der and Galbraith are in pursuit Of a large
gang Of horse thieves who il seems have COM
mencsd operations in the Teton and Marias
countries, making the Sonery grass hills their
rendezvous. Their first work was to hang
Dutch Louie" who had u ranch on Crooked
Creek, and who was strongly suspected of
keeping n rendezvous for horse thieves and
other bad characters. He bore q bad name,
and suspicion had been resting on him of be
ing in league with tho outlaws. The pursuers
a'torward struck the trail of another band of
thieves, who had been mauIaudiug on the TIE
ton. 1t was discovered that sixteen horses
with eight drivers had crossed ut
Three Islands, and nearly one hundred AMI
mails we've crossed at the mouth of the Marias.
M%ARAuDINa cRERs.
Last Friday night snnis hslf-breed freighters
campsd 10 Arrow Greek had all their horses,
Sitgen head run cf, they say Try Grow ~ Cros
IVA As,Lrs,lss ~ go Liliiu .v.r ~ i.-sss,
~Ndrl isysNtrs irisiog toward the Missouri
A few hours later sixteen Cree indians crossed
with eighteen heAd Of sock at Eagle Cheek.
making oil possible speed to oven take the
former. These Indians are probably the same
thieves who have been working the Teton. The
red rascals have two days start of the pursuing
party. Mr.. @ Wagner, Of Wolf Creek, an
other OUT aged citizen, has also CONNER ced
war ON tho outlaws Forty-three head were
run off from his ranch, July 90. He at once or
ganiZsd n well mounted, well.armsd detacb-
ment Of determined men, who have been
securing the country in every direction for
past five days. Word has just come in that
his horses were found south of Highland
Mountain. where the thieves, becoming n arm
ed, had left them and made good their es-
cape. There seemed to be q general uprising
of herse thieves, road agents, aud despera-
does in the Missouri river country, not only
in this part of Montana, but also through the
length and breadth of Idaho, as well as diff
erent sections of eastern Oregon and Wash
ington Territory. There il q corresponding
rise of good citizens and vigilance com.
mittces, who are determined to carry on
q war of determination until the last white
or red rascal Is either hung or driven from the
county. o.