The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-10-07

day written in Hebrew. The Turkish
language stumps all Of us. though.
But fortunately m English tranlas-
ton accompanies it"
"A Destroying Angel
The last days Of Bill Hickman, the
Dante chief and .red-handed destroy
ing angel, were spent In this imme-
diate vicinity. and his body lies, or is
supposed to lie, in our cemetery,
writes a Lander, Wyoming, CORE
spondent to The Isl. LOUIS Globe Demo
cra After the suppression and pun
ishment OF the Danites consequent on
the eliminating evidence Of Hickman,
the vengeance Of the Mormon church
took its usual active form, and even
the Hickman name was no protection.
Accordingly the arch assassin gather
ed his house and household goods
about him, and sought a refuge be-
yond Mormon reach. This he found
in the valley of the Papoagin, locating
a ranch Q few miles from the town Of
Lander. Here, surrounded by a nu-
merods connection, he bred, for two
years, horses and cattle, engaging in
nothing more violent than an occa-
sional drunken squabble at the Lander
whisky bars. In August, 1883, he
was taken i'll, the disease clinging to
him until October, when it became ev-
ident that the lurid spark that had
lighted an infamous life was about to
be quenched in death. He retained
consciousness until the last, and died
as boldly and wickedly as he had
lived, his last breath going in an mar
ticulate curse against Brigham Young
and the church he had served SO blood
lily and so well.
Hickman was q man OF powerful and
robust physique. His sixty odd years
sat lightly upon him, albeit burdened
with crimes probably never equaled.
His death was due solely to habits Of
gross intemperance. whisky and opium
being hts sole articles of diet for days
together. He carried numerous marks
OF his desperate encounters, his body
being scanned and scared all over
His attrocious record and dangerous
character made him q man Stunned
and avoided by all classes here, and
he lived and died among the people
of the Papoagin valleys a stranger.
His personal appearance his neighbors
were familiar with, hut the horrible
creeping feeling Of repulsion his pres
ence always inspired, even among
men themselves stained with crimes OF
dark hue. made anything more than a
slight acquaintance impossible.
After his death his kindred gather
ed up their possessions and took the
back trail for Mormondom. Among
them yer the Gillespie brothers, 0
in-law of the dead terror. The moving
community, for its numbers made it
little less, passed quickly through the
county until it reached what is known
as the Big Sandy river, fifty miles on
their way. Here the Gillespies took
possession of a band of six hundred
sheep running on the range Of, and
belonging TO, John Lahore, q prom
inent sheep-raiser of the section. This
stock they drove coolly along the
highrOads with their other animals.
selling q few now and then, and
~butchering al the needs of appetite
demanded. FINALLY they were over
taken by q pursuing party, and what
was left Of the booty recovered, though
the Giilespies succeeded in making
their escape. These brothers had es-
tablished for themselves very hard
names in the Lander country, the
theft Of more than one horse being
laid at their door, though the proof
was wanting. Indeed, it can truly be
said that their departure, as referred
TO, was in obedience to that thrifty
instinct that warns its owner that 4
certain locality Is getting too hot for
him.
A warrant was worn out against
Frank Gillespie, the only one Of the
two against whom certain evidence
could be brought, and al the division.
last year Of Sweetwater county the
warrant, still IN the sheriff office nm
served, was left ia the hands 81 the
Sweetwater officials. This was un-
fortunate, as who should put il an
appearances, bag and baggage, 4 short
time since, but Nj. Frank Gillespie
himself, il blissful ignorance that the
hhw was still lying III wait for him.
The warrant and authority from the
did county were instantly t~eiegraphed
ftpr, but when they arrived the bird
had taken the alarm and iiown.
bill Hickman was buried lin 4he
cSapl1 ere IN October, 1888 Nhe
W fell upon, his grave, and
] came the rurmor was rife