Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-11-16
THE sHACKERs.

park Ia Maine, and 10 be forbidden Tree
course through this eminen, domain. has
always been = source Of imitation 10 the
Jr,.iers Of the wilds. Wesley. years
ago. developed q ,urbalen, spirit. Your
reader. will. remember tia. one Of the
frs, act, Of lawlessness was the attack on
sheriff Hapgooi. by several men die.
suissd .. Indians. The Sheriff Was 'ho,
At. hi, hat lwoundsd. hi, horses tail
graz.d by lead aud bic property baraed.
Years atsrwATd. Wesley retained,
amid m,ny good citizens, some OF the
l.wls.s sort. aud the town bsek,lii Ia
population and character The "Shsek,f
hand 10, to. the frOnt In the begin.
ming Of the war they resisted the draft.
killing Lisgieasnt Eiwsrd'. Deputy
Provost Marshal. whose murdsrsrs have
never been punished. Adroii. smuggling
W. one Of the pursuits Of the gang.
land ownsr were plandered. ,inbef.lsnd
set on FIRE. logging camps robbed. mills,
barns. houses aud other property barned.
la the summer Of 1884. one OF the
poach.r va, convicted. and threats Of
shooting follo~ed. I, was alleged ,ha,
deer we're killed aad .old At 81 each 70
feed hens on and 20 make into compost.
Two warden.. Thompsoa and Mansoa.
were attacked In the woods a, ,hs, time,
bat escaped uninjured. One fenleson
and another were arrested for ihi. attack
and pa, under bond, TO seep the peace
fof .iI mon,hs.
soon Afterwards. Warden Munson BE-.
came further objse, Of attack His
garden vas destroyed and bis apple tree.
sirdlsd. Manson'' COW Was poisoned.
and bis bailding, burned. Those who
hartored Man.on were then threatened.
Gov. Robe was then called on for aid (;
Wesley W. in q reign Of terror Nun
son and family l.ii town. Then Game
Warden Castings barn VAS burned by
incendi.ris. hi. horse WAS beheaded.
In November. public indignation termi.
nAtcl N ihc AlIt,b suA S""'NssSs ~
wiloar Day and ID. fehlA'on for ,he'e
crimes.
These facts show the peril' Of being =
game warden Ia the vicinity Of the Deer
Park Of the Maehis. wood. The hate
of the game warden. /. intense among
all poaeher. The game ~ardens 70 into
the wood, ani live ia han,er, camps.
armed 10 the teeth. 20 protect the game.
shile the poaehsr are armed TO the teeth
TO kill the game. The Joumar' "Rsm.
bier recently described the p.rilou' life
Of Game Warden I. follows.
Hearing the dogs Of a Poachins party
bayins on the mountains. ths Warden
follow. them up and pOi'on' them II he
ean-,hi, being the requirement OF the
Law. lie Away, carries supply OF dogs
poison pellets with him. These consist
OF .,uehnins and lard. rolled In piece
Of sheep. enuaIl. II be eaat draw the
dog. away from their owners. 30 a. to
poison them. be wait. until night. when
the men and the dogs have gone into
camp. Stealing up softly. he ii.'hes bis
dark lantern oa the .lesPers and shoots
down the dogs. lie c.nno, ares, ii.
po.cher in the middle Of the wilderness
aud drag them out. single armed. ba, he
take. their name. and arrests them when
he gets a good chance.
Everybody can see the danger in this
business. The men sleeping there With
those dogs have no fine moral 'eruPls'.
and would no, feel very bad II bullet
from one Of their gun, should bore hole
In a Game Warden. The msa who
shoots into their camp runs the risk OF =
returning yolley.
Las. fall Warden French tracked .
party Of Indians up the Wabash. lie
padded up the stream 10 his canoe =,
night, and the Indians did no, know be
wa. after them till the nose OF bis canoe
touched the bsnk where they had camp.
ed. lie sho, one dog. lie heard an
Indian start of and make the Indian
dos-csll-"Ker.Wi.s," TO another hound
10 follow him. "Come back here aud
bring ,h., dog. or I'll .hoo, you !" yelled
Preneh. The Indian poseher tamsly
obeyed. Frsneh .ho, the hoand with
hi. revolver. then eoOlly jumped into bis
canoe aud padded away. whtsehsnes
he gave the Indian Bat be did no, dare
10 shoot. Ba, now the gann!ne for
Warden. h., begun in dead earnest.
A short time after this adventure,
French learned ,h,, ,hi, Indian vas at
Peter Dana's Point. With . wounded dog.
One Of hi, shots, IL appears. ". not Ia
tai. tie vent up TO ih- point, foani The
dog aud finished him. French said be
was too good deer hoand TO be allowed
90 run.
Within year French ha. narrowly
missed losing bis life. lie W. after
salmon po.chers The two moe, no,ori-
oa. river pirates on the ST. CroiS were
the guilty men aud they tired to shoot
him, ba, French came on, ahead. a.
usual.
II makes no difference whether they
are high or Low. every man who hua'' o'
fishes in close time, on ffeneh's territory,
has reason to fear him. Last year h'
prosecuted the Dobsy Club. q number o.
wealthy Boston gen,lemen. Who saw III
to defy the laws Ills share OF III. hns
Vas $500.
I,b contrary to Law to hun, or kil
moose. deer OF caribou. siih dos'. a. any
time. The penalty Is 500 for ever,
moose. and so for every deer or caribou
80 killed. II is also illegal to hun
moose, deer or caribou. between January
Let aud October Let. The Legitimate
hunting mon,hs are October. Novembe
aud December. You can hunt the ant
Tered game 10 Maine, now, bat yoa mus
not use dogs.
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