The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-12-23

a3,1 1886. Y. Y.
HE Hath tBitton OF More. .thun he
Can Chew
The two following articles appeared
in the Bismarck Tribune of Sunday.
Sheriff Willard Of Medora, arrived
from the west yesterday 81
.'The fact that Editor Packard has
taken a stand against the stockmen and
in favor Of Meyers. who was recently
brought back for stealing cattle by sher-
i'll Willard. has prompted SOME OF Mr..
Packard's acquaintance to lose conf
ffonce In him as that lofty champion Of
justice he declared himself when. lie en-.
tered upon his journalistic career in the.
Bad Lands. . ;. z. !. "A.
Tie above articles at together SO well
that "'TWere Q sin to part them" and we
publish them in full. -,$$. ,$s5.
{ Up to this time we never have and
probably never will again, allow q con-.
troycrsy, personal to ourselves, to appear;
in tho columns Of paper that We own!
In this .caso., however, Mr.. Willard has
found such ready mouth-p pieces In other.
papers, that for two reasons we allow
ourselves a personal explanation; 1st:,
because he has allowed his eauseless
spite toward us to lead him to Indirectly
chargeia perfectly innocent man with
stealing cattle and, End, to show our ex-,
act position in this matter and the JUS
ticeS Of our previous remarks. which
caused the above article. To mutual ac-
quaintances, We are perfectly willing to
rest the case without argument.
s The last article quoted from the Trib-
;nne states that we have arrayed our
selves against the sentiment of the
stockmen i'll believing Myers to be inno-
cent. 1t further states that we set up a
lofty standard OF. justice when we came
to the Bad Lands. As Mr.. Willard has
mixetllhis dates somewhat on the latter
charge and confused the time we first
came here with the time when lie told
US, whom he was running for sheriff and
our name was dragged before the public
against our will as justice of the peace,
that ""rllere's plenty ofmoney in it if the
Justice ,$of the peace and the sheriff
stand in" we can pass that by as.an in
adyertance OIL his part.
The gist Of the article charges that
George Myers is guilty Of stealing cattle
and tina. the stoekinen here join in the
charge. !, ,s
To make the matter, perfectly clear,
weswill again state the history of the
case. with some additional points over
our last account. ...i...;s5 Y; ~
George Myers is now aud for several
years has been working for.the Maltess
Cross ontiit,tJf which Ferris &. Merri-
field are managers and Theodore Roose-
yeit Of New York is proprietor. instead
ofsrentiing every cent lie ea:ned in ex-
travagancc, he has constantly turned the
greater share OF his wages into cattle
and horses. In. this way he bought a
hurcs, of cattiesof Ferris a. MesrifsId,
but iefofe they were all branded, two
escaped. During The beef roundup,
these tive animals We're found on the
Maltese Gross range and were turned
over tn Myers by Sylysnus Ferris, Que of
the managers, in The presence of the rep
resentatiyes of at least two other outfits.
Whether they were the identical two
animals in question, does not make a
particle of difference. They were NAV
ericks (unl,rantied cattIe) and rs such,
according to bylaw Of the Little Mis-
souri, River Stockgrowers' Association,
belonged to the range OH which they
wore found. This reduces it to per-
sonai matter between Ferris & Merri-
field and Myers. They settled the bus
'iness satisfactorily to themselves and it
is no ones else business. There was no
sign of disagreement by the representa-
tives Of other brands present aid the
matter was virtual bill of sale by Fer
.ris & Merri6eld TO Myers. :
The two animals were then driven
with the Maltese Cross beef cattle to
Dickinson, to be shipped to market. To
identify and hold them, they had been
thrown and Myers brand cut in the hair
with knife. This was done with the
assistance of the representatives Of two
other brands.
Mr.. Willard, in his capacity as inspect
or for the Montana Stockgrowers' Asso-
citation, inspected these cattle while be-
ing loaded at Dickinson. He either no
ticed these two cattle or he did not. If
he did not, then is he indeed poor in
spector not to tell the difference between
q aregular Maltese Cross brand and a A.
hair brand. II he did notice the two
cattle. why did he not report them at the
time, unless it was that he wished to
make up III mileage, the expenses of a
pleasure trip which, lie took TO joliet.
Ill. Willie on his way to arrest Myersp
This is also g question for our tax-pay-
ers to answer when they SO down into
their pockets for the $500 or $4,000
this suit is: likely TO cost.
u Uptp date, the above are the facts in
the case, aud they absolutely and beyond
all question. prove that George is inno-
cent. ;s.5s35 z s5 5,
Tho article quoted states that thestock-
j men on the river believe i'll Georges
guilt. at the time We wrote our previ-
|ons article, we had not spoken with a
SOLITARY stock mar, nor flf,i wa1 know fbn