The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-02-01
Sam Jackson Attempts to Arrest man
at Red Lodge and Is Oblige 10
shoot Hin.
The Defiant Man Shot Through the Left Side
in the Region ofhis heart.

uetdllc lntuStateu anu ut once started
to take in the town. In one saloon he
got into fight and Immediately fortify-
ing himself with more dutch Courage"
procured Winchester rifle and sought
the person with who he,,had the trouble,
all the time declaring his intention to
shoot the first man who attempted his
arrest. His friends tried to reason with
him and get him out of sight but this he
would not allow and instead of taking
advice that might have saved him his
life he loudly deiicd the whole town and
became so obstreperous that the only
course left to Mr.. jackson, who is the
only officer in the small camp, was TO
arrest the dangerous man. When Jack
son came in sight, several by-standers
warned the infurated man of his ap.
proacl, and urged him to run as Jackson
would surely arrest him. But instead of
this Jack raised his gun and ordered
Jackson to keep away Or lie would shoot.
Jackson continued to advance, and as he
did so coolly remarked, 81 never turn
back" whereupon Jack Immediately
fired his rifle, but owning to the un.
steadiness of his aim missed jackson
entirely. This was the signal for gen.
eral fusilade from the men who were
watching the affair, but out of the five
shots fired by the men and the two shots
returned by the retreating butcher not
one took effect.
After retreating some distance the
desperate stood his ground, still defiant
and ugly. The deputy sheriff, thinking
that he might be able TO wrest the gun
away from the man. made detour in
the rear while the rest of the men ap-
paren,ly kept his attention. When
within few feet of the butcher, he sud-
denly turned and clubbing his gun dealt
Jackson savage blow which knocked
the officer PROSTATE to the ground.
As soon as he conld do SO Jackson re-
treated calling for some one to bring him
a rife, being at the time armed only
with his revolver. The gun was brought
and then taxing his position, Jackson,
waited the approach of his man, who in
the meanwhile was striding deliantly up
and down the street cursing and yelling
ut the top of his voice.
Approaching very close to jackson,
whom he very evidently expected to
find close by, he espied his head above
the logs and quickly taking aim, fired,
but without effect. Jackson then arose
from his place of hiding and, before the
butcher could fire another shot, sent a
ball into his left side directly below the
heart, which caused the offender to fall
to the ground helpless. The shot will
without doubt prove fatal, inasmuch as
there was no one at the isolated camp to
give the wounded man any surgical at.
tehtion.
The wounded man was taken up and
tenderly cared for, while two messengers
were dispatched in haste to Billings,
forty miles away to secure the services
of surgeon. The men arrived in Bill.
lings that night and doctor at once
started for Red Lodge.
From the meager reports we have at
hand it looks as if Mr. jackson should be
held entirely blameless in this matter
and accorded great credit for this dis
play OF bravery in the discharge of his
duties. The duties of peace officer in
small town in tliis western country is
no sinecure at best.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Our regular correspondent at Red
Lodge. under date of the 9th, sends us
the additional details of this affair.
An exciting tragedy occurred on the
18th inst, in which Samuel jackson,
Deputy Sheriff, had lucky and narrow
escape with his life, while irving to ar
rest man by the name of John Harte.
wick, a butcher, who attempted to run
the town with Winchester rifle, and in
which Hsrtewick was shot, and is now
in critical condition.
The particulars of the affair, as near as
can he gathered, are as follows: Harte-
wick, or Jack, the butcher, as he is com.
monl, called, being somewhat under the
influence of liquor, had quarrel in Bill
Lees saloon with Hugh Curle, calling
the latter very foul names, whereupon
Curle struck him over the head with
club, which brought the blood in pro,
fusion. Hartewick then rushed out of
the saloon, threatening that,he would get
gun and kill both Curle and Lee. He
proceeded to the house of Kelly and
Grondon. where he had been stopping a
few days, took down Grondon's Win
chester, quickly threw a cartridge into
the barrel, and, pointing it at Grondon,
said, "You git" The unsuspecting man,
who was attending to some household
duties and had not noticed Jacks move
ments, looked quickly up at the frenzied
mans bloody face and the cold mnzzle
of the gun, and instantly fed the ranch.
Jack then came out on the street and
leveled his gun at Mr.. Peoples, who was
passing by, and ordered him to go back
Peoples went. Mr.. F. A. White was
passing on horseback; he also had a
bead drawn on him, with orders to
throw up his hands, which he did, but
moved'on.
Jack next went in search of Curle, to
kill him on sight. John Lilly and W.
M. Post came out and endeavored to
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