The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-11

For she In engaged; the dude NO more
he CLEANED OUT THE sANcTUM.
a Frontier Editor's Lively Interview
with - HOr~etht~f.
From the New York sun.
A plague of cattle-thicvinR had broken
out violently i'm New Mexico, and the
r~anch-owners were losing horses and cat
tie i'm great numbers, when Gen. Lew
Wallace, then governor of the territory,
was finally prevailed upon to offer u
reward Of $500 for the capture and convic-
ton of the thieves. Bill Carnis had had u
good deal to do with prompting the gov
ernor's action ny publishing n rattling
story of the d~cprcdatiOns under the SEN
sational title of 1.-THE Forty Thieves and
sending il to the general, along with u
s.Ben Hur." Carnis was the
boss of New Mexico.
Just as soon as the reward was offered
Jim Goo<lspeed, the deputy sheriff Of Lin
coin county, which adjoined the county in
which Carnis' paper was published, turned
.Tm for law and order, I am," he
shouted, land I'm going in for that
reward. Wallace is a brick"
GOOD nouRh," replied the editor. go
IT,"
Strange to- say. tho depletion of the
ranch becves continued and the horses
Investigating the mystery ON his own hook
and got evidence that the deputy sheriff
WAS Iii WIFI kHe cslttle tlteSets IL
printed the news with big headlines. 1t
made u tremendous sensation among the
gamblers and tou2hs, and the respectable
Two days later the mail brought this
message:
The paper anne out next issue day with
a lot more about the forty thieves but no
rstraction OF the story tory thu, Wo, The cs dsp" ,y
the Office that Goodspeed had said that
lie would kill the man who wrote the lie:,
a tremendous flourish. He hadn't sent i'm
any card beforehand. He had n big over.
coat on, and the way the pockets bulge
sides of the coat. His shooting irons were
always loaded, too. He went at Carnis
like like i I ssslo NC, "w we nma i .ss psai'. around %iis a.
"Say. you're the duck that wrote that:'
Hunt" ,%clutchins his revolver.'
''Don't ah me. say you wrote that
"Huh" :,stcppinx forward threaten
'" Il Said. Well"
"weIi! Well it's n damned lie, that's
well. And I came to lay you out IL you
don,s say J, so in your damned paper
Whats that"
what i'm h do you mean Ruying me-.
I'll blow your head Oft for a copper"
.W-w-w-what?" with a gasp of amaze
Carnis had gripped a s,o' ting iron of his
own by his time. and q stIa ige look came
"i said, DON'T You heard me, too. 1
mean it."
"No, there isn't any git out to it. see
you've brought your guns with you. IL you
draw I'll try some of the drop business
myself
.Don't get excited now" (Goodspccd
was toning down fast i'm his brAvado cres-
~ may not get there first. but if ! don't
and Mike hears of il there will Toe a funeral
i'm Lincoln county, and Jim Gooslspced will
play the sad and solemn role of the man
Mike was the boss gambler of New Mex
leo, and he was known all over the terri.
tory as Carnis' friend. meant he'd
fight anybody who troubled. the editor.
As he was "A dead shot his likes and dis
likes were treated with "a Wholesornc
Difference by the tougl,s. G~oodspeed
backed water swiftly as the editor talked
.Say, there isn't any use of getting mad
because a fellow objects 10 being called a
"why. damn your hide. you're n thief.
and you know H."
The editor pulled his revolver suddenly
as he said il and coiitinucd:
"Git! or I'll try some target practice on
that ugly face of yours"
Goodspeed got. He tied to Lincoln county
as fast as his horse could carry him. The
fever to clear out the sanctum had all left
him. He wasu't afraid of Carnis, but lac
did have a wholesome dread of Mike, the
boss gambler. He had narrowly escaped
running into IA bullet from Mikes pocket
annihilator i'm "a little tilt with the boss
Gambler, and he wasn't anxious to test
the current report about Mikes prowcss
with firearms.
Tire. weeks later "a marked copy OF n
Lincoln county exchange came into the
sanct,um of the editor. who had the boss
gambler for "A friend and protector. II
had "A column of p~oorly-printcd matter
with this singing hcading:
Jim G;oodsieed Iynched!
Lincoln County Deputy sheriff Caught Stealing 4
Horse and HING 10y Vigilance
Committeeman!
And, what's more. the men who caught
him didn't apply for General Lew Wal
lace's reward.