The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-08-24
IDAHO NEWS.

IDAHO NEWS.
Bulletin: A woman known all
over the Pacific Coast as Spanish
Belle" or "Belle Rogers" died at
Rocky Bar last Sunday morning,
aged 81 years. There is scarcely a
mining camp on the coast that this
woman did not visit during its
prosperity since the days of 1849.
Her history, if correctly told, would
doubtless fill a large volume-and
it would be volume of bad deeds
only, for no good deeds have ever
been attributed to her, in the knowl-
edge of those few who have known
her history for the past 40 years.
It seems that she gloried in the
crimes she had committed and dur
ing her convivial moments would
relate some incidents of her past
life. From this source we gather
that, at an early age, in her native
land of Central America, she be-
came the mistress of noted sea
pirate named Valzaj, whose vessel
was terror to the merchant ships
plying the waters of the Pacific
ocean. She boasted that her duty
was, when this pirate ship anchored
at port of prominence, to decoy
rich men aboard the vessel, where
they would surely be murdered and
robbed. She followed this criminal
career until the discovery Of gold
in California, when she left her
pirate paramour clandestinely and
landed in San Francisco in the
summer of 1849. She soon drifted
to the gold mines and followed ev-
cry excitement from that date to
the time of her death, plying her
nefarious calling and terror in the
community which she happened to
cast her lot. It is said Spanish
Belle" boasted of having murdered
four men herself alone for money
Zone in Idaho), and two women OF
her own character, who were so un-
fortunate as to excite her jealousy.
It is claimed that she was buried
with finger ring belonging to one
of her unfortunate victims. The
men whom she had cut almost un-
to death in Boise Basin, Atlanta,
Rocky Bar, Idaho, Eureka and Vir'
ginia City, Nevada, are entirely too
numerous to mention. Yet in her
long career of crime this woman, by
her devilish cunning, managed to
escape just punishment by law. In
her young days she was doubtless
a hadsome woman, and at her death
did not look to be over 60 years Of
age. She was quietly buried Sun
day evening about O'Clock, with
but one solitary person following
her remains to the grave.
Avalanche: We are credibly in
formed that there are several bands
of sheep in this country from Ore
gon with the scab. If such is the
case, the board of Live Stock Com
missioners for Idaho will soon is
sue instructions to have them treat
ed. Persons driving scabby sheer
into this territory should be made
to suffer the extreme penalty of tht
law, and we have no doubt tina
they will be overhauled by tn
proper authorities.
Idaho News: Montana parties
were in town this week for the pur
pose of buying and shipping all tn
hay they could get. They repor
the hay crop very short in Montana
and anticipate much suffering
among stock this winter.-On
thing we know about the constitu
ton: 1t provides for all the Elk
, ecutive, Judicial and Legislativ
officers the State will need in you
e day and mine and our children's t
, the second and third generations
The Idaho World says there /
a we'll defined opposition to state
hood in Idaho City.-No waite
at the railroad tanks between Mar
3 ket Lake and Beayer Canyon. The
are all supplied by a water trail
! from Market Lake.
}, Bellevue Press: P. R. Poole re
. turned from his trip to the reporte
, new gold find near Warrens las
Sunday. He says the party wen
: within about twenty-five miles {
. the diggings, when they turned bach
. owing to the large number of pei
sons they met coming out. Tn
: disappointed crowds that went i
= there were all very mad at Three
r fingered Smith, and had he bee
: found they would have made
q pretty warm for him. He wa
hanged in effigy by them, and ha
J; he been around he would very likel
: have stretched hemp. It is said b
. had a few acres Of potatoes an
. garden truck, and that he starte
q the story in order to make markt
9 for his produce. When be saw tn
!, proportions to which the rus
!. doomed up he became scared an
! HE'D himself away to place {
!. safety from the anger of the disa]
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