The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-04
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Ncaglc is the nauuc of thu. man who
killed Terry. the other day, i'm defense of
Justicc Field. Maybe has n national rcpu-
tatiou now. and the continent knows all
ahDtst the cirr umstanccs that have ul.ds,
THE press at thu country justitles the shot
that cost Terry his life. and thu, man who
successfully shadowed Justice Field is
emphatically thu hero of the hosr.
Anaconda knows all about Neaglc. He
used to live hcrs.. and his life i'm these
parts was not altogether without incident.
81 rcmcnber the fellow WELL" said one of
this city's oldest rcsidents last evening.
"Hs came here i'm 1ss5. think that was
tbs year. He WAS small, considerably bs-
low the average size, hat, bcforc he had
been here long. everybody knew that
Ncagle proposed tai take care Of himself.
by the way, I notits, that his name IL
printed everywhere as Ne;.glc. My
memory is thai, here il WAS always spciled
without the e. think he came herr,
from Idaho. He had been in California.
and all about the Northwest. l remember
that he came originally from tb-wcgo. y.
". where his father, who Was "a soldier in
the Union army, bors. an excellent rs.ptita-
tion. My memory is continued the gem
porter. sthat Neaglc's first work was ON
the Hume that runs down tho canyon to the
upper works. ! think il was here tina; he.
had AN cncountsr with "a fellow whom he
laid out with ~ ~pickaxe. He knew how tn
take care of himself first rate. l don't
think hc was i'm any ss.uss a vicious man,
and lc certainly was not Incorporate. In
fact, never saw him showing liquor in
the time he lived here, hut he was always
ready to- take care of himself"
Ii appears that. after a time. Nsagic got
IA contract for delivering wood Ia the An
aconda s,neltcr works. He had his camp
near that now under the. control of MIR.
Mcclure. Here il haprtuesl. one day that
hc got into some sort of IL quarrel with "a
man in his employ. NcagIe was coming
down the canyon at HE time. He was
pretty ..haI,dy with "a gum" anu the result
of the quarrel was that hc planted IL ball in
the leg of the man who. hc asserted attacked
him with u knife. No one was Witness la
the quarrel. Neagle was arrested and the
ease. looked "a little hot for him at the
time, bat he got out of il all i'm good shape.
and. directly thereafter. he left these
parts. never being again heard of until he
turned up i'm the Ficld-Tcrry affair. "Ho,i
cant scare Neagle.' said one OF Ana
conda,s old timers yesterday. 'He's little.
hut he's very game"
In conversation with IA reporter for the
San Francisco Chfoaicir the other day.
NeaRlc said: II let Terry get the knife
my pistol with my left hand, as I ann
le~ft-handcd. and fired the shot. When
Terry recognized me he had n terrible cx-
PRESTON ON his face. ! never lrfor,'
mans face i'm my life. Ii meant murder,
and i know il i'm IA moment. What was l
tn do? The thing was done i'm less time
than IL takes tn tell il. ! tried to stop
Terry, as I have said. without drawing
my pistol. | might just as well have tried
To stop u tornado or monksyed with IA
watcrspoui. There. was a terrible glcam
in his eye. He had turned away from
Field and | was tn In. his victim. 1 didn'
want To he, although ] believe I would
have been c,it tn pieces IL Terry had not
los, his head for a moment. Therefore
claim that l did try To do my duty a. an
officer in the first place"