The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-12
GOT HIS JUST DESERTS
A Bad Nan OF Idaho Riddled With
Bullets BY Soldiers.


WEisEs. Idaho. Sept. ii.-L..st Saturday
aftcrisspn a company Of United States
cavalry. under command "f Lieutenant
Lewis. r,'turninR from the mountains.
carnpssi at this place. In ths. evening
some of the ~sldi"r- came into town to en-
joy "a gooh time. While -.ri.- of them
ws'r. IN ~ bar-rss,n. one Jos. W.athrrfo~vl
commenced abusing and ma kina. sport of
them. None Of tl,s. soldier were ARMED.
Some of them told wcathcrforsi that
they sll not tls.-irs. trouble with any one:
that they wanted to attend u their own
h,i-ii,s'--. when Wc.,tlicrfor,i remarked "a,
one of them that they would have tn have.
trouble. The soldiers went to .-.irttp, got
their r'volv"r- and returned. SONS. went
To- tia" Page. saloon and Others To- the
Gr.ibb ~tI'Spn. Their, w"rs. ssl,o,u thirty
of them.
IL -eciu- that W.atinrfori WAS bent ON
making trouble and got two nior,. motor
shaw. Gia--cock was very abusive aud
Offensive to- the soldiers and had an
empty pistol which he was br.iu,li~hng
and Swapping ~ every soldier in Grabb'-
Th. soldiers. took all TN. ,b.,-.. ,,,itiI M
ticnc. ceased to- h.. :, virtue. l.L,--c,a.k
did NOT h.,y. ,h. ,.yoiycr lna.l.,i until n
o'clos,k y. m. Hs. borrowed ~.sni. cart
ridges from some one. when he returned
cast 'ioor. Corporal Brink got up from
his chair in the back part of tin. saloon,
wcr,, drinking some beer and said:
''Wrll. boys. l am going to camp" and
a. hs. -t"pr,I ont of the east door Glass
Cusk shot him ia the. neck. without .. worvi
.f warning. with "a ~ califs.r pistol. The,
ball struck to the right of ths. thr at and
ranged downward. losiginH just above the.
right shoulder blade. tie fell aud s.riesi !:
.Boy~. ! am shot iu tho neck"
Al this all thc soldiers ram to tie. ,ie<,r
aud au aug.y y fir. commenced. GLASS;
r,s.k after shooting Brink. ram ,iowu the.
| street to the depot. Hiring a. hc ran, with
the soldiers after him. There were. s.pIn..
- - shots fired in rapid ~iics,-~is,n. Ii
was th.aIght that Gi,s-sock had escaped.
hut this morning lac. was found in the eel
lar Of the Harrison bs,sryiing frs.i-s. dead.
running. tlis. hall entering just bs.I,w the.
left sho,isir-bl.lsi.'. and coming .,It at the
left nipple the hall passing clear through
the issly. The sympathy of the. I,s.opls. IL
with tho soldiers. a. they ws'rs. forced into
the trouble. Opinions are freely expressed
that IL two three n,ors of the tos,srhs had
met tho same fate ia would have ts.s,u ts.t-
ter. tp I" the pr~'s'nt TIME n' ssrr,.>t's
have. bs,cn made.
Thcr,, was no city marshal ts l,Is.ll tlss.
row. his salary having been oif hy the.
satiou received FOR his services his
commissions osi ARRESTS. Ia IL to ha tie
plosssi that sat af rosixlI- can rim full
sway and not s,s,s, step IL taken tn ~toI,
! them. Some. of the most prominent citi-
zcr~ arr. making preparations to leave. tho
and IL IL run 10y a. set of ro,l9iis and row.
| dies.
| t;las-sock leaves IA wife. and four -nisll
children iiI Isnbr circumstances. Brink
| WAS taken to the Wei-cr Hotel. whcrs. his
wound was tlrs-~ssl 10y DIR. \uustps.rx. and
his wu'in,i il not reported fatal.
! Nor - the fiD.s n, ,sUiSfs,-.