, 1890-09-04
THE C0EUR D'ALENES,
An Epidemic of Terrible
Crimes.
A MAN KILLED AT P0TTSYILLE
Drunken Railroad Construction
Hands Engage in Fatal
Fight-Arson.

MuLLAN, Idaho, Sept. 1.-The east
end of the South Fork country IN tho
Cmur d. Alenes has been in fever oi
excitement for several days over differ
ent cutting shooting and holding up
ARRAYS which have occurred between
Mullan and the summit of the Bitter
Root range six miles east of the town of
Mullan, along the line of the construc-
tion of the Northern Pacific railway.
The little town of Pottsviile. situated at
the base of the mountain, which divides
Montana from Idaho, and which com
prises about sixty residents, several sa'
looms. restaurants and other places of
business, ranks first along the line as
being exceedingly tough by reason OF its
transient population, or rather its visi-
tors from among the denizens of the
Northern Pacific line of construction.
Saturday last was pay day for all
the employees of the road and such an
event, especially at this time to 1900
Is usually celebrated with u grand
roundup, and wine and women control
the destiny Of these men for several
days. The little town of Pottsville,
that peacefully clings to the skirts of
Idaho within an arrows flight of the
Aihot oi Suhthy h'bHN VIZ
cradle of brutal murder, and the victim
now lies dead.
About II o clock Sunday night quar-
rel arose between Andrew Galbruith and
one SNOWFALL, and fight occurred.
From an eye witness TO the atirev, your
correspondent learns that oalbraith
had knocked Snowfall down and was
upon him and endeavoring to choke him
t,Nt Gtth .tg a ~
on some in the crowd said, "Seperate
them" and next fellow named Black
said, "I'll seperate them and immediate
ly jumped upon Galbraith, and
with knife slashed his right
arm near the shoulder, severing
the knife entering the side about four
inches. The next stroke OF the knife
was lower down and went clear to the
hilt penetrating the right lung and GO
ing almost clear through Galbraith's
body, producing . fatal wound. Black
was then taken of, and he and Snowfall
took to the woods. They were, how
ever followed by Steve Low, a one-legged
citizen oil Pottsville, who halted them
with drawn revolver, and held them
until Special Officers Joe Davis and
Jacob Heater arrived from Mullan and
took the parties into custody, and landed
them in Jail at Mullan. Galbraith died
this morning.
From papers found upon his body it
was learned that he has u brother, W. j.
Galbraith, living at Prairie City, Or,
and who has been telegraphed to.
1t seems that there were other parties
to the murder. Two men giving their
names as German and Dunn were i'm.
plicated in the affair. One of them has
been landed In Jail by Deputy Sheriff
Leasure, who, although hobbling about
on crutch with a sprained ankle, has
not failed in q single instance to round
up la W breakers and land them behind
the bars.
Sheriff Cunningham with his usual
promptness Is on hand, and will look
after the peace of the community during
the preliminary trial OF Black and the
other parties accessory, which will be
held tomorrow before Judge Pott
A man whose name we have not
learned was waylaid by masked men
a few miles east OF Mullan Saturday
evening, and most brutally assaulted
and robbed of what money he had. lie
was left for dead by the roadside, and
when found was a most pitiable sight,
his head being cut open, and the skull
exposed in two places. There is no clew
to the perpetrators of tho dastardly act.
the fact that were II not for the watch
fulness OF Night Guardian of the Peace
ID. n. McBeth, our prosperous berg
might have met with the same fate
which recently befell our sister berg,
Wallace. At o'clock A. NJ, he discov.
cred smoke issuing from log cabin
on Earle avenue, next door to Levinger
Bros large building. McBeth immedi-
ately kicked in the door and caught q
man, who refuses to give his name, in
the act of arson, whom he took to the
cooler.
Frank Agnew and w, II. Frazer. just
returned from Boise, say that the can
didates which they helped to put in
nomination while there have their war
paint on, their tomahawks in their belts
and their breast shields adjusted, ready
for the reception of republican scalps,
at which the republicans OF Mullan cry,
Rats!
FROM NOISE CITY