The Dickinson press., 1890-03-29

He Il Badlr Posnded II Helena. Denies
that he is ! Secret Service Man.

Heis Badly Pounded In Helena. Denies
that he Is . Secret Service Man.
The Helena Journal of the 18th In
slant has the following to- say of one
of Jamestown's old citizens:
Mike Fox, the man who received a
severe drub',img ut the harris o. Geo.
Hall, called ut the Journal Office yes.
terday and made II statement of his
side of the case. lie said he was not
a detective for the Northern Pacific
and never had beeiL although he had
.heen in the service Of til" company in
the capacity of Waterman and carries
an annual pass which states his posi-.
tion. He was employed on the Idaho
division and came to Helena only a
few days ago. He had a letter of in
PRODUCTION from a man named Hans.
com of Spokane Falls. which con-
veyed the intelligence that Fox vas
all right" He states that he gave
Mr.. Hall no p%rovocation to trim up
the Fox c%ountenance in its present
decorated condition, and is to this
moment ignorant of the cause for
Halls installing him for "a football.
He feels much hurt-that is in addi-
ton to his wounds-over the effects
of the letter of introduction. The
reporter gives Mr.. Fox the benefit of
his version,
The same paper of the next day
contains another article about the
Foxy detective showing that his
story is not true and that he is in the
secret service of the road. From the
issue of the thirteenth this paragraph
of local i~nterest.js taken:
Among those seen yesterday, who
say that Fox is in the business he is
accused of, was Mr.. Kurth, a butcher
near the Northern Pacific depot. He
knew Fox at jamestown, N. D.,
where the latter was a deputy sheriff,
and used to make a practice of bum
ming drinks from Mr.. Kurth, who
then run a saloon. One day Mr.. X. put
an empty beer key out of doors on
which lie had forgotten to cancel the
stamp. Fox took the keg-he had
evidently been watching for such a
chance-and had Mr.. Kurth prose.
cuted for the accidental neglect
| While there MI. Kurth says Fox was
known to be in the employ of the
| Northern Pacific also. There were
two business men from Mandan in
Helena yesterday who positively as.
serted their knowledge as to Fox's
vocation, and who had known Of jobs
he had done in Dakota for the com
pany in the capacity of detective and
of several occasions when while lie
was trying to locate stolen snow fenc-
es, he had been elected from the
houses of the farmers by the wives
of the latter, for entering their homes
All the above is from authentic and
reliable sources, and even more was
told the reporter which did not tell
in Mr.. Fox's favor.
Fox is we'll known in Stark county,
having spent most of last summer
here. He was instrumental in hav.
ing a number of people in the east
end arrested for taking snow fence
from the Northern Pacific company.
Howard Eaton and Sheriff Paddock
of Medora, accompanied by Prof. J.
A. Jackson, of Kingwood, w. Va,
passed Monday in town. Mr.. Jack.
son has been spending a few weeks
at Mr.. Eaton's ranch and enjoyed the
visit very much. He will accept a
professorship in the Sioux City state
institute. Howard tells a story about
Jackson's hunting: One day last week
Jackson had his feet up on the table
and was enjoying life when Charlie
alderman a into the shack and said
that a jack rabbit was sitting in the
sage brush just by the house. Jack
son snatched a rifle from the wall
and ran outdoors. The rabbit was
sitting 40 yards from the house will
his ears stuck up. Jackson (who is ;
good shot) fired-the rabbit never
moved-the boys told him that III
had overshot-he fired three more
shots, then ran into the house ant
came out with his pistol, said that
Slot true, and going within rs yards
emptied the pistol and then walked
up to the rabbit. Charlie had rolled
up a white shirt and set up two blacl
sticks for ears and Jackson had flung
lead at the shirt. He smiled at thu
joke but when Charlie went to the
stable he shot the shirt full of holes
Charlie said 'This ting is played out
1 paid $1.OO for dot shirt and now it,.
no good for anything but a mosquit'
bar"
A Land Of Rivers.