The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-28

@a1NNN pars spirit I q saysn:
sSN men, though brave
80 to q fault, were
peaceably inclined, and rarely particle
pated in those brawls and ARRAYS
which are of such frequent occurrence
in frontier communities. Unfortunate
~ there were others who were never so
happy as when engaged in knock-down
arguments or shooting scrapes. Toter-
rorize q town or o neighborhood was
their delight. These were the @bullies,"
the @d~esperadoes," the sterrors," as
they were variously characterized. 1t
was one of these pests of good society
that has prompted the penning of this
little sketch.
Shortly after the admission of the
State q brutal and unprovoked murder
was committed at old Fort Des Moines
by o notorious desperate known as Big
Sam.
Big Sam was one of many of that
class who spent their summers in the
mountains and drifted back to the
border of civilization to spend their
winters. While the majority of them
were honest plainsmen, Big Sam was
a rufian Of the most pronounced type,
and was never so we'll satisfied as when
bullying some %inoffensive stranger.
His latest victim had been a young
man from Ohio but lately arrived in
the country. Refusing to dance in q
saloon for Big Sans amusement, and
calling him . cowardly rufiian when
the bully threatened him, was sufi-
Gent to raise Big Sans anger to the
killing point, and he shot the young
man dead on the spot.
Realizing that for once he had car-
ried things too far, and that vengeance
was about to be visited ON him by
q neighboring vigilance committee,
Big Sam fled to the then strag-
Cling village of Council Bluffs.
The news of his crime o followed
him, and also the announcement that
the Governor had offered q reward of
$500 for his arrest.
Several local officers attempted his
arrest without success, for he was very
watchful and suspicious of all who APP
preached him. Besides, he had badly
wounded one officer who had attempted
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who, like Big Sam, wintered in the
settlements and summered in the
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thraa m,;iose an, a, n;oht w ~; 'Mo OF
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r,ants IMPLY nr %n th Ua - s;naaaso emil
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~ tha bnta1 "ne reo,n;nn wh IL : aa,'.,la
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~ ", ~ tI,e Ian ora - .f t H. s"ey pps
x sT w;s ie wa a oo, nsId - tsIa th .en sa1aeu.
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did hnt to n,ost FOO ,;pI IS = .;aa. sse.
a.a y ""' .'e An''' w l1>As !oo ior
nhe
I 9 remarked MS companion, "a
Fellow might get nm, and again he
might : u L would like to see him
punished for SO cowardly and unpro-
voked q murder as that VAS"
Who is it yon are talking about?"
asked Old Jack, rising and walking
toward q window looking out on the
street;
why, Big Sam, OF course, was tina
reply. "Ihere he goes, now, into that
saloon over across the street..
Old Jack glanced across the street
and saw the burly figure of Big Sam
enter the saloon and pass toward the
bar:
We'll, he don't look like such ~ an aw,
iul bad man; what o he done ]" asked
Jack.
Ihereupon n OF the officers briefly
outlined the crime for which Big Sam
was wanted.
well 2 fellow that would kill an
other that way amt tit to u loose.
just you deputize me, and if 1 don't
get him for you just see that ! get 9
decent plantin'; that's all i ask" said
Jack. !.
;u.t Agresa, said she one s;s Gf the he mem ,n. 4 but