Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-11-21

three thousand men attended the meet
ing. and they unanimously passed reso-
buttons investing me with autocratic
power, to appoint the committee on
public safety; and to this committee all
grievances were TO be referred ana by
them decided, subject to appeal 10 me.
1t was decided by the meeting that
everything should remain in statu quo
all property rightsto be referred to the
courts. just as though no fire had &C.
Cured Therefore, where town lots
had been in dispute, the holder at the
! time of the fire was permitted TO con-
| tinue as the holder, and other claimants
were obliged to await orderly processes
! to gain possession. There was only one
man who refused to obey the orders OF
the committee of public safety nc
took possession Of lot which he
claimed belonged to him, and swore
that he would kill anyone who under
! tool; to eject him. The committee was
| called upon and proceeded to the spot,
accompanied by the sheriff. The man
was told that he must go away, and hc
asked the sheriff what he was going to
do about it, and the sheriff replied:
we are going to take you away from
here, alive or dead He then weak
cned. and said: III the people arc
arin' me, and the law is agin' me, an"
the sheriff is after me, I'm gittin, and
I'm cittin' quick, too And he re-
treated. Everybody else cheerfuiiy
obeyed the orders and directions OF
the committee"
"Was no effort made by the lawless
elements to burglarize the banks?
: None whatever. AS soon as the
committee was appointed sent word
to the colonel OF q cavalry regiment
) which was encamped a few miles away
l from us. and n company came galiopine
l into the gulch. and camped there. IL
, was we'll understood by all that the
I ncople were determined To maintain
: law and order at any cost, and thu re"
t who might have been tempted to com
NIT dep-edations instinctivcly knew
that all the ropes in town had not peei
e burned, and that Deadwood mot
d would make short work with them.
SLOW long did the cavalry troe:, 70
= main with you?"
INV recollection is that they re
naained only two days They were no
). needed even for that length Of t me
4 All that was necessary was for them u
have remained half 4 day. We merel!
= wanted them to appear for the purpos
of making that show Of force which
q ALWAYS necessary in order to impres
. the lawlessly inclined. If they ha'
rallopcd up the gulch and back agail
II I suppose that that would have been al
', that was necessary. Nothing was san
by them to any of our people. The
u lust showed that they were within
reach. and that was sufficient 1t wa
fortunate for MS, though, that the
u came. for we might have had som
q trouble with a few of our people, bu
for the display of force. However, TN
majority of our people were INDUS
trious, law-abiding citizens, even q
that early day. at present we hav
, one of the richest and most prosperou
{ cities in the west. Instead of depend
ing upon transfers to bring our SUI
plies across the Sioux reservation. W
Lave two trunk lines, we'll equipped &c
passenger and freight traffic, and al
no longer isolated from the world, b'
we consider ourselves a part OF II
business world, and quite factor IN !
too Our city is no longer one OF fran
dwellings and business houses, but "
have handsome and substantial brio
houses and blocks The Dcadwood I
former days is almost dream nov
But it was a good town, and the poop
demonstrated an amount of herois
and Independence, in time OF troub
and peril. which are Incompatible.
" was proud of them then and am pro-
of them now; proud to be citizen
such a CITY," SMITH u. FRY.
Rubbing 1t In.
~ shouldn't thl'