Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-04-24

The Imprisoned Cattlemen Get
to tt.c Railroad BY United
States Tr'rps.


SPECIAL tr',li thryrl.n. Nyr., says:
Jim Unultv, nt,u. tiu~ tretn. ni p:.ri>
f+xA~, '4.. invader WHO wa- v"t:1htt1
In tht fight will. the III 4tIrrs. and whn
had hi> ttg ;ti1ltin:ottG at Fort Nckth>
hry, tneh saturday nnd WAY hurried ii
Buffalo SuWiny.
The 4,ocknen put ur So to lu.y Ills
funeral txpet1st>.
a. man lAut'l \. T., D1nn;nx, hail
inK fr"m liuho, t. now in Al! ut Ruf-
lal". he was one of The party OF rtg.
ulatore, tut IL tn" forward march frOul
the Il \ lanch conctaI-d htmSelf aud
| e.cuptd 10 Buffalo, He reached there
on Friday aud was arrested on eus-
piciou by the sheriff ~ Sunday, after
having l,een kicked and cuti'ed about
the strt cts of Buffalo a. one OF the tu-
vading army.
He states thAt he was hired bJ the
| secretary of the state stock commission
and the plan proposed WAS simply
J blt cd curdling iu It's atroctty. Dun.
ming had letter in his pocket .direo.
ted to AL Idaho friend, In which he
gave away the whole story. This letter
Is now Ia the post ssion of the sheriff
AMONG u vast lot of o%her evidence.
He says Champion and Ray had
; been warued, and would not have been
killed If they had needed the warning.
The hired x.-assn~, he says, were to
get S. II day and $3U apiece fur every
man killed. He rays 1t cD~t tver $3.-
O'W 10 grt CHANT ion and Ray
TROOPERS tET THE PRISONER,
THROUGH
BROWN SPRINGS, Wyo., VIA Courier
to D.uKIAS, April II --*'ovettd with
mud ftum heat to foot, "i>h hur>e-
completely played o"t, 20tl c"valryn'e1l
guarding IL euttI-Men, halted iu front
ut Michael H@nfy'z 1Anctt ut Blown
Spting- Il. Gu'c!uck Iast evening. Tlty
left Fort Mrkinney Ut IL "'cl"'k >nn~
duy morning and he'd been five days
covering Ia miles.
Sher!tt "Nrd' Angus and his D. $50
tarritd ut Fort Mrktnney. Mn)or
Ftrchtt il in Gullllll>nt Ut tho eSpt~
dition, ht- ~olht-tS c"npr|sing coni-
t,a! ir. G. +; and RI, If the sixth tavAl'
! ~. The mnjor, blunt and out*ppkrn,
has
LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR HIS PRISM
EKS,
AID hus on divers orca.inns said ~.
! When nearing Okal!nla ranch las'
nIght, W. t.. Irwin, It. na.,a@er, who
+ IL me of the prisoners. invite" the
major to be his guest that night, tend
-rinx grain aud fet i for tue hotses free
Of charge.
mot by damned sight, replied
the msjor. WE pay you for every GA
! and whisp Of hay we get, just like HI,
other person."
The soldiers are not in love witt
their trip. A very important feature
of the expidttion Is Hotcllktss gun
Carried by an army mule. It, NOR
than any other thing, commanded tht
respect of the rustlers.
1t Ia reiated on good authority tba
while The cattiel1en were besiegtd Il
tue r. a ranch Bobby Ford, wealth.
merchant of Buffalo. offered the con,
mnndiug officer at Fort McKtuue.
$5,0 ,0O0 for a cannon.
When the cava!cade left the fort o.
Sunday morning, cowmen, all arme
with aix-shooters and The najorit
with r.tlea, were circling around. NJ.
Fenchet did hot like the looks Of tn
crowd, and ordered all strange1a out {
calnp, Down hill to Clear cree
moved The procession. There wagon
and buRg;es, even carriages wit
women, aud men Oh horseback, wei
10 numerous that u blockade was q
most caused. This made the nlaj'
mud. und few hasty orders, just i
hastily executed, haG the desired et1e'
and the road WAS once more cleared.
hult-mile further OIL two dozen COW
boys began circltng around, acting
though trying 10 cut nut cattle from
buucil. They go1 NO dangerously ne
The prisoners that The order WINS give
to make lendy to
REPEL AN ATTACK,
aud the cleaning barrels Of the Gu
Zines danlptued ihe ardur of tue llors
mtn.
Standing ut small hridge sot
little distance ahead were three me
with titles to shoulder, apparent
ready fire, They thought better ol
however. when the troops were halt