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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28

"Well. l know good deal about him."
replied the doctor. HE killed cousin
of mine, Elkerton Turner. Talt Hail."
continued the doctor. twas born in
Floyd county, Kentucky, and has been
in feud all his life. He confesses 10
having killed nineteen men. and the
gang to which he belonged has killed
over hundred. he inherited the feud.
His father. old Talt Hall, killed
preston is that the feud started
in 1915 at Christmas dinner given by
jeff Turner, at his house on Beaver
creek. There was row between the
Turner's and the Sizemores, in which
jeff Turner and Bug Sizemore were
killed ard some eight or ten were
wounded. Old Talt Hall espoused the
cause Of the SiZemores, and the feud
has been going on ever since. 1t ex-
tends over three counties in Kentucky
Letcher, Knott and Floyd. | have been
in the territory frequently, but
stranger is in no danger of being in
jured unless he takes sides.
1.-Two OF Elkerton Turner's uncles
were at the row down on Beaver creek"
the member of the house added, ..but
Elkerton was killed while acting in his
capacity as an officer OF the law. Talt
Hall went to neighbor'S and stole a
Winchester rifle and the neighbours
daughter; and was making off with
both. The old man swore out a
warrant. and it was given to Turner
to execute. While endeavoring to make
the arrest Turner was killed by
Hall, but had succeeded in wounding
his adversary desperately. Hall es-
capped, and, though close search was
made for him. no trace of him could be
found except in caves in the mountains,
where there were evidences of his
wounds having been dressed by friends.
Then he was lost sight of until he
turned up in Norton and killed an
officer"
What sort of looking man is Hall?'
asked the reporter.
although" replied the doctor, she
IS one OF the most desperate characters
In all that section, you would not think
IL from, his appearance. l know him
personally. He is rather prepossessing
in appearance and what l call smart.
uneducated man. He is about, say,
twenty-eight years old, dark COM
pleXlon, has keen black eye, and
the only suggestion Of unpleas-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28
KENTUCKY's BAD MEN.
They Are Dying Out to an Appre-
ciable Extent.

=
ciable Extent.
The old Kentucky feuds are diving
out, and those who participated in them
are finding their way to the prison or
the grave or to the oblivion of peaceful!
life. The Yellow Crackers of Bell
county scattered like frost before the
sun when the builders of Mid
vile appeared, says the Louis.
the old factions sold their farms at
good figure and became capitalists or
moved away. Craig Tolliver's name
has almost ceased to frighten timid chill
dren In Rowan county, and Craig's old
antagonist, Boone Logan, has moved
away from the town in which lie led the
battle which eXterminated the Tolliver
gang. The Frencl-EversOle clans are
awaiting trial at Winchester for their
crimes in Perry county. The leading
Eversole Is dead, French has moved
away from Perry county to Winchester.
and the gangs have fallen apart. The Har-
Ian county war was over when Wills Jen-
nings and Wills Howard fell into the
hands Of the law. The followers of
the Turner's and those of the Towards
have dropped into peaceful ways or
fed the country. The Hatfelds or Mc-
Coys have been hanged Or imprisoned.
And the snuffing out of Jerry Little's
life by saw-log, while engaged in
building residence for himself, was
the first reminder the public has had
i'm long time of the now almost forgot
ten Strong Little feud that once gave so
much trouble to Breathitt county.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28

OF all the desperadoes who gained for
the territory of Nevada the distinction
Of the blOodipst of bloody grounds, none
other. with the possible exception of
Sam Brown, ever attained to the same
pitch of eminence as Farmer Peel. He
came TO Virginia City from Salt Lake
with record of five murders. Within
few years he had added as many more
to his score, and his comparative youth
and vigor promised a long continuance of
She harvest. He was singular charac-
ter. When sober he was as mild and
pleasant gentleman as one would de-
sire to meet, but when in liquor he was
demon. But. drunk or sober, his in
quarrelsome, but he bore the perilous
title of "chief," and had to defend it
against all corners, and he was
studiously careful that no one
should ever get the drop on him.
Thus, when Ell Dorado Johnny, a
little Irishman who made pretensions to
being a bad man, arrived in Virginia
City and incidentally inquired in Pat
Lynch's saloon if there were any
"chiefs" about
You probably intend that remark for
me-" said Farmer Peel, who CHANGED to
be within hearing.
ANY one can appropriate it that
likes" replied johnny.
Very well; we will settle it right
now" reioined Peel. Come out into
the middle of the street."
The guileless Johnny did as proposed,
but Peel paused at the doorway and as
his rival turned t, see if he were follow
Ing fire1 shot that stretched him dead
In his tracks.
Peel was never punished for any of
these murders. In fact, he was never
arrested for them. They were confined
to class that the authorities probably
considered the more killed of them the
better. At any rate they did not appear
anxious to NEEDLE with him. But one
day he got drunk and behaved so
outrageously that there was a
general cutlery for his arrest,
which was accomplished by a
large posse of officers and citizens with
great difficulty. He was taken before
Police Judge Davenport, who fined him
500. Peel said he had not money
enough with him to pay the fine, but he
would get it, and the judge allowed him
to go upon his own recogniZance. The
next morning he walked into the room
while the court was in session, and, adj
vancing close to the judge. said:
Judge Davenport, Fve come to settle
shat fine"
VERY we'll" replied the judge, strok-
Ing his magnificent beard with COM
placency at the subdued tone of the out
law.
Thcreupon Peel seized Davenport by
the whiskers with both hands and
pounded his head against the wall un-
til he was almost insensible. Half a
dozen officers were in the court, but
they made no attempt to arrest the
luffian. They knew him too we'll
When he had done "woolling" the Judge
he walked calmly ont of the court room,
and that was the last of it. The fine
had been settled.
Dan De guile, however, took ocea-
sion to review the whole career OF Peel
In the local columns of the Enterprise
next morning. He did not mince mat
ters. He pictured the character of tine
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28
GOOD STORIES OF BAD men.
Sundry Picturesque Gentlemen Of Undoubed Nerve Who
Manage to Make Life Exceedingly Inter-
eSting for Their Fellows.
Choice Bit Of Word Painting Illustrative of the Neat
Way in Which Dan De guile Succeeded in En-
fectually Tanning Farmer Peel
TAFT Hall Went Deliberately to Work During His Cory
reer and Sent Nineteen Souls Over the Range
Into Eternity
Some Information About the Lawless Individuals Who
Have Dyed the Mountain Slopes Of Kentucky
With Blood Of Their Victims.

For the information of those who do
not know Dan De guile personally it
may not be out of place to state that he
= Is, as Sir Ector said of Launcclot, "the
meekest man and the gentlest that ever
ate in hail among ladies'" Quaker an
cestry is crowned in him by sweet
ness of disposition native to himself. His
manner is as mild as parSons's,
his voice soft as woman's, his look
placid as saints. Nothing can ruffie
his temper. He is as alien to strife and
anger as lamb. If there were divin-
Ing rod that had the power to point out
the most upright. inofensive and
blameless man living, the chances are
that after sweeping the whole world
overit would settle upon Dan De guile,
says the San Francisco Chronicle.
Yet his gentieness does not prevent
him from feeling just Indignation at
whatever he believes to be wrong, and,
happily, with his mild GU alities is COM
bined a courage that inspires him to deal
out censure unsparingly when he thinks
it deserved. While local editor of the
Territorial Enterprise in the rough times
of Virginia City he had many expe-
riences that tested his nerve, but none
that proved more conclUSiuely the metal
of which he was made than the one
about to be narrated.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28
BANE OF THE RANCHER.
Lawless "Rustlers" Who Steal and
Terrorize the Northwest.

Lawless "Rustlers" Who Steal and
Terrorize the Northwest.
The hOrse-growers and stoc&men gen.
orally of Montana have fired the first
gun in the war of determination which
will be waged against the horse thieves
of this and adjoining states until the
entire gang is killed or driven to the
South. For five years the operations of
the "rustlerS," as the thieves are To-
callY called, have been growing in magni-
tude and boldneSs, until now it has be-
come question of the survival of the
strongest. The growers recognize that
either they must retire from business or
kill the rustlers. They do not intend TO
do the former, but have organized to
accomplish the latter. Until about
three years ago the losses of the horse
were not so great as to cause Sc
rious uneasineSs. But the evil has
been growing in extent, until during
1891 it reached such proportions as to be
beyond the control of the detectives
employed by the state live stock board.
This board employs number of de-
tectiveS, brave AID hardy men, who
know the mountain trails, the watering
places, and the country as whole as
Wen as the city man does the route ne
takes each day from his home 10
his Office. But what can half
dozen of these men do when brought
face to face with band of horse thieves,
numbering from ten to twenty. armed
to the teeth, ever on the alert, and who
know that capture means an interview
with Judge Lynch or long term in the
penitentiary? But while the detectives
have not been able to make any arrests
of consequence, one of them managed
to join the rustlers early last spring.
worked with them all last sum-
mer and during the fall, and now
the stockmen know the extent of the
evil with which they have to deal.
They know the headquarters of the
band; they know it numbers 100 active
members, led by half a dozen of the
most notorious and dangerous criminals
that ever lived in any country; they
know the way the business is conduct
ed; they know
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28
LOOKED A TERROR.
But 1t Was Only in the Cut Of His
Clothes.

Clothes.
He had on cowboys hat-he had
long hair and fierce black eyes-there
was claw from the foot of grizzly
bear dangling from his watch chain.
You could size him up only in one way
he had killed his man. or, perhaps,
half dozen OF them, says the Detroit
Free Press. If he hadn't fought In
dianS and stood up to the bad, bad
men of the far West, then his looks be-
lied him. He was aQulet. unOstentatlous
man, as all nervv men are. He was
reading dime novel, as all game men
do when they travel. Now and then he
felt down the back of his neck to see if
his bowle-knife was cuddling up to his
spine in proper manner, and now and
then he reached down to his boot legs
to see that his cargo of revolvers hadn't
shifted.
Three or four of us, after taking
plenty of time to size him up, decided
to ask him how and where he got the
wound which had left the scar clear
across his left cheek. 1t looked like
the work of Sitting Bulls tOmahawk,
but we wanted the particulars. So it
was agreed that should work him up
to tell his story, and after quarter of
an hour of diplomacy bad shaped mat
tiers so l dared observe:
THAT is bad scar you have on your
cheek, and there is no doubt story with
it?''
Eyes, sir, there is" he replied.
"We should like to hear the particu-
lars, if you have no objection"
"Oh, the story don't amount to much"
he mOdeStly remarked.
But you certainly had close call.
How many Indians were around you?'
Indians? didn't see no Indians"
''Oh! Perhaps you were i'm West
ern stage when 1t was held up, and you
got that scar in fighting off the road
agents?"
Never saw road agent in my llfe,"
he said;
Tackled by bad man out in Mon
tana?'
"Neyer was in Montana and never
saw bad man."
Bet had fight?" I persisted.
mo, didn't"
swell. perhaps you'll be kind enough
to explain how you got that SCARF"
II will. L went into q restaurant in
Toledo and ordered pumpkin pie.
The waiter brought me squash pie
instead. kicked. The owner of the
place, who was woman, got mad and
slashed me with an old case knife. l
afterwards settled with her for So in
cash. That's the story, SIR"
but why-why are you wearing those
things belonging to a Western terrior?2
l asked
''These things? Oh, got 'em of an
actor for 81. He had to- sell out or walk
home, and, as the walking wasn't good,
he sold"
''And may ask who you are?' in
CURED. as an awful silence fell upon
our crowd.
Certainly you can.> I've been work
ing for farmer near Monroe all sum-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28

mer for Eleven dollars a month, but /
quit the other day. and am going to To-
ledo to get stock Of stomach bltters to
sell on the road. Needn't be afraid of
me. l amt loaded, and if 1 was l
haven't got the sand to 60 off. Never
tackled but one man, and l hain't got
through running away from him yeti"
Then we went to the other end of the
car and tried to call the convention TO
order and do some resolving, but it was
failure.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28

Beauty often depends on
plumpness; so does comfort;
so does health. If you get
thin, there is something
wrong, though you may feel
no sign of it.
Thinness itself is a sign;.
sometimes the first sign 4
sometimes not.
The way to get back
plumpness is by CAREFUL
LIVING, which sometimes in
cludes the use of SCOTS
Emulsion of cod-liver oil.
Let US send you-free-a
Hitchcock which throws much
light on all these subjects.
New York.
Your drugGis, keeps SCOTS Emulsion of cod .liver
eh-au druggists everywhere do. 81.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28

antness In his face Is the fact that
the hair grows very low on his forehead.
If, however, he gets down on you for
any reason he will kill you IL lie can.
Such feuds as the one have spoken Of
are very common in that country.
Another one has been going on for
years just over the mountain from me.
They start between two persons and
extend TO the whole family connection
OH both sides,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28
Going to Duluth.

Going to Duluth to take advantage of
the rich mineral discoveries in the
famous Mesaba iron range, take "rhe
Northwestern Line" q. st. P. NJ. 81 o.
Railway.
Day trains have reclining chair cars.
leave Minneapolis S:55 a. IN, st. Paul
g:35 a. m, arrive Duluth 4:30 d. m.
Night trains carry buffet Pullman sleep
ing cars. leave Minneapolis Gas D. M.
st. Paul 1925 p. M, arrive Duluth z
q. ms
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28
SENATORIAL FIGHTERS.
ShOup and Saunders Had Expert
enceS With Ruffians.

The Northwest has two senatorial
fighters, says the indianapolis News.
These are men whose lives have been
spent in the widest parts of the from
tier, and who have grown strong with
fighting among the Indians and the des-
peradoes. | refer to Senator George
Sh0up, of Idaho. and Senator Wilbur F.
Sanders, of Montana. Shoup is a tall,
straight, broad-Shouidered. blue-eyed
man. There is no hair on the top of his
head, and he has not even scalp lock.
He lost his hair naturally, however, and
he has had number of scrapes where
he might have lost it from the Indians.
Born in the East, he started out tor
Pixies peak when he was twenty-five
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28
TALT HALLS RECORD,

The Man Who Gave Nineteen Men
Their Quietus.
do you know anything about Talt
Hall. who is raising such an excitement
over in your section," asked Dispatch
reporter Of DIR. Spencer. the delegate
from Lee county, says the Richmond
Dispatch.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28

News Fro m the Back Districts.
Memphis Appea Avalanche
Foraker is vi sitting Charlie Ross.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-09-15

In the Ute Pass, nears Colorado
Springs are several pleasant places
to cool off during the hot summer
months. Reasonable hotel. cottage
and tent raes. You can got the
top of Pixies Peak on foot, horse
back, in carriage,or via the cog
wheel railway. #
Santa Fe Route is the only line
that runs Pullman vestibule sleepers
to Manitou without change.
Cheap excursion tickts now on
sale to principal Colorado resorts
and. to Las Vegas, Hot Springs,
New Mexico, the favorite all-the-
year-round watering place, where
Montezuma Hotel is located.
Inquire of G. G.. COLEMAN,
Local Agent Santa Fe Route.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-09-15

l believe that the men and wom-
ell who have wrought from the
American desert of the geographers
a commonwealth that is the peer of
any in the galaxy of states. can
mould from this confusion of fnan-
cial theoris- this Babel of partisan
clamor- this chaos politicalantag-
onisms a golden age of justice, of
peace and of universal prosperity
for every dweller beneath the pro-
tecting folds of the flag we love'and
venerate.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-09-15

be stopped as soon as we have a
sufficient volume Of money to trans
act the business of this mighty and
progressive country. And the men
will stop it who begun it. You who
are sitting here to day, will stop it
when it has gone far enough. The
same thing will stop ruinous ex-
pansion of currency, that stops
every ruinous extreme in the affairs
of this republic--the common sense.
of the American people that which
fits them for self-goyernment; that
which has made them great and
powerful nation, revered at home,
feared and respected abroad. 1t is
not the dictum of national bankers
not the pronunciamento of pluto
Gratis not the edict of decaying
and putrescent party that is the alb
iect slave Of Wall street, but the
sterling common sense of the COM
mon people of the land. That will
say when to stop imitation, as it says
to-day that the time to begin it is at
hand. But, l was about to say that
don't believe there is a man or
woman in this crowd who would re-
pudiate a debt if the money was
theirs with which to pay it. | don't
believe there is one here who would
rob any man-not even Jay Could
of what was justly his. don't be-
lieve there's an anarchist or rebel
in this assembly. If there is, why
is not the red flag of communism,
the stars and bars of treason, or
the black flag of reputation, in
the place of that glorious symbol of
equal rights and justice for all man
kind--that flag whose every glossy
stripe and starry fold is indicative of
loyalty and devotion to our common
country.
tell you, my friends, there's
something wrong. Either you are
bad set, or your opponents are per-
verting facts. AS you do not look
like the nondescript sort of creatures
they make you out to be, | must
conclude the other fellows are in for
it. Why, if l were to believe the
worst that is said and written about
you, there wouldn't have been a
mortgage paid in Kansas in the last
two years. But just see how many
millions the Republican journals
have had paid off. There wouldn't
have been an acre of crops raised in
the state yet see how the Repub-
licae papers have deluged the land
with corn and wine, with milk and
honey. If what they publish were
true, there wouldn't be piece of
soft pine left in Kansas, big enough
to white into plug for cider. bar
rel, yet the price of lumber has not
advanced. If half they say were.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-09-15

fertile land. What does the averag,
eastern money loaner care which o
the four political parties is on the
top out here, SO he gets his interes
and principal promptly !? It's the pol
itician that does the caring. 1t ISM
the eastern man-it isn't the Kansas
farmer--it isn'ttlie Alliance-it ISM
the People s party that is doing this
classifying and calamity howling-it
is the dying wall of the old, degrad
ed, demoralized Republican party.
The Kansas City Journal and To
peka Capital, followed by q host Of
smaller fry, have done more Calamity
.howling-more to ruin our credit
and more to disgrace our state in the
esteem of the world-than all the
Alliance organizations, all the PEG
ple's party papers, and all the Sock
less statesmen on the continent
And yet, notwithstanding all this
villifcation, l believe to-day that the
farmers of Kansas are the truest--
the most honorable--the most chiv.
alrous and heroic people on the earth
Not more SO were our patriot fathers
under the immortal Washington
not more so those fre-tested and bat.
tle-scarred veterans of France, the
old guard of Napoleon-and not
more so were the legions of ancient
Rome, under the martial leadership
of the imperial Caesar.
True to principle, true to home,
and true to country honorable in
the discharge of all the obligations
of lite ; chivalric in their love Of,
and devotion to, their wives and
children; heroic in their endurance
of misfortune, failure, losses, and the
oppression and depression of the
times, the Kansas farmer stands to-
day the living representative of the
noblest and best type of manhood in
all the civilized world. 1t is true
man who stands up for principle in
the face of taunts and falsehoods and
villification. 1t is an honest man
who goes without the necessaries OF
life that he may keep his word and
pay his debts. 1t is a truly
heroic man who battles with the
elements and wrests a living
from Kansas soil amid the uncer
tainties of our seasons, the relent
less encroachments of capital, the
merciless discrimination of class leg
islation, and the general depression
of prices that hangs like pail over
our land.
But, as | look over this audience,
l see OIL nearly every every face the
light of faith and hope-the illumi.
nation of a grand and holy purpose
the high resolve to overcome ev-
erv obstacle--tO triumph over all