The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-12-23

AT length tue Pinkerions relaxed tLci-
vigilance for IA few days. ITegavcthcmtL c
sip, found ms confederate, "Ot his half Of
the Sloo,OOO AMI went to England with
III was IA most astonishing case Of ''houcy
among thieves" \ Pinkerton of GOOD ed
ucation and address, u pleasing and plaus.
iple gentleman, was sent to England. whrr.
ne succeeded in becoming the intimate
companion Of the fugitive. The latter wa,
Induced to venture 10 New York, nominally
but for n fcw days, and on landing was a,
once arrested ON civil process. He had
served his time on the criminal charge. On
trial the company tailed to prove that !,
was their money he was spending In Eng
land, and he went scot free.
A vast stOrehouSc of realistic romance
waits for the novelist or historian who
shall describe the doings of Well. Fargo
a. Co. in tn" Rocky mountains. On every
long stage line they had guards skilled in
all the devices Of woodcraft, quick on trig
ger, cool and fearless, and in control Of
thcm such trained yiCilantes rs Nll
HOWE, y. Beidlcr and their cOworker,.
Inc company! system was scientific in il
calculating coolncss. The object was t.
make death certain for all stage robbers,
and any time between 1860 ami 1850 tie
t''A - lli-l' S't III any lHG "tNltlD ltNl
placards offering "$l5.ON for any one Of
tn" below described dead or alive"
And "dcai' it generally was. for ,tu
robbers were desperate when oycrralru
and their pursucrs took no extra risks loI
the sake OF capturing them alive. At
length the courts took the matter mn. In
every territory at one time or another the
officials decided that Offering such reward
was AN Indictment to Nil. and many o.
RanS of public opinion held INA; in ~.
long run the dead or alive clause CAUSED
more crime than it prevented. Tine --latest
case To attract much attention was that Of
tine rObhcry by five men Ot the lrca-urr
coach on the line from Helena to COriun
u, T.. In three weeks four of the robbers
were dead men, and the fifth WAS in III.
with an assortment of badly broken bones.
BagIey'S case was ont Of the common
He was originally an ordinary farmer near
Davenport, Ia, then adrivero of the express
delivery ago and finally n messenger On
the route Of the United States Eynrcs-
company from Omaha 10 Chicago. lie j.
uneducatcd and certainly not above ave-
age in shrcwdness. When Two package
containing $4,000 each were consigned t.
him at Omaha sudden temptation over
came him.. lie left the train at Davcu
port, where his wife and two children live.
hid $685. 00 in his stable loft, gave $50 toa
friend TO keep for him, and after some aim
less wandering and deal of hard drink
ing on the remaining Gliy dollars went on
to Chicago and was arrested not more than
twenty-fuur hour after hi, crime.
1t was a plain case Of spontaneous klcl.
tomania. Being promised immunity by
the express %company's officials, lie con
them TO his stable and to the friend
who held the money. and all was recovered
but a trifing sum. The reaction when hc
he was not to be prosecuted seemed
to throw him into a sort Of hilarious fever.
He talked and acted rs if he had achieved
Il wonderful trick. In fact his acts and
general appearancc-he is a strange, sal.
low and cadavcrous looking fellow-indi,
that his miDd is disorlered.