Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-09-30
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II .ARtip. N. ~. Spcclal. ~ Danu OIL
thieves has established headquarters in
Emmons County, in the western part of
the state, and for months has made II
business OF Iunning oil cattle and
horses from surrounding ranches.
Ihc leader OF the band is the notorious
Judge Short, and his headquarters
are in Il strong log castle on the UNI
met OF Il rocky hill in the western part
of the county. Word has been received
here that ranchmcn raided the cast
and a sharp battle cnsi;cd. in which
several men were killed and injured.
'Judge" Short, after having been
wounded. was captured and lynched.
Short has long been II horror To the
people near the Bad Lands. into which
lie drove the stolen stock. His gang has
many dark crimes rrclited 10 it. n
year ago II young ranchman who had.
been the leader ot IL party that attempt-
cd to capture the outlaws was found
hanging dead To the LIMB OF Il l,er ON
the reservation line. and the cattle
thieves W re credited with the crime.
DENVER special: John e. Shoiwcll,
manager of the Colorado Hammer Brick
Company. said good night to his
friend, ). IL. NerNa, MANAGER of tn"
Abbott House. at Nineteenth and Cur
It's Streets, AT Il. IN, Saturday. sept.
IL. and went upstairs To Il room he
had engaged the previous day. NJ {.
O'Clock the same morning he was 2oic
and no one has heard from hii;i since.
lie had $40. He leil Il note for Mr..
NcrNa, stating that he had gone to
Black Hawk and would return in two
or three DAYS. He had left Il tote for
his wife at his city residence at Sller-
man and .Alamcdas Avenues in which
he said he would be ont OF town two or
three days. Il. licbcr smith. attorney
for the eastern Stockholders in the culii-
panv, says MIR. Shotwell is short in his
accounts $4,000 or $4,000. Between
$. 400 and sio.ooo is the amount
claimed Ivy Alfred Winter of New York,
the President of the company.
l'EHGVs FALl.>. Mimi. special: Gum
der Torgcrson. Il respected CITIZEN of
the town or .Aurdal. came 10 his death
in IL singular and shocking manner
MIR. YorserSon started To drive To w
lie met Il neighbor and stopped to talk.
The neighbor drove on. after IL short
conversation, but presently heard IL
rnttling behind him. and looking back
saw Turgcfson team g%allopiug maily
up II hill with the empty wagon behind
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s, foNnd Torgerson hanging by one foot,
head Gown, from II OF the outside
girdcr> OF braces of the iron bridge
which spans the Red Eivcr. Gne of
TorgcrSon daughters arrived at the
place soon after. More help was OH
tanned and the man was taken from Eis
position and cared for as we'll as poSsi-
bic. but he died bcfore.a surgeon could
be brought.
IENlElE NJ CinrN, Mis-, special:
John Mutasccllcck. aged 10, shot aud
killed his sister Josephine. aged ~.
Wm. Mutasecheck. the father, lives
seven miles from the city. He had
been hunting two hours before the ac.
cident and. contrary To his custom he
fore putting the gun away. reloaded it.
While the parents were absent in the
field the boy took down the gun. and
standing on the doorstep and aiming at
his sister. fifty feet away. pulled the
trigger. The load struck his sister in
the breast and mouth. and she dropped
without utterlng n word. TIN boy con-
feSscd. but said his father never kept
the gun loaded and that he aimed ut
her in sport.
LITTLE FALLS special: a pest of
frogs seems To have come upon this
part of the state. For several weeks
past the streets and sidewalks have
been covered with them. 50 that it is
almost impossible to keep from stepping
on them. y few days ago a train on
the Little Falls * Dakota load was de-
layed nearly two hours on account OF
them. The frogs were so thick on the
track that hundreds were crushed and
the wheels slipped. Another peculiar
thing in regard to them is that they are
all hopping in a northwesterly direc-
lion: hardly Il single instance can be
seen of their going any other way.
WAEsAw, Mimi, special: Kitty and
Herbert Nancy. aged respectively -
and 10 years, went out for Il walk in
the woods. and not returning TO dinner
u searching Larty was sen to look for
them. About three miles from home
their manglcd bodies were found. while
near by was stretched their pet dog.
From the marks on their bodies it
was evident that they had fallen vie
tins to a panther which escaped from
Barnum's circus q week ago. 1t is sup-
posed the dog aroused the animal by Ut.