The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-24
WITHOUT HIS WHISPERS.
Doc Seeley Reaches Helena From Po-
catello in Company With Mar
shall Sims.
LOSS OF Beard Did Not Prevent an
Acquaintance Recognize
ing Him.
Tho Man lilo Says Ho Befrlended Gave Him
Up to the Officers Of
tito Law.

Orson Seeley, by his own statement a
ben0fnctor to mankind in the matter Of
corn salves and lotions for pains, aches,
and other ailments, by the law alleged to
he a ''surething" gambler, is back in
Helena. after ten days. absence. He came
in last night in company with Marshal
Sims on the train from the south. His
whiskera were not with him. He had cut
them off with a pair of scissors, and as the
chinook has been blowing during his
absence the conclusion is that they have
been scattered to the winds. After an
extended interview with his wife Seeley
went to bed in the bridal chamber at
the city Jail. Before he retired to his
apartments for tho evening he was asked if
lie had anything to communicate to the
public. mo" he replied, II do not care
to say anything. III man who has least
to SAY is perhaps the best of. When the
proper time arrives l shall say what l have
to say.'
Divested Of his whiskers, with a few days'
growth Of sorubby beard and a cowboy hat
ON his head, Doc Seeley did not look last
night like the engaging middle-aged gen
tleman whose concern for the welfare Of
Robert Kristen, the Wisconsin boy, cost the
lad $1O5 on the west bound Northern Pacific
express a little over two weeks ago. On the
morning Of February 13-the day when his
preliminary examination was to end-SeeIey
chopped Off his beard. put on a rough suit
and 9 soft felt hat, and walked to East
Helena over the old wagon road. At East
Helena he was a working man to all be
met. His appearance indicated it, and
besides he asked for work. Yhe market was
overstocaed, however, and he did not got a
job. When the train for Butte came along
in the afternoon Seeley boarded it and
went to that f%ourishinQ mining camp.
There he met lots OF friends and kindred
spirits, who invited him to stop at
their houses until the affair blew over.
He remained in Butte only. one night. and
then proceeded on his journey by easy
stages until he reached Pocatello. There,
on Friday last, he ran across a man who
had known him in F%airhaven, WASH, and
whom Seeley says he had befriended there.
How do, Seeley,," said the former Fair
haven man. In a first-class Irish brogue
seeley replied that the maj had the best of
isn't your name Doc Seeley?'' the man
asked. Seeley replied that his name
wasn't Seeley. and that he never was a
doctor in his lifetime. That settled it for
inc time being, ana the former acqualnt-
ance left. He went to City Constable
Davis, Of Pocatello, and asked if that
officer wanted a man named Doc Seeley.
Davis was just looking for such a man,
and, with Seeley's acquaintance, went on
the hunt for him. they found him in q
gambling house, and the arrest followed.
seeley, when asked why he left Helena
before his preliminary examination was
over. said he thought that this step would
make things go easier with the others,''
meaning Sandy Lane and William Wcoda.
He said Pat Casey, his bondsman, would
not have lost tie $500 he went responsible
for as bail. He says further that he does
not think he can be legally convicted Of the
crime with which be is charged. ''They
may send me to Deer Lodgs,'' he says,
but it will not be tho law thai does it,"
Marshal Sims made q remarkably quick
trip to Boise City with his requisition,
back to Pocatello, and thence to Helena,
and was the recipient of much praise for
the interest he has shown in this case from
the start. ~~-"
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