Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-09-29

pad never questioned Mrs. Gloystein' S
truthiulness or sincerity, and now her
statements are confirmed by the con-
fessoa Of her husband.
II am doing we'll enough here, " said
Mrs. Gloystein in conclusion. MY
brother-in-law, John E. Whitfield,
who is ia business here, came out to
see me today. We have often talked
over this affair, and Mr. Whitfield said
that Charles always put a great deal OF
con fidence ia him, aud he could not
understand why he did nc. write TO
him if he were alive
Mrs. Gloystein is slight little
woman. She can not weigh more than
100 pounds. Her face is bright and ill.,
telligent. She speaks tluently and
correctly, and her candid manner car
ries conviction. She has never had q
word from her husband since he left
her so baseiy with her little brood Of
sick children around her.
JUST EIGHT WEEKS AGO TODAY
1t Was Monday Morning, July 80, That
GloYstein Disappeared.
The Gloystein ''mystery"-pow a
| mystery no longer-is Just eight weeks
old today. 1t was early Monday morn
ing, July 80, that G:oystein, without
a word TO his wife that could
afterward throw light on the
occurrence disappeared into the
darkness. That forenoon Sheriff Pugh
was notified aud he proceeded at
once to the scene Of the strange occur
renee. The theory Of ssll play imme-
So II P,-
hood, and for more than a week friends
and neighbors beat the bush, raked the
standing grain and penetrated every
cave and granny in the neigh borhood
for miles around. Excitement became
intense. Work was abandoned and
fields Of grain that needed eating
badly were neglected, while snecuia-
ton and discussion of the ali-absorbing
tonic Of the hour ruled instead.
The character of Gloystein was fully
discussed at that time. He lived among
political antagonists ana was llmse
q strong Willed, perverse, self-centered
man. His popuiist neigEbors twisted
him with their opinions and wild ar
guments and he replied with invec-
tiyas. They hanged him in ef1igy il
return, and wrote educational inscrip-
tions about him for their children to
read on the blackboards ID the Mica
schoolnouse. The defeat of Pennoyer-
ism in Oregon was a cause Of JOY in
Gloystein's breast, and he hung cut
the inscription, where all might read:
Have you heard the news from Ore
gon?"
The shotgun league became proml-
nent ia the region OF Mica then, and
GloFstein was invited to join. He
started, but at the point where he
found out the true character Of the or
garization he turned back aud left the
lodgeroom without having completed
the obligation. That was but few
weeks before he disappeared.
Mrs. G!oystein sail when the sheriff
Interviewed her at that time that she
heard a knock on the door and called
her husband, who was asleep upstairs
He responded and stood some lime on
the porch. Returning he dressed and
went out and down the road. He left
every thing behind him. The bloody
hat was found next day, and the day
after cushion button from q buggy
was picked w near the hat. Nearly
every one i'll the neighborhooG for
miles around came in with conflicting
stories Of hurrying wagons going by in
the night, and my s!erious strangers Of
doubtful aspec', and suspicious tracks
in obscure localities. Out Of all those
blind, confusing and false clews the
true one was finally selected and tie
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