The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-23
CAPT. GRANVILLE STUART
TEE VIEW MINISTER TO PIRleUAY
AND URUeUAE

ths story OF III. Eztsr~iustio- 90
Hsr- Dtss's e-.e ef Cattle H-stisr-.
The nomination on Wednesday OF Capt Gran
Vile Stuart OF Montana ~ Minister to Paraguay
and Uruguay. is q hopeful siRn to those who
have besn awaiting President Clsveland's rec
ignition Of the Simon-pure strain Of Jackson
ian Democracy.
Capt. Stuart r. a Democrat from away
up the gulch," as they say In Montana, and
man Of marked and interesting personality.
with other pioneers he fought his way TO the
country. and he has been identified with
much that IL romantic In the history OF the
new State. He has been an Indian tighter. a
COW puncher and q cattle owner. and valued
instrument when punishment had to be
msted out to horse and cattle thieves
under the code Of border law. Besides.
he IL q successful business man. and
we'll equipped for any ONCE that demands
hard sense aud Intelligent methods He
has served several terms in the Montana
Legislature. and was state Land Com
missioner under Gov. Toole. Every
politician who has travelled on horse
back or By coach over the mountains into
Fergus county knows him as producer OF
Democratic votes-s difficult matter when it
is necessary to travel several hundred miles
on horseback to get voters to register
Capt Stuart Is 10 years Of age. m ore than
six feet In height. and with his flowing white
beard looks not unlike the pictures Of Biblical
pstriarchs. lie ia nevertheless. a man OF iron
nerve and vigorous physique. qualities well
tested In the greatest Administration OF popu-
lar justice since the lynching OF the Plummer-
Ives band Of road agents at Alder Gulch
in 1853.
In 1884 the cattle rustlers and horse
thieves Of Wyoming aud southern Montana
h.1 10 NJ ha pOudar mr. YalloW.
stone rivers They were under the leadership
Of . young fellow called Horn Dick. who was
hardly more than 20 years Of age. but was
giant In stature andimarvellously quick with
gun He had been raised in the saddle In
Texas and was said to have q strain Of Apache
blood. He came to Red Lodge. Mont. In 1888
with drove OF Texas cattle owned by John II.
Conrad. q well-known Montana millionaire
and the son-in-law OF Mrs. Bsrnaby Of Provi-
dence. who was alleged to have been poisoned
By DIR. Graves at Denver.
Horn Dick was not long In making himself
known among the tough men OF Montana.
Within week after his arrival he had killed
two men In Red Lodge. sent others to the doc
tors. and had the gun fighters on the run. Two
COWBOYS from the Powder River came into Red
Lodge week after the roundup In 'S3 and
announced that they had come to teach the
Texas tendsrfoot how to night They were
warned not to spring this pronunoiamento In
his hearing. but replied with the Western
blustsr sometimes called bravado that
they "didn't caro- q damn whether he
heard It or not" This ciousness In
creased with few drinks OF very bad whlskey.
and a. the news spread about the camp the
Populaee turned out on the street to see the
card in Western town has more s. ATTRACTIVE
bsi k.S tina. hi.
must play Il out alone, He had no friends, be-
70 perform that act there is a less am Bilious
Riiiillse" KIN When ' told that thsss men
were coming Up the street IN search Of him.
place which passed as a saloon. The sides
Of the place were rough hew r.I iogS covered
the end. IL place Of doors. The bar was SAT pine
board resting on two barrels. and behind was
:s.s od q 9S *. 20
p.s.sr d ss1 shs
with outside money. He was stapding against
glass half raised in his hand.
This boastiui prophsoy had barely left his
fingers resting on the triggers Of their guns.
Dick saw them 10 the mirror, He turned
s.ehlas es.iaGtSey SPEC s Tvs h1 ioas
guns In his leather belt and before the
:Sot. followed and ,ss soMsoys %sas ronS
on the dirt door. Zach had q shot through
will empty his guns at an enemy after the first
shot Dick knew when TO save his am munition.
4. Other Interesting and true tales are told Of
bis fear made sRsrifs and their deputies
peTyou. and surIounded him, with that
Win hi: talents. Drinking and gam,
bling were his curses. and when these
business man who owns cattle. Dick was out
81 a Job Like many another COW puncher sim
business. as nswspsp-r readers nav. Come TO TO
know; Is that Of stealing cattle. changing the
brna6ds and selling them 70 Eastern BUYER,
e large with che cattle. When il was learned
punehers left their herds AID Iolned him. and
late in the fall Of 1855 his gang was better or.
ganlzsd than the rsvolutionist army OF q south
For the fii.. s%s in the hss0ry Of cattle
ihs eonditions OF z great and profitable indus
try. With Horn Dick as the leader the gang
and went to lied Lodge. Billings. and Niles
Sity and sxehapgsd the returns Tor stacks OF
Ss R bower nsant
ishmsnt, and the otiicsrs were not strong
enough in nam6sr: to clean them out On the
other hand. they attracted some admiration,
and were rapidly approaching the degree OF
danger when GoysrnnsPs troops yould be
ambitious rulers they oyerplAysd their hands.
That was whom they moved above the lsl-
lowsions River IN search OF new herds They
got into the bailiwiek OF CAPT. Granville
Stuart and found man who knew less Of fear
than Horn Dick. Capt Stuart had a band OF
10000 cattle grazing not far from Lewiston.
thseounty seat Of Fergus county. This wasihen
and IL now the most remote region OF Mon
tAnA Lewiston 10 two days travel BY stage
from the Northern Tactic Railroad, and the
TAnshss are scarce as the N oons OF Jupiter
1t seemed . paradise for rustlers. and so 1t was
until Capt Stuart. alter pleading In vain for
plains 20 hunt down the cattle thieves.
How this work was done 10 still one OF the
mystsriss OF vigilAnte Ways. IL was not an
ordinary group Of COW punehers. IL was made |
up OF men approaching Capt, Stuart in posi-
ton They were small cattle owners, mer-
chants. and bankers. who saw that the chief
Horn Dick Was to run At large
They met at Capt. Stuarts ranch after the |
fall roundup OF 1884 had showed tremendous
losses In the herds. They loaded up with Win |
ehestsrs, Ammunition. and enough rations for |
: long :Lpsdition: 10 one knew 50 we'll that |
long And hard cam patgn with severe losseA
The story Of the trip has been told only In |
vague rumors By those who followed the trail |
the next spring. Capt. Stuart always refuses |