The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08

leQ bottom OF IAluS pan 10 the
brands necessary to obliterate Soon af-
ter the animals treated IN this manner
were again caught up and their wounds
thoroughly saturated with grease. thus
causing the hair to grow in the spring
time and removing every trace Of the
brand. When IL was possible 20 do so, an
expert with the branding iron placed adj
ditiOnal markings on the animal so far as
to make it Impossible for al owner to rec
ognize his mark.
In May, the horses were rounded up. di-
vided into small bands, sleek ana fat and
they were taken slowly in different direc-
tons to various points and disposed or
Allies the thieves had in many a small
town, and il was comparatively easy to
sell the animals. This accomplished, the
men met at a frontier town. divi,sd their
gains. purchased a winters supply of
provisions 10 be dispatched TO the Hole
by the men whose duty it was 20 stand
guard during the summer, and then began
the summers raid. The men who sue
ceeded in stealing the most horses had.
of course, the most money, and there was
sufficient incentive in the business to lead
some of these men as far as Northern Col
orado. The majority, however, confined
their predatory raids TO wyoming and
Montana, though they quite often found
it necessary TO 90 close TO the British
line. II they arrived at the basin too ear
ly in the season, the herds were pastured
at various secluded points a few miles
away, TO be at the first fall of snow has
tiiy driven to the natural corral. Here
stories of adventures In the settlements
were reviewed, and in the spring the
horses were again stealthily brought out
and sold.
But in the year 1856, this band Of free
hooters was suddenly deprived of its
leader and demoralized as a result Teton
had pursued a course that was bound TO
be cut short in due time. and so it came
about that the authorities of Idaho had
the extreme pleasure of immuring him
for period Of fourteen years in the state
penitentiary. This was Brought about by
Teton being too sure OF his position. A
long and uninterrupted career of felony
had made him indiscreet, and the heavy
set, bow-legged, red-headed man." with a
price upon his head was tried and sent up
for a term of fourteen years. he served
just one year, when, with the assistance
OF some of his devoted Followers on the
outside. he made good his escape.
1t was in May, 1885, a year after, that
met Jones, who is mentioned early in
this somewhat long-drawn-out story
The foregoing facts he did not relate TO
me on the spur of the moment, but after
wards made a clean breast Of II all The
tale he had to tell me then was to sthe
effect that he was horse raising over in
Wyoming and that while with his partner
a Mr. Johnson, he was about 10 ship the
animals at Billings for the east, his part
ner was arrested on suspicion and was at
that moment incarcerated in the BOze-
man county jail awaiting the action Of
the court on a habeas corpus proceeding
It was a burning shame, said Jones' that
an American citizen could not go about his
| business without being molested by officers
/ OF the stock association. He and johnson
/ had no money, but thcs had ATTY head
/ of as good horses as ever lifted a foot,
| and they proposed TO use up the entire
/ herd in getting a speedy release, as both
1 We're due in the east on important
business Nine head of horses had been
given to one lawyer and Jones was
ready to give many more If / could
tell him the man who would secure
Johnson's release.
The generous disposal of horse flesh and
the fact that there was nothing In sight
against the so-called Johnson did gain his
temporary release, not, however. until
he had most roundly berated his counsel,
the late Mr. Maginnis, of Billings, for
what he regarded as coarse, work"
was taken into the presence of the hot
tempered Johnson. and as soon as Jones
| had informed him that | was one of those
newspaper fellers,' he proceeded at once
with the choicest of Billingsgate that he
could command to tell me what he thought
of my kind.
Jones gently demonstrated, but this only
set JoHHSOn 10 going worse imam ever, ana
1t was easy to see that Johnson had hold
upon Jones that made the latter almost
an abject slave. We brought the inter
view to a speedy close and on regaining
the fresh air, ! remarked that johnson
had many of the characteristics of the
noted Teton Jackson" Jones, with some
show Of fright, replied that he had never
heard of Jackson" and that, johnson
was excited over the manner in which he
had been treated and mad at the whole
world
When the habeas corpus proceedings
were disposed of and Johnson proceeded
to walk away, he was ordered to step by
Sheriff Harris of Billings, and informed
that he was wanted on another charge
Harris, il seems, had a firm belief that
johnson was Jackson, and though he had
hitherto professed to sympathize with
him, he had also procured several com
plants in order to hold him until the WV
oming authorities arrived. They We're not
long in coming, as there was a pretty
price on Jackson, and he was spirited
away to serve out the old sentence and
enough more to make him a prisoner for
life. Then it was that Jones, who was
tried and acquitted, told ME of his life and
doings since the time l had left him at
Fort Standing Rock IN the year 1873. If
ne is alive, which is doubtful what a tale
OF adventure he could unfold by this timel