The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-20

and asked him what he branded my
cattle for. He told me had bettergRo
little slow, so / went to Deer Lodge
to try to get the protection of the law.
1 went before the grand jury and made
a complaint. The grand jury took the
thieves part There was Mr.. Hogan
use all his influence he could to the
grand jury. He took the thieves part
all he could. / walked to Deer Lodge
and back in one day, but ] had my
walk for nothing. So they give the
thieves courage. That was in Novem-
ber. 1887. In July, 1888, they stole II
head of my cattle and run them Off. !
hunted for them two weeks or more.
/ found them. i brought them home.
In coming home / found two of my
calves. They fell right in with my
cattle. One of them went to sucking
its mother. / went out the next day
to look out for the other two. i got on
head of Independence Gulch. 1 looked
across on Windy. ] see Dave Hogan
running. and in going he saw me. He
had his rifle with him. He quit rum.
ming the cattle and started home -
fast as his horse could go and in goin
over i found one of my calves shot. IL
was dead. He had stole the calves
away from my cows and run them Off
I got so angry / got on my horse and
went home. So the next morning 4
went down to see Mr.. Hogan and Me-
Guerin. Hogan was not there. called
Mr.. McGuerin out. He come out. 4
ask what he branded my calves for. He
called me a liar and every word /
would say / was a liar. / took IL four
or five times. He was bringing out the
- - - -. / checked him.
II bought some of the lumber of the
man, packed 1t upon my back to make
the tap. and after had all this done
he
Fred Garsey and John Coburn, both of
them mad. They started in on me.
suppose they thought they would scare
me. They said they protested against
me tapping the lake. / told them had
IL tapped already, you know / got some
of the lumber of you He said he did
not know what l got the lumber for.
Says / everybody else knows IL aud
you must have known it, l suppose 1
was a goner sure, but got over the
scare very quick. They might whip me
but / was a hard man to scare. This
all before / got into trouble.
Mrs. Hannah Allen she belonged to
the thieving outfit. She gets Ballard &
Melting and Bill Emery and Landon.
They done me up in good shape. They
cleaned me out of everything had. 1t
took them all to rob me. When / was
very sick I wrote to her to come and
take care of me. / begged of her to
come. She was not taking any chances
at all. 1 was taking all the chances.
She would not come at all nor send
me anything at all. She wrote 10 me
and said l was too late. So laid eight
days, / was not able to get up hardly.
i was not able to cook anything at all.
All l had to keep alive was a little
flour and water. For eight days and
nights 1 was laying out in the woods
all alone. No one to come to help at
all. 1t was about three months before
/ got able to get around. She would
take the bite out of my mouth and
give ii away to her relations and
strangers. She is a hard thief and rob-
ber and - - of a church member
and / am just so / can get around a
little now. 1 have but very little use
of my legs from my hips down. Two
shocks of paralysis. Don't think / can
stand another one at all. l have had
an iron constitution or / could not have
stood what l have.
Now / am coming home. l am a
going TO give all the thieves a show to
murder me. / will never give up while
/ can move a finger. / am going to die
on my own ground. Whenever IL takes
IL or Is to rob one old man of his life
times work 1 don't want to live any
longer. l have never bought a pound
of fresh meat of any kind since left
home. All the meat 1 bought was ba-
con. No ham at all. No vegetables of
any kind. have never bought an Irish
potato since / left home. ] have been
five days without eating a mouthful of
anything at all. / have raId down hun
CRY a good many times sure. What
ever / done / don't know. / was rot
a hummer. 1 eat two meals in Casper
House and two in Mr.. Wilhem's house.
/ never eat a mouthful in Landon's
house at all and l never will. Outsiders
wants to keep out of this sure. / will
give you the names of the thieves. Bal
lard, The Pioneer Co., Melting. Jack
Nelson, Bill the Butcher, Mrs. Emery,
Bill Emery, Bill Landon, Neil Landon.
The cattle thieves-Pat Toner. John
Keenan,, James McGuerin. Dave Hogan,
Bill Doney, to help brand Dunkleberg
on the cattle Cough was one. / know
them all They had a soft thing on
Quinlan and Mason cattle before they
took them away. ] was drove to do
bad. Now from bad to worse. Now
they want to make a dead shot. have
lost my hearing nearly and one II my
eyes is nearly gone blind and the other
one is failing very fast. So you see
you have the best of me. / am ruptur-
ed very bad. / have to go around
holding my bowels up and have been
for over five years. This is from Philip
Allen. So goodbye, everybody, for
ever.
'I was born in Ohio. Raised in Knox
county. Butler township, Bladensburg
was the postoffice address, Annawan,
Henry county, Illinois. They can get
my reputation now after the thieves
murder me. II / have a friend in this
world / want him to take me after !
am dead. Take me out and pile up
some brush and throw me on IL and a
can of coal oil and pour IL over me and
the brush. You will find enough money
in my old clothes pockets to pay for II.
j don't want to be buried where the
thieves is for fear we might quarrel. ]
worked hard all my life. / lived hard.
i worked a many day when she was
sleeping. Now ! want you all TO take
your hearts content out of me. This
my last and you all want to make good
use of me. Here is the name OF the
thieves: Ballard & Melting. Bill Emery.
Mrs. Emery. Bill Landon. Neil Landon
and Pioneer Co. They will go in with
Mrs. Hannah Allen and rob me II ev-
erything ! had in the world. The