The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-17

/ derby inhabitants, he was promoted TO
! the Rocky Ridge division, III the mouIi-
/ tains, because it was the most danger
Gus on the road. Here he demeaned
/ himself like very devil, assaulting,
( shooting; stabbing and heating all WHO
/ happened to arouse his wrath.
/ In the fullness of time" according
| to Mark Twain's more or less YER
| acious chronicle, SHADES myrInidons
captured his ancient enemy, jules,
whom they found in the remote fast
nesseS of the mountains, gaining pre-
carious livelihood with his rifle. They
brought him to Rocky Ridge, bound
hand and foot, and deposited him in the
middle OF the cattle yard. with his
/ back against post 1t is said that the
/ pleasure that lit SHADES face when he
heard Of it was something fearful to
| contemplate. He examined his enemy
to see that he was securely tied and
then went to bed, content to wait till
morning before enjoying the luxury Of
| killing him Jules spent the night in
| the cattle yard, and it is . region where
warm nights are never known In the
morning, Slade Dracticed on him with
| his revolver, nipping the flesh here and
there and occasionally clipping off a
finger, while Jules begged him to kill
/ him outright and put him out of his
misery. Finally, Slade reloaded. and
walking close up to his victim, made
some characteristic remarks and dis
patched him. The body lay there half
day and then Slade detailed a party
and assisted at the burial himself. But
he first cut off the dead mans ears and
put them in his vest pocket, where he
carried them for some time with great
satisfaction. That is the story as l
have heard it told and seen it in print
in the California newspapers. 1t is
doubtless correct in all essential par
; ticUlars."
1t is pleasing to learn that Slade was
hanged by vigilance committee in
Montana. two or three years later.
When his fate confronted him he lost
all his nerve, and cried, whined and
! begged like dastardly coward.
William N. Byars. the founder of the
Rocky Mountain News, and one OF the
most prominent citizens of Denver,
who this year managed the prepare
lions for the Festival of Mountain and
Plain, in reply to the question, Was
Julesburg named after Division Agent
Jules the victim of Slade, as described
by Mark Twain" answered.: Yes;
and that the murder of Jules by Slade
was matter of much notoriety at the
time. as was the lynching of Slade af-
terward- l knew Slade; that is to say,
sometimes met him when he visited
Denver; but 1 avoided him as much as
could on account of his reputation of
being a murderous ruffian. have no
doubt that the facts about Julesburg
are correctly stated in General Halls
history. The present Julesburg is not
on the site of the old stage station"
General Frank Hall tells the story of
JulesbUrg in describing the formation
of Sedgwick county, and the election by
which Julesburg was chosen to be the
county seat, as follows:
i 10 h IS
northeastern Colorado. It's fame dates
back to the period of the overland emf
grafton to California. Remote from the
settlements in the mountains or the
trading posts of st. Vrain, Lupton and
Latham, but nearer their base, Jules
burg was frequently exposed to raids of
hostile Indians. 1t was the scene of
numerous attacks in the early immi-
grant and staging days. when it was
an important point. 1t was noted, also.
as the place where, in summer, the
most terrific thunderstorms expended
their fury ea
''The present county seat of Sedgwick
county is the fourth town of the name
founded in that section. The original
Julesburg was founded at Jules ranch,
on the south side of the Platte river, a
little east of Fort Sedgwick. It was
named for a Frenchman long known on
the frontier as Old Jules Indians
made "a descent on the ranch, killing
and wounding several of the occu-
pants.
THE second ,Julesburg was then
founded at a point about three miles
east of the first site and some four
miles from Fit. Sedgwick. The first and
second settlements of that name were
stations on the overland route to Ore
gon.
1.-The third Julesburg was located a
little to the north of the Platte, and in
the same direction from Fort Sedgwick
four miles distant. This became the ter
minus of the Union Pacific railway for
a time. town of tents and shanties.
whittier drifted and lodged the most
notorious and reckless gang OF outlaws
and thieves, thugs and assassinS ever
congregated at one point on the west
ern frontier. Gambling, drinking, riot
ing, murder, robbeFies, confusion worse
COMPOUNDED. marked both day and
night, until the crowd was dispersed
and scattered by the advance of the
railroad to Cheyenne, where, in due
course of time, similar scenes were
enacted, but upon a limited scale. At
one time, according to the estimates of
old settlers. from 5000 to 10000 people
were gathered in and about the old
Julesburg. hut the latter estimate is
undoubtedly in excess of the actual
number.
This third Julesburg only lived in
the memory of the few who survived its
tragedies, with an occasional chapter
reciting its horrors. published in the
periodical and newspaper literature of
the day. 1t is known as Weir, only a
sidetrack station on the Union Pacific
railroad. almost without population,
and exhibiting no trace of its former
renown.
The fourth. or present Julesburg. a
few miles east of Weir, is situated on
the Platte river. 1t was formerly known
as Denver Junction. for here the branch
line of the Union Pacific from Denver
which strikes off from the Cheyenne di-
vision at La Sale, again unites with
the main trunk line and gives the place
some Importance as a shipping point
1t is a wholly respectable village. oecu-
pied by Industrious and law abiding
people,
In a foot-note. General Hall adds:
zone Harry Endriken, who lived in
Julesburg when it became the tempo
rary terminus of the Union Pacific rail-
way. and remained there some 10 years,
is the only person residing at the pres
ent Julesburg who lived on the old
site