The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

strung up and filled the grave which
a been dug for him.
The warming was unheeded and there
was. IL anything. an Increase of crime.
In the fall of 1868 the matter was
brought to a head by the result of a
deal between a negro end a Dutchman.
The negro bought the Dutchman's min
ing claim for SIS in dust and a pair of
mules. The mules were at a ranch
owned by George Ives and Crow Tex.
The Dutchman went to get the mules
and that was the last seen Of him alive.
A few days later his dead body was
found In the willows near the ranch.
Ives and Crow Tex.
The fact was-reported TO Virginia
City and a committee of citizens. the
original v~igilantes. was appointed to
deal with the matter and the days Of
anarchy were numbered. Ives and
Crow Tex were brought to Alder gulch.
The latter was eventually released. but
Ives vas given a public trial. Twelve
jurymen were appointed and he had
able attorneys to defend him. The trial
lasted two days and Ives conviction
was bitterly fought by H.. II. w. Smith
and Attorney Thurman. Colonel San
ders was the prosecutor. The proceed
ings of the improvised court took place
~ tAh' obtAi aii oBph ~ tlttNth
In the street in front OF a cabin. Dur
ing the second day. the doctor says an
incident occurred which put an end to
h defense In a way which woul be
hardly sanctioned i'm q modern court.
Attorney Thurman was leaning over
whispering to his client. Ives. discuss
ing some feature Of the testimony.
when there was a sudden shot from the
cabin and a bullet whistled between the
heads OF the defendant n his attor-
ney. The defense quit right there n
Thurman jumped down from the plat
form. He and Smith were afterwards
given IS hours in which TO cave the
country. Ives was found guilty and
hanged.
The next hanging. DIR. Hardenbrook
says. was that of two messengers who
attempted to carry messages To Plum
mer from Alder gulch. Their names
were Red and Brown. and they were
followed and caught at Laurens on the
Sinking Water. 1t was considered to
be too much trouble to bring the des-
peradoes to town. so they were sum
marily strung up and left swinging for
two days, as their friends were afraid
to cut them down.
The e move of the vigilantes. ac-
cording to the doctor. was To go to
Bannack. where the gentlemanly vii
liam, Plummer. and another desperado,
Ned Ray, were hanged.
Roasted a 6reaser.
The v~igilantes then went after a
greaser. one of the gang. who had es-
capped to his cabin some distance from
Bannack. Here he fortified himself and
prepared TO sell his life dearly. The
vigilantes besieged the place n yolley
after vollev was fired into IL, but with
out effect. The greaser kept up a steady
response and. the doctor says, it was
reported tina several of the yigilantes
were wounded and one killed. Finally
a small howitzer was procured and the
cabin was battered down. When the
greaser was. pulled out from among the
ruins of his fort he was covered with
more than 40 wounds, but was still
alive. A few shots finished him. and
not to lose the satisfaction of ~lynching
the cuttnroat a clothesiine was cut
bleeding from his wounds was strung
Half an bour afterwards so the doc
tors informant and eyewitness of the
fight told him. one az the men came 10
a greaser steak for As
founded AT such n invita-
ton. the doctors informant wen, out
To the scene of the fight and found that
the men had made n log bean Of the
ruins of the cabin and he was told that
the greaser was being roasted i'm the
fire. He couldn't believe II nj FIRST hut
upon going closer 10 the fire he saw n
man with a stick stirring mr. Tho
CHARGED body of tho dead greaser and
the stencil Of burning oesb confirmed
what his ewes had seen.
The desperadoes now became com
y,nced that n general cleanup Of tougb
Characters was the nroeramme OF The
vigiIantes and they beg<n 10 null their
picket nins and make Tor graenar mas.
Alex Carter. RiII Runton and some
others started for WaIIa waIIa closely
foIIowed hy a nossa Of ,ho ,;a,,an,a.