The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1899-01-14
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Boise Omoers Raise . Tempest and SquAnder
Lo1s o1 Money ChasinG Oappoood
~Bad Man from 6kagaAy.s

lSalubria Citizen.]
Joe lawson, former DeLamar boy,
in the role of suspected cattle thief, forger
and gambler, cuts big swsth and then
lights out.
Supposed to be the sbad man from
Skaguay," who had such lively time in
Boise few days ago.
The DeLamar Nugget says that II any
person four or i've years ago had asked
who was the best boy in DeLamar, the
chances are two to one that the answer
would have been "Joe Lawson" He &C.
quired passion for gambling and an
appetite for whisky. While still working
At getting out timbcs over at South
Mountain he played . confidence game
on an old lady in Jordan Valley, swindl.
ing her out of $1lOO about two years
ago. The next suspicion raised against
him was that he was cattle thief. Later
on, or early this fall, it was pretty nearly
a certainty that he was the robber who
held up "Crazy" Miller down at the lat
ter's home below Flint.
Recently he took up q little lonely
ranch forty or fifty miles south of here,
in the jumpers, in good locality for
running off and secretin9> stolen stock.
This ranch was not far from the home of
James Curtis, the manager of Nevada
stock outfit, and Joe stole an unused check
book out of the pocket 0f an old coat
belonging to Curtis, studied Curtis sig
nature and then started out on . brief
and brilliant financial career. Curtis Is
known to be solid man whose check
would I've hOnored at the Bank of Whine.
mucca for large amount, and when Joe
got over to Jordan valley, Dave Weir
cashed one Of the forged checks by giving
him something over $500 in currency
and his check on Caldwell bank for .
balance of SIS. being short of currency
to make up the whole amount. Then
Joe sat in at a poker game with Jap
Duncan and others, pulled out another
check and borrowed hundred from Jap,
aud did not quit until Jap had over $1,000
of bogus checks and Joe not much money
in his pocket.
Then Joe came up to DeLamar. still
having Dave Weir's good check and
plenty of the Winnemucca blank checks
in his pocket. He fixed one check fol-
$485 aud tried to get it cashed at Crossons
and at Isay s. Gombrigs, but both Of
these parties were suspicious and did not
want them. He made some small pur-
bases at the Golden Rule Store and Eli:
took the Weir good check for $75 anc
gave Joe the change.
Joe dropped into SIattery's and Archie
Mcdonald loaned him hundred at &
stud game on $485 check and Joe rake6
in about $3.50 profit on the first hand BIZ
played, but kept on until Archie got the
whole Sass check while Joe quit the
game with nearly that much money.
While Joe was in the valley j. r
Blackaby got wind of what was going on
and knowing that Joe never honestly &C
quired so much Of Curtis money, hirec
an Indian to ride fifty miles to Curtis
camp with letter. Curtis came in forth
with, riding all night. and ut once teie
phoned the bank.
Sheriff Morgan from Ada county hap
pened over here, looking up "Morgan
the bad man from Skaguay," the day Jo'
wound up his career here and left. Cur
tbs came up here and got . warrant ISSUED
! and Sheriffs Oliver and Crocheron started
ON hunt, taking George Dunning witl
them. But not being able to pick vi
any trail the two sheriffs returned OF
Sunday leaving Cunning still out on tn
hunt.