New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-11
THE PASSING THRONG.

you. o. course. have read OF John 7. Blake"
said r. E storer OF San Francisco at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel yesterday. My
BLAKE cousin who is. rather was in
AND the Transvaal until quite recently.
AN EDITOR. sent me a letter. in which he de-
voted a good deal OF space 70
Blake and his dongs-I suppose because he knew
I was acquainted with him. Blake. he says. has
now become citizen OF the Transvaal. and by
4 special order or President kruger Il colonel OF
the regiment o.; Rough Riders which he has raised
Ny cousin says they a pretty rough lot: but
that Blake chose his men well the record they
have already made amply proves. IN raising THIS
has always taken. Blake has aroused the enmiLy
GIillcsIn OF h1n was olJter ana intense 80
Johannesburg Times, which IS run by a cna9
Joe Chamberlaia-was especially hostile, and
finally came OUT in a most violent attack on Blake
wound up by saying that he had collected together
TnrSAre- in ne -Trs1SsaI n 9r-isr 70 make 10
his regiment The morning II came out Blake. in
and showing him the article asked him I he knew
who the Editor OF The, Times was and upon rs
On the way Blake met an acquaintance, who told
they arrived at the bar Blake said: I Just saw
him going into the Rand Club. and I'm going there
G5 an9 stsried f5r r6a eI1Ib WITH blood In 5s
eve He's q tremendous big chap and exceeding
~ powerful When he arrived az the club he
stsartsd a systematic search for MS man from
room to room Chamberlain happened TO be in
the extreme rear and some one warned him OF
Blake.s approach. There was a ten foot fence
safety, but they said ne went over it ike jack
rabbit Lying al day hid. he left town that night.
returns to the TransvaaI while Blake remains IN
the land OF the living"
P B. Hawkins yesterday described an expert
ence OF his while living IN Murray, Idaho In 1855.
said Mr.. Hawkins. occurred the
TEDDY famous lawsuit OF The Poor Man
T. ~ "a
LEPPER" The Tiger owned by John NJ.
Burke The whole county Of Sho-
shoue took sides in the suit which was tried before
Judge Buck and the partisan feeling mounted
higher and higher 1t eliminated one day. when
a juror told Judge Buck that certain Mrs Peck
was trying 10 brfbe the jury. The Judge ordered
Teddy the Lepper' Guthrie-so-caIIed from his
abilities as Jumper-the crack Sheriff OF the Black
Hills. 70 arrest Mrs. Peck. and appointed Judge
William H Claggett 70 defend her al her trial for
contempt Of court. holding an extra evening ses-
During the day Claggert ascerrained facts
which resulted in his calling a witness for the
ex-Congressman Singleton, Of Mississippi When
singleton testified IN answer TO question ne ne
AFFAIR wholly a1d have nothing to 40 WITH it. be
CsTIsa I knew shA vas o1Iv heinz used as cats
paw by some scoundrsl in this suit Claggs[L:
MacAuley zone Of the parties 70 the suit Mac
Auey who was present called out: single{ol.
from his breast pocket and MacAuley was in the
fifty men present when the ringing voice OF Teddy
the LepTer made them all pause with Throw up
your hands. III kill the first man that 5nOoLS
The crowd found themselves looking into the
mUZzles OF fourteen 'forIy-fours' in the hands or
Teddy and six deputies who were standing on
chairs AZ various vantage points IN the room A
locked they sulleniy 06eyed the Judges mandate:
Sit down YOU cowardsi Sheriff. dissrm thenI,
The reviewers and knives taken from the crowd
completely filed the top OF the clerks desk
II was a lad the time, and don't think l
breathed freely again for week And while I've
seen actual killings since. cannot remember 50
thrilling a moment when Singleton was cSILsd
a lar and pulled mis- gun Judge Buck dned single
ton and MaCAuley each $500, and Mrs Peck 500
and q lecture from the court OF those VINO par
ticipated in the trial. Singleton MacAuley ana
Teddy the Lepper are dead, Claggett, WhoTn ~
BoIs defeated Tor seat In the Senate from Idaho.
IS practising law IN Spokane. where Judge BUCK
also is Mrs Peck has disappeared. and MacDon-
aid very rich, IS dying OF consumption l don.
know what became Of Burke he was the man
who carried the orders from LCngsrreeI 70 PICKETT
for the famous charge al Gettysburg