Fergus County argus., 1900-11-07

blows. Jake struck Jackson in the
mouth with his pistol and made him
lie down on the ground, face down
ward, under penalty of death. After
Jackson got up he ran to his cabin, a
short distance away, and, arming
himself with Winchester, prepared
to defend himself. In the meantime,
the two, seeing several half-breeds
standing In front OF a store then run
by T. G. Power & Bro, walked up to
them, and, warning the white men
to get out OF the way. stated that
they were going to clean out all the
half-breeds. Firing commenced al
most Immediately, Rattlesnake
shooting at a half-breed who returned
the shot with good effect, hitting him
on the hand and knocking off couple
of fingers.
"The desperadoes then said they
would clean out the town and com
menced shooting at everybody in
sight. There were only three gunsin
the town. They were placed In the
hands OF good men who used them
with such good effect that the sup
posed hOrsethi5ves were run down in
short time, O'Fallon being shot
through and through with bullets
from the Winchesters. Rattlesnake
was likewise shot literally To pi, ces.
But you ought to have seen people
scatter when the shooting began.
They could not get out Of the way
fast enough. Every place that could
afford any shelter was In great de.
mand about that time, and | will
confess that | made myself scarce,
too. However, stood where | could
see the whole scrap and to me 1t was
the most exciting thing ever wit
nessed.
After being shot full of holes
O'Fallon, mounting his horse. rode
away and could easily have escaped
had he been so inclined, but, return
ing to his partner, asked him il he
was hurt. Jake said he was. well,
said O'Fallon, Il am shot, and am a
dead man, but | will stay with you
At that moment he fell from his
horse, then raised himself up on his
knees, took deliberate aim with his
Winchester at young man named
Smith, on outsider, who, the same az
the rest of US, was trying o get away
from the trouble, and shot him
through the head, killing him in
stantly. Right at this part of the
fun was where the citizens COM
menced to realize that something
would have to be done, and that
quickly. Pistols and revolvers of
all sizes and descriptions were
brought into play and shootingcom-
menced in earnest. O'Fallun received
five shots In his body before he fell
the second time. Then he raised him
self on his side and continued shoot
ing until he didn't have enough
strength left to support himself.
After lying down hecOntinued shoot
ing as long as there was life left I'm
him. Rattlesnake Jake, after he had
been shot through the body several
times, kept shooting; then his right
arm was broken by n bail, and he
changed to his left hand and contin-
ued firing. Another ball broke his
right leg, and, supporting himself by
the other. kept shooting. Still an
other ball struck his chin, carrying
away his jaw, when he fell to the
ground. 1t was thought surely he
must he dead by this time, but to the
surprise OF everybody he raised him.
self on his side and blazed away
again. From sheer weakness he fell
to the ground once mCre, never to
rise again, but continued firing while
lying on the ground. There were
nine balls in Rattlesnake before he
gave up. Both men were dragged
off to one side Of the street and bur-
led the next day. Altogether it was
the most exciting affair ever saw,
and have no special desire to wit
ness another one."