The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-23

Fisher and the mirror, kniclting of corner OF
the latter on the way When Fisher emerged
from the door, wildly waving a towel In one hand
and a razor in the other, with one side OF ms
face shorn and the other covered with lather'
II seemed time to interrupt the festivities 30
we locked Finnegan UP in an empty box car,
the nearest approach TO jail we had That
night his partner helped him out and they went
down the river, stealing boat on the way from
Rooseyelt's Elkhorn ranch.
o.
"The next morning Roosevelt learned Of his
loss and started in pursuit, accompanied by TWO
Of his cowboys named scawell and Dow. Finne.
gan had with him a half.breed Indian and an old
German who had been deeply implicated in the
worst Of frontier crimes, cattle.killing and horse
stealing. Roosevelt found the German alone IN
camp about eighty miles down the Missouri rlyer'
his two companions being of hunting. Ihey
made him safe and then sat down by the bandits
fire to wait for the others. When they were
within twenty yards or so Roosevelt and Seawel
covered them with their rifles and shouted to
them to hold up their hands Finnegan hesi'
tated for a second but when he recognized Roose'
welt he dropped his rifle and held his hands up
beside his head blizzard was blowing that
| night and II was hercely cold, so Roosevelt con
cluded to lie up until the weather moderated.
| He took away the arms from his prisoners, but
dare not tie them, because II he did their hands
| and feet would in all probability be frozen, so
| he concluded to keep guard over them and take
| their chances. As a prccaution, however, ne
made them take off their boots, which were saie'
| ly hidden away, and let them lie around the
| camp lre. 1t would have been impossible for
any one to escape in his stocking feet in that
| blizzard While two Of his companions and the
captives slept Roosevelt took his station with q
| double.barreed shotgun and watched Tor the
| first four hours then turned in and was relieved
| by one Of his companions. The next day he
| started for Dickenson, the nearest town. After
| suffering severely from exposure the party
| reached a ranch house. where he hired wagon
| and a pair Of horses from rugged old plains
man. who could not understand why he took so
| much bother about the thieves instead OF hang
| ing them offhsnd. Placing the captives in the
| wagon, Roosevelt marched behind 1t through the
| snow for thirty-six hours without sleep or rest,
| until he delivered his prisoners into the hands
| Of the sheriff. lie aiterward appeared In court
as the prosecutor Of Finncgan and sent him to the
| penitentiary for a number OF years.
| al have always wanted to get even with Roose.
! welt for quoting me in his book, Ranch Lille and
the Hunting Trail as the writer OF certain
paragraph in the Bad Lands Cowboy In 1854
| saoon.kecpor OF the name OF Bob ROBERTS, la'hl.
liarly known as welchy, and another bad man
named George Haywood had a quarrel suddenly
WcIchy whipped out his revolver and blazeo
| awav HAYWOOD staggered slightly, shook MN
self stretched out his hand and gave back the
ball to his woudbe murderer, saying mere,
man, here's your bullet. | don't want IT, !,
| had glanced along his breast bone, gone through
| his bodv gone out at the shoulder, and being
| spent dropped down the sleeve into his mana
| HAYWOOD was cool enough to recognize the hu
| NOR Of the situation. :,
"The night Of the shooting both Roosevelt
and were in Bismarck and came back the mex
day. I had left a tenderfoot printer IN chaig'
| pfX writ
| account Of an affair between two desperate me,
| like Roberts and Haywood fairly froze his blood
| But the next day was publication day and, o
course, so enterprising newspaper as the ba'
| Lands Cowboy could not appear without lu'
| account of the fracas. So my substitute "rot
very delicate and diplomatic report oil the al
| fair and described it as AN unfortunate oCcul
| renee between two Of our most esteemed ieiiow
| citizens The phrase nearly killed koose'el'
| Tic thought IL was the funniest thing that ma
| ever happened He quoted 1t in an article IN 'h
| Century Magazine and atterward in his book a
sample of Bad Lands Journalism.
| "Rooseyelt returned directly to Medora Hor
| tho Chicago convention Of 1850, when Conkhh
| came so near nominating General Grant Tor
/ | third term. He had been one Of the delegate
from New York and had broken away Hoi
| Conkling He refused to vote for Grant VIZ
| the rest of the delegation and cast ms Vote ~
| Edmunds 1t was his first experience IN ha.lo,'
| noIitics. and will never forget his denunciato
of the methods used by Senator Conkling an an
others to coerce him. And he always woG,
wind up his story with and by Godfrey ,rhor sn
: won't be dictated to by any man. er lner
: | wasn't a symptom of rant in IT, ne lueIl u. ~
1 exactly what he said, and IN ever! ei,,rr npei
. | being This very trait, with lts corona'!
: never debating to others, is the point upo
, which hinges his multitude of friendships eve
among those who do not know him. lie IS nri
firm in his convictions as the everlasting a. mn ~
= hut is always ancnable to argument l 40 II
= | know man" concluded Mr. Packard WIZ ,o
n right mindedness surpasscS that OIL i''o''
/, | Roosevelt 4"