The Dickinson press., 1901-04-13
Arrests Including
Prominent Stockmen
and Warrants Out
For Others.
VIII REQUIRE SPECIAL TERM OF COURT.

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EARLY last week Sheriff John Goodall
started out with eight warrants for the
arrest OF men supposed to be guilty Of
stealing. or aiding others. in stealing cat
tie and horses. The following we'll
known people accompanied Sheriff
Goodall on this daring and most import
ant mission: Sheriff Kennedy Of Daw-
son county, Sheriff ]. w. Follis Of BILL
ings county. Stock Inspector Geo. Twible
of Glendive. Stock Inspector Billy
Smith OF Miles City, Deputy ]. NJ. Uhl-
man, manager of the Morning Star Cat
tie Co, this county, Deputy J. Brown Of
Billings county, and deputies Ed. Stone
and Billy Chaloner, of Dickinson. In
Guiding Sheriff Goodall the party con-
sisted of'o, and a more determined and
daring posse of men eve started out to
chase down criminals. They are all
good shots, used to the prairies and Bad
Lands, and we'll knew when they left
home that they were taking their lives in
their hands in chasing down such des.
perate characters as Jack Mccartney,
alias Jim McPeak, who had openly
boosted that he would kill any man or
men who should attempt to arrest him.
Several warrants had been out for his
arrest in the last few years, and he had
always evaded officers, making good his
escape at n time from sogood a detcc-
tive as Billy Smith.
The posse went out 60 miles from
Wibaux, little east Of north, t o the
Leakey, Mcdonald & Clark ranch, To-
Gated in Billings county, 8 miles from
the Montana line, where they found and
arrested i. R. Mcdonald, wanted on a
charge Of cattle stealing.
This was in the afternoon and as it
was believed that McPeak made head
quarters at this ranch, notwithstanding
he had a camp 2 miles from there, Sher-
iff Goodall directed his men to unsaddle
and wait. Mrs. Clark, wife Of Bill Clark
who Had been arrested in Montana on the
previous day, presided within the house
and provided meals, but she would not
give the officers any information.
Anew minutes after 6 o'clock a man
on-horseback came in sight in the dis.
lance who was soon found to be the man
the officers wanted. He galloped up
to within 40 yards of the ranch, saw at a
glance what was up, and began to rein
his horse a little as though going to the
corral. Sheriff Goodall ordered him to
stop. but he did not stop and was merely
yeering his steed to gain time, squirting
the animal into a dead run and making
for a cut bank about 100 yards away with
all of his might. The officers saw the
dodge and grabbed their Winchesters
and began to hre.. McPeak bent forward
and Rugged close I o his horse. The
horse; which was going straight from the
posse, was pierced with bullets some IL
or il times. Just as the horse was near
ing the crest Of the bank the rider was
hit in the back, on the left side, about 10
inches below the shoulder, the exit Of
the ball being just above the left nipple.
McPeak fell on his Winchester and when
Sheriff Goodall grabbed his arms he was
attempting to get into position t use the
gun. He also had a revolver in his
pocket and tried TO get il, but the game
was oyer with him. The officers took
him to the house and rolled him up in a
blanket where he lived for 10 hours, curs-
ing and swearing and charging Nc
Donald never TO give up anything.
The inquest was held in Dickinson
Monday morning, Police Magistrate
Ryan acting as county coroner, and w.
H. y. Dickinson and ALI
White sitting as a jury. County Physi-
clan Perkins, assisted BY DR.. McKibbin,
made an examination Of the body at
Undertaken Davis rooms. They found
McPeak TO have been hit but nee and
the bullet passed very close to the heart.
bruising the casing thereof. The testi-
mony Of Sheriff Goo all, Billy Smith,
Ed.Stone and ]. R. Uhlman was taken
in States Attorney Gregory's Office,
Miss Coleman acting as s%tenographer.
The jury %exonerated the officers.
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