Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-28
sULLY, 3. d, OUTLAW.
rrofessfona1 Horse and Cat,Ys pr.-
tier and Occasional Murder.r

Jack sully, for twenty years the most
notorious outlaw of South Dakota. &C.
cosed of numbering sever men. leader
OF the Lyman county gang of robbers.
h~orse-rustler cattle-steaIer and suuaw-
man. has been arrested after many un-
successful efforts by United States
marshals. sherirs. c~onstables, detect
ives and posses, and is in Jail.
SuIly cam to South Dakota In the
pioneer days, without a past. He new
CT told where he came from, and no one
ever dared to ask him. He gathered
"Sout hlm some twenty or twenty-five
c~ohfederates, and entrenched himself
on the highest hill in all Gregory coun-
y. The other members of the gang
4INeu Dol him, and the most Of them
mad telescopes. Approaching parties
We're seen and warning given whea
they were miles away, and when they
came to Jack SuIly's place it was in
Variably deserted. Smaller parties,
even hunters, berry-pickers and u
lists, were warned by the ping of bull
let's in the grass before them. and beat
h&sty retreats.
Sully and his gang stole cattle sys-
tematically, and posed as gentlemen
thieves. Cattle were taken, and sold
through agents, to third parties. The
agent was given a commission, and
Sully and his crowd pocketed the rest.
They seldom took all of anyone's cat
tie, unless they made a fuss" when a
second visit was invariably made, and
every animal driven away. Sully pro-
teCted himself by taking quick and
deadly revenge upon all who attempted
to interfere with him. II was in this
way that he killed six different STOCK
raisers about his territory" who at
tempted 10 make trouble for him. His
w father was killed in a quarrel over
cattle. II is understood.
It is estimated that Sully and his
gang have stolen $4,000 cattle and
horses. He was dreaded and feared all
over the southern part Of South Dako-
ia, He is fifty years old, staunch in
build, with irregular but r~esolute fea-
lures. Ne one ever dared TO even talk
with him, for fear they would find their
houses in ashes, or else feel the clip Of
a bullet.
SulIy made the mistake OF his life
WilCN he SWOIc NCIlStdlIC vi i NNN
| Waugh. Waugh was instrumental in
recovering cattle stolen by Sully and IN
the hands Of an innocent purchaser,
thas casting Sully his part Of the profit.
So he and a confederate, one DOnne-
reau. went TO a dance given by Waugh.
for the deliberate purpose of fixing"
him. The shot took effect in Waugh's
elbow instead of his heart. and Waugh,
in fear Of his life, with the assistance
OF Sheriff Taylor and a deputy, laid in
wait for Sully and captured him.
Later, Blackbird, one of Sully's leu
~terants, was captured. 1t had been al
ways supposed that Blackbird was a
half-breed, but now II is found he is a
| Norwegian. All his family were killed
in the Spirit Lake massacre Of 1852. A
buck was about to brain the two-year-
old child, when a squaw, Tobacco
Mouth. interfered, and adopted him.
The suns and snow of half a century
darkened the visage of the Norwegian.
and he was always supposed to be a
half-breed.
The arrest OF Sully and Blackbird,
who were the brains OF the gang, is ex-
pected to break 1t up. Sully is now
hustling for bail, and there Is little
doubt that he will get 1t. so great is the
fear of him. States Attorney Miner
says Ghe evidence against Sully on the
charge Of attempting to Kill Waugh,
ought to SEND him to the penitentiarv.
| But II not, there are enough outstand-
ing warrants to keep him in Jail the
rest of his life.