Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1901-08-09

! home, but they wouldn't 60. stayin
around the Jail for an hour and hall
saying they We're going to take the me
Il out Of JAIL At last they said that
McAllistcr and did not let the prison
ers so they would tix Us. Sanfrd Rcn
land and J. IT. lrimodig told the crow,
they had better leave it 20 and go home
N Ihc crowd then dispersed and We IL
the prisoners loose. The crowd befor
leaving said they would come aroun,
the next night and charivari and Rem
land and Frimodig told Us that we hae
better look out for ourselves. we wcr,
called Oh again Wednesday night at th,
fire hall. McAllister came in and sale
those fellows We're down there again ;,nt
that We would have to 80 and stop Til,
racket. said all right ana told the
rest of the fellows to come on. W.
found a big crowd with tin pals anc
pans. Some Of them started to run anC
the rest stood there and didn't uuit theil
racket. We started to arrest them.
told Dcegan and Ricketts, to take hold
of two fellows and got hold of another
Just then saw Gebo and Finlande,
down in the road. went over and got
hold Of the fellow. but he wouldn't uuit
fighting, SD choked him and bumped
his head on the ground. Then asked
him if he would 60 and he said yes. ]
started to jail with him and got around
the corner when [ heard the shots.
turned around then and went back. On
arriving there they were just dragging
somebody out Of the brush asked
what was the matter and the nan said
he was shot. ! heard on the streets
Wednesday that notices were posted in
forming the Finlanders that there would
be another charivari that night.
Charles Bronson testified: was
called on by Mayor Larkin to assist in
quelling the charivari disturbance and 4
went with the officers and others Wed
nesday night to the scene of the racket.
When got there Paddy Fleming was
on top Of a Findander and McAllister
told me to take hold Of some Of them. I
took one man and McAllister turned
another MAN over to me. While | was
holding them heard some shooting and
heard someone hollcr. We then went to
the city hall with the prisoners and met
Gebo, who said he was going after some
cartridges He said he had been knocked
down and kicked in tue ribs. We then
went back and McAllister ana Fleming
were standing over the wounded man.
Fleming told me to take a man he was
holding to jail and | told him he would
have to give me a gun first which he
did. There were at least one hundred
men in the charivari crowd. ! didn't
observe any Of the crowd make any re-
5stance except the man Gcbo had the
first scrap with the one that Paddy
Fleming was wrestling with when first
saw him. | didn't see anyone knock
.iebo down.
Mayor William Larkin testified: A
Finlander called on me either Thursday
or Friday evening and said there was a
gang charivaring Il man that boarded at
lis house; that they demanded S25 and /
he man had refused to pay it. He want
ID to know if there was any law to stop
| gang charivaring. told him if the
;rowd came again to call the night
yatchman The next evening he called
m me again and said the crowd was
'ack there charivaring. sent him up
own to find the night watchman |
lidn't hear any more OF it until Tuesday
yening, when the man and the one
hey were charivaring came to me and
demanded protection. Marshal Fleming
nd Night Watchman McAllister were
landing there. called Fleming in and
old him to arrest the ringleaders Of the
nob, which they did, but later turned
hem loose. Wednesday afternoon was
informed that they were coming out to
harivari again and that they would be
eeled for the officers if they came down
here. On going to supper / met Meal
ster in front of Budas' store and Mr..
,rimodig came out and told US that the
ang was going out again: that posters
'ere up calling on the Films to turn
ut. | instructed the night watchman
} secure the assistance Of as many citi-
ems as was necessary to arrest as many
the mob as possible. About $50
clock we were IN the fire hall when
ne chariyaring started. McAllister
nd Fleming called on all Of us