The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-02
DISCHARGED TROOPERS GO ON
THE WARPATH.
PUT TO FLIGHT BY ENEMY
Officer Dulin and His Gun Cause Live
ly Stir Among Late
~"SWaddies."

Attached to an e%astbound train
which arrived yesterday was a tourist
sleeper occupied by discharged troop
ers Of the Ninth cavalry, who were
on their way east from Fort Walla
Walla. Wash, where they had been
mustered out in accordance with the
general order for a reduction OF the
army. For some reason the car was
sidetracked here and permitted to re-
main until last night, when it was at
tached to No. 4 and continued on east.
In addition to their transportation,
the men had their back pay and COM
mutation of rations, amounting in all
to enough to make soldiers feel like
millionaires. To while away the time,
the dusky heroes, who had fought in
the Philippines and some of them in
Cuba, took in the town. which
means that they sought pleasures to
be found in that part of the city
which by common consent has been
given over to the white and black
women of doubtful virtue. In one of
the places, presided over by a wo-
man of their W color, the ex-troop-
ers became involved in a fight with
the inmates and a trough house" soon
followed. C%uspidors were hurled
about with a recklessness that BODIED
ill to all who were not quick of foot
and acute of vision. In addition it is
also claimed that several revolvers
were fiourished and other demonstra.
lions made of a more or less war
like nature.
Becoming thoroughly alarmed, the
madame" began to call for the po-
lice, when the men fed and sought
shelter in their car. Officer Dulin re-
sponded to the call for assistance
and when he arrived at the place was
given a description of the chief Of
fender and fastened to the car. He
found his man in a berth, apparently
sound asleep, and pulled him out. The
mans companions attempted to re-
sist the officer and tried to prevent
tde arrest of their comrade. Seeing
that he would have trouble unless he
acted promptly, Mr.. Dulin drew his
revolver and ordered all the other in
mates of the car to line up at one
end, while he backed out with his
prisoner and succeeded in getting
away with him. But in doing this had
to leave SO hurriedly that the former
soldier did not have time to fully
dress himself and was locked up with
out a hat and minus his shirt.
The prisoner gave his name as Jere-
miah Tasker and two discharges were
found in his possession, both of which
gave him a good record as a soldier.
In addition he also had $7.35.
: This morning Tasker was arraigned
in police court and claimed that the
officer had made a mistake and that
the man who had committed the as
sault with which he stood charged
had escaped. A couple of the inmates
of the bagnio were subpoenaed and
when they saw the prisoner both
identified him as the man who had
hit Tillie Summerville on the head
with a cuspidor. This settled it.
Tasker was fined $40. To the surprise
Of the court he opened a belt he had
fastened around his body and exhib-
tied a roll of money which contained
enough to pay several fines.
After leaving the required amount
with the court Tasker left and inves-
ed in a new hat and shirt Cpd said that
he would not leave the depot again
until the next train came along to
take him to his restination, Baltimore,
Md.