Fergus County argus., 1902-10-08

tention of molesting him and the
crowd in the building hid behind beer
cases and made rapid side steps in
an effort to get out OF range.
On Tuesday evening Marshal Kane
noticed another OF the gang walking
around on the back streets and fol.
lowed him until he was able to get the
drop on him and take him In custody.
An examination of the mans clothes
proved that he was not armed and he
told the Marshal that he was from
Butte and was looking for horse that
had got away from him. He was turn.
ed loose and II is supposed that he
left the city. Il has been ascertained
that Keeting had ]. X. horse in the
Morrison pasture. and as a couple Of
horsemen. one answering the descrip.
ton of Keeting. were seen near the
mountains TO the east, it is thought
that he has left this section of the
country for keeps.
One rather amusing incident in the
affair was the holding up of Tom
Shaw in the alley back OF the Melon
nell beer hall by Marshal Kane. Shaw
saw Kane in the alley with man,
with whom he seemed to be having a
hard time and ran to his assistance.
Ine marshal thought another despera.
do was coming TO the assistance of
Dirington whom he had stopped on
suspicion, and threw his gun down on
Shaw i'm a manner which caused the
sheriff to loudly disclaim any connec-
tion with the gang. Shaw says that
the muzzle of that gun looked as big
as a tomato can.
Frank Mccarthy was in town from
the stone quarry last night and states
that Keeting has been hanging around
there for the past two days: going up
the creek in the day time and return
ing to one of the cabins in the vicinity
OF the quarry at night. During a con-
yersation with some of the men who
are working at the quarry he said that
he was hiding in Kanes garden while
the officers were looking for him and
repeated what some of them said
while going through the garden in
proof OF the assertion.
County Attorney Belden issued a war.
rant for his arrest yesterday morning.
The shefiff's force have not sue.
ceedcd in bringing him in and the city
officials are powerless to act outside
Of the city limits. hut II seems to be
the general opinion that the sheriff
or his deputies ought to take some
action in the matter Immediately.
Keeting told Mccarthy that he was
hanging around in order to get some
clothes he had in the city and also
showed where Harvey wounded him
when he shot at him in the doorway.
Keeting had two guns with him; one
in his pocket and one in his hand and
when Harvey shot the bullet struck
the gun in his pocket and tore hole
through the top OF his pants and left
slight scratch along the top of his
thighs.
Theodore Nichols was deputlzed last
night to bring Keeting in and early
this morning started for the cabin,
near Borghs coal mine where keet.
ing was last seen. When Nichols got
in sight of the CABIN he noticed that
the door was open; riding up to the
corner of the building he dismounted
and gun in hand walked into the cab
in. Slippery Bill was not there, but
his siXshooter, Il calibre Colts, was
lying on the table. Nichols picked up
the gun and walked out of the cabin
in an effort to catch sight OF his man
and just caught glimpse of him as
he ran into the brush. He followed
hot on his trail but lost HIM and had
to return TO the city with nothing but
the gun.
Keeting has vowed that he will not
be taken alive and informed the boys
at the stone quarry that he has 30-30
cached in the brush. anu in fact he has
been seen with the rifle in his posses
sion. 1t is the general opinion that
some decisive measure should be tax.
en- by the sheriff's force to capture
the man who has boasted that he will
come to town some night and get
some of the officers. IL is useless To
send one man out. as the vicinity OF
the cabin is thickly covered with
brush and the presence of vicious
character. such as Keeting. within
three miles of the city should not be
tolerated. 1t is even possible that il
he is not caught he will come to towr
some night and make an attempt tc
kidnap the sheriff an. his assistants
Nightwatchman Harvey expressed
his intention of going out and bring
ing Keeting in and made preparations
to do SO, but owing to the fact thai
he was not deputized he was persuad
ed not to go.