The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-12-12
Was A BAD MAN FROM TEXAS.
Ernest e. Brown Carvesf Up Jim
Buless and is Now in the
Meade County Jail.

Ernest E. Brown was ''a bad man
from Texas So he said, and just to
prove it he sailed in and carved Jim
Buless up in such a way that the
genial Jim came pretty near bidding
farewell to this vale OF tears. All
this happened up on a Meade county
ranch some ten days ago and THE
UNION made brief mention of the af-
fair in it's edition of last week. But
Bro wn isn't as 'sbad" as he was-not
half as bad! He has quit the use OF
human blood as a regular beverage,
is sorrowful and peniteut and wish
es that he was back in the lone star
state again-but he isn't. He is in
the Meade county bastile, having
been brought back from Pierre by
the sheriff of our sister county and
placed in durance vile last Saturday
The full details of the affair have
been given out and the story runs
about as follows: -,
On Monday, November "a, Brown
and James Bulls, both cowboys en-
ployed by Narcisse Narcelle, who
has a ranch out near White Owl
some so miles from Sturgis. we're
butchering beef. Brown was liv-
ing ssbach'' on the Narcelle ranch
with jim Belcher, but Bulls had his
home some distance away.
After butchering the beef Brown,
who seemed in a strangely ugly
mood, gave his gun to Bulls, telling
him to throw it awav, as he feared
he would kill somebody if he kept 1t.
The men had no quarrel, but Bulls,
who did not like the look in Brown S
eye, took the weapon and threw it
into water hole. g-.~&,...
Brown then went away, but later
in the day he returned and. coming
to the door Of the ranch house, in a
wild and excited manner declared
to Bulls that he was IL second Ira
cy.' I'm second Harry Tracy
he shouted, ''and I guess I'll cut
YOUR head off aad use it for a foot
ball." +
Bulls was unarmed and a!toGeth
er unprepared to defend himself
against such an attack. Brown,
like madnan, sprang@ upon him
with knife and in: few seconds
Buless was stabbed several times
The weapon used was an ugly pock
ct knife with a blade nearly three
inches long. Bulls was cut in the
left side Of the neck, this wound be
ING nearly three inches in length
in the top Of the head he received
cash of about the same ength; an
81 other one fully as long was inflicted
h on the back of the head, and a fourth
s,si 5 tab was made in the right side ant
was almos t"four inches long. A
this iuncture jim Belcher interferet
=#$ and Brown, tuning on him, strucl
!. Il himon the right side of the hea
with a. heavy 9teacup and then, sei2
ing a piece Of broken grindstone
hurled it at Belcher, who escape
# from the house and hidsln the brush
After Brown had vented his fur
u pon the remaining dishes in TIL
house he went away, but came bac
the next morning to see Bulls, b
had been taken to the ranch ofEPa,
terson Bros, some distance fror
the Narcelle place. Belcher ha
summoned DR.. Matthias, who live
up on the Belle Fourche river an
s. s. who dressed Bulls wounds. Bull
at that time was very weak and in
critical condition. Brown aske
Bulls if he had any hard feeling
against him, and his victim replie
that he did not see how man coul
J. feel any other way after the way i
4 had been treated
B Taking one Of Narcelle S horse
Brown rode to Pierre, q distance
4 1l5 miles. Thursday last II Y;
y learned that he did not make q ste
in all the long ride. Narcelle liy'