The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-27
ONLY INDIAN S0L0N IN The UNITED STATES
Tracks, Pierce Of the Black Hills Convicted and Sen
VIZ. fenced to Two Years in the Legislature &

blers of the worst, sort, and they're the
ones that got Wild Bill killed. They tried
to get Wild Bill in half "a dozen ways be-
fore they succeeded I:saw one Of those
attempts, and I'll tell you about it,, just
10 show the goodness and nerve of Wild
Bill: Tim Brady and John Varnes get
into a fight tin a saloon where Wild Bill
Isl Wild. Bill Isl sitting, at one end, by
himself, and the men begin:to row forty
feet away They jerks out their guns,
and it looked to me like real gun play.
But Bill gets up, Sort of shovesi his hat
back from over hisSeyes. and walks down
towards, the men, He stepsFright be-
tween them, his right hand resting on his
gun. Tim Brady's six-shooter is stuck
right in the middle Of Bits back; Jin's
gun Is right against his stomach. Bill
says to them:
:. It's no go boys see right through
your game You<thfhk sypus can get me
with a. stray bullet But you smight as
we'll draw out of that. And you, Jim
Varnes, you've got your gun right against
me, but you're not going to pull the trig-
ger even If you want to. can see by
your eyes just what you're thinking about.
You want to kin me- Keep that gun still.
Tim Brady. But just as soon as + see in
your. eyes that you're going to pull the
trigger I'll draw and kill you before you
can do it. Now, put up that gun. -
can do It. Now, pu up that gun
Jim stuck his six-shooter back in the
holster, shaking like a, leaf, Then Bill
turns around and tells Tim to put up his
put Tim had already commenced to do
that. " think if I'd been in Bills place,
- covered both with my guns before be-
ginning to talk or getting so close. =.
Made Man He Shot His Friend.
Eyes, was in a gun fight, but it didn't
amount to anything. u When was sheriff
at Custer got shot in the neck trying to
arrest a man, but I broke his arm with the
second bullet and got him. After that !
found the strangers were after him and
took him to my house and kept him
there till he got we'll. He was my friend
after that. I didn't think he was guilty.
But a man didn't have to be guilty in
1879 or 1880 to be indicted. was indicted
myself for entering the postoffice with
intent to commit a felony. old Affidavit
Campbell was the United States district
attorney then, and he got $40 for every
indictment and $50 for every conviction
"Why did Jack McColl kill Bill, Doc?'
Queried a listener. ,:
He did it cause he was down on his
luck. busted and had been drinking. The
night before he shot Bill in the back from
behind a tree, I saw him get dollar from
Bill to buy his supper. Jack got away,
but was caught on the reservation and
brought back to Deadwood for trial. He
was acquitted because the men who gave
him 5000 for the killing bought the Jury
and it cost them $4,000.
Then Jack started for Mexico, but was
switched off and started to clean out
Laramie, Wyo., when he was drunk. He
was caught and indicted for killing Wild
Bill. They tried to get him off on the
ground that he'd already been tried for it
But the court wouldn't stand for it and
Jack was convicted and hung. =
doc" Pierce considers his election
about as much Of a joke as he does life
He tells it this way: 1--WE been convicted
and sentenced to two years in the legis.
lature. Don't hold it against me, for III
try to live it down.