Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-02
.DIETRICH'S GOOD LUCK
Thrilling Incidents In the Ne
 braska Senator's Life.
OFTEN A TARGET FOR BULLETS,

Early Career In the Black Hills Was
 Checkered by Numerous Strenuous ,Experiences - His Escapes From
 Death-An Xnstance Where He Had
 Hls Nerve With Him.
 Friends of Senator Charles H. Die- Erich of Nebraska are wondering If the remarkably good fortune which has fol lowed him through his entire life will desert him in his present trouble with the federal grand jury, says a Hastings (Neb.) dispatch to the New York World.
 With the good fortune that was to attend him always MT. Dietrich had found his way to the west just as the discovery of gold in the Black Hills had opened rich field for fortune hunters. He hadn't enough money to pay his way by stage, so he hired the transpor- tation of his provisions, loaded blankets and clothing on his back and trudged beside the provision wagon to Dead wood. It was in winter, and many dan gers awaited any one who would brave the blizzard and the Indian. He walk ed unprotected 400 miles and passed through Red canyon. BeHpre and after his trip few whites had come out of the canyon alive, but Dietrich went through untouched.
 He had no more money, and it took money to prospect. So he opened the first store in Deadwood, The Pioneer, and stocked it with his provisions. His goods brought high prices from those who had come with money, but with out food. Dietrich disregarded the eau tions of his friends and peddled food through the Deadwood country, travel ing on foot That winter he was one of a party that helped to lay out the town of Spearfish.
 Dietrich now had sufficient capital to open a mine and with two partners To- cated the Aurora, made famous not only by its value, but also because of the determined attempts of rivals to oust the three prospectors. .
 There was no law at that time in the Black Hills; there was no system of es- tablishing property rights; all men were t1espassers, and title meant pos session. So Dietrich and his partners fortified themselves on their claim and sent out word that any unwelcome vis- ttors would not be given the privilege of leaving. The rest knew what this meant and did not attempt open attack. The Aurora owners attributed their trouble to the men who held the nearby Hidden Treasure and Keats mines. One of the three guarded the Aurora sod house all the time One night the guards attention was attracted by the falling of pebble from above. Look ing up, he discerned the skulking figure of a man. A challenge brought no an. swer, but precipitate flight A giant powder bomb had been dropped by the visitor. It was learned afterward il was the mans intention to light the bomb drop 1t upon the sod house and next morning take possession of what was left
 Dietrich's luck was discomforting tc his rivals, and now he was offered $10,0O0 for the mine, 1t being under. stood that refusal meant a resumption of hostilittes. Deitrich refused the of. fer. Not long after, Cephus Futile of 9he Aurora mine was shot from am bush and killed. Two bullets hit Die trich, one grazing his forehead Ther Dietrich discovered that the Hidder Treasure people had stealthily dug tun nels Into the Aurora property and were planning to blow it up from below Dietrich said nothing. but put his mer at work digging counter tunnels and laid powder mines In such way as te blow up the men working in the Hid den Treasure
 Just as the night shift went Into tht Hidden Treasure to relieve the day ksssa nSz 1ss NaIliad