The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

posting it for safekeeping in George
Crisman's store.
"Hauser's friends expressed to him prl-
vately their surprise that he shold en-
trust so large an amount to a man OF
such doubtful reputation.
Z" 'Why?' replied he, laughing; do you
thing he'll keep it?'
''I should be afraid of it, said one,
especially if he's the man many repre-
| sent him to be-
Suppose he should said Hauser.
| You and half a dozen other good citizens
| saw him take it, and heard him promise
| that it should be safely returned. He
| knows, as well as do, that if he fails to
keep this promise or through any pre-
tense attempts to appropriate the gold, 1t
will go hard with him; whereas, if
should attempt to keep it, he. with others
of the roughs knowing that ! had 1t,
would kill me if necessary to obtain it,
The gold is safe where it is, and while
there. is a security for my life
"This was a bold piece of strategy on
the part Of Hauser, evincing an intuitive
insight into the character Of Plummer:
but not one man in hundred similarly
situated would have thought of adopting
it. If Plummer had entertained an idea
| that Hauser suspected his motives in
accompanying him to Bannack, this act of
graLulIOuS commence must nave dllayeQ
it at once. z>ass,
'Hauser and I engaged q passage to
Salt Lake Of one of company of eight
Mormon freighterS who were to leave
Bannack at noon Of the 14th Of Novem-
ber We did not wish to. leave until Z
! o'clock in the evening; and the man, i'm
| patient of any delay beyond the departure
| of his companions, finally agreed, for an
| extra $40 paid in advance, to wait for US
until o'clock. If we were not ready then
| he would retain the $40 and leave town
| without us, so as to oyertake the other
| teams, which were to camp that night at
| Horse Prairie, twelve miles distant. These
| arrangements were made in George Girls
mans store where Plummer had an office,
! and in the hearing of one of his deputies,
| a member of his gang, who Immediately
| communicated the information to his
chief.
Marked Him for Assassination.
early in the forenoon Plummer called
upon Hauser and presented him with a
| wooden scarf of a bright scarlet color
saying: You will find it useful these cold
nights. A few hours afterward a report
was circulated of the discovery of silver
lode in the vicinity of Rattlesnake. The
persons bringing in this intelligence re-
quested Plummer who from his expert
ence in Nevada was supposed to be goot
judge of the quality of silver ore, to &c
Immediately and examine it. 1t after
wards proved that this request was made
by one of Plummers gang, and was rust
adopted to call him out of town withou
arouSing suspicion for whenever a rob
berry was contemplated which the free
hooters supposed would be attended will
! unusual risk to themselves Plummer's
presence was required to conduct it. Fear
| ing that his absence from his post of duty
might excite suspicion, he arranged tha
! for such occasions he should be sent fol
as an expert to examine a newly discov.
cred silver lode, for which his experience
in Nevada was thought to qualify hin
for determining its value. He left early il
the afternoon on the Rattlesnake road
but as soon as he was beyond obesrva
ton turned southwark toward Hers,
Prairie. Col. Wilbur F. Sanders, VIII,
soon followed in the direction of Rattle
snake, returned the next day with the in
telligence that he had been unable to trac,
him.
Compelled to Fill Up on Vile Whisky.
while at Rattlesnake Col. Sander
1afterwards United States senator) hat
a rather remarkable encounter with Jacl
Gallagher Cone of Plummer's gang VIII,
was hanged soon after), during which
Gallagher, with cooked revolver, com
PEELED Sanders and another bystander
both unarrned, to drink freely of a vii
brand of Mormon whisky known as Val
ley-tan;' but 1 think that the circum
stances of duress which surrounde,
Sanders on this occasion ought not t
impair his standing as member of tn
society of Sons of Temperance.
!. 1.-The circumstance of Plummer's de
parture, and the presence in town of Stin
son and Ray, SO wrought upon the fear
of our friends for our safety that 1t wa
not without much persuasion that the
would permit us to undertake the journey
AS precautionary measure l carefull
cleaned up my gun and loaded each barre
with twelve revolver balls. George Dart
a friend, observing this, asked why 1 wa
filing my gun so full of lead. replie