The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-05-13
SUlLY IS MAKING
HIS LAST STAND
The Famous Cattle Rus.ler and
Gang Once More on
Ranges.
THEY TRIcKED AN oHloAN
Sold an Eastern Man a Bunch of Cattle
by Using a Confederate of the
Gang to Buy Half Of
Stock.

Bonesteel, S. D., May 11.-Jack Sully
mead of the cattle rustltng gang that
has terrorized this section for twenty
years, is enthroned again In his erie
between here and Oacoma, making a
last opportunity, the members of the
the range country is forever stopped by
the opening of the Rosebud Indian
reservation to settlement.
Apparently realizing that this is their
last opportunity the members of the
gang. reaching as far south as Kansas,
are unusually active. Their plan is
thought to be to secure as large a stake
as possible and make off before the in
coming settlers.
After Sully broke" Jail at Mitchell,
s. D.. last fall, he night the sheriff
dlea, at an expense reported to have
been 1880. 1t was given out that he
went to Canada. AS a matter of fact,
Sully went to Kansas and has stayed
IN that state most of the winter. How
ever, he is back at his old %headuuar-
ters with his squaw wife, and the dis
appearance of stock is corroborative
evidence of his presence.
sully lives in a two-story frame
house. painted white, and showing
clearly at the top of a high hill. A
cupola on top of the house, is used
Tor a lookout. and a stairway runs di-
rectly down from the cupola to the cell
lar, from which, 1t is generally believed,
Sully has arranged passages for SUBJ
terannean escape. The approach of Wis
ltors from any direction FAN be seen
when at a distance of four miles. The
tour halfbreed daughters of Sully are
married and live about him. His mar
riage to a squaw Won the cooperation
or the Indians and halfbreeds, and
there are many to warn him of the APP
proach of the u%nfiendly.
A Recent Trick.
A trick turned by Sully's gang a few
days g is being talked about here. A
punch of stolen cattle was hustled
down across the Nebraska line and
herded under the bluff of the Niobrara
river. An Ohio man who didn't know a
brand from an advertisement was TAX
en- In tow and shown the cattle, which.
ne was told, We're for sale. A confed-
crate OF the gang agreed to buy the
cattle with him. The confederate put
up a note for his half OF tie purchase
price, while the other mar put up $500
IN cash and a $1,000 note. The 81. 900
note vas Immediately cashed, and the
gang was ahead 81, 500. In a few days
the owner of the cattle appeared. and.
Identifying the brand, took them away
leaving the Ohioan holding the sack.
An attep9lpt. Was maSs on the night of
April Is to bring fna Conoyer family
| to Justice. The Conoyers. haiGhreeds.
, ssrsSS popularity credited with being acts
I've members of sully's gang. John
Conoyer. according to the statements
! secured BY Detective Wilkie, has been
secretary. of the organization. There
are four brothers, John, wanted in Ly-
federal authorities, and Claude and
Charles. A deputy sheriff from Keya
Paya, Neb., and a detectlVa from Lin
coin, Neb., met at Spring view, Neb..
near the line. the night Ct April l6.
Eleven rme were pic e Up, all
armed with Winchesters. The Conoyer
place was surrounded AMI the party
waited till daylight, wller they broke
:. in.
Gathering in a Gang.
Charles and three other men were
found down stairs and John was in bed
upstairs. John was escorted out doors
at the point of a gun. and made to
dress outside, to keep him from getting
his fingers on a gun that might become
disagreeable. The two conoyers We're
put into handouts and taken to Bone
steel by the posse. There they We're
kept under guard three days.
Charles was released when 1t was
found there was no warrant out for
him. 1t was known John was wanted
In Lyman county, and Sheriff Pickert
and Deputy Sheriff Brown of Oacoma
S'liiC do&ll. OH HlTeQ George JetferS,
formerly of Sioux City, as his attorney.
There had been talk of federal action
against John Conoyer, and Deputy
United States Marshal Danny Collins
was sent for. Pickert Went out on the
Northwestern railroad to meet him.
In the meantime Attorney letters had
wired Sioux Falls and received a mes
sage In reply that there was no warrant
there for John Conoyer. About dusk
of the evening when Pickert went out
of town, the deputy sheriff from Ne
braska. who had been guarding the
prisoner. took Conoyers and letters out
into the country. He explained that
Conoyer was going out to get bail.
Neither the prisoner nor the deputy
sheriff was seen again, 1t being reported
that Conoyer went his way and the
deputy went ON hcme.
Last Wednesday night an armed
posse of ten farmers, under Deputy
the northern edge of Keya PaSa county
for a team of mules which had been
taken from near Lincoln. Neb. At the
ranch owned by the four Herring
brothers. the team was found in the
barn. The brothers live in a little stone
windows. Deputy Sheriff Briggs ar
ranged with the farmers to go inside.
n lift his hat when he wanted them
to come In. He gained entrance and
the boys came down stairs. Their guns
were hanging on the wall.
Started a Farley.
He engaged them in a talk and kept
lifting his hat, but the farmers evident
ly We're cautious. He finally stepped
outside and called the other inside.
Then they went to the house and got
between the boys and their guns. Then
the Herrings We're told they were
wanted. Though told there was no war
rant for them. they consented to go
along. But When told they would he
~handcuffed, they objected and a general
fight ensued. The -four brothers were
badly beaten up before they surren-
dered. Two of them We're taken to Lin
coin, one pleading guilty, while the
other two proved alibis.
The opening of the Rosebud to settle-
ment will put an end to his strife, as
the gang n operate in a we'll set
tied country. This will accomplish
what the law has been unable to do. 1t
is known that apparently respectable
farmers are associated with the gang
and this has made 1t practically impos-
sible to bring them to Justice.
There is not a commission firm at
Sioux City or Omaha thai has not lost
from ST. 500 up through the thefts of
the Sully gang. Sully himself is an
eypart upon tho subject Of hrapdc ,,l