Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-21
DEsPERA 0 killed
JACK suLLY SHOT IN FIGHT WITH
OFFICERS ON ROSEBUD
RESERVATION.
Had for Many Years Been Terror of
Rosebud Country Long Career of
Crime-True Name is Not Known
Defiant to the Last,

The killing of Jack Sully a few
days ago in a running fight with
officers on the Rosebud reservation in
South Dakota, which, according to the
recent proclamation of President
Roosevelt, is to be opened for settle.
ment August 8, marks the passing of
one of the most notorious cattle rush
ers and desperadoes of the west. He
has for many years been the terror of
the Rosebud country.
The circumstances leading up to the
tragic end are these: A week or ten
days ago Sully stole a bunch of nearly
200 CATTLE belonging to various neigh
boring ranchers. He took bunch of
seventy-four down across the Nebras-
ka line and sold them for $50 per head,
receiving half cash and half paper. He
cashed the paper. Soon after Brand In.
spector Long got track of the cattle,
and, accompanied by their owners,
Harry Ham and Hugo Schilling, recov-
cred them and returned them to the
home range.
ted States Commissioner Tidrick. of
Chamberlain, S. D., on Sunday morn
ing sent out Deputy United States
Marshal Petrie, Brand Inspector Long,
Sheriff Irish, of Brule county, Deputy
Sheriff Jesse Brown, of Lyman county
and Harry Ham to bring in Sully, dead
or alive. They found Sully at his
home, near Blackbird island, and at
tempted to make the arrest Sully
was ordered to surrender, but with a
defiant taunt he made break for his
horse, sprang upon it's back and made
a dash for liberty. For time a run.
ming fire was maintained between the
two parties, but the pursuers speedily
proved the victors. Sully's horse was
hit five times and killed, while Sully
received wounds from which he died
within thirty-five minutes.
A coroner's inquest is now in pro-
gress in Gregory county.
sulIys Career of Crime.
Sully for the past thirty-five years
has been known as a lawless and des-
perate character. His most recent ex-
plot was to break Jail at Mitchell,
where he was being held for trial on
a charge Of cattle rustling.
He has for years been recognized as
the head of band of rustlers that has
been the cause of endless trouble and
expense to the thrifty class of people
who have of late been coming into
the neighborhood, and his tragic end
is not likely to cause very deep mourn
ing upon the range. ~
The -Snlly- gang has been credited
with having stolen during the past
twenty years a total of fully $4,000
head of cattle and several thousand
head of horses, but it is reasonable to
suppose that this estimate is somewhat
exaggerated.
Nevertheless, it is safe to say that
several thousand head have been stol-
en- by the thieves during that period
The gang is also said to have been re-
sponsible for the death of seven men
during the long period it was carrying
on its operations along the Missouri
river. The victims were chiefly inof-
fensive settlers, who, unfortunately for
them, were foolish enough to protest
when some of their cattle were stolen,
or who were so indiscreet as to reveal
incidents connected with cattle and
horse stealing raids which by chance
came under their observation.
Some of SuIIys chums.
Sully's career naturally has been
filled with interesting incidents. He
first made his appearance at the North
ern Pacific crossing (now Bismarck, N.
Do in 1872, and was at that time a
chum of Jack Kinkade, who killed his
own sister at country dance in Mis-
souri, Kinkade tried to kill the fellow
with whom his sister was dancing, but
she sprang between the two men just
in time to receive in her own body the
bullet which was intended for her COM
panion.
Only when Kinkade was on a drunk
with Sully would he ever mention the
killing of his sister, Bill Reese, an.
other Of Sully's old time chums. was
shot and killed in his own dance house
at Miles City, Mont, by DR.. Lefcher
The men quarreled over the affections
of "Dode" Reese, supposed to have
been the wife of "Bill' Reese, who
after the death of Reese, lived with the
slayer of the man who was supposed
to have been her husband.
Jim" Foster. character well
known on the frontier twenty years
CSOys w az CuOluCl Cuulll vi oully. FOS-
ter was an accomplished banjo player,
and many people who yet reside in
South Dakota remember the devil-may.
care fellow, who at intervals would Wis
it the frontier towns for the purpose of
having glorious drunk, during which
he was invariably accompanied by his
banjo.
He had remarkably fine voice. "I'll
Remember You, Love, in My Prayers
was a favorite song of his, with which
he was wont to entertain such of the
residents of the frontier towns as
cared to appear upon the streets when
himself and his drunken companions
virtually had possession of the thor
oughfares and the buildings adjacent
thereto
One of Fosters characteristics wher
drunk was to light his cigars with St
or $40 bills. He, like many of the for
mer chums of Sully, died with his
boots on" He was a handsome man
a veritable Adonis, and was perfect
specimen of physical manhood, yet by
nature was endowed with many of the
traits of the Indian, being considerable
of sneak and coward.
While on hunting trip to the Blacl
Hills with several boon companions hi
u,ac cbot and l.i11a5 Tho roamharc n