The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-05-12
SULLY IS MAKING
HIS LAST STAND
The Famous Cattle t2ustler and
Gang Once More on
Ranges.
THEY TRlCkED AN OHiOAN
Sold an Eastern Man a Bunch of Cattle
by Using a Confederate of the
Gang to Buy Half of
Stock.

has terrorized this section for twenty
years, is enthroned again in his erie
between here and Oacoma, making q
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 ecu as large a stake
as possible II make off before the in
coming settlers.
After Sully BROKE" Jail at Mitchell,
S. D., last fall, the night the sheriff
died, at an expense reported to have
been 81, 500. it vas given out hat he
went to Canada. AS a matter of fact,
Sully went to kansa and has stayed
In that state most of the winter. How
ever. he is back at his old headquar-
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 h top Of n high hill. A
cupola on top Of the house is used
for q lookout, and a stairway runs di-
rectly down from the cupola to the cell
lar, from which, it is generally believed,
Sully has arranged passages for sub
terannean escape. The approach of Wis
ltorS from any direction can be seen
when at a distance of -four miles. The
-four halfbreed daughters of Sully are
married n live about him. His mar
r1age to a squaw won the cooperation
OF the Indians and halfbreeds, and
there are many to warn him of the an
proach of the unfiendly.
A Recent Trick.
A trick turned bv Sn1y'S ya,r . fau,
Gays ago 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 h man who didn't know a
brand from an advertisement was talk
en- in tow and shown the cattle, which,
he was told, were for sale. A confed-
crate OF the gang agreed to buy the
cattle with him. The confederate nut
up a note for his half of the purchase
price, while the other man put up $500
IN cash n a 81, 900 note. The $1,000
note was 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 attempt was made on the night of
April l6 to bring the Conoyer family
to justice. The Conoyers. half-breeds.
are popularity credited with being act
members Of Sully's gang. John
Conoyer according to the statements
secured by Detective Wilkic, has been
secretary of the organization. There
are four brothers, John, wanted in Lv-
man county; Phillip, wanted by the
federal authorities, and Claude and
1har!es. A deputy sheriff from Keya
Paya' Neb., and a detective from Lin
coin, Neb., met at Springyiew. Neb.
the line, the night of April 16'
Eleven farmers We're picked UP, all
armed with Winchesters. The Conoyer
was surrounded and the party
waited till daylight, when thev broke
In.
Gathering in a GANG.
|harles 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 Conovers were
put into handouts n taken to Bone
steel by the posse. There they were
under guard three days.
charles was released when It was
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
came down, John hired George letters,
formerly of Sioux City. as his attorney
mere aad heen talk of federal action
against John ConOyer, and Deputy
United States Marshal Danny Collins
was sent for. Pickert went out on the
railroad to meet him
IN the meantime Attorney Jeffers had
wired Sioux Falls and received y mes
in reply h a there was no warrant
mere Tor Iohn Conoyer. About dusk
81 the evening when Plckert went out
Or town, the deputy sheriff from Ne
who had been guarding the
prisoner. took Conoyers and LETTERS ont
INTO the country. He explained that
Ionoyer was going out to get bail
Neither the prisoner nor the deputv
sheriff was seen again, it being reported
hat Conoyer went his way and the
deputy went on hcme.
Last Wednesday night an ar,nea
posse of ten farmers. under Den,,tv
Briggs of Naper. Neb.. searched
northern edge of keya Paya county
or a team of mules which had heen
from near Lincoln, Neb. At the
owned by the four Herring
orothers. the team was found In the
BARN. The brothers live in a little stone
with one door and four small
windows. Deputy Sheriff Briggs ar
'anged with the farmers to go inside
lift his hat when he wanted thor,
come in. He gained entrance ana
he boys came down stairs. Their guns
we're hanging on the wall.
Started a Farley.
He engaged them in a talk and ke,.
fitting his hat, but the farmers evident
y were cautious. He finally stannad
outside and called the others jnside
they went to the house and rot
the boys and their guns. T,9en
he HerringS were told they uarn
wanted Though told there was no var
ant for them, they consented IA on
along. But when told they would be
.landcuffed, they objected and a penaroI
light ensured. The four brothers were
BADLY beaten up before Ihev surran-
Tered. Two of them were taken to lin
,oln, n pleading guilty, while the
,ther two proved alibis.
The opening of the Rosebud To settle
nent will put an end to this strife &c
gang cannot operate in a well SET
led country. This will commit
What the law has been unable to do II
$ known that apparently respectable
arrners are associated with the gang
this has made it practically imnoss
1ble to bring them to justice.
There is no a commission firm at
sioux CITY or Omaha that has not lost
rom $1,000 up through the thefts of
he Suliy gang. SuIly himself is an
upon the subject Of brands. and
ali of them in the countrv
named Poupcar yrbo