The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-04-19

boys he said. "I'll have to protect
those fellows, if an attempt at lynching
them is made. But I'll arrest them and
you can try them in the regular way
Bullock's quiet manner won the day,
and it was agreed that the law should take
its ordinary course with the murderers.
But Bill and his two ''pals'' had no
idea of submitting to arrest. ''Tell Cap.
Bullock, if he wants us, to come and git
us, they said, defantly ly--and the words
were carried over to Bullock.
"We don low no blamed 'tenderfoot'
to tell us we cheat" the three rascals
added. "And we don't low no sheriff to
arrest US. We won't be arrested, and if
Cap. Bullock fools with us wei fix him. "
Again the word was taken over to Bull
lock that Bill and his partners said they
would fight to the death before they would
submit to arrest. Nevertheless, it was
cup to Bullock to arrest those three men
or to lose his reputation for courage, and
practically his life, IF he showed the
white feather for moment some desperate
would shoot while his back was turned
1t was only as an undefeated marshal that
he had power over these roughs,
The murderers knew Bullock would
make an attempt to capture them, but
they did not know from which quarter the
attempt would come. The marshal had
so many different ways of tackling fellow
that the three miners were worried fit
was straight shooting affray, they were
ready; but they feared something--they
knew not what-when Bullock started
after them.
Bullock went about his business very
deliberately, He sent word to the three
desperadoes that they had better come in,
surrender themselves and stand trial
thereby saving themselves the trouble of
having him come after them.
But again the trio hurled defiance at the
marshal, and, retreating to their cabin,
barricaded the door and yelled through the
window that they were ready for a siege.
But Bullock paid no attention to them.
He sat in his little Office and smoked
Some miners, new corners, shifted, and
declared that Bullock was a coward and
was afraid to go after the men he wanted.
But the old timers, men who had known
the captain long, knew better; and they
also knew that "Cap. Seth was working
out some scheme.
The marshal very quietness had dis
turbing effect on the wanted men, and
during the night they evacuated their
cabin and took refuge in an abandoned
prospect hole where they thought Bullock
would not find them. "We were afraid he
would dynamite us during the night, " they
told an acquaintance later. They took
provisions into the hole with them, and
there was little stream of water at the
bottom, so that they were ready for dis
appearance of several days, or even week,
if necessary
The 'shole'' consisted of shaft some
fifteen feet deep and tunnel running into
the hill from the bottom Of the shaft.
The tunnel was about twenty five feet long,
and because of an elbow it was quite i'm
possible for any one to come down the
Shaft and into the tunnel without being
exposed every minute of the time to the
bullets Of the desperadoes.
The three men were observed stealing
away from their cabin into the old mine,
and Bullock was informed as to their
whereabouts. Then he quietly came out
of his little office, walked down to the shaft,
made a minute examination of it, and
returned to his office. Before doing so,
however, he pulled up the old ladder which
the original prospectors had left in the hole.
''Bad Bill and his partners were thus
left without any means of escape unless
some friend let down the ladder again.
Like so many western mining towns at
that period. Deadwood had considerable
Chinese population, most of whom had
come direct from the Celestial kingdom.
These Cinnamon had brought with them
their own peculiar games, musical instru'
ments, and implements of peace and war.
Among the latter were number of stink
pots.
1t is impossible for a white man to ad.
equately describe Chinese stink pot. II
is, to say the very least, deserving OF its
rather suggestive name but no one has ever
been able to figure out just what it does ol
does not contain. When a people who
consider an egg in which the bird is just
beginning to hatch choice delicacy, OIL
who will pay large sums for an egg which
has been kept in putrid black mud fol
several years to properly season. starts
to make something which will smell bad
enough to their own olfactory nerves, they
can evolve a thing of which white mar
cannot even have faint conception. And
that, in short Chinese stink pot.
The next morning when Bullock came
from his room he found that general holi
day had been declared; every mine hac
closed down and every miner was in thu
streets, watching to see what "Cap. Seth
was going to do.
The captain walked down to old Al
Says opium den and started little tall
with that willy old Chinese gambler. Al
Say was leader and owner of the Chinese
colony, and his word was law in all th'
ssioints." Bullock told the old rasca
what he wanted, and soon several of the
younger Cinnamon were securing the un
derground passages of the neighborhooc
on errands for All Say. When Bullock
came out of All Says place he had half a
dozen stink pots which had been brough
from China and were in first class working
order. The pots were wrapped singly ir
pieces of paper, and the waiting crowds
had no idea what Bullock was doing il
Chinatown.
The marshal sauntered leisurely dowr
to the deserted mine, and half the towr
followed him at respectable distance
Bullets might fly at any minute, and the
miners wanted to be ready to get to covel
without loss of time.
Bullock didn't say word when ht
reached the mouth of the shaft, but he