Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-17

when in exploiting enterprises either
In the remote Yukon or IN our neigh
Dor province British Columbia. The
perfect organization of the Royal
Northwest Mounted police. a semi
military body OF police that in the
faithful discharge OF very arduous tiu-
lies have made life and property as
safe as in the populous centers Of On
tario have been most favorably corp.
mented on by all the leading tou,sstils
az The continent. and recently ny the
department of justice at washiiAHton.
rhe members of ibis force VINO were
a.t ;y,,fsky to Indians and the es-
sa..s,,.,,,sDnt OF law and order in coun-
t t.,, saere none other existed than the
uIy,um of a Hudson Bay factor, or the
u,agre rapid adjustment of disputes by
ne greatly abused equalizer. the six
shooter: these men are the customs
collectors, line riders farriers, lawyers,
doctors. carpenters, packers, postmas-
ters and guardians of the peace and
public morals In the great northland.
POLICE ARE BRAVE.
MANY are the anecdotes of adven-
ture and personal bravery of these
well trained and we'll disciplined men.
Only a short time ago near Prince AL
bert. while Sergeant Colbrook was at
tempting TO arrest Almighty Voice.
an Indian, for whom he held war
rant for horse stealing, he was warned
by the fugitive If he advanced he would
kill him. Tell him. said the sergeant
to his interpreter 1t is my duty to ar
rest him This intelligence conveyed
over the barrel of the renegade's VIM
chester brought no response until the
officer advanced, when the outlaw
stretched the martyr to duty on the
bleak prairie.
ANOTHER INCIDENT
go back" said Charcoal" an In
dian, to poor Sergeant Fred Wilde, who
was galloping in his trail, and the man
who could have made q pepper CAMS
ter of worthless blood Indian at
stand of, was shot through the In
dams blanket to be followed by mnf-
fed drums and volley over a six
foot hole, The native stretched
hempen rope at Fort Macleod later.
INDIANS SUBDUED.
Xxi IA. Mestapoot," said Black
foot, who came from the Sweet Grass
hills after numbering With members OF
mis- band to Sergeant billiard as he
swooped down with a couple OF riders
of the plains about their lodges. but
Winchester up and handcuifed his man
to himself on the same saddle. He waa
bucked off with his red slayer Of
American Indians. but landed his man
with others of his band. Day after day
the little posse of police charged
among the Gaping kyndles of the In
dian camps until the outrages perpe-
trated on the friendly Gros Ventres al
though American Indians and In for
In va q tl,a,
tyne of men who have outllved the tom
ahawk and the Colt i'll a little known
territory now divided into the provinces
of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
WORD FOR HUSSEY.
I'm the neghboring province of Brit
ish Columbi8, where the name of Judge
Begibie Is Autonomous with law an or
der, the b. c. police are the substitutes
of bolt and bar. These men are under
the superintendency of Mr.. II. S. Hus-
sey, a man of remarkable personality
and at present viiitor in this city.
IF Darlquan ever lived outside Of
Alexander Dumas works, he is Fred
ericls Stephen Hussey. largely a politi-
cal agent End coihdential officer of
the governrent. Whit Mr. Hussey does
known of che lives and movements Of
the peopP whom II Is deemed advisable
TO keep n Surveillance would fill a very
volume indeed
IERE'S TO THE FORCE.
TIE B.C.police are not uniformed
fore. but a body W skilled detectives,
posessed OF more than ordinary intel
lignce and craft, and their duties are
a, variable as the men are versatile
Fom the executive head to the last
IAN on the pay list. experience and
is the essential qualihea-
tion. These men are not picked for
muscle and Drawn. an arrangement IN
a Oppose would be burden, but for
resource and intelligence Since 1879
Fred Hussey has been n criminal inves-
dgator, and there aie few points In the
game that he does not know"