Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-26
The House of the Black
BEL Pate: Ring e.szs.ss 1905


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u,as ~ Hn,S ,aIL "a NJ roisv .xctte~
ment. the Feeling was too intense for
that .r,IIan YnJartono deen and
menacing came from the little Sroups,
, THE ,,nrannv element IN the atfsir an
nealed to MANY and cansed them TO talk
| IN FEARFUL u,bisners The squire said
! notbinp at all hut The IJartswick wrath
was IN his face as NO one had ever
seen II there before. Men glanced at
him fearfully and avoided him. All
| through the forenoon he was a smould-
ering volcano: the eruption was yet
TO come.
| II came with the report Of the coro-
ner. Suddenly he burst into furious
action: three minutes after he had
heard the final details he telephoned
the sheriff to ride with all speed to
| the Bottom, and TO come with a force
! prepared for rough work. Then, unable
to wait a single instant, he rode up to
the Farthing place to reconnoiter. BY
mere luck he came upon Mrs Farthing
| in the road and learned from her that
her husband and Tom had gone the day
before on business to Sinking Springs,
but that they were expected home be-
| fore night. Jim was up in the wood
lot cutting fire wood The old man
drove back In fierce haste.
They hain't got back yet from their
butchering," he burst in stormily even
before he had reached the store. "They
hain't, unless the old woman's lying.
Here. two of yeh go up there where
you can see the house and keep watch.
| Don't let 'em see yeh. But they won't
| come back; It's their trick to hide in the
| mountains till this blows over, but 1t
| won't work. Dang 'em, they can't get
away now"
| He hustled from the buggy and strode
| TO the telephone, where he began CIV
Ing orders like general at the front.
| He called up one by one every station
| on the line and ordered strict watch
to be set on all roads. From Sugar
valley he got word that the sheriff
would start In half an hour with full
force OF deputies prepared to scour the
| mountains till the murderers were
found. Then he turned to the crowd In
the store.
It's clear case He swung his
| INST In windy wrath. we know who
this gang Is now, and damn 'em, we've
got 'em. We've got every link; the
| motives as clear as the light Of day
|
here against four and you must stand
| by US. every one OF ye. We shall need
we all. lie strobe out or the door like
an aVenglng fury.
| For a moment there was silence; the
crowd got Its bearings slowly.
NOW. l amt quite 80 sure began
Lem Fisher after a time. I'D Just as
quick thlnk the Farthlngs want there
as TO think they was. DID you hear
| about that black ring around karls
| neck stlll! HEN? Recollect what l
tod you doWn 10 pan's nlttn? Dldnt
l say as now youd ma Kari some hne
morning with black ring round his
neck ana MS eyes bulgin' out like he'd
saw the devil Wunstf Helm? Wal, sub,
know what thlnk stlllE Someoodys 8
Deen poW-WoWln ready, noddlng his
head mysterlously. umph-huh! and
you uont nave 10 De Wnere the man
| Is 10 poW-woW hlm' Umph-huh! Seer
| On, pshaW! sneered Amos. Let
up, won yen, on tHls peshy poW-WoW
business. we've gut lacts enough the
Loru knows, without gong INTO that In
1ernai rot: Ihe thlng was done by the
gang that peeil opeIatln IN thls region
All the sprins. Ihat pain enough 10
me. tney jest gut tne ssle DOWN
reauy " Dio" "heh ha[i' VINO peen
sIeep,n WIN one eye open tnese three
nlohlhs, hearu IN the NOISE ana pounced
Gown on EN-; Iney re oio hanos' tell
you. Ihey Know that country post
masters ma a,', naye STAMPS reany ior custom,
ere heIay III SUITE olu pook, ana
thaI they uoh always rgInemper 10 put
~ III .aie sais at hish. uhey looked lot
snt 1,tat hIst 'nins, alu they Iounu IT,
Iney Sah nS'e ueeh eAtla STOUT lei
ioMs' tor hatl seeiiis ms " nave gut tne
pest oi lLe two Vi EN- ior WnIie, jest
as II tney peeh "iihlhen. II looks as
, ne oiM Nv, vi. % en- anu me vne otneI +
sIlasheu mlii oNet lne heau. 1nat uon I
exac.iy plnt 10 tne EARNINGS, TOT they
couid nanu.e harl' r airy one Oh EN-,
Jee' line ny nc iIain tIihs i can
see as III en- rs tne nalnnler' Ineh,
Ss'' aseIii' n9oHus sIs noms NV WEI tiIe! Golile
tioii.; % anu tnvSs o,'on Deeuh jest apout
'ie Zine 1iirle sr19 r,otea I1ie Hv,e ..-r,
Iuiipni eluIi.eu me. mere am am |
JURY III .iIis state l,iat woulun hahs
an three OF EN- hlgrer n Haman on
hall lne eHluehCe tnere Is ag IN EN-
NOT one. rose aiIn SET any store py
tnat raLtnlIs lelie[. w heh lhe news
was proke 10 her tney say sne turned
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~ a IN ~ 80 IEa,,o,,,o.,,. W -
tSH, at "a, aiiu " ~ III - say 49, 80
h;e odit driIi,o III don,r GO, d. ,ia,,
~ IN ",c,onlI iost .tgbt Gnr,.s tbot for
a',,donoa9" IIa stap,Iad ocroSs ~ rooro
onG rnng tho tolenbnne witb q snon that
% threatened 70 break the crank
.1,Tbe,,Sr,a stortod - ba anponnced bang'
;ng IN tbe rece;var "They've inst
gnna Tho sberifS ord dn1en vo,,no
SeIIers Now Get reaJv all of vol, for
we'ra going to hustie that gang niqht
ond day ti1l we GET every one ~ 'em
So in 3afi Pose sbe,s loot about dis-