The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-03-15

lowing Saturday and that the -
boose might as well go out q a.
mission so far as they were concerned
Saturday night came, and ACCORDING n
promise the tie-cutters were on the street. =
merous and noisy Seeing a commotion It ~
rear of a cheap hotel. where a number q u !
men had gathered, Mcdonald went over tls&}
and found Reeves surrounded. Without ~
tation he showed a way through with bis pIaa |
until he stood by Reeves side Reeves ~
arrested a man and general riot was innl
nent The prisoner was very drunk and u |
orderly and demanding that he be allowed q
go to his room. Catching the drift OF matess
Mcdonald said:
"All right, take him to his room II het|
got one; I'll take care Of this crowd"
There was something in the busineseMls /
confidence of that statement which Impressed
the crowd. And then he had such handy
way of holding a six-shooter. Nobody quite
wanted to die first and Reeves started for To
back entrance of the hotel with his man. A.
they entered the door the fellow reeled agalnt
the casing and fell to the ground. Then 81
general stampede started, for it was called out
that Reeves had struck him. Mcdonald said
stop, you fellers. The fool fell dovl
I'll kill the first man that interferesl"
That was another discouragng statement
from a man who had habit OF keeping Bis
word. 1t seemed to the crowd that an Officer
like that didn't play fair. He didn't argue Il
all. Somebody was likely to get hurt II they
didn't get that gun away from him. Movements
to this end were started here and there, but
they didn't get near enough to the chief actor
to be effective Finally, when Reeves and hk
prisoner set out for the calaboose, the crowd
moved In that direction. timing their steps %
a chorus OF threats and profanity. Reeves
and Mcdonald made no reply until they u
rived at the lookup; then, the disturbers beng
there handy, the officers began gathering them
In, dozen at a time. 1t was a genuine sur
prise party for the tie-men. They were To-
much astonfshed for any concerted movement
and when invited at the points Of those guns
TO step inside and make themselves at noms
they did not have the bad taste to refuse.
The turbulent tie-men were sober and ser
siDie by Monday morning and allowed 70 g.
under promise of good behavior.
Mineola suddenly became a moral 'ovn~
Amusements of the old sort anguished
But by this time Deputy Bill Jeess was No.
satisfied with the quiet life. He had louna
MS proper vocation-that of active enfor~
ment of the law-and he was moved to purSo'
1t In remoter places. A certain desperate Nc
gro outlaw by the name of Jim Bean had co@
mitted crimes in Smith county. whence ne nsa
escaped to Kansas. There he had klled
city marshal and returned once more to Sml.'
county, which adjoins Wood on the sou'A
Inls was the kind of game that Depu'
Bill always enjoyed hunting. 1t was vor'
wnile. He made frequent stll-hunts along =.
SABINE river, the dividing line oe"~.
wood and Smith, hoping to locate his qu.l'.
ne had heard a rumor that . ce''...
family OF swamp-dwellers were In 'e.su'
with the men, and, rejecting on the ~ -
ter he concluded to visit this house, ~.
1or the purpose of investigation and to ooI'v.
shotgun, which he thought might DC mv' .
useful In man-chase than his rife. Arn,a.
at the suspected house, he told in his m'us..
manner tale of a wounded deer not LAT .. -
ana borrowed shotgun as well as the w.
nation that the men and dogs OF the p'. .,
were IN the brakes. He now began cs'' .'u
stlii-nunt for his game and presently came -
upon Jim Bean, who was on horse. wiz
shotgun. guarding some stolen hogs.
Before Bean could move now Deputy ~ ~
Donald had him covered and commandeo -. ~
10 get OF his horse or he would shoot ~ =.
~S"A OOcyo anu MCAOA"A~
reg over his saddle and slid to the s.v..,
sun covering Bean with his gun. ouu1 ~,,'
bean made dash for a large tree LUZ ~.
70 shoot just as he reached this cover :,
Donald was too quick, however. and 10 ~,
Win load of buckshot which STRUCK = b
IN several places, causing him to make ~ '.,,e
Tue direction of slough toward th'ck u.. .tsI
McDonald now mounted his horse ana ' 49,
IN pursuit Of the wounded Jim Bean DIV,
stains made the trail easy to '0' s.t
soon powder horn and then ,.non
Q. boots lay in the path Of flight. s wa h,
aio followed six miles to a cabin occups ~ >.
negroes. Bean was not In the cabin uu' .,,u
1901 prints led into the woods. lug 100,
hunter followed them and finally o's amce
enelr owner. 1t was not Bean. me ~ IN m
nSd been tricked-Bean had escaped WV" WI
pursuer had been following this false le"I hons
was dark now and further search ~as ,,she,
less Next morning the outlaws had s"I an,
from the country. They never retur'e' .ner
were heard of no more until some tiino hctl
wnen news came from Wise county 'na "..tinI
the beAn brothers had been killed