The Dickinson press., 1910-10-29
Ph Risi;;';s Historical $
MYSTERY !
Bones of Man and Horse Found
Near Cave Hills May be Those
of Dickinson Boy Who Has
Been Missing Since 1894. 3.

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The finding of the bones Of man
and horse and the remains Of saddle
at point in South Dakota in the ex-
treme northwestern part of the state,
close to the North Dakota line. furnishes
q mystery which is exciting the resi-
dents Of two states.
An attempt was first made to explain
the areusome find as a recent murder or
the work Of wolves.
About two weeks before the remains
were discovered. the members of a
threading crew on the North Dakota side
Of the boundary line were visited by a
stranger, who rode up to them in the
gloom of rainy evening and inquired
the trail to the Bad Lands. This injor-
nation was given but the crew could
not keep him over night as desired, not
having extra bedding and he sought and
secured shelter at farmhouse nearby.
The next morning the stranger, whose
name they understood to be Schilling.
disappeared riding southwark on bay
horse and carrying no firearms.
Nothing more was thought of his visit
until cowboy appeared at the camp
two weeks after and told Of findi ng the
bones ard saddle fragment.
At once in the stranger, Schilling.
they sought to find the possible victim
of this Cave Hills tragedy But from
tiersmen ridicule the idea that the XII
ling was the work of wolves and condi-
tions-the whitened bones and tdecayed
saddle. the work of time,-do not tend to
substantiate the theory that Schilline
was trailed by some human prowlc,
and assassinated from ambush fos
money or revenge. ~
A cowboy. employed in 1894 on the
wagon of the Turkey Track outfit, hai
probably reached the corTects solution
when he suggests that the remains are
those of Dickinson boy lost In March
of 1894 and never found, dead or alive.
Early in March, 1894. Pat Rau of Dick
inson and Ed. Crawford, Texas cow
boy. who had worked for jim Robinson,
LETT Dickinson for the country south in
search Of work. They stopped at the Il
T horse ranch and started on from there
the 18th or 18th of March, q day before
the sudden and terrible three days
storm, so well remembered by all who
had any interest on the range at that
time. Their objective point was the E
6 ranch on Grand River in the Cave Hills
where they, planned to get work and
they expected to make the H. Curtis.
ranch that night-a fifty mile ride.
Mob ody saw them after that. Nobody
heard of them. The Wilderness and the
+. storm swallowed them.
Weeks afterwards, n Triders found
Crawford half starved horse wandering
upon the prairie, still wearing the
saddle which had turned and Billy
Chaloner brought the word to Dickin-
son. ra..
A party of five, Ben Rau, Bill Follis,
Billy Chaloner. RED" Buttson and 8
Frenchman who had worked at the
Christensen ranch, started out about
June 1. to search for the bodies of Rau
and Crawford.
Meantime Turkey Track cowboy,
'Chum' Montgomery, while riding or
the circle that spring found the body Of
Crawford. First a bride was found and
then the man. He was wrapped in hit
saddle blanket, had on his, ,oyercoat anl
overshoes and had his six-shooter and
looked as il he had just gone 20 sieer
\ with one corner of the blanket drawn
over his face. When, the blanket wa,
pulled off hand came with it. Thi'
body was found near cut bank north q
North. Garnd river on Cold Turkey creek
between Spring and Alkalii creeks.
The Dickinson party. in their. searcl
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