The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-11-18

| SoNSho tIoo FN'tRukuSNAFVUa
Thousand Criminals ,.&"bB ~
Mitchell, s. d., NoySl7.ruWorAoT as
received in this city todaysta thssef-
feet that Lieut.. John ,RrsRetriau OF
Chamberlain was down, and outaat
Los Angeles, Calf, at which tplace !he
has applied for admission toni heTsol-
dier's home, because The! WAS, optDof
money and broken In healthc 1.-THE
news will be receivedwith, regretSby
the many hundreds ofifrienaa oasIPe-
trie throughout South,I Dakota, fNGilhe
was widely known ASIA trustad md
worthy officer OF the !federalr gaN6fn.
ment. having held the posittonso OF Omit
ed States deputy marshal fbfsa great
many years. "rAN stGM
For over quarter Of esfiturydMr.
Petrie worked ont at Chanberlain.A Ind
In his capacity OF marshal has Cracked
| down over a Observation-Disclosures Who
were wanted by the governmentifgfhe
case was rare where. Petrieu failed to
get his man, dead or aliye.., Hisi last
and most notable capture was tbRtIof
Jack Sully, who for years roamed. the
| prairies west of the Missouri riyeryas
| the leader of famous gang ofJhorse-
thieves and cattle rustlerss who sue
ceeded in running off thousands OF
| horses and cattle and secreting them
along the banks of the river and then
driving them into market at some re-
mote point from the scene of stealing.
Killing of Jack SuIIy. rnv5
Sully had all the officers standing in
fear of him, for his reputation was
bad, and he successfully carried out
many raid. Sully's last raid brought
him to the end of his rope. He had
succeeded in getting away with big
bunch of cattle and run them to the
, southern part of the state, crossed the
! river over into Nebraska and stopped
at Verdigre, Neb. At that place he
was captured by local officer and
brought back into this state. For safe
ty he was placed in the county Jail at
Mitchell. He made his escape from
the Jail one Sunday night when the
sheriff o. the county died, and whore.
by the vigilance of the officers was
lacking for the moment SuIly's
friends were in waiting for him, and
had been planning and waiting FOR the
opportunity for him to escape Horses
were in waiting that night, and his
friends spirited him off to the reserya.
ton west of the river. 1t was then
that John R. Petrie was placed on the
trail of Sully, with orders to bring him
in dead or alive. ..y ...au3lgts
Sully, thinking that Petrie would
come after him, arranged with the
ranchers and neighbors, who warned
him of the approach of the deputy
when he appeared in the vicinity. Pc.
trie anticipated some such action, as
he knew the ranchmen were friendly
to Sully, and was compelled to 20
after him with posse. After posting
the latter. he directed the ranchmen
to ride up to Sullys house and tell
him that Petrie was after him and Had
a warrant for his arrest and that he
would best submit without trouble"
Bandit 10 Shot f'' ~
Sully only needed the warming TO
make his escape. Booted and spurred,
the cattle rustler sprang from his
cover, mounted his ever waiting horse
and dashed out into the open and down
a hill as Petrie joined in the chase,
taking with him two of his posse = ~
Petrie ordered his men to fire low
and thus take Sully alive. Inniedi.
ately the three men commenced to
pump lead from their Winchesters 1t
the fleeing rider and hi horse, but one
h1l1at toll Ill a.
through the body of the desperate,
who rolled off the saddle and tslttto
the ground, but still showing fight. as
the deputy and his posse rode upa Sol
~ felt and knew that his time dbad
come when the bullet pierced mis- hodp.
Petrie knoeled beside the wounded
and dying desperate and partlyiire-
vived him with the contents of his
flask and a few moments iatep Sally
died 20 q Styi
To Coast Two Years Ago. ,Dp1
This is but ore of thesmany exploits
which marked the career ofathe once
prominent Petrie and II practically
closed his career on the plains west
of the river. A couple of years ago
he went out TO the Pacific coast for
the benefit Of his health, and now
comes the sad information that he Is
practically all in. .'. -'S''l7
In the recently published novel,
"Langford of the Three Bars" the In
cidents of which are laid on the Sioux
reservation west of the river, Petrie
figured as the character of Marshal
Johnson, in which much of his work
as deputy was exploited. Petrie en-
listed in Company A, Second Illinois
cavalry, as private. He was mus
tered out of the service as lieutenant
of Company !, One Hundred and For
tieth infantry. He was born at Mt.
Morris, Ogle county, H., which he