The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-05-26
DEP. CALDERWOOD
Smokes EN- UP"
Frank Ottenstror has Warrant
Issued For Calderw0od for
"ShootinG Up" the Wei
ton Shack

Deputy Sheriff Hugh Calderwsod vas
arrested last week by Constable Hardin. Of
Hinsdale, on the charge Of assault in the
hrst degree. the warrant being based on q
complaint filed BY Frank Ottenstror. who
claimed Caldsrwood went to the Mike
Welton ranch. on Hardscrabble coulee out
from Hinsdale. and after demanding the
surrender Of those in the shack. to which
none OF them responded. proceeded to NIL
the shack full Of holes, the bullets passing
dangerously near the men within. This
in substance is the report circulated about
town regarding the officers arrest. and in
order not to place either side Of the affair
before the public in unfair manner before
the preliminary hearing before Judge Wat.
sons court at Hinsdale. we have also al
lowed the sherifs office to publish their
version of the circumstances in the case, so
that the public may know the persons
implicated in the affair and then Judge as
to the merits Of the charge on which the
deputy sheriff was arrested. The following
is the statement:
Like thunder clap out of a clear sky.
the citizens Of Glasgow and vicinity have
been startled by the report that Deputy
Sheriff Calder wood had been arrested last
Friday charged with assault in the first
degree, or to be more specific with shoot
ing up Mike Weltons shack on Hardscrab.
BILE coulee. about 90 miles southwest ot
Glasgow.
Here are the facts as near as We could
learn them. On Sunday. April goth, Ed.
White saw what he thought was a bunch
of his horses in Weton's corral. and started
to ride towards them. There were five
men at this corral and one Of them rode
out to meet White ami told him to drift
while his horse was fresh. White started
oil. when another of the men. lsadore
Wallet, rode over to HIM and got quite
fresh in the course of his conversation.
White then rode oft to the west. but, on
getting out Of sight, doubled back and rode
to Glasgow. Two of the men followed
him for six miles but he was not aware of
this until he returned to Powney's ranch
next morning.
Deputy Sheriff Caldenwood was reused
out of bed at one O'Clock in the morning
and with White and Walter Billingsly
reached Weltons ranch about six O'Clock.
Four saddles were lying on the ground in
front OF the shack but there was no one
astir.
, Cald-rwood then hred a shot to wake the
inmates up but they evidently were sound
asleep. and It was after waiting for some
time that they showed any sign of life
Two men then came out in their night
clothes and Calderwood called them &c
come up to where he was. but they backed
of into the shack without answering. AT.
ter waiting long enough for them to dress
Caldrrwood called several times for them
to come out but could get no answer. He
then fired four shots into the building and
three men nearly stuck fast getting out al
. the door. They were Frank Ottenstror, Hell
I m-r Lund and Weakly" Gibson. The,
were lectnred roundly for the high handed
manner in which things had been carried
on in the vicinity of the ranch.
On examining the corral the posse founC
that bunch OF horses had been left there
4 and they followed the tracks for about foul
4 miles when they came upon bunch of %
head os Whites horses. One OF them had
tin can tied to its tail. That they hac
come direct from the corral was unmistak
able.
5 Now, as to some OF the men at the ranch
4 Wall-tte had jus; spent several months il
/. jail waiting trial for grand larceny. II.
/, had been released with the understandings
that he should leave the state inside oi
: fourteen days This Sunday in question
was his twelfth day of grace. Ottenstrol
: was arrested about two years ago on the
usual charge, grand larceny. but the case
was dismissed on account Of insufficient,
evidence. OF the Lunds. if any person
can say anything in their favor let him
l now come forth or forever after hold his
5 peace
: Regarding some Of the previous occur.
renee IN that neighboIhood- Billingsly
bros. sheep camp had been robbed twice
within few days. Chris Iohnson's lines
had been cut OH his harness. Stray horses
: showed up mysteriously and as mysteri.
: onsiy disappeared. Well. We do not know
: Who did these things, but done they had
, been. Yet, strange to says. no bad reports
have come to the sherifis office from tina,
locality since that shack was smoked up. "
Even slim" Grover says that Hardscrab-
HE dump ia disgrace to a respectable
horse thief.
The warrant was sworn out by Often
stror before Justice Watson, of Hinsdale,
on May nth. aud Calderwood was arrested