The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-15
DEADw00D DICK AM 0uTCAST
MAN WHO WAS WITH CUSTER NJ THE MASSACRE AT LITTLE
BIG HORN HAS HAD REMARKABLE CAREER.

in 81 race . There was considerable
money up and when the mule came
out in the lead l cleaned up n lot
of money. Texas Jack left me soon
after that and / don't know what be.
came of him. lie was much older
Than l was. ] guess he must be dead.
u started I" travel after he left
me and ] have been all over the coun.
try. / went back into Montana and
got a lot of sheep. l was Very veal
thy twice. was almost a millionaire
once. and the second time I was worth
more than $500, 900.
Il married and had one child, a
daughter. My wife died about a year
after we We're married. After my
daughter was married / did not see
very nue. of her. She died and I
have some grandchildren living in
New York state.
Then | to Deadwood. S. D.,
whore went into the mining bust
ness. married again and my wife
and worked in the mine. She was
killed by falling rock. l was struck
in the head by another rock and badly
hurt. Since that time I have not been
able to remember very we'll. l can.
not remember the dates of Clusters
last fight. or man other things that
We're very interesting to me. I have
had two farms. n in Montana and
one in Dakota. l sold both Of them
and everything else ] had and started
TO follow the races.
NJ travels took me down into
Texas: 1 don't remember the name Of
the place. 1t vas a little town. l
went into a saloon to inquire the
shortest trail to a certain place. The
place was filled with cowboys. One
of them. whom ] recognized as Il ten
derfoot. stepped up TO me n asked
me to drink with him.
~ told him that I had some BUSH
ness to attend to and l could not take
the time. lie told me that if I did
not drink with him he would fix me.
| was without arms, and 1 told him
that | did not want any trouble. AS
| talked with him 1 recognized him
TO be Il man by the name of Dave
Leahy. l had known him in the east.
and remembered OF whipping him.
Il recalled the incident. and told
him il he would come outside until
| got my u i would repeat what
l gave him in the east.
by this time his brother stepped
up and placed a gun at the back of
my head. l told the two men that I
would fight them Il duel. We got on
our horses and started. / killed Dave
after the second shot had been fired.
| don't remember the brothers I'M
but he shot me in the left hand and
! had to have it amputated. I killed
a small place then. The boys took up
a collection for me, and l had almost
$500.
II then bought two races horses.
] took the horses to all the big meets
in the east and made good money
with them. l brought them to Dem
Yer from St. Louis. Then ] took
them up to Cheyenne. When ! came
back TO Denver some stole the
horses from ON me; One Of them was
worth $4,000 and the other ] was Of
fcred $4,000 for. After I lost the
horses I was practically broke and
have been ever since"
"Deadwood Dick has been in the
county Jail once before. He was sem
fenced to thirty days on a vagrancy
charge, and his time expired last Sat
urdaN. He was arrested again Sunday
and started his new sentence yester-
day.
When arrested before he received a
letter from a man in Colorado City
asking il he We're one of the scouts
under General Custer. The man said
in the letter that if he were he would
give him something to do and see that
he never wanted anything. Dead.
wood Dick" V answered the let
Ter. IN referring TO 1t yesterday he
said: Il have always been able to
take ARE Of myself, M although I
am almost SO years old I will not live
off any one. When 7 can't work I'll
so to the poorhouse."
"Deadwood Dick is also quite a
poet and the last verse Of u compost.
ton he wrote in the Jail yesterday
reads us follows:
The truth is I am old and discour-
aged,
My clothing is seedy and poor.
And the merchant, God knows T don't
blame him.
Refuses to trust me for more.
But I'll pay the last cent and be hon
est:
No mortal on earth will I rob:
Then toddle away to the poor farm.
The John Smiths will give a, Job"