Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-06-27
HOW NOTORIOUS OUTLAW
DIED WITH HIS BOOTS ON
A keminscence of Pioneer Days, By Captain E H. Allison, OIL PIERRE s D.. Former Scout
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enant "r my self carried much money
only a few dollars-but to- pacify the
man We aCVuiesced. and opened up "a
little game Of poker. The lieutenant
shifted around so that he sat at my
right hand. WAS facing the fire. Her
aid sat down In the place before occu-
pied by the lieutenant. with his back
to the fire. lift sat into the game ON
my left hand. Shuttleworth sat on the
ground behind Tiff without taking part
in h game. his Winchester resting
across his knees. Herald, being under
he influence of liquor. had incauti-
"usly set his Winchester against the
wall just inside the door. Tiff carried
only a revolver. and that WAS in his
belt. The game proceeded. with Her
aid winning all he bets. In fact he
never showed u hand. When the time
anne for showing hands he would
simply throw his cards into the pack
and call amy old thing he pleased. and
rake i'm the money. A very few hands
played in that way was sufficient. j
at last got "A full hand, three Jacks and
n pair of rights. When the bet was
called, Herald. as usual. made 81 grab
for the pot. saving he had a Jack fun
| knew that could not he. for | myself
had that kind of a hand. l was "A little
quicker thar he. and seizing the money
pulled it over to my side of the blanket.
No sooner had I dom SO han Her
aid grabbed me- by tht hair and pulled
my head forward. but ii was easy To
break away from him. and instantly
the lieutenant and ! We're Oh our feet,
our guns I'm our hands. Two of them
would have dropped right then and
there had another nov been made, but
they realized that we had the drop on
them. Sh~uttieWorth especially. being
sober. counseled an exodus. and AS they
went ont slammed the big door shut
and dropped the big wooden bar Into
place.
Herald's Winchester was still resting
against the wall on the inside. He de
manded his gum. but we told him to- go
tn his camp. wherever ii might be. and
sober. and he could nave his gun. He
went away swearing vengeance, declar-
ing he would have the gun that night.
Boosted of Prowess.
Here it may not be out of place to
mention that while playing cards with
rs. Herald had boosted that he had
already killed II men. and expected to
make 1t Il bakers dozen before norm
ing Henc We thought it wise. con-
siderins his frame of mind when he
LET, the cabin as we'll as his boast. tn
prepare for most anything that might
happen. We threw ashes over the fire,
put up Il blanket over the door to cover
the cracks between the heavy
plnchcons. and then waited.
1t was not long until they returned.
First they told us to open the door
tilat they had another key of whisky.
We told them We had too much With
the keg they had brought before. which
Was still With us. Then Herald wanted
MS gun passed out to him. but we re-
used to open The door. They threat
med tn shoot and finally did shoot
through the door. ! jumped over be-
hind the BARREL of sand. Kisslingbury
took q stand In the corner OF the build
ing between the iamb of the fireplace
and the wall on the side where the door
opened. They must have fired at least
30 shots through the door. Many Of
the bullets struck the barrel behind
which l was concealed. and l suggested
that We return the fire. Az thes must
have stood directly before the door. but
l~<isslin.bury said No. AS long as we
are all right W. dnn't want to- kill amy
body if we can help it,"
So W. iiladc no return fire-simply
let them shoot. At last the firing split
the punche"n so Ii "A by pushing it
with the end of their rifles they made
a hole through the door, and one OF
them. no doubt Herald. showed his rifle
through unae', the ha, across the door
md hearing K~isslinglnr.'s voice in the
corner, he twisted his gun around and
shot i'm that direction. the bullet pass
ing through. rae lapel OF Kisslin gbury's
vest and on out through the lapel o1
his coat-a pretty close call. With !:
single bound he inisd over behind the
barrel. :" W. We're NOW togetha, behind
the barrel OF sand. and still refused tc
ret.ltn the fire.
While W.. We're waiting. Herald
worked his gun up and down under the
bar. lifted it out oil it's place and IL
fell to the ground, and the door swung
open. of COURSE. WI could wait nc
longer. Herald stepped into the doc,
and said:
Nov we've got YOU. you - al -
Through the Heart.
He ne.er spoke gain. Both tn.
lieutenant and l fired. II he fell OF
his face with his Winchester under
rcath him. The other two turned ane
fled II the bushes. along the Mus.
selshell. We could hear them running
in the bushes. and jumped to the doo1
and fired in that direction. but without
effect. We then closed the door. Slipped
the bar into position, put up the blank
1T again, and then lit up the fire. W.
did not look for the return of the 9th.
CT two. and in this we were not dis
appointed. We lifted Herald from TIL,
fiodr and laid him up on the counter Oh
his back. and found that two bullet,
had struck him about an inch and :
half apart. as near directly in line Will
the heart AS could be. and the two bull
let's both came out together under tn,
left shoulder blade, making only on
hole behind, while there We're two i,
front. We tied his feet together an.
1 examined his clnthine and the lieufen