The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-08-05

cessfully negotiated, cycling suspic
1ously all the while the long grade
above him which he must yet at.
tempt, and wondering how, in this
small world, a hill could be so steer
and yet SO long.
On either side the barren hills oil
the Tobacco range rise dismally;
and from above the sun beats un-
mercifully while the clouds of dust
scamper along the road with every
gust of wind. 1t is, indeed, a stretch
of dreary road in a dreary place, but
the automobilist can easily console
himself by imagining how much
worse it must have seemed, some SO
years ago, to that daring, dashing,
Mrs. Slade, who rode her horse these
dozen miles at breakneck speed in a
mad and wild endeavor to save her
husband from the Vigilantes. She
was a horse-woman, every inch of
her-handsome, courageous, full of
fire and passion loyal and worthy
mate to the most accomplished vii
lain that ever trod the Rocky noun
tains-George Slade.
SHADES Record.
He, in his time (and he was a
young nan yeti, had killed at least
27 people, polishing them off with the
greatest neatness and dispatch. Some
he pistoled, some he knitted, 9TH
ers were hanged or burned, for he
a versatile rascal, an artist no
doubt in his own line, since no mat
ter what method he used his victims
were always considered to be among
the deadest men that ever lived.
Fort Kearney, west, so Dims-
dale tells us, he was feared a great
deal more than the Almighty. True,
he had murdered no one in this part
of the country-he was living here
entirely upon his reputation. This
reputation was so thoroughly, con-
sistently and perfectly bad that it
ed, he would at times load himself
with cheap whiskey and take to
Showing off" or cutting up" He
was known as the original village
and, while his antics always
furnished the folks with something
% talk about, they were never fully
appreciated.
While indulging in one of these
which consisted of play
,ully shooting up the town, gently
,umb1ing shop-keepers with their
goods out of the doors, and good
laturedly waltzing his horse through
iome of the most exclusive bar rooms
lie was pinched and hauled off to
,ourt. He had been arrested three
IT four times before-he regarded
t as quite a lark, paying one small
inc and standing the court off for
he remainder-but by this time,
he novelty had worn off-the thing
lad begun to pall-and so, for sake
# variety or through pure bragga-
-ocio, he tore up the warrant, insult
d the sheriff, arrested the judge and
hut up Montana's only hall of JUS
ice.
After he had departed, a-ripping
nd a-snorting down the street the
utraged representatives of what lit
lie law the territory then had held a
netting in a secluded alley to debate
neither the ~obstreperous Mr.. Slade {
hould again be brought into custody l
r if he should be licensed to con- :
uct himself exactly as he saw fit.
n defense of their own honor they
ecided to arrest him, that is, they
ecided to have him arrested, for
one of them either individually or
effectively cared to participate in
he capture.
At this time it was the custom,
hen anything of Importance arose,
Ike a divorce or a bit of litigation
yer some water-right, to send down
- ort11ah far fIA nof,oar1 ruH urIna
ssembled, would listen to the evil
ence, render a verdict to the best
{ their ability and see that the YER
let was carried out. Accordingly,
messenger was dispatched to Ne
ada, two miles below, asking the
liners to come to assist in a mans
The miners, however, were
1sy that day-it was a fine day for
livingstone of them had, no doubt
cen out late the night before, and
1ne of them were keen for laying
# and trudging up the dusty road
Ist to arrest a nan Nothing less
AN a lynching, so they said, would
re them up that hill that day. This
when reported to the COM
ittee, placed them at once in a posi-
On that was not only difficult, but
Their delicate. They had no thought
hanging Slade; they had no de-
re, no reason nor cause to hang
m. Most of them rather liked the
low, for he was, when sober, the
ost polished and courteous gent
the whole camp. Still he must be
rested-that was the law. 1t was
fortunate, though somewhat i'm
that the miners agreed it
'uld be necessary to hang him in
der to arrest him properly, but,
ice they were the only ones that
uld arrest him at all, they must
sent for even if they must be
Mt for reluctantly.
In an incredibly short time, after
ing summoned, the miners came
up the canyon-600 of them
armed with pistols, guns and rope.
ey seized the now sobered Slade,
him fbof bo hod haop oop-