New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

Gallagher's protege was probably one of them.
In 1877 road agents were active in the Vi
cinity Of Miners Delight The name Of Cal
anlity Jane mentioned in the stories OF
the raids. 1t was said that woman in mans
clothes was the directing spirit of the rob-
bers. Following particularly bold hold-up
Jane came to Miners Delight At the sans
time there came to the camp two susDicioox
characters one named Blivens and the other
known as Red It is said Jane boasted Of
the hold-up. At any rate, she and the Two
strangers fed TO the sagebrush. .ss~sued by
vigilantes. Blivers was wounded and can
tured. Later he was sent TO the Wyoming
state penitentiary, where he died The other
man, who escaped, was a convict from ObiA
He was captured eventually and returned to
the Ohio penitentiary. Jane was not cap
turcd nor did her name figure any mors "
stage hold-ups.
1t is question whether Calamity Jams
ever was regularly employed as government
scout. She was much among the soldiers. and
1t IS probable that she went on occasional
volunteer scouts for General Miles and Cen
eral Custer. Dressed in mans garb she tried
to enter the service under General (then Cap
tain) Crook, but some person who knew her
betrayed her sex and Crook sent her back to
the Red Cloud agency. It is said that Custer
engaged her as a scout in 1870. It is also
said that she detailed by Crook to carry
dispatches to Custer when Custer was on the
fatal march against Sitting Bull in 1S76, that
she was caught in snowstorm laid up by
pneumonia and had to forward the dispatches
by Indian. Had she reached Custer she
would have met the fate of others in his COM
mand.
She was a restless person, ever seeking new
fields and new excitement, but always return.
ing TO Deadwood Butte, to which camps she
had transferred her affections. When there
was no boom she began to feel i'll at ease and
soon she was heard from somewhere else 1t
the new camps that she liked. She fol-
lowed the mining booms through most Of the
Far West from Mexico to British Columbia.
She prospected in California, Nevada and
Colorado Once she settled down on farm
in Missouri, but this narrow sphere did noS
hold her long.
In the early days Of Deadwood Jane
served on the vigilance committee, and took
part in every lynchng bee. It was always a
pretty active part, too.
II knew her in Deadwood." said an old.
timer. II met up with her at the hanging Of
Fly Speck Billy, horse thief Said She:
Well, Billy, you're sure going to die now,
and you're going to die with your boots on
No, amt, Jane he says; you take EN-
off, And Jane pulls off his boots and puts 'em
herself and wears 'em till they're worn
out"
OF ali the men she met Wild Bill Hickok
was her beau ideal She met Jack Mccall
shortly before his assassination Of Wild Bill
II was in 1876, and by q daring feat she saved
his life and the lives of six other men, Nc
Call was driving the stage from Deadwood 10
Wild Birch, Jane being a passenger. The
stage ambushed by Indians and Mccall
was wounded by an arrow. Although the other
six passengers were men, not one Of them had
nerve enough to take the ribbons. Seeing the
situation, Jane mounted the drivers seat
without a moments hesitation and brought
the stage safely and in good time to Wild
Birch.
Mccall recovered, and some time later while
in Deadwood assassinated Wild Bill. II was
a cowardly crime, with a hidden motive be
hind it. The desperadoes Of Deadwood heard
that Hickok was to be appointed marshal
which meant that there would be q cleaning
up of the town. Mccall was employed or in
duced to kill him
When the news reached Jane she tried to
form vigilance committee to take Mccall
OUT and hang him. The respectable citizens
Of Deadwood said: Let the law take it's
course" and her effort was baked
There was farce of trial with fixed
Jury. Mccall was acquitted on the periured
plea that Wild Bill had killed his brother
After it was all over it became known that
Mccall never had brother. He was spirited
out Of town and Jane Immediately formed a
vigilance committee to follow HIM She was
IN such haste that she did not so to her cabin
for her rifle. The committee caught up With
Mccall at a town not far from Deadwood He
thought he was out of danger and stopped in
a butchers shop to purchase meat. She was
first to spot him, and, jumping from her horse,
rushed into the shop and seizng cleaver.
made him prisone- and held him until others
Of the committee arrived. He was given a
regular trial at Yankton, convicted and
hanged.
Deadwood from 1875 to 1880 vas the
wickedest and widest place on earth. Lead-
vile began its volcanic career in 1879 and