The Bozeman courier., 1926-09-10


came one of South .DakOta's promi- |
nent citizens.
Was Member of Vigilantes
Bullock was a member of the fam
Gus "Vigilantes of Montana" operat- |
ing with a Helena branch Of those
doughty champions of law and order.
Many interesting stories were mar
rated of Captain" Seth Bullock,
most of which, quite naturally, had
to do with his experiences on the
Black Hills frontier.
A Friend of Roosevelt
In the days when Colonel Roose-
velt was learning to be a cowboy,
Bullock met the young man at Me-
dora. The two had much in COM
mon and they became fast friends,
their friendship lasting until the
great rough rider took horse on his
last long trail and rode away through
the mists into Immortality.
Was United States Marshal
Under President Theodore Roose-
velt, Bullock served as United States
marshal of South Dakota. He was
Roosevelt's political vieeroy in that
state, and accompanied the president
on his western trips.
The Butte Incident of 1900
An amusing incident is narrated
of Bullock, which has to do with the
trip of President Roosevelt to Mon
tana points.
This exciting and near-serious oc-
currence was staged back in the days
when F. Augustus Heinze was at
tempting to might herd" the Anal
gamated; Tom Carter was political
overload of the state and Pat Null
Inns was mayor of Butte. The incl
dent was enacted during the Butte
entertainment of the president, and
had the story of it been published at
the time, it would have startled the
whole United States. It was, how
ever, suppressed, through the diplo-
macy of Senator Carter and the good
sense of the newspapernen who had
cOgnizance of it. All the principals
are now dead, and- this is the story,
as related by e. H. Cooney of Great
Falls, at the time of Mr.. Bullock's
death:
Roosevelt was to visit Butte, and a bat.
tie began between Heinze and the Amalga-
mated, the latter led by William ScallOn
then head fthe company in Montana, as
to who should entertain him, a controversy
which was cut short by the suggestion thai
the president would pass Butte up If there
was any unseemly row, and the entertain.
ment was then agreed to fifty-fifty. The
TACT Of the matter was that the fifty fifty
largely cOnsised of the Amalgamated pay.
ing the bills, and Heinze running the show
However, that is neither here nor there mol
anywhere else. President Roosevelt, Mr.
I Heinze, Senator Carter, Mayor Mullins and
Seth Bullock have passed over the long
long trail we all must travel. . =
/ RuIl rf1o nov-Iry in IoI
ena, was guard Of honor for President
Roosevelt, and rode by his side during tbs
entire western trip. Seth was a man will
a cold, grey eye, a nerve that never wav
cred, and a gun that never missed. The
president had made him United States
marshal Of South Dakota and he sworl
by the president-never at him. Knowing
Roosevelt as he did,, Seth held to a sOr
of proprietary interest in the hero Of SaI
Juan. So much so that when the train ar
rived in Butte and Teddy made shouted
inquiry from the platform of the train a.
to the whereabouts of one Jack Willis o
Glasgow, Seth became interested.
willis . . was in the crowd and cam
forward; he was greeted with a ROose
velt handshake, yanked over the hack driv
en- by Fat Jack sat with Teddy ant
swapped stories of the old days during tn
parade, and never left Teddy's side Will
the latter was in Butte. At the speaking
Mayor Mullins made his first and las
flight into oratdry, introducing the presi
dent as:
:" "'The hero Of San Dago hiI-Teddy Ros
enfield Teddy talked, Jack Willis sat be
side him, and the band played. Seth wen
4 "That evening was the banquet, an
e looking backward it was some 'humdinger
u a sort of L1cullus dining with LucuHu
II affair as to eats and with Noah deluge 8
= to drinks. The state was not dry at thS
l. time but Seth was.
II 'eThe banquet was held in the old MG
DermOtt hotel, now the New Finlen, al
hn foIa rod rryff
friends of Mr.. Heinze and Mr.. Scallol
l. They came from all parts OF Montana, an
e they came ready to express their friendshi
= in an open-faced manner. 1t was a case
= armed neutrality. The menu cards we
{, Of copper, the entrees being embosse
It thereon in silver, and it was whispers
,. among the retainers that said menus co.
SIS each in New York, and there were ,O
Of them. The menu itself-but what's Il
use? 1t was in the days Of real sport whC
eats were wide open and the only thiI
better than a drink Of demon rum was al
Z other drink Of the same. All Of which Sci
: understood thoroughly and played bo
ways from the Jack. AbstenmiOus as
eats and drinks under ordinary cireuT
stances, Seth under any circumstances w
I bad man to hand anything to except wi
: full knowledge Of the coroner and unde
! taker.
!. "F. Augustus Heinze, then in the he
: dey of his meteoric career, presided at {
. head of the table as the tOastmaster. To
: right sat the President Of the United STATE
= and next to him sat Jack Willis of Gls
: gov. Next to Heinze on the left sat Sc
!, atOr Thomas Carter; next to him the di
gusted Mr.. Bullock.
1.-THE banquet started with few assol
:, ed drinks, and everybody. drank to {
= health Of the president Of the United Stat
= and everything else which gave excuse I
y liquid consumption. Seth was there eve
time, but his brow grew more and me
= clOuded, his manner more that Of one
y whose vitals coyote was chewing.
a Teddy and Jack Willis discussed ever
= thing from Medora, South Dakota to b
3 KNAPP, Montana, and both enjoyed it
!. IboisterOus laughter. Seth still mused
- gloomy meditation. The president spo
n and then sat down to talk with Jack "
y lis. Seth unused some more. The speakI
= grew more fervid and Teddy more intere
- ed in the fan from Glasgow
= al guess said Seth to Senator Cart
7. I guess there iB some -- gu
= around here who need a little shootin' l
y so I think I'll Just start something, a
- he softly hoisted above the edge OF
- table a 45 Colt revolver, with muzxle b
= that looked like the end Of tunnel on
Great Northern.
Senator Tom aCrter was one Of the b
little -on-troubled- water fixers who
lis er graced the Treasure state, and he bee