Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-10
The DR.. Jekyl

One Of the best examples OF the sane
side Of the character of the unfortunate
Captain J.. A. Slade. depicting in graphic
manner the obliging disposition Of the
man when he was sober, and his willing
ness n desire to aid the defenseless, Is
set forth in the story which a few years
ago was narrated in an interview by
Amade Besette, one of the pioneer resi-
dents of old Bannack, M. T. Besette
said:
do not expect me to blame the men
who took the rope to hang him, for l
believe that Slade carried in his right
hand pants pocket the rope with which
he was hung.
Jules Ear
When Slade left North Platte. Nebras-
ka. to come to ibis country, had he cast
into the river Jules ear, he might have
lived to a ripe old age. / have seen that
ear a dozen times myself. / was in
charge Of the North Platte bridge for
two years. There we had a nice saloon
and a big store. trading mostly with the
Indians. Two, three n four n
wagons would cross the bridge every day
toll $50 per wagon. This run was
from the first of May until the first of
October of each year. / heard that the
bridge was burned by the Indians in
1868.
Now, let me come back to Slade again.
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the coaches. always full of passengers
bound for California, he 0 call them
to take a drink. At such times he would
pull out of his pocket a handful of loose
silver coin (mixed with which would be
seen Jules dry, wrinkled ear), pick out
enough silver TO pay for the drinks, and
pocket the rest. This occurred about
every two weeks. Many passengers, on
hearing the story of the ear, would be
SO Mortified that they would swear never
to drink with him again.
Bacon and Smith
Let me here tell you what I have seen,
heard and know. In the month of Au-
gust. 1861. there lived about is miles be-
low Independence Rock, wyoming, two
thieves and murderers. One was named
Henry Bacon, a French Canadian; the
other, Harry Smith, a Canadian of Scotch
descent. They kept a station on Sweet
eral emigrants disappeared mysteriously
in passing there. Many head Of cattle
and horses belonging to neighbors were
recognized in their bands.
Joseph Plante
There lived four miles above the Ba-
con n Smith place a man named
Joseph Plante, a wealthy French Cana
dian. He had q big store and a large
supply of goods. Slade could get any
thing he wanted there as II 1T were his
own place. He thought a great deal OF
Plante.
During the summer of 1851, Bacon
and Smith hired a man named Barthola-
NEW, who had a wife and two children
q boy of eight and a girl Of five. In the
month Of July, Smith got u and
killed Bartholomew. The latter hac
called him a liar, Smith said, n nc
man could do that and live. There were
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a~fterward, Smith told the widow that he
would give her a home. She scorned the
proposition to marry the murderer of hel
husband. No. she replied; You may xii
me If you want to-, but / will never
marry YOU
about ten days after this Bacon AND
Smith planned to kill Plante, who hac
no relatives around, n take possession
of all of his property. Plante, having
discovered the scheme, wrote to Sladt
about it, asking his advice. Slade re-
piled: Sit In your store with your shot