Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-02-03

in close proximity to that occupied by
the man BE is interrogating.
M Beidler, l believe?" queried the
reported as his opening salvo.
*. Beidler, if you please quickly re-
piled the marshal. "Will YOU join me?
A cool refreshing drink, sir: and in de-
lightful contrast to the alkali I've been
drinking out of buffalo wallows for sew
eral days. Bar boy, another cobbler his
wayl"
Marshal Beidler had Just arrived in
Miles City from the Miles command,
north of the Missouri river. He con-
tinued:
Now. sir, I suppose you have ONE to
interview me in regard to Sitting Bull,
Miles would have whipped the devil out
OF him in no time If the -cantankerous
old coward hadn't skipped over the line.
The fact that General Miles is obliged to
govern his by the inexcus-
able stupidity of those in command at
Washington is proof that no benefit will
be derived from the summers expedi-
ton; but give the general his own way
and he'd have a dead cinch Spelled
"sinch") on Bull in 48 hours. That's all
Ill say about General Miles, he's way up
as an indian fighter and a gentleman,
but he's sort of lariatted like and I
wouldn't blame him nor would any man
in Montana, If he'd just pull up his
picket pin and clean out Bulls whole
outfit
II understand you have an important
prisoner with you, MIR. Beidlex?" the re-
porter inquired, changing the subject.
TX. Beidlerl Not B-eidlex, or B.
eideled-n, but X. Beidler always. Well,
yes; quite an important person / have
with me and a fellow / have had q little
something to do with before. You see,
ibis fellow, Sam Bosler, killed his part
ner in rs down on the Missouri, and I
went n brought him up to Virginia
City that fall and the grand jury in
dicted him for murder, but no one being
there at the time Sam laid his partner
low there wasn't much chance convicting
him. Sans partner didn't come to testi-
fly and he was discharged"
And you have him on the old charge
of murder?"
"Wel rather not, my friend. I have
him now for touching a match to about
500, 900 worth of hay over here at Fort
Keogh last November"
Aren't you afraid HI will make his
escape before you reach Helena?"
IF l was or had been | wouldn't have
brought him all the way from Poplar
Agency to Miles City alone
But you have him ironed.'
mo sir, / said to him when we started:
Bosler, we are going to travel through a
hostile country, and / had rather you
would escape than be killed by the In
dams with irons on you but If you at
tempt to escape I'll sen you after that
partner O. yours mighty sudden and we
pulled out, reaching here without seeing
one hostile"
How far is Poplar Greek agency from
Miles City?"
Nearly ITS miles by the way we came
Were there any buffalo in sight any
where on your trip?"
Buffalo, Why for four days we saw
nothing else but buffalo. For 10 miles
we were in the center, it seemed, of a
herd numbering into the millions. 1t
was the largest herd l ever saw
ITO come back to the first subject, MIR.
Beidler. in what condition are General
Miles men for fighting in case Sitting
Bull should return and force an engage
ment on the ~general?"
Splendid condition, sir. Shor marches
and plenty of foo has not injured them,
and Miles always pays strict attention to
the commissary and sees personally that
his men are not starved"
A humorous vein runs throp III tie
closing paragraphs of the intervie y that
reveals MI. Beidler's sense Of the un-
usual.
"One question more" says the reporter
Mr.. Beidler, will you point to the placs
on the map where you left the general?"
EXCUSE me, partner, / am prejudiced
against maps; they are unconstitutional
and the organic act does not mention
| EN-"
What caused you to have such an an
tipathy for maps?"
We'll sir. 1t was just after / had re-
turned to Ger al Miles from Europe II
rode over to Europe you know to see Sit
ting Bull) and the command was march
ing along on as smooth ground as that
floor, when an order came to the wagon
master to block wheels; there we were
on the levelest ground you ever saw and
no one could tell what the order meant
So / went and asked the engineer officer
IL he didn't think the order rather hard
on the mules. Can't help 1t, marshal
he said; there's q big down grade here
on the maps, and we must block the:
wheels II 1t kills the last mule"