Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-03
The P~lentywood Herald
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Published every Thusday At PlentywNood. Mon
tana, where Il il ntered In the United States
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GANDGDOM IN SHERIDAN COUNTY
BREAKING AT LAST
At last, Justice has triumphed in Sheridan Coun-
tyi At last, the underworld element here has had to
submit to law and order! At last, the nefarious ring
Of gangdom in Sheridan County has commenced to
break! At last the decent multitudes here can lift up
their heads and point with pride to the fact that the
yoke of outlawry and shame that has been saddled onto
them by a handful of powerful but despicably low and
destestible humans has commence to tighten with the
sentencing of Mig Is. r. Collins to the penitentiary
at Deer Lodge for a term of three years, and also to
pay a fine Of 100000 to help pay for this term of
District Court. Even tho that fine had not been i'm
posed by Judge Felt it would be worth every cent it
cost to get rid of that fostering sore on all decency-
the head of the underworld ring in Northeastern Mon
tana.
The backbone Of the support Of the Moose is
broken-no more can they make good their boast that
Mig Collins is still at Target! No more will that scum
of nature, in the guise Of a human being, living 1t Is
claimed, from the earnings of fallen women and the
selling of contraband liquor and moonshine, give forth
literally of this unspeakably filthy money to the sup
port of that leach that is permitted to circulate In this
part of Montana. No more will his patronage or his
d~ictatorial power reach out through that sewer OF filth
and ~blackmail, to besmear the character and reputa-
ton of those who have dared to be heard in the de-
tense of decency, law and order.
For wears and years the ever present cloud OF
shame has darkened not only Plentywood, but all Of
Sheridan County. The stencil that has been caused by
Mig Collins and his news medium as well as his coterie
Of gangsters reached out far and wide, and the shame
and disgrace that has been placed upon Sheridan Coun-
ty has become knewn, not only in Montana, but thru
out the length and breadth Of the nation
Charles f. Taylor and the Producers Moose have
boosted again and again that Mig Collins was still at
l,rro +ho shOroroh1o' oorotnr.ndifnr has hla.hahQd
about the helplessness of the authorities to remove Mig
from Sheridan County. Former Sheriff Salisbury can
no longer chum with Mig, unless he gets free on an ap-
peal bond, nor can that worthy pair go to the office OF
Producers Moose to hold long conferences with Taylor.
Mig Collins was a frequenter in the Office Of the
Producers Moose for years before he was brought to
justice this time. After his incarceration in the county
jail here what did the Producers Moose have to say
about it? Very little. Within a week after his release
on bonds he became a regular visitor there again. On
Tuesday March 49,, the day that Nig's and Frank J.
Fishbeck's attorney appeared before Judge Paul at
Wolf Point with a number of affidavits claiming a fair
trial could not be had at this time and asked for q
continuance, which was promptly denied, Mig Collins
and Rodney Salisbury are reported to have gone to the
Producers Moose Office and entering the private office
there with Charles E. Taylor remained in conference
for at least two hours. What was said and planned
there remains open for conjecture
With venom, spite and nance, Lnat organ Oh re-
volt has boosted the special term Of Court just finished
here was merely a circus for the opening Of the poit-
ical campaign of County Attorney Grant Bakewell and
also by Oscar J. Collins, whom they maintain will
throw his hat in the ring for sheriff. 1t is a fair illus
traton Of the attitude the Moose takes when the law
is to be enforced. They have fayed Ted Winters OF
the u. S. Customs because he had the temerity to en-
ter Sheridan County and try to put an end to the ne
farious business Of Mig Collins and his satellites. We
do not believe Oscar Collins viii become a candidate
for Sheriff, altho he may have said so to tantalize the
Producers Moose.
In the last weeks issue of that disreputable
news organ they said about Oscar Collins:
"And now they tell US Oscar Collins
tenure of office as chief of police of the metro
politan city of P~entywood is near a close
that he will be put out Of q job by the middle
OF next month Some are so unkind as to say
that Oscars political star has set in a cloud
without even a silver lining. l don't know
why Oscar should retire from the distinG-
uished and powerful position he has been oc-
cupying for the past year or more, he has al
ready laid the city to waste. A scourge in the
way of a tartar invasion could have done the
the city no greater damage. All the harm that
can be done has been done. In another year
Peter Marion could pasture his sheep in the
rues of the city. The only thing left to do is
to burn what remains and SOW the debris to
salt As a curse and a scourge Oscar is equal
to the Chinese cholera. = = You couldn't
coax a farmer into Plentywood after q couple
of years of Oscar with a key of lager"
This has been the attitude Of the Producers
against Oscar Collins ever since he was promoted to
the head of the police force. The reason for this is
obvious; Oscar J. Collins has been camping on the trail
of the Mig Collins outfit and together with Ted Win
ters were responsible for closing up the wide open
saloon and gambling den Mig and his partner George
Dunn operated on main street here. He has aided the
the customs officers and the County attorney and the
sheriff in obtaining evidence against Mig Collins
honky-tonk blind pig and that is the reason they have