Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-29

and late that night his story got to
the ears of the saloon habitues and
gamblers, and finally to the sheriff's
office. At the break of day, Jaycox
circled the country beyond the Platte
bridge and found tracks of the horses
ridden by the k%idnapper and his VIC
tim leading out into the country be-
tween the Platte and the Laramie
river, Jaycox following the trail alone,
and found a note scribbled on a cabin
wall by the woman, praying for haste
in the rescue. They entered Fort Fet-
terman military reserve, abandoned
long years ago, and the trail was lost
until daylight next morning, when Jay
cox circled the post and again picked
it up. Meantime, the pursued and pur-
suer had entered Converse county, SO
JaycoX turned the trail over to Sher-
if Johnny Williams of Converse coun-
ty, while he, mounted on a fresh horse,
cut across country towards Wendover
on the Union Pacific, where he thought
"Dogie" hoped to make a getaway by
train. Wendover long held the name
of being the rendezvous of "Texas bad
men," being the unloading point for
cattle coming up from Texas as well
as toughs coming up out of the Pan
handle.
Sheriff Williams lost the trail in the
myriad Of tracks approaching Wenover.
JaycoX headed for the Crossing" of
the Laramie river, southwest of Wen
dover, meeting Jim Shaw, foreman of
a horse roundup for Tushmaker and
Debillar, to whom he confided his pur-
pose and instructed him to disarm
"Dogie' If possible. "Dogie" and the
girl showed up at the roundup after
jays departure. Tom King, a mutual
friend of Jaycox and "Dogie," a
wrangler in the roundup, inadvertently
tipped 'Dogie" off to jays presence,
thereby putting him more ~vigilantly
on his guard.
"Dogie" disarmed the suspicious Of
the roundup foreman, Jim Shaw, by
saying, "I1l leave the saddle horses
with you, and get this hester over
here 40 rods to haul us into Wendover
on his blackboard. If Jay knows we're
AiClC, VIC ldll v BCb away, oO iiC Jt5 40
up" The pair walked to the "nester's"
homestead shack and "Dogie" made his
desires known, saying to the home
steader that he would go with him to
his small pasture to get the team.
When the homesteader had secured
the team, "Dogie' put the run to him
by flashing his gun, and returned to
the shack close by. He saddled n
horse, appropriating the n~ester's sad
die, then entered the house where the
girl had thrown herself on a bed,
thoroughly exhausted and discouraged.
"I1l fix you so no other hombreIl ever
want to run away with you. I'm goin'
to gouge out one Of your eyes, and
cut your damn nose off," The old
adage reads, Hell hath no fury like
q woman scorned." Sometimes the
male rises to the same heights Of ber-
serker rage under similar circum-
stances. "Dogie" whipped out a knife
with which he slashed off the nose Of
the unfortunate victim Of his love and
wrath, but he did not gouge out her
eye as he had promised. He mounted
the stolen saddle horse after picking
up the "nester's" rifle and fled to parts
unknown, making good his escape.
The poor dance-hall girl quickly re-
covered the amputated nose. and mis-
takenly plunged it into a basin of hot
water, thus effectually killing" the
nasal ~appendage forever, then after
her panic and anguish subsidized some
what, tried to re-graft it on to its Old
resting place but without avail. She
returned to Casper, resumed her dance
hall at the "hog-ranch' but the con-
duct Of the resort was SO fragrant and
noisesome that the authorities threat