Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-02-16

to whom he could so much as whisper
name.
His nearest neighbor was the late
P. w. Donohue, who had homesteaded
hardly a mile away and to whom he
probably told more than any other
person in the country.
II knew him quite WELL" Donohue
said, land he visited me frequently.
sometimes staying for weeks. This was
rather strange for a man who lived
less than a mile away and who seemed
to dread the idea of going home
Whenever I returned from town he al
ways inquired whether I had seen
any strangers and asked me to de-
scribe them. Quite often he would be
months, never saying where he went
or why, but always stopping with me
for awhile before going home. He al
ways seemed to be more nervous when
returning from one of these trips than
when he came from his cabin. These
frequent disappearance started stories
that he was road agent and bank
robber and brought him the reputation
of a bad man which don't think he
was. But maybe
Always Armed for War
Il used to get kick out OF the fact
that when he came for friendly visit
he came armed for war. He used to
pull in with rifle on the saddle, a
As single-action Colt in holster on
his left hip, slanted for cross-body
draw, "A Colt in a shoulder holster
and always large hunting knife. He
never removed those guns for a mo-
ment during the day and placed them
beside the bed in easy reach when he
went to bed. Nervous and jumpy dur
ing. the day. he was light sleeper
and the slightest sound awakened him.
7 living
in bed with a gun in his hand listen
ing intently. He would lie perfectly
still, seeming to hold his breath, until
he recognized the source of the sound
or was certain that no danger existed.
At times his actions gave me feeling
after a visit from him I, too, would
jump at the slightest sound.
"One morning he was cooking break
fast with his back to me when 1
dropped something. With gun in one
hand and a frying pan in the other,
he spun around and I'll never forget
the expression on his face as he faced
me.
Besides the two revolvers which he
always carried he had at least two
more and four or five high-powered
rifles and several shotguns. When he
went for his gun he drew the one
from the belt holster first and then
the one from the shoulder holster.
saw him shoot both rifles and revolvers
many times and he was by far the
best shot I have ever seen. He was
always practicing and shot at and
hit targets which would have been
impossible for me. bought a rifle
from him one summer and when he
brought it down he shot it several
times to prove to me that 1t was ac-
curate. When complemented him on
his shooting, he said, That's nothing
I can do that with a revolver!' Setting
UP a can he backed away 20 or 80
PAGES and drawing both guns he held
them out at arms length. Then cross
ing his arms just above the wrists,
thus bracing both guns, he fired. He
didn't seem to take much aim, but
there they were, two holes about an
inch apart in the middle Of the can.
How he aimed both guns this way
don't know, but he did it half dozen
times to show me 1t wasn't an accident.
He was always very careful Of his
ammunition, keeping new stuff in one
end Of thC cartridge belt and old in
the other. He always used the old
shells for practice and never kept the
same shells in his gun-the old shells
might go off and he couldn't afford
to take any chances.
"The As Colt was his favorite gun,
and believe that he would have let
all the others 60 before parting with
it. He used to tell me, this gun killed
one man before got 1t and one after
but he never told me who, when or
where. He had utmost confidence in
his guns and depended upon them for
defense, calling them q mans best