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in that section. I hey nad up to tue tentn of this month put three of the thie/es out of the way.At Cottonwood, in Meagher comity, p. few days ago, one of the m«*t desperate affrays ever ncorded in Montana t**ok placFor seve»-al week* two ►uspicious cnaracters were in thevicii.it of the et l**ment. who were supposed to be horsethieves hey were known-ts llatllen*ke Joe, the terror of me W st, and his partner. O Fallon. The ran* hmen in the viciu-ltv determined to watch them. On July 1th the two desperadoes were at B g Spring creek, and had some misnnderstai.ding wi:h the hall-breed**, more particularly with one by ihe name of Jack-ou. From word* it c-me to blows. Rat-tieauake Joe dealt Jackson a biow with his pistol in the uioutn, a^d made him lie down on the ground, face downward, uuder penalty of death. After Jackson got up, he ran to• ids cabiu a short distance away; aud arming himself with a Win heater he prepared to defend himself. In the meantime, the two desperadoes, seeing s^me hnlf-i reeds in front of i.e. Power Bros, store, walked up in front of the store and told the whites to get out of the way, that they were goiug to clear all the half-breeds out. Firing commenced almost at once. liat-tlesnake shooting «t a half-breed, who returned the fire with good effect, hitt.mr him in the hand and knocking off a couple of fingers. 1 he desperadoes then said they would clean out the tow n, and coinmeueed shooting at everybody in sight. There wcrelonly three guns in the town and thcv were placed in th-* band.- of men of undaunted courage, who used them with such good effect that both the supposed ho^eihieves were run down. O^allou being shot first through and through with a W inehester rifle, and Rattlesnake serve 1 inaPke manner a short time afterw-rd, Both men showed greatEl tick. O'Fallon, after being shot through, redeack to his partner and a^ked him11 he was hurt. Joe roi lied that he was. “Well, said O'Fallon, “I am shot and I am a dead man, but I will »oay with you.” At that moment he fell from his norse, then raised to his knees, took deliberate aim w th his Winchester at a young man named Smith (an outsider who whs trying «o get away iroin the fracas) and shot him through the head, killing h»m instan'ly. The citizens saw that here would be more men killed If the thing was not euded quick, and shooting from i itola of ull sizes commenced 111 earnest. O Fallon took five shots in his body bt fore be fell the second time, and then he raised himself on his side and contiuued/hooting until he had not strength enough left to support himself, and after lying uown kept shooting as long as there was lif— in him. Rattlesnake Jake, after he was shot through the body, kepi shooting; then h*s right arm was broken by a ball, and he change »to his left hand and kept shooting; another ball broke his leg. and supporting himself by the other, he kept shooting: another ball struck his chin, carrying away half of nis jaw, when he fell on the ground, rais d hirrselfon his side, and kept shooting Prom weakness he could not *up|ort hi nse»f any longar, and he fired lying h'} °n *he ground. There were nine balls in him before he gave up. Jus*, befo e he drew bis a*t breath he made an effort to raise his pitol again, but had not strength enough, aud it fell by his side. —{Exchange.
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Butte Semi Weekly Miner
Butte, Montana, US
Wed, Jul 16, 1884
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