| Show 4 bricked PRICKED BIAlK niale Kt tee ad helena herald montana j of a recent date has an article about one phelps who was an errand boy atone at one time in that city for a banking house and afterwards a porter or clerk in a small grocery store from which latter iatter post he was discharged 1 the herald had heard nothing about said phelps from the time of his leaving montana and drifting to corinne until the night before the article was written when in looking over its exchanges it found that he had been raising trouble in the mormon camp a council of war had been held and the destroying angel angell put upon the track of phelps that he was waylaid by a band of assassins succeeds in shooting one puts the balance to flight and proves himself a hero then follows a fanciful sketch clipped from one of its exchanges of the deeds of this doughty hero the berald herald may well be surprised at the notoriety which the chilom errand boy and porter has achieved becan assure our contemporary that the whole story with the exception perhaps that the fellow was cowhided is purely imaginary ag inary all the dead that phelps kills he buries under his finger nails the fact is a certain clique here hoped they had found a case to suit them when this phelps was cowhided they were in search of a victim to mormon violence any anyone oneff efthem them would have gladly had another member of the clique selected as a victim and killed if a good case could only have been made out against tho the mor mons in iti the absence of any thing better this phelps case occurred it was seized with avidity he was kept guarded the police were not allowed access to him and the story was circulated that he had a very narrow esca esea escape escare 6 but that his bravery had save saved him he lie having shot one of his assailants by such a scheme has phelps emerged from his original insignificance I 1 with which he has again merged it has been his hia fortune to get a licking when something was greatly needed that could be called an outrage and be used as capital against the I 1 mon mor imor mons mona 11 he went to bed whipped and woke up temporarily famous |
