. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska . viser, and not a drop ofwhisky was sold in his place during the whole of that fatal day. John An-derson, another saloon keeper, also promised to shut up his place during thestay of the cowboys. Anderson did close his saloon in the morning, buthaving some business out of town, he turned the keys over to his brother,Frank, who unlocked the door and ran the place wide open all day. Thingssoon began to assume a lively aspect in the little village, and A. F. McKnight,the man who pumped water for the r
. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska . viser, and not a drop ofwhisky was sold in his place during the whole of that fatal day. John An-derson, another saloon keeper, also promised to shut up his place during thestay of the cowboys. Anderson did close his saloon in the morning, buthaving some business out of town, he turned the keys over to his brother,Frank, who unlocked the door and ran the place wide open all day. Thingssoon began to assume a lively aspect in the little village, and A. F. McKnight,the man who pumped water for the railroad company, using horse power,brought his team over to the livery stable, saying that he had wired the AND SHORT SKETCHES OF EARLY DAYS IN NEBRASKA. 156 company that their locomotives could get no water at Anseluio, as cowboyswere painting the town and he did not propose to run the risk of getting boys were using the pump house as a target. A noticeable feature of the occasion was that one of the cowboys ap-peared to be a gentlemanly sort of fellow, and took no active part in the. (HAS. PEXN, Mr. Penns term of ottiee he made twenty-six arrests for murder. He is dow Commanderat the Soldiers Home at Milford, Neb. shooting, but apparently tried to keep his companion within bounds. Theother, however, crazy with bad whisky, determined to have all the fun hecould get out of the spree. One of his antics was to place old tin cans onthe tops of hitching posts in the street and then shoot them full of holes,regardless of the danger of passers-by, who had to seek safety by gettingbehind buildings. When they got tired of this diversiou he shot a holethrough the stovepipe inside a furniture store, the bullet almost grazing thehead of Mr. McDowell, who was managing the business for J. H. Brandebury,the proprietor. In the meantime some of the citizens had had a conference to discuss theadvisability of sending for the sheriil, but they decided to wait a little w
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