Newman was nearby in the corral on a horse when the wild animal attacked him, knocking horse and rider down. It then reared, and was on the point of setting his forefeet down on the prostrate man and stamping him to death, when R. S. Van Tassell seized the rope which was trailing from the wild horse's neck, and '"set on it," swerving it from its objective by a few feet. Quick action saved a tragedy.

The Schaefer Massacre

One of the tragedies of the period occurred in 1878. The Schaefer family came from Plattsmouth and went to work at Tusler's ranch. The man was employed as cook at the mess house, while the family resided in

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an independent house near the other ranch building. When Lone Wolf's band went on a rampage, part of them journeyed near here. The incorrigible Sioux passed on, but when they passed this man, his wife, and three children were no more.

Three Die at a Dance

About the time of Sidney's last lynching episode, that of McDonald'in 1881.' frightful orgies were common at a road house some dist iiiii' north of town, at one of the spring creeks leading down to the Platte river. One night, a dance and carouse was going full '•win- when a soldier accidentally shot himself dead. The others deposited the body in a corner of the room and ordered the music to proceed. After a time a fellow named Jack Page and another had a little altercation, Jack's adversary, dead, was placed into the corner villi the soldier, and the dance went wildly on.