Deadwood Free Press Vol 2 Issue 13

Deadwood Free Press Vol. 2 Issue 13

April 10, 1878

Vol. 2 Issue 13

April 10, 1878

Graveside Services Planned for Deputy Mayor Shippe Funeral services are planned for 2 p.m. Saturday for one of the town’s leading citizens, Starbuck Shippe, who died at villainous hands two weeks ago. Numerous citizens say the death of the Deputy Mayor and a Justice of the Peace took the wind from their sails and left many mourners. “Starbuck was a man with an incredible sence of community and duty,” said Mayor Clay Kungler. “Starbuck worked to right the wrongs he saw in this life and do whatever he could to make Deadwood a better place. He always stepped up and acted even when not asked of him. A true citizen, businnessman, father and husband. He will be greatly missed.” Others agreed. In fact, all agreed. “In my estimation, this town is gonna miss ol’ Starbuck in a significant way... Hell, it feels the loss o’ any feller what ain’t a complete feckless, slack-jawed puke,” said leading citizen and businesswoman Mrs. Diogenes Kuhr. “But the collective disappointment ain’t but nothin’ compared t’ that which some various an’ sundry individuals is doubtlessly goin’ through. The sore reality of it is that they’s a number o’ folks whose lives was positively changed in a permanent sense for havin’ knowed the gentleman, an their feelin’ o loss must be downright heart-rendin’.” Another citizen who served on the Town Council with Shippe, fellow Justice Rod Eun, said, “As a pillar of the community, Starbuck Shippe brought so many things, to so many people. As a family man, he was a loving father and caring husband. As a Councilman, he was a member of the Town Council and provided leadership for his fellow public servants and town’s folk. “No mere words can describe what Mr. Shippe meant to this town, we should all honor his memory, by continuing his

efforts, to make Deadwood a better place for all.” The investigation into Shippe’s death is ongoing. He died near the bridge between the church and cemetery, and Sheriff Bram was seen climbing under the bridge at great risk for himself in search of clues. The Black Hills General Store is pleased to announce a limited issue of fine roasted coffee from San Francisco named Starbuck’s Coffee. The coffee will only be available until it is gone, and proceeds will be donated to the family of the deceased Deputy Mayor Starbuck Shippe.

“I thought of coffee because Starbuck was such a sober man. I don’t believe I ever saw him under the influence of spirits,” said Mayor Emeritus Neil Streeter, a partner in the store. Streeter said he thought Starbuck was such a good name for a coffee that he thought about trademarking it, “but I decided not to out of Starbuck’s memory and because we’re not in the coffee business. There’s no real money in it. But we hope a few dollars are raised to help Deputy Mayor Shippe’s family.”

Leftovers

Deputy Mayor Shippe’s widow seen with close friend Mr. Capalini, no doubt offering comfort, right after the body was found.

The pies were stacked for cooling in the town icehouse, though not fresh from the oven. As the mystery meat in Mrs. Streeter’s pies was discovered, citizens of Deadwood lamented over what to do with the leftovers. Many brought their pies back to icehouse where Mrs. Streeter selected her main ingredients. Citizens of Deadwood reacted differently as some learned what they had consumed. Mr. Bernard Hellershanks of the Pinkertons seemed wholly unconcerned after eating three pieces and was reported as saying “Not bad at all..... though I hope this isn’t custom here all the same.” Miss Paxan Freck, lady’s maid to

Charleston Capra, prayed over the six pies delivered to the Simply Fine Things shop. She told this reporter, “Although this is a terrible tragedy, I take solace in the fact that I never ate any of the pies and that only the Lord Jesus’ body has ever been in my mouth...” Others called for justice, like Mrs. Traci Munster of the No. 10 Saloon who was seen openly carrying a gun on Main Street saying, “I want to make [Mrs. Streeter] into a pie and feed her to her husband. That would be justice.” The reactions were certainly mixed to the minced meat. One thing is for certain, the meal has been made, and after any meal there is a lot to clean up. By Adam Kelly 1

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Letters to the Editor Editor, I was dismayed this week to witness several children betwixt the ages of five and sixteen wandering about town with naught to do but cause mischief. I of course admonished them to get to school with haste; how shocked I was to learn that there was no school in session! Criticism is useless unless one is willing to put forth a solution. Being unrecruited, I will put myself forward as a renegade until a permanent solution can be found. Before my marriage I in fact taught school myself, and am eminently qualified having raised four children on top of that. I am willing to help out the children of this town as a volunteer. Though I am a widow, I am a busy person so I would hope others would also step forward and assist these poor innocents lest they grow up in an ignorant and neglected state. While a regular teacher would be ideal, surely a few dedicated philanthropists can fill the void rather than let the urchins run through all kinds of mischief and foolishness for want of real education. Unless someone puts up a barricade, I shall hold the first session this Wednesday Night, promptly at 5pm. Mrs. Adrianna Westland (widow of Mr. Major Matthew Westland, dec.) Deadwood

Editor, It’s been something like two months since the Town Council was presented with a draft of laws for the community to give our lawmen and judges something to work from. Right now, our laws are patchwork and open to challenge by any lawyer with a shred of backroom sense. The question here is, does the Town Council have their heads up their asses? Do they just not want to work? Or have they grabbed their ankles for the unsavory element such as a certain gunsmith who would not want law? If they’ve grabbed their ankles for him, how far in does he have them? We need laws like any real community has. Get to work, please. Worried Miner Deadwood

Editorial

Choose your words with new folks in mind It is tempting to condemn one for the overseasoning of food. This has become quite the issue in Deadwood, where we had a sensational case of a fine person who severely overseasoned their meat pies. Clearly, the person who did this was not right in the head. I thus encourage all of you to be charitable to her. You can tell from that she is not well in the head, and thus prone without awareness to overdo the salt and peppers. It is not thus her fault that she overseasoned the food. She lacks the will to reason between right and wrong. However, I surely understand how passion can lead us to anger even against the simple and mad. Anyone whose tongue tasted the salt and pepper and other, more exotic spices, would naturally still feel the burn upon their tongue and be quick to anger. What concerns me more however, is the strange colloqualism that seems to be developing. I have often heard others describing the state of being overseasoned as ‘cannibalism’ or “the serving of human flesh.” Friends, I am horrified that such an expression for overseasoning has entered our language in Deadwood. Let’s remember for a second that no

Easterner or San Franciscan is going to invest capital or move here if they think this is a place where human flesh in consumed. Let’s remember that if these people do not invest in Deadwood, many of us will lose our shirts as the town disappears around us. So I beg of you - be honest and simply say when food is overseasoned. Do not indulge in the colorful and fun, and yet highly inaccurate, expression of “serving human remains in meat pies.” It is wrong, or should be. I can only invoke the memory of our dear departed Deputy Mayor Starbuck Shippe, We are all marched to God, but his stay on this world was too brief for as fine a businessman and leader as he was. Deputy Mayor Shippe could be trusted to tell the truth, and yet he also helped build two fine businesses including the present Phoenix Hotel. Would Justice Shippe want the Phoenix to dry up? To have his widow and child run out of business by lack of business? If you want that, then by all means, use the expression “human remains were served” and watch the hotel go out of business. Or stay with the truth - simply say the food was overseasoned if it was overseasoned.

Obituary

Editor and Publisher Neil Streeter Associate Publisher Lola Kanto Reporters Addison Leigh Contributing Writer Adam Kelly D.A. Kuhr Typesetter S. Morigi 2

Deputy Mayor Starbuck Shippe Died, Sunday, March 29, 1878, aged 31 years.

Starbuck William Penn Shippe was born in Bucks County Pennsylvania, Sept. 17, 1846 He had a birthright in the Quaker Church. He arrived in Deadwood in 1876 and was co-proprietor of the Flame Theater and the Phoenix Hotel. In 1877, Shippe was elected to a seat on the Town Council and proudly served as Justice of the Peace until time of death. Councilman Shippe is preceeded in death

by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fox Shippe. He has left behind his wife, Cynthia Shippe, and son, Damien. He is also survived by his sister, Astolat Dufaux. Funeral arrangements to be made through the Deadwood Funeral Home. Shippe’s body will be laid to rest at the Mount Moriah Cemetary on Saturday, April 4, 1878.

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Indoor Plumbing Comes to 31 Wall Street What Will They Think of Next?

About 40 years ago, President Jackson was the first to enjoy indoor plumbing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Now, some private citizens of Deadwood are enjoying the same. Charleston Capra, proprietor of Simply Fine Things on 31 Wall Street, is just the latest, “This little civility is something I have always wanted.” Many a passersby noted the scaffolding winding its way up adjacent buildings to the roof of 31 Wall where construction commenced to erect a water reservoir. One miner commented, “Waste. Waste of wood, waste of copper. Rich folk and their waste.” Capra observes Mr. Abraham Byron work Mr. Abraham Byron worked off the Charleston his pipe to impressive effect. designs of Mr. Lockmort Mortlock to complete the intake and outtake water to provide hot water for the bath. Consystem which is fed through gravity. One struction should be completed within the of the pipes passes through a small stove week. installed in the newly built water closet By Adam Kelly

Court Blotter

Suspicious Death, Starbuck Shippe

Pie. The proprietor, wife of our former mayor, Susan Streeter, was arrested and confined under suspicion of lunacy and mishandling of a corpse for obtaining the ingredients, baking them, and feeding them to multiple citizens under false pretense. Residents are urged to collect any remains in their posession and return them to the ice house, christain burial will be arranged.

Deadwood Justice of the Peace and Council Member found dead on bridge. Investigation is under way. Sheriff and Deputies are pursuing the case as a homicide. As of this writing, they are not prepared to make a statement. Though the autopsy states a single gun shot wound to the head was the cause of death, trackers have found no evidence of leading up to or away from the body that points them towards a suspect. Deputies request Deadwood newcomer, Randall Carlfield, anyone with information to step forward. was arrested this past week for intoxication, illegal discharge of a weapon and attempted murder. Mr. Carlfield was in the Bella Union when he started a drunken argument. Upon being shown the door, he became angry and unreasonalbly began shooting up the saloon with inhabitants Authorities urge calm in the wake of inside. Mr. Carfield was pursued by multhis weeks bakery incident. Deputies have tiple residents before being disabled by a confirmed that human flesh was obtained gun shot wound to the arm and the head from the ice house by a local proprietor and which sacrificed a large section of his ear. baked into several confections, including an An innocent bystander, paper boy Ulysses award winning recipe normally referred to Jones, sustained the worst injuries but is as Woodland Mushroom and Sage Pork expected to recover.

Adoption Scheduled The Court of Deadwood has received a petition from Mrs. Diogenes Kuhr requesting she be permitted to adopt local orphan Carrie Anne Debrovna. The petition will be heard at the next court date, any objections to the petition must be filed by that date.

More on Libations This is the second in a series by D. A. Kuhr on how to drink better ... can there be any more valuable news in this paper? A reasonable portion of the elbow-bending public remains committed to the idea that their favorite potable is savored best in its pure form: straight out of the bottle, unencumbered by anything that might dilute or distract from the experience of alcoholic consumption. Many of those so inclined have their particular favorite brands, which offer a distinctive taste and character for which their dedicated customers have formed a deep and abiding appreciation. These popular brands in the American West of our day include such names as Old Crow, Thistle Dew, Old Forester, Hermitage, Old Kentucky, and Old Overholt from domestic producers, and names such as Jameson’s Irish whiskey and Dewar’s Scotch among the exports. Nonetheless, there are those who increasingly insist upon experimenting with a more creative path to inebriation. For those brave souls we continue our presentation of cocktail recipes: “Stone Fence” Fill a glass most of the way with cider, then add one jigger of whiskey and two or three lumps of crushed ice. Stir and serve (in some locales i is customary to just put t he cider and ice in the glass, and set that in front of the customer along with an open bottle of whiskey and permit him to add the alcohol to suit his own taste). “Whiskey Punch” Put the juice of one-half lemon, 2 ounces of whiskey, one teaspoon of sugar, and a dash of brandy into a glass. Shake all the ingredients together, then strain into a goblet filled with crushed ice. Garnish with fruit slices of some kind or other. By D. A. Kuhr

Man Arrested

Investigation of Cannibalism

Susan Streeter was confined at the jail after issues related to her cooking.

Lunatic Briefly Escapes Deadwo o d Residents were upset Wednesday Night to see recently incarcerated Mad Baker, Susan Streeter, loose on Main Street. Deputies believe she was set free in the course of another escape by another prisoner who unwittingly set her free to wander. Though still clad in chains, Mrs. Streeter poses a significant threat, especially to children. She was recaptured and will be held at the Deadwood jail till her lunacy hearing later this month. Citizens found a grisly scene of blood and bugs inside the bakery.

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April 10, 1878

Scenes from Around Town Miss Charleston Capra hosted a popular and well-attended tea party for her new shop on Wall, Simply Fine Things. The story sells jewelry and other fine items; this newspaper apologizes for any suggestions that the store sold anything else.

Demo cracy can be painful; merchant Cameo Capalini is seen here after lively discussions with Sheriff Ansar over matters of public policy.

Advertisements Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday The Sheriff’s Dept. is proud to introduce The Deadwood Easter Egg Hunt 1878! Sheriff Bram Ansar will scatter Easter Eggs about the town beginning early Saturday Morning. From 9 a.m. Saturday until 5 p.m., he invites all Deadwood Citizens to search for these special Eggs! Perhaps there will be a prize for the winner. Baskets available for collection at the Town Jail. Good Luck, and Happy Easter!

The Black Hills General Store is pleased to serve Deadwood for all its household needs. New in Stock, Plain and Fancy Frontier Dress. A versatile day dress that doubles as a work dress available in Pink, Red, Green and blue. Pastel Shades are perfect for Easter celebrations, afterwards, roll

up the sleeves and put on the apron, and you’re ready for work. (( 250L ))

Easter Dance Kick up your heels this Easter Sunday at 3 p.m. The union is throwing a dance at the Deadwood Miners Union Hall. Put on your Easter best and stop over for Faro, Food, Fiddling and Fun. Come celebrate the Resurrection by supporting your local miners. All are welcome, proceeds to benefit the Miner’s Aid Fund.

Capalini Gunsmith is pleased to announce new inventory with the sale of the New Smith and Wesson Schofield Gun. This weapon, featuring six bullets standard, will reload faster with manual reloading and shoot with high velocity. We are offering a 50% coupon with the schofield that will allow 50% of any next purchase. Stop by and take alook at what we have to offer.

All work and no play will make you dull! There is pleasure to be had in Deadwood! Socialize frequently and support your local businesses. There is no reason to stay at home pining for company. Stop at the Grand or Phoenix for a tasty meal finished off with a confection from Justice Dusty’s new ice cream shop on Lee Street. Come by the Bella Union for Faro on Thursday Nights, The Gem for Boxing on Friday Nights, or the Whitewood Saloon anytime you need to taste some of the best whisky in town. The Red Bird, the Number 10, the Pub, the California... The possibilities are endless!

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