The Killing of Ball Dog Koll,

IN TRAVELING over the North-
ern Trans-Provincial Highway No.
16, and at a point about 15 miles
east of Burns Lake, you will come to
a small clearing on either side of the
Canadian National Railway and
highway. Situated on this clearing
is a small cabin and two barns, these
are owned by Chief Thibet (David).
On the opposite side of the highway
there is a small hill, upon which is
the grave of the late Bull Dog “Ed
Kelly’, this grave has been looked
after throughout the years by Chief
Thibet, who was a great friend of
the deceased. Everything at this place
is very quiet and peaceful but it was
not always like this. Over thirty-six
years ago situated at this place was the
little mushroom construction town of
“Freeport”, it had acquired its name
from the fact that several business
men of Freeport, Indiana, had pur-
chased land immediately adjoining
the Indian Reserve.

There is no mistake about it being
a Port, assuredly, the twenty-six mile
water-way of Burns Lake offering a
great chance for easy freighting by
scow and motor boats during the

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summer months and, a level ice road
during the winter season.

Also it was decidedly ‘‘Free’’ in
many ways. The single. straggling

street running from the lake shore
landing was closely built up. Honkey-

Chief Thibet (David), a great friend
of the deceased Bull Dog Kelly, who has
attended the grave throughout the years.

tonks, restaurants, joints of all kinds
were doing business in this town at
that time. There were many tents,
a few buildings constructed of whip-
sawn lumber, log cabins of every de-
scription, and a huge circus tent which
housed the freight teams of the con-
struction contractors who were en-
gaged in the building of the Can-
adian National Railway to Prince
Rupert. Nearby, heavy rock work
gave employment to over two thous-

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and men. A constant stream of four
and six horse teams was constantly
traveling both ways. Freighters and
stage drivers, even a few pack train
men, vied with each other to see who
could get rid of his money the fastest.

For fifty miles on each side of Free-
port, the line was patroled by one
lone British Columbia Policeman,
whose activities were mostly directed
to the suppression of crime before it
got a start, and all in all he kept
things well under control.

A RECKLESS POKER GAME

It was just about midnight on July
28th, 1913, and as usual Bull Dog
Kelly, was running a poker game in
a room at the rear of C. F. Spring-
stein’s store, at this time the game
had settled down to a quintette of
the toughest poker players along the
line. Kelly, sat behind the ““‘Dummy’”’
and took a substantial rake off from
every pot. At his right was ‘“Monty”’
Morton, a professional gambler. On
Kelly’s left was ““Tex’’ Turner,
owner of a swing of thirty mules.
Opposite Kelly sat Tony Marcini,
boss of the Italian Rock Gang, and

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