Belle Siddons Strikes Back

It's a never-ending source of amazement to me what a woman will do for or to a man. This happened in Dakota Territory. Frontier Gentlemen! Herewith an Englishman's account of life and death in the West.

As a reporter for the London Times he whites his colorful and unusual stories. But as a man with a gun he lives and becomes a part of the violent years in the new territories. In just a moment we will bring you this latest report from the Frontier Gentlemen. Not just a news program but a clever concise focus on the world tonight

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Seven nights a week on most of these stations, CBS Radio presents The World Tonight. Now starring John Dana, this is the story of J.B. Kendall, frontier gentleman. The lady I knew as Bell Sittens had brought her gambling establishment to Deadwood.

And as I had reason to know, where went Miss Sittens, so followed trouble. This remarkable and very pretty woman had once been a Confederate spy. In the years following the war she had married, been widowed, and after spending a short time as a tutor at the Red Cloud Indian Agency she drifted into gambling, becoming one of the most skillful 21 dealers in the West.

Belle, or Madame Ferdi, as she called herself in Deadwood, was playing a very dangerous game. This was impressed upon me by a peace officer named Boone May. I was sitting in his office the morning after he had learned of a planned stage coach hold up. You get to talk to Madam very last night Ken. I spoke to her. She