A Note From Cottonwood Corners
News Staff
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
The August 1, 1908, issue of the Custer W e e k l y Chronicle contained this headline: “JACK S U L LY ’ S WIDOW WINS FIRST ROUND.” In the news story coming out of Sioux Falls - which was the location of the federal court where Mrs. Sully’s case was being heard - it was reported: “The first round in the United States court in this city in the fight for possession of about 10,000 acres of land, valued at approximately $125,000, had been won by Mrs. Mary Sully, widow of ‘Jack’ Sully, the famous desperado and so-called ‘King of Cattle Rustlers,’ who was shot and killed a few years ago during a running fight with the deputy United States marshal and members of his posse.”