The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-07-26
A R0Y,S DEFENSE.

0iOH ntto q w IGIIOWs ,WElO 5bDDu Will
a newspaper In his hand. raving and
cursing. - -.tt ttff
What's The matter, Wolff" asked
q new c3mef, who was evidently IA
miliar with The irate man.
''MatteTf' - returne / Wolf, fpr tbat
was his name, matter enough, an
rough enough it]l be for some folks
Them young whelps tat prints thiG
paper has gone an published some
thin bout me o, I'll fix 'eml They u
better never ha' been born! They d
better go an kill themselves aftsr
ten minutes; it'll be an easier death
fur en-"
Wolf was noted desperate, who,
it was said, had killed more than
twenty men, and but few knew who
did not fear him. He was at that
time chief of a gang of loafsIs and
gamblers that were nearly always to
be found lounging in the vicinity al
luded to, and disturbing the peace of
the whole neighborhOod daily with
riotous conduct. If there was any
law in those days it was seldom ex-
ecuted against such characters, and
in the full consciousness that they
were feared they did pretty much as
they pleased.
The newspaper which had given
deadly ohonse to Wolf was little
weekly journal, an its office was in
the second story of building on the
same street with the hotel I have
mentioned, and only a few rods dis
tant. It was published by two young
men-or, 1 mi sht say, boys, for thoy
were only eighteen and twenty years
old, respectively-named Darrell
and Haynes. The paper and it's use-
ful proprietOra were already known
in the city of San Francisco.
The article which had excited the
wrath of the ruf1ian Wolf was a bold
deIunication of himself and crowd,
and it particularly mentioned him
by name, characterizing him as a
clustering bully" It was the work
of young Darrell, fearless boy hail
ing from one of the Western States.
Before leaving his home in the Mis-
sissippi valley, he had acquired a
fair education, SO that he could at
least edit a newspaper in those early
days; and he possessed, besides, that
courage and daring which may be
natural in the first place, and which
are more thoroughly developed by
exposure to dangers and hardships.
Young Kayne was quite different
kind of perIon in point of courage,
being of unusually timorous nature.
To return to the scene on Sacra-
msnto street. Working himself up
III his very worst mood-and his
bost was bad onough-Wolf tore the
paper to atoms and started for the
publication office. He was followed
by curious rabble, most of them
were elated with the prospect of q
murder, though there were some
pre-ent who would have remonstra-
ted with Ihe evil hearted man, had
they dared.
"Jest you watch, said Wolf, as he
re,@led the door, 'If you want to see
Their bloody carcasses tumble out o
the window. It won't be long. ]
don't spend much time on sich fel-
lows
It was the intention of the cruel
hearted man actually to cut thC
throats of the boyish journalists and
throw their bodies out at the win
dow, for the qualification of the
crOvd, ahd the further exaltation oi
his already fearful name. SO the
mob ON the street awaited the issue
with feverish expectation, as Wolf
hourishing his knife and revolver
entered the rude frame building and
rushed up sta rs.
All unconscious of their danger
the two young editors were busily
pursuing their usual work in thGil
primitive Office If they had heard
the noise without, they paid no at
tention to it, supposisg it was mere
ly a street row such as they were ac,
customed to hearing every day. Oar
rell was sitting at lude table writ
ing, and Haynes was ut tho counter
arranging some paper for the mail
They heard the clatter of heavy
boots on the stairs, but supposed ii
was some rough miner coming UP
TO subscribe for the paper, or, per
haps, to see lawyer who occupied
two or three rooms on the same
floor; for the building was only two
story one, and the second floor was
occupied exclusively by them and al
at torney-theirrooms being separat-
ed from his 10y marrow hallway thai
was reached by the flight of stairs al
luding to.
"Ah, hal I've got ye, my young
impsl' exclaimed the desperate
bursting in.
Haynes recognized him and turn
ed pale. Being at the counter, which
faced the door and extended across
the room, he was naturally the first
mark for VOLTS s vengeance.
eye young rascals!' he hissed
ssowling like a madman. "Yel
never write nor print nothin' more
bout me" Here he hourished his
knife and revolver above his head
I've got sure thing on both of yeF
Saying this ne looked about him
with careful scrutiny, to see that
there was no means of escape for the
quiet youth at the table, who, o
course, would not dare to jump Ovel
the table and try to pass him, bul
would COVER down in q corner Rnc
take ms turn at being killed; then h'
reached across the counter and soiZ
cd Haynes by the hair, which wa
unfortunately very long.
Coiling the terrified young man,
locks around thegreat, coarse finger,
of the left hand, Wolf laid his revol