The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-29
THE GREATEST MARKsMAN YET.

i'm the Longest Distanced Duel Ever
Fought.
From the st. Louis Evening Postl
In Shannon county, Mo-, lives man
who is greater adept with the rifle, and
has nerformed more real and marvellous
feats of craftsmanship than even those
with which Dr. Carver has OF late been
astonishing The world. The name of
this wonderful handler of the rifle is
Adam Goldie.
Some of the feats which he has per-
formed seem impossible. He has
broken 299 glass balls out Of 800 in
twelve minutes with forty-fou caliber
Winchester rifle. He can break 100
glass balls five times out of six, without
a miss, in three minutes. These feats
are unparalleled, and surpass DR..
Carver's wonderful shooting. A SEEM
ingly-incredible feat that he performs is
as follows: A soda-water bottle is
thrown into the air in a certain manner,
and before it falls Goldie will send a
bullet down the neck of bottle and
make hole in the bottom. There are
other feats that he performs with bot
ties. At fifty-yards' distance bottle is
placed on forked tong, and Goldie
will send six bullets in rapid succession
down the neck and through the bottom,
only perforating the latter in one place.
At long distances this marvellous
marksman performs just as marvellous
feats
At 1000 yards he will hit the center
of the bull's-eye, and then send six bull
let's, one after the other, hitting the
very indent made by the first. A potato
thrown in the air Goldie will perforate
with six bullet-holes before it reaches
the ground. Perhaps the most aston
ishing feat is his breaking two balls at
once. This is done in the following
manner: Two balls are thrown cross
wise, and as they pass each other on
their course, with quick, unerring aim
and lightning-like rapidity, Goldie will
speed bullet through both.
Some five years ago Goldie left his
native county of Shannon, where he is
engaged in embarrassing, for North
western Texas, where he passed two
years. and there one of the most excit-
ing Incidents of his career happened.
His fame as q marksman among the
Texans soon became notorious. In the
vicinity of Goldie's rancho lived one
William Darrell, OR, as he was more IA
miliarly termed, Bloody Bill. This
Bloody Bill was a noted ruffian and des-
perado, reckless daredevil. His feats
in craftsmanship were likewise astound
ing, and probably no man in the Lone
Star State excelled him in handling the
rifle. Bloody Bill had been engaged in
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always mixed up in some row or SQUAD
BILE. He had already killed three nen,
and his numerous acts of rutfianism had
made him the terrorof the frontier. Few
cared to cross his path, as his dangerous
character and dexterity with rifle were
we'll known. Goldie had met Bill on
several occasions, but had never been
involved in any difficulty with him.
Knowing his turbulent disposition, he
always sought to avoid him. On one
Sunday, however, Goldie was sitting in
company with a score of Texans, who
were spending convivial hour in mild
carouse, when Bill rode up and joined
the party. OF late he had become quite
Jealous of Goldie's notoriety as marks
man, and had frequently spoken dispar-
agingly of the latter. For some time
the party passed the time convivially
enough, without anything happening
to mar the harmony of the sociability.
At last the Texans began to relate some
of their "reminiscences, and Goldle COM
menced relating, narrating an incident
that had occurred to him. Bill, who
had drunk heavily of the whisky, and
became rather moody in the midst of
the narration, suddenly jumped to his
feet and exclaimed, "Goldie, you are a
= liar, and 5" at the same
time striking blow at him. All was
instantly commotion. The whole party
we're on their feet, and revolvers were
drawn. Goldie demanded satisfaction
for the insult, and Bloody Bill, with
scornful laugh, suggested that they had
better make it trial of their respective
skill with the rifle. The idea was caught
up by the Texans, and after short con-
sultation they decided that aduel should
be fought, but, in consequence of the
extraordinary skill of the parties, at a
long distance. On the open prairies,
about two miles distant, grew two post
oak trees. They were 400 yards apart,
and were the only trees on that spot.
AL dIOuHu was OPCls UAAuU0I1OssS EIsnlI1C.
It was decided that Goldie and Bill
should both take their rifles and each
take up a position behind the respective
trees, and then blaze away at each
other. The Texans, hoped by these
means to prevent blooashed, or at least
to prevent fatal termination to the duel.
The preliminaries being settled, the
whole party mounted their horses and
rode out on the prairie to the selected
spot. Goldie took up his position be-
hind one of the trees, and Bill ensconsed
himself behind the other. The remain
ingparty of the crowd then rode to slight
undulating eminence to the right, where
they were to remain as spectators. One
of them was to give the signal for the
beginning of the combat by firing his
rifle in the air, and the report was to be
the signal to the duelists to begin with
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