The People's vindicator., 1879-02-22
SHOWING IN TEXAS.
The Timber Reporter who Jumped
from the Royal Yard-A Bull.
whacker's Experience ri''I
with 4 Real =" -.
t Pistol. a'+'''
A Solemn Morning Spectacle.
New York Worldly

New York Worldly I'll. r.
1T was while was down In Mexi'
co, before Maximilian's death, / wal
partner ir Rey nold's ono.horse circus.
We played under q wall canvas tent
and almost exclusively to darkiei, fol
it wac 60 Internally hot that the white
people wouldn't come out. l had q
fret. rate tight-rope walker, and io a
six. weeks trip cleared nearly $1,000,
Finally in our journeyings we reach.
ell Houston, Texas. While waa
standing outside the canvas ono day
q young man came up and accostsd
me with Are you the man that's got
the tisht.rope walker9 If 60, you
ought to have . jumper
"'Well, what then ? 4 .a.a
"sPm he.' ,.......... .,...
"'Can you jump''
"I can beat Sam Patch all to piec.
90. They call mo Sam Patch, Jr.'
"'What's your business 2 t.
"'Oh, I'm . reporter, bot I want to
get in tho show business
II looked him over; he was q little
bit Of fellow F.; didn't way a hundred
pounds, and 20 thin you could almost
read > Dewspaper through him.
"Wby,' said you won't do; you
are too light; half q gust Of wind
would blow you away
"'Oh,' said he, don't you make
any mistake about me; lam . report.
er, and whatever We undertake, 20
do. Itell you can jump now try
Me.' '| tl.'.' = ', ~
Il liked tho fellows pluck, and 90
took him to . freight building near
by, and be jumped from q window
seventy-6ve feet from the ground to
the water and landed oil right, ~
sound 10 . dollar.
"'Well,' thought l, may be there
10 money in him after all.' So took
him down to Galveston and put him
up at tho Washington Hotel in style.
Then I went to kuhn1 wharf, which
Vas nicely fenced in and whore .
large vessel was lying. easily got
permission for him 70 jump from tho
royal yard, which was Just lOl feet
above tho water. Then we started
to work up tho town, and in . cou.
pie Of days We had it up to fever heat.
It was fall Of broken>down actors,
gamblers, busbwackers, common cut.
throats and all sorts Of outlsws, and
this was just the thing to please them.
charged no admission, but announs.
ed that 70 would take up : collec.
ton on tho wharf. r.
Tho day broke beautifully and
everything looked favorable for 40.
Early in tho morning crowds won't
down to tho wharf. Long hefors tho
hour for the, jump tho streets were
literally jammed, and I thought CON-
placently Of the jolly pile we sAoald
have to divide IN tho evening. Tho
first thing that rather staggered mo
Was when went to psy t6s bar bill
at tho hotel aud tho berkeoper told
me that my young man had that
morning $l5 worth Of whiskey, which
at q cents . nip, makes Just sixty
drinks. l thought this . pretty N6.
eral amount Of Dutch courage, but -
he did not chow It, I simply ssid 20
myself, There 10 no knowing how
much whisky actors and reporters
csa drink, and 10 walked down 70
tho chip together, but hs was . mis.
erable.lookiog specimen and / vac
pretty we'll ashamed Of him. We'll,
got him o. tho, vessel ct Led, eeot
him rigged out In . sost Of halfway
circus costume, trunks and . psir Of
stout boots 70 cave bio feet when he
struck the water, and left him 70
show himself % tho dsek and ini tbe
rigging and finally to b hoisted %
iin . boatswain's chair I % tho royyal
yard, which, q i said before, was
l04 feet above The water, while I
went on tho deck to take up the col.
lection. And there 10 whefe I made
the mistake, for tho captain, . good.
natured old sool, sssiog how ssedy
my man locked, thought 70 brace him
up, and % gave him . trentndous
horn Of Scotch whiskey, and that on
top Of all tho Bourbon he had been
drinking settled him Of course, but I
knew nothing about it, sat. "a
II was hard ut work and had col.
lected about >65, VIXEN I heard ono
great cry Of horror, and Looking up
saw ny man flying through spaee.
Il seems they hoisted him ep oil right
and stood hin % The yasd>arm, but|
he did not take . good: hold Of tho
stay, and before be We ready . gust
Of wind came along and blew him
Of. He made two or three revolu.
tions 10 the cir, and finally struck ths
water squarely on bic back, knocking
him soueelOes. 30 @e 8s a' ~ 4
''1nstantly the crowded streets wsrS
in . perfect ferment Of excitement.
Women cried, men cursed and swore.
To odd to tho confusion 4 team Of
horses ran away, and IL . few, mo-.
neote I heard cries, Lynch him! =
Lynch him. You bit l made tracks
for the WashiDgton Hotsl and got)
usder cover - econ ~ possible. III
bad been i've minutes later would
set b hsfe now telling THE 6DGyj
and waiting anxioasly Tor FaltoT te|
say Cider s.'' i" a.saeFfoh ~ e
j"Wsll, otter = while thsy broasht|
bin = ths hotel, and when tbe ece1l
bad 0eea tanned out I went d q ioo|
bin. He VAs cold. uotioo1eoo ~