Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-26
I" pEI0SS9S..,
Lisc ia New gc4:co a Couple o. Years
Ago.
From the san Francisco Can.

tilted his chair back in tue Office of the Palace
hotel. 'tIi,...sI about hard countries you ought
to have seen the Pec0s country about a couple
or ta:ee years ago Its tough enough region
yet bat it's little deceater tnan It was. \
gOol many of the hardest cases have been Killed
of-kIlcj each other. mostly. but some OF
them got Their dose from sherif5. They used to
say there that a man had been killed on every
nile Of Tie trail from Fort Concho Texas. To
Fort SIMMER, on the upper fecGs. AMI
that's good five hundred mile, | reckon.
and they didn't count in the men thai had
been kili2. in the c0u1tTy OF the trail anV dis
taucc. knew one place where fourteen r"en
We're barred II row. cyr:y one OF whom d'pl
with his D5otS on and there vas g.G; 5rSed
there Who E9l poisoned hcrsei:. Around
Bo-91" Grans!a there were sad to hp over
thirty -f;lvea ~ men who died Of Jf;y-fiyc cali
Der pills. and Lord only knows ho,T many were
planted ar5uui Fort SUMNER or I:0ecue Rcion-
do as the NeyicaE5 call it. But the fellows
t.iat we're buried were Only a trnr COMPARED 10
IT, ones that were lett living aTolnd loose or
Pitched !E.0 he river Whea q man Ya5 killed
-s.sVEt, near ta4 river. YOU see It was easicrtO
gss5r.i Of hn by chuc,ng him into the water
t!'lsi = making hole in the ground So they
GCs iI.to tac way. down there, OF speaking about
ite1s-tt- q lEa1. instead OF about killing him.
i y0u cTcr - into that country you won't he
thcrc !o1G Without hearing talk OF somebody
bcin.- recessed
y CONVENIENT CEMETERY
''No the water isn't very deep in most places.
ami q MAJ body just rolls or lloats along with
the current. ii ) t1era1ie swft-until it strikes
sandb&r. and then it gets covered up pretty
quich. don't kaow whether the catfish like
Ean-neat, but if they DO they've had many a
square meal in the Pecus. was watering my
horse one day in the river and there were
two boys heTdng sheep close by. One OF
them came down 10 Get Il bit OF tobacco from
me- aEd got fOOling along the bank that was
little higher down below than where was.
Pretty sOOl tie boy calls out See here mister
l0OS what I've fouGd.' With that the other boy
Cane running to see. too. The first one had
-0u!!d TIE lCGt OK 9, mans skeleton sticking out
OF the sand. The boys set to work to dig the
homes ont with sticks ans, they hadn't unaarthed
the whole of the skcct0n until they struck an
other. ihr%, two fellows must have been
thrown al together take IT. and lodged against
the bark ami got covered up when the river was
high Unless body is floating right on top of
til" river you can't see il. or he watPriS HEX and
red with ii:ie Maud. ana there isn't much chance
Oh man getting found as there's mighty It
tie travel by theriyer, and that only at the OrtlS
Besides. I'll" finder Of body wouldn't lie likely
to speak Of it. They know enough generally to
Keep taeir mouths Shut about such matters
down there.
CASE IN POINT.
''The time that Big Bob killed Frank Hall
that was at q camp near Pone's Crossing or old
Fort Pope. They buried Frank on hill close to
the duIout. Bob and Frank had been pretty
good friends. but had 4 quarrel about some cow
stealing work that Frank had gone into and
Bob got the drop on Frank and shot him square
between the eyes So a few days after that the
boys were sitting one morning round the house.
or du%Out | should call it and in comes a birdor
they had there with something in his mouth
They didn't notice him at first. but before long
tue dog gets to rolling his bone around the fioOr
AID then one Of the boys cries out: Good God,
That's Of. Franks skull, There's the hole in
tie head. Just where You put it. Bob SO they
went up on the Hill. and sure enough the cor-
otes had dug out Franks grave which wasn't
EGren two and half foot deep and eaten him
up some. and the dog had found the skull that
the coyotes had dragged out. The boys put the
SKULL hack an'l filed the grave Up and put q lot
OF stones on top this time to hold Frank down
for IT Isn't nice. You know even when YOU feel
that you We done pretty smart thing in killing
q man. to have his bones come rolling into the
house especially about meal time. They'd
better have thrown Frank into the river first
OIL
VERY MEAN MILLING.
'TheTe's a good deal OF dirty work done in
that country in the way Of killing men; mighty
little lighting about it, but all done by getting
the drop on man when he isn't cxpec.in. any
thing. But the maaaast case ever knew nap
pcncd during the Lincoln County war. You've
it was a bad one. but it's an old story
and long one. and won't tell it to You now;
but just to show what things We're done dur
Ing the WAY I'll tell you this: One day was
riding with two other fellows down the
HO1GO, Il creek that runs into the PccoS. There
are some Mexican ranches along there and az
one OF them q Mexican boy about sixteen
years old maybe, plOu@hing in field not far
from til" road we were on. What pretty shot
that GreGScr'd make says one 'EasT enough
says the other: but I'll bet you twelve dollars
against that siX-shO0ter of yours you can't tell
which side of the plough he'll fall on Done
says lumber ore. I'll take the right side. near
est US And before could get it into my head
that they were in earnest, up goes the first fell
low rife and blaZes away. and the poor Grcaser
tumbles down III q heap. stone dead. reckon.
That Disguised me with that outfit. and lit out
for another Part of the country, and kept clear
OF everybody untiithe war was over.
BCCKBOARD EXPERIENCE.
''No. never was in any very tight place N.Y.
self although I've looked into barrel two
or three times when / would rather have been
looking at something pretter. The worst thing
that happened to me was when | was driving
blackboard with the mail, from Fort Sumner up
the river. One evening had for passenger a
man named Grant-JCe Grant He was q sort of
a gambler among the Mexicans at Sumner and
perhaps something of a h0rsc-thicf. although
don: know abOBt that. WhenJoa got into the
lie kept taking sniitcr from bottle every half
hear or So. Ii was pretty we'll on to midnight.
ead Twas about half asleep the oldmule logged
a.oEG q piece of good road. when all of a sudden
Joe reached out his right arm and grabbed the
lines and hcl!crcd whoa TO the mule. What are
you doing: says l. and then Cit up,' to the
n.u'e. stop" said Joe, and knew by his voice
xifat lie meant mischief Just then eau. ut sight
Of his pistol in his left hand. pointing under his
right arm straight at my stomach. | was scared.
! own. hadn't any pistol with me. and even if
j had there wouldn't have been q chance to use
it. Joe says l. in nice kind of way Joe,
leave go the reins and lets go on He said
stop and let the mule stop. What do you
want to do, Joe:' l asked him. as sweet as
XOu please. You'll sec presently says he.
Well said. can't you turn that gun away
from M stomach: IL makes fellow feel uncOn.-
Portable where it is and You know / haven't
shooter with me- At that he said, Don't you
move; and out he jumped from the blackboard.
He fooled around undecided Ike for minute
and then says TO him. Joe. If you mean busl-
ness. why don't YOU begin? If you don't, get in
and let's be travelling He says, You're cool
one'-but ! didn't feel very cool. you better be-
neye-snd bless me if he didn't get into the
blackboard and let me go ahead without another
word. He meant to Kill me and go through the
mail. that sometimes had good deal of money
in il, but he had taken about two fingers too
much whisky and was a little unsteady. else
hat nav St OF