Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-10
Please Don't Swear.

Please Don't Swear.
which struck me as being rather odd
advice In such q peculiar place, and
yet tho request Is rigidly enforced.
After recovering from the shock the
genial proprietor escorted me through
his gorgeous establishment. The walls
are decorated with elegant paintings
costing thousands of dollars, and the
foors are covered with the richest Of
Brussels carpets Massive mirrors
loom up on either side, and as you
%ssunter through the place you are re.
minded Of ON Oriental palace instead
Of
LEADvILLE GAMBLING HOUSE.
The owner, who 10 q strlcs church
member, had seen fit to Introduce
some religious features. / Noticed a
large Bible, copiously illustrated, oil q
center table. This must be a source
of consolation to the players. One of
them, who had just made q heavy
loss, opened the good book andturned
to that portion which relates to a party
named Job. At the real of the room
Is something that looks like a church
pulpit, On Irqulry l learned that 1t
was the keno callers stand. Beautiful
mottoer, such as God Is Love" and
"Be Virtuous and You'll be Happy"
sdorn tie walls. There Is o
stained glass front to the build.
Ing covered with ncenes from Bible
history. After all, the place Is a COM
bination Of palace and cathedral. II
is three stories high, and the proprie.
tor, who camo here five years ago with
hardly q dollar In his pocket, Is now
worth S100, 900. That mammoth pile,
built from nothing, Is q great moral
lecture in itself. Comment would
only spoil the force of 1t. Charles K.
Wyman, better kno wn as "Pap" Wy
man, Is a fat, chubby, smooth face,
fatherly looking fellow, about 55
years old, and is looked on as ole of
the solid men of the town, taking as
he does, a prominent part 10 all move
ments. He 10 q democrat of the deep.
est dye and, Of the recent election, he
came within an ace Zone vote of be-
Ing elected to the state senate from
lesdville.
Every now and then the local press
"rlng In" q first. class puff for his place
(paid for of course), In which 1t Is re.
ferred to as n of the leading institu-
lions of Leadvlle, thoroughly square
In every respect, and mentioning the
proprietor as benevolent, kind.
hearted old gentleman.
Great is Leadville, and "Pap" Wy.
man is Its prophet.
Stepping up the street
THE MARBLE HALL
next meets my eye. 1t is called the
marble hall, l presume, because there
is no marble connected with 1t in any
shape excepting hat every one has q
chance for his ''whlte alley" It Is q
common looking frame building, and
Is q typical western gambling house.
Sitting at yonder table "dealing" the
cards In a cool and unconcerned man.
ner is tho notorious "Doc" Halliday,
known throughout the west, and espe.
cially In Ariz n and New Mexico, as
the most daring defpsrado that ever
pulled a trigger. This mild-mannered
frontier angel, who has started q
graveyard In nearly every frontier
town that he has graced with his
presence, is n of the quietest and
most gentlemanly men that l aver
met. He has only killed fourteen
men 90 far In his wilo and checkt red
career, but then he hasn't been af,
/, forded the same opportunities that
some Of his more prolific death dealing
brethren have enjoyed. During the
: doctors residence In Tombstone, A,
T.. he summarily discontinued the
: career of come ok or seven
distir gulshed gentlamen who haG
the temerity to cross hi
path, wiping out four o,
'em In n day. Tho doctor, how
ever, was not feeling very well during
his temporary s%ojourn In the frolic
some border town, and, while Their,
was q fertile field for his peculiar tai
ents, the small number Of his victiml
4 should be attributed to the bad STATE
OF health he experienced while there
being q victim Of consumption. I'll,
Is q bad man and spits blood ard 20
no n would suspect this after hav
Ing a talk with the gentlemanly look
ing desperate. He Is still q your,
man, only 80, and has yet a wide feel,
: Of usefulness before him, He Is
thio, spare looking man; his irol
gray hair Is always we'll oombed an,
, oiled; his boots usually wear an i'm
maculate polish; his beautiful scari
with an elegant diamond pin in tn
center, Looks well on his glossy shir
font, ADD he prldes hlmielf on Away
keepipg.scrupulcusly neat and clean
Ho usually talks In a very 10,
tone, and has a thorough con
tempt for the lesser villain
who have only scored Bome hal
dozen victims to their crimson credit
! In his hip pocket he always carries
\ beautiful, silver mounted revolver
4 40 calibre, and, while talking to
4 stranger, his right arm restlessly wan
/ ders In that vicinity. II Is asserted b
some that he wears a steel vest. !
many places In the Southwest the al
4 thorities will not allow the demure an
chililike doctor to stay within the
\ limits twenty-four hours. The doctC
met with quite a humorous incider
shortly before leaving Tombstone.
a dapper little fellow, evidently q Bo
4 ton dry goods clerk, fresh from IL