Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-11-15
IN GREAT LUCK.
The Inheritance that Fell to San Fran
cisco Car Driver.

The Inheritance that Fell to a San Fran
cisco Car Driver.
bob, lend me a dellar." Certainly,
Harry" and the money exchanged hands.
This conversation took place Wednesday
morning at about o'clock The bor-
rover awoke yesterday morning without
a cent, and the dollar he obtained paid
for his breakfast. At 10 o'clock he was
worth $4,000.
Again the vagarIcs of a checkered
career, the ups and downs efthis strange
life, the sudden and unexpected freaks
of fortune were exemplified.
Harry Jones, the hero of this tale, is
man well-born, who has seen much of
what there is to see in life, and has
sounded nearly the entire ganIut of hui
man experiences. He has known what
it is TO have money, and what 1t is to be
dead broke" and perhaps from knowl-
edge of the delights of the good things
of this world, has enjoyed spending mon
ey as well as any enc could. He is about
10 years old now, and altogether mis-
prospects at the outset in struggling for
success and to make his mark were
promising. founded upon his excellent
education and brilliant talents, as well
as energy and ambition. He came to
this coast in early days, and was identi-
fed with the exploration and develop
ment of Arizona, where many a legend
is recounted in which he figured con-
spicuously. His friends are strong and
loyal, and have always been so, notwith-
standing the fact that he has fallen in
the social scale and has been frequently
poverty stricken.
For ten years he has been in Arizona,
where every one knows him. He was a
lawyer, and acted as attorney for the
carp brothers when they were prose-
euted for their murderous exploits in
Cochise County, A. T., two years ago.
These Tombstone troubles are fresh in
the minds of every one in California.
Jones was intimately connected with
them. The feud began in 1881, when
Billy Clanton and Thomas McLowry
lost their lives. The carp brothers num-
bered five, James, Virgil, Wyatt, Nor
gan and Warren, and were pitted against
The Clanton and McLowry gangs. The
original cause of the fight was a dispute
over the spoils gained from robbery of
one of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s stages near
Tombstone. Murder followed upon
murder, the most notorious being those
of March, 1882, in which DOC" Holli-
day, the rounder, Sherman McMasters
and Texas Jack" were the principal
participants. Finally both gangs were
broken up. Warren carp came to San
Francisco and ran faro bank on Nor
ton street until short time ago, when
he was raided and his place closed up.
Jones hobnobbed with all the FOUNDERS.
The Earps were gan blers and "short.
card" men, and the cowboys, and Jones
and the saloon-keepers made happy
family. Harry was proud of his South
crn blood, and seemed to be ever watch,
ing for some one to step on the tail Of
his coat.
Eight months ago Jones drifted up to-
This city. In many W Tvs he was wreck
OF his former sell. He had ceased to
practice law and had lost his grip.
the influence of old acqua H.
tances he obtained a position rs driver
OF bobtail car on the Omnibus Ra,l-
road. and up to day he has held the RIB
bons over the fiery. untamed steed OF
that corporation. and gazed wistfully
upon the nickels that fell into the cash.
box, revolving in his mind the PROPOSE
ton of how he was to make his next
stake. This morning when he got up
the darkest hour had arrived, and be-
was obliged to go to We with an empty
stomach and an empty pocket. At s
o'clock he saw his friend Bob O'Reilly,
who has had his high tides and his lad
luck himself, and the conversation at
the head of this article ensued.
At 10 o'clock Jones went 10 OReilly
and showed him letter from New York
which had brought 81 900 check to his
hands, and told him the news that his
mother had just died, leaving $4,000
worth of property to her hayward son.
He starts East on the overland train
with new suit on his back to take DOS
session of his inheritance. San Francis
co Chronicle.