The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-04
THE wILD-wEsr SHOW BUSINESS.
Wild Man from Tamsulipas Who Was Too
Wild Until He Met the Man in a Red Shirt

Dodge City (Kan) Letter in New York sun.
Two Wild West shows both bankrupt, drew up
in this town yesterday IN dilapidated condition
One Of them was in charge of the vivid man
from Tamaulipas, THE late proprietors being held
BY him for a ransom in the way of back salary
and the other was still in command OF the men
who took it out. AS soon as the wild man got
into town he began TO be boisterouS, ana II MS
PARTY had not moved on to-day there might have
been serious trouble. Last night the Wild man
gave some of his experiences to big crowd OF
caitlemen and others.
I'VE misiudged the inhabitants, that's all, he
esid "They like Wild West shows, but we was
TOO wild What they want is something kind OF
gentle like, that don't shock their nerves or lift
their HAIR, and they expect everybody to be as
tame as anybody else except when the shows
going on. That's where we failed. We couldn't
tame ourselves TO suit Some Of these Wild
West fellows tame any tenderfoot you
ever until the show opens and then they
1nrn wilder than wolf and get all over it again
1hs moment the crowd skips. We knew that, and
Abe idea of our show was that wed give EN-
show worth their money, with things true to
nature and you see where we've brought up.
We had to fight our way to the Ohio State line,
and I've fought the way back again, and If ever
30 to the States again show expedition it
will be when I'm old and feeble, and can paw
thu earth the way do now.
These here gentlemen that worked for but
who works for me until they Settles had good
show when they started out They had me, the
stone terror, who is in Jail now in Indiana they
had twelve burros, ten mustangs, four Inju
They're in the poor at Prophetstown);
Aerilla, the sweet child of the Cactus, who
skipped at Kankakee, near where she was born,
believe; Mabello, the red Princess; six greasers
from Trinidad, Moon eyed Jim. the scout, and
ing Ed Lupling, the king of the cowboys. Be-
sides animals and humans, they had stage
rOach, an army wagon or two, miners cabin,
and some other properties. We got along first
zate going through Missouri and part of Hi
nOis, but after that, the further east we got the
worse the business was, until at last we got
broke up. l had some little differences with
sha bosses while they run things, but they had
none with me as soon as [ began to manage
1he show. I've brought about half the party
back safely into Gods country, and if I'd let
these other felers run things to suit themselves
we'd all be in the penitentiary by this time.
We're going down into Arizona to diSband. That
Is, we'll disbanG if get my money"
One of the proprietors, quiet man named
Sears said later in the evening"
THAT cuss got the thing just right when he
said we were too Wild only he ought to have said
that he was too wild. Everybody else in the
company was all right, but couldn't do any
thing with him. He came near getting US
znobbed in every town we stopped. At first we
rather humored him because he was a strong
card and did not care to lose him. Besides
that, we thought he was sensible enough to
Know when to quit, but he wasn't. When we
were approaching a town where we were to ex-
hibit he would ride ahead to take the town,
and he'd do it, too. In some places they wouldn't
object much, because they thought it was some
sort of an advertisement, but he got so finally
that he would shoot out piate-glaSs fronts, kill
horses and cows, run over men, women and
children, and terrorize people generally, and
then we had to settle the damages. After a
while l told him that he had got to stop his
fOolishness, and that if he didn't | would dock
his pay. He answered by saying that didn't
know how to run Wild West show, and that he
was ashamed of me.
1.-THE next town that we came to, he rode on
ahead, saying he would just have little harm
less fun and not hurt anybody. and before we
had gone two miles he came riding back like
mad with the whole town after him, meeting US
Just as we were getting ready to move into the
town He had gone in just far enough to spy a
nice young girl about twenty years old, and
seiEing her by the waist, he drew her to the
horse with him and dashed off with her, she
yelling, and everybody else coming after her
with clubs, shotguns, and knives. He wanted
40 whip the entire town. but finally made peace
by payingsthe girls father 500 and apologizing 1t
was something of that kind wherever we went,
and the result was that good many of our men
EOs into jail, ard had to pay out all my profits
no keep out of jail myself
He was mighty careful not to tell you of q lit
ale exploit Of his in the last town that we exhib-
Ssed in little place just over the Ohio line near
Cincinnati 1t was one of those river towns.
he had been around good deal in the morning
bmt he had behaved pretty we'll until it was
dime for the show to open Then he
came on the ground swearing that he had
licked bigger crowds down in Arizona before
breakfast, and that he could lick that one This
one of his regular gags and it usually took
well with al audience bat this time there was q
bag chap with a red flannel shirt and pantaloons
held up by strap who jumped right
rs him and wanted to bet him $40 that he
couldn't lick side of him. My man began to
froih at the mouth, and says
Maybe YOU don't know who am
Then all the women and most of the men got
around the chap with the red shirt and begged
him not to bother with him, for he would get
Killed. fhe fellow couldn't be persuaded to
stop, aud, breaking away, he came up to my
artist and say:
No, don't know who you are, except that
sod big bag of wind, and that can whip
toOm full of yez.'
80 I'm Wild says my man, paving off.
= NO wildern am, says the other and they
went at it.
"Well, it was pretty fight, we'll worth the
saiee of admission, and the red shirt got awav
with him in great shape. He gouged him in the
aYeS, ehewed his ear. bumped his head against a
stone jumped on him. and finally made him own
up that he wasn't wild and that he was licked.
THE crowd had dispersed and before night
we got word that a mob was coming to clean US
oRE We packed up as soon AS possible and
started west When we got about ten miles
this wild man came around with two or three of
sAo greasers, all armed TO the teeth and took my
partner ana prisoners, anu They've Ooen
has.ling us west ever since. AS soon as can
get 20 Tombstone l will be able to find money
eeeugh to pay him off, and then I'm going out of
che business
The other show was Warckels ''Wild West
and Mexican Aggregation Ii did not get as far
east as the other one but it had quite as lively
- iime, and was bound, also. for Arizona, with
Ihs intention of recognizing for circus expedi-
Hicn into old Mexico The two shows met in
Missouri on their retreat and came on to this
point together Mr Warckel's experience was
interesting. He said I'VE had good show,
and some mighty good people, but didn't have
the money to cut the splurge that we ought TO
have done good days business somewhere /
would have been all right. | calculated on rak-
ing in a good pile in central Illinois but somehow
IL didn't come my way Whenever the prospects
seemed fair it would up and rain. or our license
hnr al and ill.,