The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-02-12
A WOMAN DEspIRAnn.
A Dead Shot with a Revolver And Very
Fond of Fight.

uoZeu placeS, aUQ nau several complaints
against her before the one on which she
is now held was lodged. She lived here
quietly until woman who was jealous of
her revealed her identity to the police.
AS soon rs she found that she was an
object Of suspicion she attacked her
enemy with club and almost beat her
notorious character in this State, the
Indian Territory and Kansas for several
years. She gained the title OF woman
desperate by reason Of her recklessness of
| human life and her fondness for fights.
| She goes armed to the teeth, shoots with
unerring aim, aud il quite as much at
home with 4 bowie knife or a club as
with revolver. She has managed to
] escape arrest hitherto by reason of the
fact that all manner Of stories concerning
her have been in circulation, and her
actual appearance is very different from
| the idea which the people generally have
formed of her. She is Of compact frame
and about medium height, with grace.
full carriage. Her features are small, her
eyes steel gray, aud Der hair long and
| abundant. In Jail to day she was raving
because her keepers had taken away her
pistols and knives.
IL suppose I'll never see them again"
she said. "When you get into one of
these calabushes they always help them.
! selves to what you've got, aud whether
you re sent up or not they keep all they
steal. I'll bet I've furnished half the
sherifIa In Texas and Kansas with good
weapons in the last five years. They
don't get money enough together Mt one
time to buy such things, but they know
just enough TO pinch them when they get
q chance. played it on a detective up
here in the Panhandle once. He had
been following me for about month,
aud finally when he got me he took two
guns and three knives away from me-
saw his eyes hung out as he looked at
them, and says to him:
"'You'll be we'll heeled now won't
your
"He pretended that he didn't care
anything about the weapons, and showed
me some of his old firecracker pistols,
and wanted me To admire them. told
him one of my guns WAS worth n bng full
OF his, and after getting him little
excited grabbed one Of my weapons to
show it to him. pointed out several of
the good points, and then turning it on
him | said:
az want to sec your heels right lively
now
"ue thought was fcolng for second,
was business. Then he backed of, aud
wanted to trade with me. had his
| guns and mine, too, but told him I
want trading. Just to hurry lin up q
little sent a bullet mighty close to his
ear, and n moment later as he was cdging
oil put another one near enough to his
other ear to SINCE his hair. Such run.
ming you never saw. wutchsd him out
of sight. Then took his guns and
threw them into the river. / wouldn't
have been found dead with them on me-"
| Maud RaynoI went through the Indian
| Territory once with about q regiment Of
Indians ard white men on her trail
She had been up at ranch on the
Arkansas river, where Il great many
desperate characters were congregated,
aud i'll shooting ailiray in which she
took prominent part the bartender was
| Killed. Every man swore that the wo
man was the guilty party, and she reck.
lessly adm tied it, though it is probable
she was not the real offender. Some
friends Of the murdered man came along
Just then, and organized to lynch her.
Getting wind of the programme, she stole
| horse, and set out for Kansas, the men
following. Several Indians Joined the
pursuing party at various places, until
| finally there were about hundred men
on her trail. She managed to clue them
for several days, and coming finally upon
band OF chivalrous cowboys, she made
them believe she was prosecuted limo.
cent. Her newfound friends promptly
agreed to defend her against all corners,
and when her pursuers came in sight
they were met by n vciley which brought
them to stand. In the course of three
or four days they concluded to abandon
the search.
The exploit of which shu is proudest
occurred year or more ago in the Indian
territory. She had been up in Kansas
on tho warpath, and making her way
back to Texas had fallen In with rough
crowd OF plainsmen. One of these was
man named Dutton whom sho had
known many years before. In the course
of an evening passed at ranch on the
cattle trail, she had a quarrel with this
fellow, aud after some harsh words he
rushed at her with knife. She was too
quick for him. He had hardly got in
striking distance before she put bullet
through his heart. As he jumped In the
air and fell back dead his comrades made
rlsh at the woman. and would have
finished her then and there if one of the
men had not taken her part In mild
sort of way. AS they stopped to par.
ley, she made this proposition:
"Pll fight the whole pack of you, one
at time. I killed that man, and I'm
glad of it. l ought 70 have DONE 1t years
ago."
One man went out with her, and tho
two stepped of twenty PAGES, turned and
fired. The man got bullet. in his
shoulder, and wanted to quit. The wo,
man was uuhurt. Standing there reso.
lrts!y che called on the a,hers for vic-
tim, bnt no one stirred. Then she taunted
them, and finally, when she found that
they were not disposed TO annoy be.
further, she snid:
"Now I'm going 70 Texas, and / want
an escort. How many of you are going
with me?"
They all agreed to 90 but two, and to
those two she addressed herself, saying:
you're just the ones that I want to
90 with me, and you've got to go too"
The Others rather enjoyed the sport.
She mover took her pistoIs of them for a
minute. Thsy got her horse out of
corral, mounted their own, and at her
command rode on In front Of her. When
abe had driven them ten or fifteen miles
che made them turn back, while she rode
on toward the South.
Unless the woman Is convicted for d @
assault committed by her IN this city the
other day. i 10 not belieYed that she will
be punished for any of her other often.
ees.