Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-23

How He Tanned Desperado repsty~
Marshal.
Louisville Timee.l

A&rSSHi.
Louisville Times.l Il
81 was glad to SEQ Judge Finley ac.
Quilted" said an old lawyer In the Gus
tom-house this morniny. '.rinlsy IL
line fellow; . thorough partisan, it is
true, and OF fiery passions, but as brave
as lion, true friend and sincere party
man. happened 10 know Finley when he
was District Attorney. He had his Office
In this builling, and / really believe thas
with but oas exception he didn't have
friend hsra. All ths ofice-holdars were
Jealous OF him. His one friend was Col
cnei Buckaer, who was then Internal
ReTenue Collector. Colonel Buclner knew
Finley and bis father. He served Ia the
Legislature with one or both OF them, and
had great admiration for ths manly
qualities aud warm hears OF the Judge
"At tho time speak OF John Wyatt was
Deputy Marshal. Everybody hero
knows John Wyatt, the most recklessly
and desperately brave man thai ever
pulled u trigger. He was tho terror Of
all the iawless spirits in thu mountains,
and was as daredevil q NAN m ever
breathed don't know, and probably no
one knows how maay men he killed.
Wen, Jack Wyatt, for some reason or
other, took dislike to the District Attor.
ney which no took no pains to conceal.
Finley said nothing, ard Wyatt grew bold.
er. Ons mornins Finiey moved the Court
that Wyatt be dismissed from his position
for drunkenness and for reckless shooting
at innocent people. This, o: course, great
ly incensed Wyatt. 7t@
"Ons day Finley went to soe Colonel
Buckner, and told him OF Wyatt's conduct. !
/ You know, Colonel.' said he, L am no
coward; but want to uphold the dignity
or my position, and i don't care 10 get into
trouble with any one. Now, what shall
dofn
"'well,' replied Colonel Buckner. Il
would advise you TO protect yourself
against the insults or attacks OF any ruff
han.'
"Finlcy never said wor,l, but marched
out. He walked up to his own office and
sat down. Then he went down into his
inside pocket ami drew out knife, about
two feet in length and couple of inches
broad, and slowly and deliberately began
to sharpen it by rubbing 1t on his boot.
W hen the kn fe was satisfactorily sharp
ened Finley placed it on the table beside
him, and, leaning hack in his cha at, w. aitsd
for his enemy TO appear.
"In u few minutes Jack Wyatt, with q
pistol protcudiny from his pocket, swag.
gered In. He slammed the door after him,
aud startcd in an insolent, aggravating
way at Finley.
"'Get out of this room,' said the district
attorney, calmly.
~ would like to see you put mo out, yoa
blank blankod blaaksty blank roared
Wyatt.
What followed Wyatt used TO tell him.
self:
"Before know where I was, or what
was doing, Finley had sprang over the
table, seized me by the throat ana dashed
me to the floor. was no more in his
hands than chicken. saw long knife,
the very longest it seemed to me, that I
had ever seen, fash before my eyes like a
CLEAN of sunshine, and then his knee was
pressing on my chest with terrible force.
With his left hand he forced my head back
until my nsck was as sstaut as O fiddle
string, and with his right he pressed the
knife against my windpipe. wouldn's
have given two cents for my life. felt
the cold stesl pressing against my throat,
and every instant expected to be killed.
/ couldn't saream if / wanted to. I lay In
this position for an age, when Finley
Kissed out through his teeth. ''If you bat
an eyelid, you blanked sconndrel, I'll cut
your blanSei throat like / would q
snakes" And you be. I was scared 10
death lest should bat en- eyelid accident
ally. When he let me up swore l would
never bother him any more, and never
have
"And from that time on" said the old
lawyer, "Judge Finley had easy sailing.n