Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-09
4 Flucky Vermont Girls Deed.

Letter from tho N. ~ Budget c
Ispent day and night at Wichita,
Kan. The old Mullen saloon still
stands but the famous dance house
"Bloodfoot" has disappeared. 7 was
in Wichita in 1873 when that terrible
fight occurred between Nellie Diamond
and Joe Bull, the Texas ranger. Nellie,
with number of other girls, was serv-
ing the beer to the gamblers and greas-
srs. Joe Bull ordered Nellie's sick sis
ter to bring him a glass of whiskey.
The girl by mistake brought him glass
of beer; he struck the child blow on
the mouth and cursed her in the most
terrible manner. Nellie, who never
complained at harsh treatment herself,
was thoroughly aroused, and turning to
the desperate she said: "You are no
gentleman, sir. A man who would
strike a sick child as you struck my Sis
ter is q coward"
This was q bold speech for little
girl of seventeen summers and ninety
one pounds in weight But she feared
nothing. Her sister had been insnlted.
Fne was in her eye, revenge in her
heart. She had spoken as no ono had
ever dared to speak to the most danger
Gus desperate of the Arkansas. Joe
Bull had been the terror of the plains
for years; he had no more regard for
women than for men. He was dead
shot, cruel fend, and bloody muir
derer. It WAS said by those who knew
OF his doings that he had dropped his
man in every county from Pecos on the
Rio Grande to Fort Leavenworth III
Kansas. The scathing words of this
! little Vermont girl, for Nellie Diamond
WAS from Vermont, not far from Wells
river were more than he could tand.
Drawing heavy six-shooter from his
boot be fred at the heart of the little
waiter, but being under the influence Of
: liquor his aim was inaccurate. The
ball girl lodged the pistol shot, and the
pierced the thigh of conlrade AS
quick as flash, drawing dagger from
her bosom, Nellie sprang at the desper-
ado. Her stroke was we'll aimed, for
she thrust her two edged knife between
; his ribs, burying to the hllt in the heart
of bloody Joe. AS he reeled and fell,
she grasped his revolver from his hand
and another from his belt. BY this
time the followers of Joe Bull had
turned upon the young heroine with
their deadly missiles. But, as if in the
ands OF sorceress, no bullet hit her,
! though her clothing was riddled, but in
! less than thirty seconds she had piled
IN death four Of the desperadoes upon
the bleeding body of their dead leader.
Now the gathering ca. 4 sided with
the little victor, and Joe Bulls follow
ers took to the plains. Mullen's saloon
was riddled with bullets and Mullen
; himselfreceived an injury from which he
! afterwards died, This bloody battle was
! the last Of series of duels and blood
shed. It broke up the dance house-the
hell of the Arkansaw. The gamblers
moved further West. Nellie married q
wealthy banker and has been happily
, situated to this day, q new class of peo-
pie moved into Wichita, civilization
spread her wings, and to-day Wichita
is town Of $4,000 inhabitants-as in
telligent, prosperous and thrifty as any
in New England: and Nellie Diamond
did more to ciyilize Southern Kansas
than all others. Wichita is wholesale
as we'll rs retail city, manufacturing
town, and a town Of schools, Of gardens,
parks and fountains. The surrounding
country is the Egypt of the new West,
producing eighty bushels of corn or
forty bushels Of wheat per acre and
other pro ducts in proportion.