Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-10
AMARsuAL wlTn rOuR FISTS.
Tho Interesting Deiiverauec of Gang
Burdened Oregon Town.

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Tho Interesting peiiverauec or Gang.
Burdened Oregon Town.
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The office OF city marshal In this
town has been vacant most Of the time
since last January, for the reason that
crowd Of young men resolved about that
time that the place should be abolished.
Nearly every law-ahiding citizen tried his
hand at NJ only u be half killed, and
ilually, when no one here would take au-
thorlty, effotts were made TO buy off one
OF the gang aud invest him with the star.
All these falling, man from Portland
was sent for. IL was known when he
would arrive, the boys were at the sta
ton 10 meet him, and, after lively fight
on the platform, they induced him to
board the train and continue his Journey.
A week or two later lighting man from
Klickital, whose reputation as a puRllist
was great, was engaged. He came in on
the morning train, but the boys met him,
and after rough.and.tumhle that was
the llvrliest ever seen Ia the state, he
was picked up bodily aud carried into the
baggage-car where two or three trunks
were piled ON him.
After this episode had been thoroughly
discussed In town meeting " was re-
solved by the citizens that they must
proceed with greater caution. Three or
four weeks were permitted 30 clapse
with no demonstration In favor of
law aud order, but In the
meantime man had been out
securing the country for the right kind oi
an officer, No one outside Of a few
picked men knew just what arrangement
mad been made, until last Saturday two
young fellows got OFF the train here and
announced to the gang that they had
heard that this was great town for fun,
and that they had come up To have some
of II before It was all gone. They were
dressed In cowboy fashion, and there was
something in their manner which drew
the boys to them. All hands adjourned
for liquor, the newcomers hrihg their re-
! volvers occasionally, "just TO wake the
town up as they said. Tho drinking
Z went ON with great enthusiasm until late
I N the evening, when, after Ecleaniug
. ont one saloon tne gang inar0hod Oh az
other. At this point the newcomers
a drove out the bartender, who, II was
4 afterwards learned, was In the plot, aud,
! going behind the bar, set up all the bot
0 ties and deni jonns so that their friends
q could help themselves Things were
\ going along comfortably, and tho Pine
4 Vile boys were falling over each other az
they declared again and again that they
!. hadn't had SO much fun since they cap
tured the town the last time, when one OF
n the strangers jumped out In the middle OF
the room and suggested that all hands
J.. give up their guns preparatory TO making
2 a glorious night of IL without endangerlng
9 their lives"
"We've got this town dead TO rights"
4 he said, Hand all I'm afraid OF is that
n some OF us will get hurt, | don't want
to 10 away from here feeling that I've
n left any sorrow behind. There arc
q enough OF us TO take care OF ourselves"
l. Most OF the boys were willing enough
to comply with the request, and those
a who demurred were persuaded by Others
TO do nothing that would spoil the fun,
n When the guns had all been deposited on
" the bar the other visitor locked them W
:. In cupboard TO which there was key,
a and putting that In his pocket, he and his
a companion Ted the way into the street
n Once outside there was knock.dowp,
n and then another, aud another, aud u mo
! ment later half OF the town appeared
" to rise up from the sidewalks, and then
!. the way the gang dropped was highly edl
!. fying. Some OF the boys came up two OF
A. three times, but the strangers, with Q
n little kindly assistance from the citizens
@ kept them ON the Jump.
e nMe and my pard here ~ the city mar
i shall Of this town." one OF the strangers
b at last found breath to Say, "and we at'
n going 10 have order here from this nigh
n on. We're from the 0wyhee mountains
le We are. Take that, you big duffer, W.
4 have taken a contract with this town tina
a. lasts all summer. All you chaps who
Ne want some more come around In M
D. morning On, | beg your PARDON mis-
II ter; | thought you were one OF the gang
ne Sorry pasted you so hard but this her'
10 is business. just step Inside there nns
Ne wash the blood OF. Glad TO hear tina
=. the teeth were false | usually loosei
he lem. We're going TO have less compan.
se here after tonight. All you fellow
~ whore guns are ia my keeping insld
III want 10 get out Of hero before Tomorrow
M morning. III be- az the town hall ut
X. O'Clock aud any man who wants his gu
~ viii ret II, muzzle out. That's right
81. pard. That was good one. II mad
ye the earth rumble. ANY more OF themf
~ by this time the gang had taken 10 u
[r legs, and only three or four who had nc
nj vet got their bearings, AS they expresse
hi. IL, remained. AS soon as THEY could co
n. lect themselves they. too, ambled on an
In. thirty minutes later the whole crowd wa
M on the railroad track moving east. Pine
yille's double city marshal II now In pos
k. session Of the town, and the CITIZENS ar
de celebrating tonight the restoration .
he peace.