The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-16
"a HOLY TERROR"
A Texas Rangers Trip After Desperate and the
Terror's Sudden Change In Character.

southwestern frontier every one was
afraid OF him, and when one night at
The bar OF the "Sunset Casino" he
boosted OF having killed twenty-seven
men up on the Kansas border he was
unanimously set down by his hearers
as "holy terror" whom it would "
dangerous to TOOL with.
"Yaasl" he cried, striking the bar
with his fist, ave killed twenty sew
EN- men up on the Kansas border, and
the first galoot tibet, looks cross-eyed
at nell be my meat.
All hands looked forward with
their eyes rs straight rs possible,
and n painful silence fell upon the room.
Mike saw the impression his words
had made, and Jerking out his six
shooter he cleverly shot away the
neck OF "bitters" bottle which stood
on shelf behind the bar. The tar.
antula- juice" dispenser smiled sweetly
rs though such sport pleased him, and
Mike began to shoot out the lights.
Then he walked out, mounted his
pony, and rode up and down the town
yelling like a Comanche. He gave SINH
lar exhibitions whenever he visited
town, and, although other men were
arrested and heavily fined by the To-
cal magistrate for less onenses, Mike
was never bothered, and after awhile
he got it into his head that he was
really % "hard, bad man from Bitter
Creek"
About three miles from the tempo.
rary ranch where Mike was holding his
small herd of cows was ranger camp.
One morning at roll-call the COM
mander OF the scouts detailed scout
well known along thefrontier us Mad
Milton" and handed him n warrant.
Milton" he said, "here's a warrant
for Mike Dosy. 1t appears that he
has been doing just about as he pleas
ed lately IN town, and none OF the OF.
icers there care to risk their lives in
attempting his arrest. The Squire
gave me this warrant yesterday, and |
want you to execute it. Take your
prisoner on to the Jail and lock him
up" ~,
"All right, Captain" answered Mil.
ton. and he went out to the corral
and saddled his horse.
When he rode up to Dosy's camp
the slayer OF twenty-seven men was
busily engaged in the peaceful labor OF
'holding oil" young calf while his
wife MIXED the mother COW.
"Dosyn began Milton, refining up
La.,1A hn ho al n N 4
for YOU"
"W-h-a.t!" was Mikes astonished
ejaculation, and he sweled up like q
turkey -gobbler and tried to look bad.
"Pve got a warrant for YOU" re-
peated the ranger, land Pm going to
take you to iail?"
"Mel cried Dosy. "MIe, take me ter
Jail? Well, reckon not"
He dropped the calf rope, and laid
his hand on his six-shooter.
Yen hey me ter kill fustp' he bel
lowed, and pulled the weapon from
the scabbard.
Before he could raise the pistol to
shoot, Mad Milton leaped from his
saddle and bore the bad man to the
ground. He wrenched the siX-shooter
from his grasp, and seizing II rope tied
the bully hand and foot.
Look here, Mike" he said, in his
cool determined way. you've boast
ed that the whole ranger outfit could
not arrest you, haven't your"
"Yaas," faltered the bad man, "but
reckon / was drunk when | did it.
Let me mp an I'll 60 with ye."
"You have been shouting 'em up
lately at the post, and trying to APP
pear bad, haven't your
"Iaas; wuz Jest havin' n littlefun."
"You have boosted that you mad
killed twenty-seven men on the Kan
sar border, haven't your
"Well, Imighter sed suthin' ter that
pint"
Now, Nike" continued the scout,
'you know that you are not only a
coward but a liar as well. A boy
could arrest you. You're not bad,
and you never killed o man in your
life unless you talked. him to death"
Ill" began Dosy, but Milton in
terrupted him.
you have been slashing around
here under false colors, and n great
many people are afraid of you. If
you had quietly submitted TO arrest
like gentleman would have taken
you to Jail in a gentlemanly panner,
but now mean to treat you rs you
deserve and let people see what a mis-.
cradle dog you are. "
Milton took a pair ofhandcuffs from
his pocket and fastened them on
Mikes wrists. To the cuffs he fasten-
ed q line and bound the bully's arms
fast to his side. Then he placed the
moose of his stake-rope around the
fellows neck and made the line fast to