Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-02
HOLIDAYS TRAIL OF BLOOD.
Career Of q Western "Killer," Said
to Have a Record of Sixteen.
A CELEBRATED CHARACTER
His Exploits with the carp Gang in
Arizona-His Arrest and Subsc-
quent Life I'm Denver-Clos-
ing Scenes.

SNORT tlme ago one Vi tne InOSJ Celc-
bratcd characters in the western coun-
try passed away. He was known as a
desperate and had record as
"killer."
Holiday had gone to Glenwood for
his health. Pneumonia overlook him
and the grsly rider soon after smote
him down. Thus departed one Of those
characters formerly quite common in
the west, but now, like the Indian and
the buffalo, becoming quite rare. Many
people who have seen him in Denver
for the past four or five years never re-
allied that they were looking at one Of
those men familiarly known as "kill-
ers" and sometimes designated as "bad
men," He was formerly a dentist.
Hence his title of doc"
The homicidal tendency was already
strong within him! The doctor had an
enemy. He used to tell the story him
self and say that he had every desire to
kill the man. But the doctor was al
ways q prudent man. He feared he
wouldn't be legally protected If he took
the mans life. The doctor wanted re-
venge, but he was in dilemma. An
event occurred, however, which gave
the doctor an opportunity he had hardly
expected. His enemy came to his Office
with an aching tooth. The doctor put
the patient under laughing gas and be-
fore his enemy had left the chair the
quiet doctor had extracted nearly every
tooth he had in his head.
This feat of dentistry had a tendency
to in iure the doctors business and the
climate of Texas began to disagree with
him. He went first, it is supposed. to
that paradise of tough characters, the
Indian territory. Later on he emf
grated to Dodge City, Kas.
1t is a little doubtful, it would seem,
whether the doctor went to Arizona
from Denver, from Dodge City, or from
Las Vegas, New Mexico. The latest ac-
named health resort. Cowboys bent on
having little fun would swoop down
upon town, getting drunk, shooting re-
vOlvers in the streets, quarrelling in
bar-rOoms and terrorizing the inhabi-
tants.
The carp boys do not appear to have
been models of all the virtues, but their
assistance in protecting the chief
cities in the territory from cowboy inva-
sions was not to be despised. Their as
sistance was rendered all the more val
liable by the fact that they were very
earnest in rendering it. In fact, they
found as officers of the law the strongest
means Of gratifying personal rancor and
revenge. A deadly feud existed be-
tween the "Rustlers," which was the
general name of the crowd to which the
Earps and Doe Holiday belonged and
the cowboys
The Earps and "Doc" had been ap-
pointed deputy United States marshal,
and one day they settled the question of
cowboy rule in the streets of Tombstone
very effectually. The Earps had organ
lied strong posse of men. One day the
cowboys came riding into town on their
very spirited broncOs, shooting revol-
vers and declaring their sanguinary in
tentions towards the "rustlers." But
the ''rustlers" were ready for them and
from behind dry goods boxes and other
places of shelter they poured many
murderous volleys into horses and
that his crowd killed thirteen cowboys
at that time. At all events the crust
lers" won a great victory, and Tomb
stone was a much quieter place after
that. However, the cowboys vowed
vengeance against Wyatt Earps, and
they meant what they said.
1t was about this time that one of the
younger members of the carp family
was killed. "Doc" Holiday had vowed
that for every one of the Earps killed
two of the crowd who opposed them
should die. The doctor was a man of
his word and two citizens of Arizona,
soon after the death of young carp, per-
manently disappeared.
In those days the Earps combined
their positions as United States marshal
,.,st al &1nr Howe - 10
putable. They appear to have con-
Quoted gambling house in Arizona,
and it was not very respectable gamb-
ling house either. According to pretty
authentic accounts, doc" Holiday was
a sort of ''capper" in this establishment,
and "steered' the sucker with lots of
cash towards certain brace games, to
the great benefit of the house of carp
Brothers. But the killing of the two
enemies of the Earps broke the strength
of their reign in Arizona. The doctor
and Earps are said to have been in
dicted. The law was evidently not al
together on their side this time. Wyatt
carp and his brother fled to Trinidad,
Col, and doc" Holiday came up to
Denver.
Michael Spangler was then sheriff of
Arapahoe county and the late Freder-
Bunco-steerers and tin-horn men were
pretty plenty, but afterwards made un-
comfortable through the efforts of
Sheriff Spangler, and the same leadinfi
lights in the confidence fraternity left
town.
One day, while Charles It. Linton,
now OF the city detectives, then dep
uty sheriff, was seated in the sheriff's
office, a man who was evidently greatly
excited came in and demanded the ar
rest OF "Doc" Holiday. He said he
had arrived here with an order for the
DOCTORS arrest. He said he had seen
the doctor on the street and wanted him
arrested at once.
Mr.. Linton went out with the deputy
sheriff. They encountered doc" Hol-
liday near Daniels and Fishers build
ing on Sixteenth street. The doctor
seemed in peaceable humor, but the
Arizona deputy, much to Mr.. Linton's
disgust, drew a pair of revolvers, and
throwing them under the doctors face,
commanded him to throw up his hands.
He then began to abuse DOC" Holiday
in what he consided very indecent
manner. After.t the deputy had cooled
off q little the doctor was taken to Jail.
Here he remained fourteen days. Mr..
Linton is still OF the opinion that he
held at the time that the crazy headed